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Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, will completely eliminate trolleybuses, Bishkek Mayor Aibek Junushaliyev said in an interview with Kabar news agency. Junushaliyev explained that the city aims to clean up trolleybus lines and introduce modern, mobile buses instead. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Akbarsho Iskandarov, the former chairman of Tajikistan’s parliament, which was known as the Shuroi Oli (Supreme Council) until the early 1990s, has been summoned to the Prosecutor-General’s Office and has been detained after the questioning on unspecified charges. 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 »
The Kazakhstan authorities do not rule out that the country’s representatives will participate in the Peace Summit in Switzerland. Aibek Smadiyarov, an official representative of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry, stated that “Kazakhstan advocates compliance with the principles of the UN Charter in any conflicts. asiaplustj.info »
A statement released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on May 30 says increasing numbers of people in Uzbekistan are being prosecuted and imprisoned for “insulting the president online.” The criminal charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and violates international human rights law. asiaplustj.info »
During a visit to the southern province of Khatlon, President Emomali Rahmon sharply criticized “the pace” of the province's development of the agrarian sector. His criticism, directed at local officials in the province, came during an address to a meeting of regional administrators in Danghara on May 25. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on May 20 that China is poised to help Tajikistan complete some major infrastructure projects, including modernization of the state-controlled aluminum smelter (Tajik Aluminum Company, or TALCO), the country’s largest industrial enterprise. asiaplustj.info »
Beginning on January 1, 2025, Uzbekistan’s police will start keeping a register of citizens who have committed or are inclined to commit violence, Fergana news reported on May 14. By president’s decree those put on the register will be subject to correctional work, with the involvement of psychology inspectors from the National Guard. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan authorities call on tourist companies to refrain from sending tourists to Sarytag area in Ayni district of the northern province of Sughd due to the risk of contracting the plague. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has rejected a statement by Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council that Ukraine has allegedly recruited mercenaries in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities must respect journalists’ freedom of expression. The US Ambassador to Tajikistan, Manuel Micaller, says this in his message of congratulations on the occasion of the Day of Press, which is marked in Tajikistan on March 11. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities have promised to increase electricity supplies to residential customers in the regions, who have experienced power rationing since later September last year, to 8 house per day during the holy month of Ramadan: four hours in the morning and four hours in the evening. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik Prosecutor-General's Office, for the first time, confirmed on February 16 that opposition activist Bilol Qurbonaliyev was arrested after Germany deported him in November, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says . asiaplustj.info »
The ambitious National Green Country Program adopted by the Tajik Government last year provides for planting 65 million trees and shrubs in the country on an area of more than 4,000 hectares until the end of 2025. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say Iran's Ministry of Intelligence Friday (January 5) evening released a statement on the Kerman twin blasts, claiming that one of the alleged suicide bombers held Tajikistani nationality. asiaplustj.info »
Mufti Albir Krganov, Head of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia, say religious leaders of Central Asia’s nations should work more actively with migrants working both in Russia and before their arrival in the country in order to prevent any wrongdoing, “now such interaction is not built,” writes TASS . asiaplustj.info »
Local authorities in the Kulob region of Khatlon province have taken tough measures to make residential customers pay for electricity. Thus, the Kulob Power Distribution Network just cuts off electricity supply to settlements, 20 percent of residents of which have electricity debts. asiaplustj.info »
As motorists in Kazakhstan grow increasingly partial to running their cars on liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, local officials are warning that shortages of the fuel will inevitably lead to price rises. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports say the Ministry of Digital Development of Kyrgyzstan has proposed a new concept – the temporary residence permit – for foreign citizens, including citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The local authorities of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) are seriously concerned over increase in prices of petroleum products and high cost of medicines in the region. These issues were discussed at a meeting held by the GBAO deputy governor, Anvar Immatshozoda, in GBAO’s capital, Khorog, on November 30. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities must disclose the whereabouts of Asliddin Sharipov who disappeared after Russian authorities extradited him to Tajikistan earlier this fall, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) said in a statement released on October 30. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday October 25, the Governor of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) Alisher Mirzonabot held a meeting to discuss the current socioeconomic situation in the area. Along with other issues, the issue of Internet and mobile phone communication services was also discussed at the meeting. Speaking at the meeting, Mr. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s government has been accused of using electricity as leverage against its political opponents after officials allegedly cut off power to the family homes of several opposition figures. asiaplustj.info »
Russian ruble surges after the Russian authorities ordered 43 companies to prop up the slumping currency by selling some of their foreign cash Interfax reports that the Russian authorities announced on Wednesday evening that they are introducing mandatory sales of foreign currency earnings on the domestic market for the country's largest exporters for a period of six months in order asiaplustj.info »
Oishamo Abdulloyeva, the mother of self-exiled opposition leader Sharofiddin Gadoyev, told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service on October 12 that Farkhor district authorities cut off electricity to her house a day earlier over her son's political activities in Europe. asiaplustj.info »
