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Tajik lemons are steadily securing a position in international markets. Despite a slight decline in export volumes, lemons from Tajikistan remain in demand in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus. asiaplustj.info »
Chaired by President Emomali Rahmon, the 15th congress of the ruling People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT) was held in Kokhi Borbad complex in Dushanbe on December 18. According to the Tajik president’s official website, 1473 delegates from all regions of the country participated in the congress. asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Ko Sakamoto as its new Country Director for Tajikistan. He is expected to assume office in early 2025, according to ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM) . asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s Committee for Tourism Development has introduced the Tajikistan Tourist Map mobile application to assist foreigners, the Committee’s press service says. “This application was developed to help digitize the country’s economy and transition the tourism sector to a more modern digital platform. asiaplustj.info »
Fergana reports that the authorities of Kazakhstan do not want the country’s territory to be used to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions. Roman Vasilenko, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, reportedly stated this in an interview with Poland’s state-run news agency PAP . asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan was allowed to import 2,522 vehicles manufactured before 2013. These cars were stuck at the country's customs posts after Tajikistan banned the import of such cars in October 2023. The authorities called them “old” and asked the merchants to either take them to another country, or convert them into spare parts and then sell them. asiaplustj.info »
The president’s official website reports that the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted at a meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe Friday (July 5) morning that “Although Tajikistan is a small country, it nevertheless plays an outstanding role in the activities of the United Nations UN and the activities of international community as a whole. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reports that in striving to counteract the country’s image as a font of Islamic militantism, Tajikistan’s leaders are dodging underlying economic problems. Instead, they keep attacking the issue around its edges. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government of Tajikistan, held a government session on Friday, May 31, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Presided over by President Emomali Rahmon, a government session took place in Dushanbe on March 29, according to the Tajik president’s official website. The Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda reportedly reported on measures taken to ensure the regular work of the country’s economy during autumn-winter 2024-2025. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Culture has explained the decision to regulate the tours of foreign artistes to the country. In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Obid Nazariyon, the First Deputy Minister of Culture, revealed on January 29 that the main objective of regulating the tours of foreign artistes to Tajikistan is in preventing porn and extremists contents from entering the country. asiaplustj.info »
In 2032, Tajikistan will generate electricity only from the renewable energy sources, that is it will provide 100 percent “green energy” (currently 98 percent). President Emomali Rahmon stated this on December 28 while addressing a joint meeting of both chambers of parliament. asiaplustj.info »
The Associate Press ( AP ) reported on September 5 that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending Group of 20 summit, in a move that reportedly reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names. asiaplustj.info »
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has joined the fifth Central Asian summit as an "honored guest". It is the first time a leader from outside Central Asia took part in the forum. Speaking at the gathering, Aliyev noted yesterday that the growth of mutual trade and investments is one of the key factors of the bilateral cooperation. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government, held a meeting on July14 to discuss issues related to improvement of macroeconomic indices, formation of the national budget and measures to expand the application of cashless payments. asiaplustj.info »
A government session, presided over by President Emomali Rahmon, took place in Dushanbe on June 29. The Tajik president’s official website says the meeting heard a report by Director of the Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation Zafarbek Davlatzoda on the investment program to provide the Agency’s pumping stations with modern energy-saving equipment. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday, May 31, President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government, held a government session meeting to discuss a number of draft laws and government conclusions. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations said in grim assessments on International Women’s Day that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of virtually all their basic rights. The Associated Press ( AP ) reports that the U.N. asiaplustj.info »
To support enhancement of the country’s agrarian sector, Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) has been providing preferential loans representatives of small and medium-sized businesses as well as entrepreneurs from among labor migrants who returned to the country. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov has published appeal to the partner countries and international financial institutions on his social media page. "We see the smog problem has become one of the relevant issues in Kyrgyzstan for the last several years. asiaplustj.info »
All restaurants of the McDonald's chain in Kazakhstan have suspended operations in the country for technical reasons. Nur.kz says that from the night of July 4, Kazakhstanis began to report that restaurants of McDonald’s chain in country began to cancel orders and on July 5, they were closed across the country. asiaplustj.info »
For many Afghan refugees, Tajikistan is a transit country on the way to third countries. The number of refugees in the country is reportedly decreasing. According to data from UNHCR, refuges living in Tajikistan are mostly nationals of neighboring Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty reports tens of thousands of middle-class Russians fled the country in March, seeking to escape the harsh economic and political fallout from the war in Ukraine. But because of a lack of visas, flights, tickets, and financial resources, many reportedly ended up in post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan’s former president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has made his first appearance since unrest broke out in the country earlier this month, in a four-minute video in which he denied reports that he had fled the country, or that there was a split in the country’s elites. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s electricity generation capacity will increase almost two times by 2030, President Emomali Rahmon noted on December 21 while delivering a statement at a joint meeting of both chambers of parliament. asiaplustj.info »
A meeting of Kyrgyzstan’s Republican Council of Heads of Local Government Bodies and Local State Administrations was held in Bishkek on October 21-22, according to 24.kg . The event reportedly took place in the run-up to the Day of Local Communities of Kyrgyzstan, which is marked on October 25. asiaplustj.info »
There is not even a flash, the ministry says. The Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of the Ministry of Health of Tajikistan denies information about the alleged emergency situation associated with the disease of the population with viral hepatitis "A" (Botkin's disease, "jaundice"). asiaplustj.info »
Fuel crisis has come to Tajikistan – the country is experiencing an acute shortage of the liquefied natural gas (LNG). More than 60 percent of the country's motor vehicles use liquefied gas as fuel and a sudden spike in LNG prices has led to increase of some public transport fares in the country and interruptions in the work of transport. asiaplustj.info »
Mr. Joshua Keating, a foreign policy analyst, staff writer and author of the World blog at Slate , and a former writer and editor at Foreign Policy magazine, noted on August 18 that the Taliban’s initial pledges that it will not seek to punish those who worked for the U.S. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the head of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), Hokim Kholiqzoda, noted on July 22 that he does not have information about the scale of the hidden economy in the country. asiaplustj.info »
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis is escalating in the country, forcing the authorities to drop denials The Standing Committee on COVID-19 Response of Tajikistan met in Dushanbe yesterday and official confirmed that cases of contracting COVID-19 have been reported in some medial facilities of the country, according to the press center of the Ministry of Health and asiaplustj.info »
Denmark has ceased giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine amid concerns about rare cases of blood clots, the first European country to do so fully, according to the BBC . The move is expected to delay the country's vaccination program by several weeks. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan has adopted the housing and utilities sector development program designed for 2021-2024. 2.623 billion somonis (equivalent to US$232 million), with 77 percent of this amount being grants, are planned to be spent for implementation of this program. asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Shanny Campbell as its new Country Director for Tajikistan, according to the ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM). She assumes office today. Ms. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz parliamentarian is threatening the country’s prime minister with scandal if a part of canal overflowing the Tort-Kul reservoir in Batken region is ceded to Tajikistan. Media reports say scandal may flare up in Kyrgyzstan due to the cession of part of the country's territory to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Myanmar's military has taken control of the country after detaining de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians in the early hours. According to the BBC , military TV said a state of emergency had been declared for one year and power transferred. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation has proposed to simplify the entry of migrants into the country for work in the construction sector. The proposal on simplifying the entry of migrants into the country has been submitted for consideration to the Government, according to TASS . asiaplustj.info »
The United States is designating Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, the DPRK, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, as amended, for engaging in or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom. asiaplustj.info »
Citing data provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), media reports say Tajikistan remains the poorest country in the post-Soviet area. Tajikistan’s average annual per capita income reportedly amounts to 833.00 U.S. dollars, which is 1. asiaplustj.info »
In a statement delivered at the Second Intersession Meeting of the Consultative Council on Improvement of Investment Climate under the President of Tajikistan, World Bank Country Manager for Tajikistan Jan-Peter Olters, who is also Chair of the Development Coordination Council, noted on October 14 that reliable, high-speed internet has helped to prevent service interruptions that would, asiaplustj.info »
However, his press office says that he is in Bishkek and continues to work. Kyrgyzstan “lost” the president - neither the Security Council nor the Ministry of Internal Affairs can find Sooronbay Jeenbekov. asiaplustj.info »
Today, September 18, the head of state, as part of a working trip in the city of Gissar, opened a number of facilities, talked with activists and residents of the city, ñîîáùàåò ïðåññ-ñëóæáà ïðåçèäåíòà. asiaplustj.info »
Ambassador of Palestine to Dushanbe Luay Issa today visited the parliament of Tajikistan and met with the speaker of the lower house of parliament Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda. Speaker received a Palestinian diplomat at his request. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon today introduced number of staff changes in the country’s diplomatic corps. By president’s decree Zohir Saidzoda was appointed Tajikistan’s Ambassador to China, replacing Parviz Davlatzoda. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities are seeking grants from international financial institutions to support development of the country’s economy. asiaplustj.info »
Fairs to sell school uniforms and school supplies will be organized in all cities and administrative centers of districts of Tajikistan from August 1 to August 31. Such a decision has been signed by Prime Minster Qohir Rasoulzoda. asiaplustj.info »
The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) will work with the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program (GEF SGP) to develop a GEF SGP Country Strategy for Kyrgyzstan, according to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). asiaplustj.info »