Despite the steady economic growth observed in Tajikistan over the past ten years, the employment rate remains low, says the medium-term program for the development of productive employment designed for 2023-2027, which adopted by the country’s government on August 31, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
Starting from October 1, 2023, Uzbekistan’s authorities will launch the integrated program of continuous support for small businesses. Under this program, the authorities will provide 1.7 billion US dollars to local entrepreneurs in the form of preferential loans within the next three years. asiaplustj.info »
Five nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been closed down in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) over the first six months of this year, in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan region have been closed down over the past six months, the Deputy Minister of Justice, Asadullo Hakimzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on August 8. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Rustam Mirzozoda, the head of Tajikistan’s High Economic Court, stated on August 7 that the Economic Court of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) has granted the request of the GBAO chief prosecutor’s office for the appropriation of a land plot in GBAO’s capital, Khorog, where the University of Central Asia asiaplustj.info »
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s southern region of Batken say the border with Tajikistan, shut down more than two years ago following a deadly standoff, can "gradually reopen" after delimitation and demarcation work between the two nations is fully accomplished. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty reported on July 26 that officials in Tajikistan have taken over several major properties, including a hotel, a lycee, and a city park that are linked to the influential spiritual leader Aga Khan in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). asiaplustj.info »
Dushanbe authorities introduce non-cash payment for the rental of textbooks for schoolchildren starting from August 1, Navrouz Mirzo, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education and Science (MoES), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan on July 19 labeled the Pamir Daily News online news agency as an “extremist organization” and banned its activities in the country. Media reports say the ruling follows a request submitted to the court by Tajik Prosecutor-General Yusuf Rahmon. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban authorities have ask Russia to simplify the issuance of visas to Afghans. TOLOnews tweeted on July 15 that Russia's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, have met in Kabul with the acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Amir Khan Muttaqi. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan media reports say a delegation from the Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan has traveled to Uzbekistan and discussed border security issues with Uzbek authorities. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on July 5 that the government of Tajikistan’s campaign against the operations of a charitable organization funded by the Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of the country’s Ismaili minority, has intensified over the past few weeks. asiaplustj.info »
Russian authorities have arrested Tajik blogger Junaidullo Khudoyorov at Tajikistan's request, his brother told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi on June 25, adding that the activist may face illegal incarceration and arbitrary prosecution if extradited to Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
World Bank’s research entitled “Gender Dimensions of Cross-Border Trade” has shown that the expansion of international trade is essential for poverty reduction, and it provides better job opportunities and increased returns particularly for women. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian authorities are intensifying efforts to attract contractors among migrant workers from the Central Asian countries to fight in Ukraine, offering them money and other enticements. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan asks the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to revise the form of financial support for the country. asiaplustj.info »
Citing Iranian police statement the BBC reported on April 9 that Iranian authorities have begun installing cameras in public places to identify unveiled women. Women seen not covering their hair would receive a "warning text messages as to the consequences", the police statement said, noting that this would help prevent “resistance against the hijab law. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik prosecutors have brought new charges against known human rights lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov, who is serving a 28-year prison term. asiaplustj.info »
A group of seven international rights organizations have called on the Tajik authorities Dushanbe to immediately and unconditionally release Tajik human rights lawyer Manouchehr Kholiqnazarov, who is serving 16 years in prison. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan has instructed relevant ministries to speed up the process of the establishment of production of electric vehicles inside the country. It is also instructed to take necessary measures to promote electrification of the country’s public transportation and launch an infrastructure for electric transport. asiaplustj.info »
In a statement released on March 17, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Tajik authorities should release journalist Khurshed Fozilov and stop prosecuting journalists in retaliation for their work. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged officials in the country to investigate the alleged poisonings of school girls with utmost seriousness. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan brings to attention of institutions, school students, as well as teachers and parents that due to cold weather winter holidays will be extended until January 16, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
Russia has announced an ambitious plan to increase its military from 1 million to 1.5 million and create multiple new units. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu chief cited NATO’s plans to incorporate Finland and Sweden as a factor in the buildup. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says Tajik authorities reportedly failed to meet the autumn enlistment quota on December 1 and took extreme measures to fulfill the autumn conscription campaign target. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Iran’s judicial authorities on November 28 announced the release of 715 detainees from different prisons in the country, following Iran’s late victory over Wales by two goals to zero on November 25. asiaplustj.info »
