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Employees of the Tajik Embassy in Moscow have visited the Moscow Center for the Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens, where 136 Tajik nationals are being held awaiting deportation. According to i nformation posted on the Embassy’s Facebook page, they promised labor migrants to issue certificates for their return to Tajikistan free of charge. asiaplustj.info »
Toll prices for the Dushanbe-Chanak highway will be raised beginning on January 1, 2022, according to the Branch of Innovative Road Solutions (IRS) LTD in Tajikistan, which operates the toll on this highway. 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 »
Bloomberg Economics notes that omicron and more lockdowns, sticky inflation, a run on emerging markets, a fresh euro crisis, and food prices and unrest feature in a rogues’ gallery of risks. Some things might go better than expected too, of course. Governments may decide to keep fiscal support in place. asiaplustj.info »
The Committee on Religion, Regulation of Traditions, Celebrations, and Ceremonies (CRA) under the Government of Tajikistan is waiting for permission from the Standing Committee on COVID-19 Response of Tajikistan for performance of Umrah pilgrimage. asiaplustj.info »
Police in the Tajik northern city of Khujand have uncovered a stash. According to the Interior Ministry’s official website, officers from the criminal investigation department of the Sughd police directorate on December 4 uncovered a stash disguised as an hourly rate hotel, organized by the 40-year-old local woman. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Justice has published for the first time expenditures the country’s 2022 budget projects totaling for defense, law enforcement agencies and courts. The text of The RT Law “On the National Budget for 2022” posted on the Justice Ministry’s official website says Tajikistan’s 2022 budget projects expenditure of about 2. asiaplustj.info »
Members of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament have unanimously voted for ratification of a government-to-government agreement between Tajikistani and Russia on creation of an integrated air defense system. asiaplustj.info »
Lack of Internet access causes serious problems for residents of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), but nobody explains the reason for switching off the Internet access in the region. Today is already the thirteenth day that Internet is inaccessible in the region. asiaplustj.info »
One of the challenges of living in remote mountain communities is the limited access to affordable, world-class, local education. asiaplustj.info »
Sergei Mironov, the leader of the A Just Russia – For the Truth political party, proposes to impose temporary visa requirements for citizens of the Central Asian countries in order to protect Russia’s economy against cheap labor and reduce the likelihood of importing new COVID-19 strains. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say new rules that will come into effect in the Russian Federation on December 29 will impose mandatory fingerprint registration and photography in addition for medical examinations for foreign cities arriving in Russia for employment purposes and those arriving in Russia for purposes other than work for a period exceeding 90 calendar days. asiaplustj.info »
A special hotline on all labor migration issues has been lunched for Tajikistanis in the Russian Federation The hotline has been launched by the Representative Office of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population (MoLMEP). asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$30 million grant for Tajikistan to modernize the Yovon irrigation and drainage system in the lower Vakhsh river basin, which will help to boost agricultural productivity and increase opportunities for women in land and water management, says press release issued by the ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM). asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon signed the RT Law “On the National Budget for 2022” on November 30. Recall, Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament approved the state budget for 2022 on November 24. asiaplustj.info »
Eight nationals of Tajikistan have been jailed in Russia for a series of robberies against entrepreneurs in Moscow and Moscow oblast. asiaplustj.info »
The Head of the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, Rustam Nazarzoda heading a Tajik delegation is participating in the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR), which being held in Matosinhos, Portugal from November 24 to November 26. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says prosecutors in Khatlon province are seeking an additional seven years in prison for a jailed lawyer on charges of having links with an extremist group. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament has approved the state budget for 2022. A regular sitting of the Majlisi Namoyandagon presided over by its head, Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda, took place on November 24. asiaplustj.info »
Representatives of civil society have sent a letter to Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali, who is also Speaker of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper house of parliament), asking for making public transport for schoolchildren free or providing a 50-percent discount on the schoolchildren annual public transport card. asiaplustj.info »
Issues of training of qualified local engineers and other important specialists for the Tajikistan textile and clothing sector were the main theme of a sectoral roundtable, which was held in Danghara on November 18. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik experts warn that the use of coal poses serious environmental problems. However, the authorities say that thanks to coal, they can heat the capital city and create additional jobs. Citing the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan, CABAR. asiaplustj.info »
The Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy (ECECACD) was established by a group of high-level leaders, including former Heads of State, politicians, scientists, diplomats and philanthropists from the region on November 11, 2021. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament on November 17 toughened punishment for violence against children, endorsing amendments made to the country’s administrative code. The amendments provide for increasing the fine for violence against children from 180-300 somonis to 420 somonis. Lawmakers have voted for the amendments unanimously. asiaplustj.info »
Issues related to energy cooperation between Tajikistan and Russia were discussed a meeting of Tajik Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma with Russian Minister of Energy Nikolai Shulgin that took place in Moscow on November 18. asiaplustj.info »
Vesti.ru reported on November 21 that Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has said in an exclusive interview with Russia 24 (a state-owned Russian-language news channel) that the Moscow authorities are working on a program for the gradual replacement of migrants by Russians at key projects in the capital. asiaplustj.info »
The revenue part of the country’s budget for the first nine months of this year has been overfulfilled by 4. 8 percent, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF). A source at a MoF says the budget’s revenue part for January-September this year has stood at 20. asiaplustj.info »
On November 5, 2021, a grant agreement for the “Project for Human Recourses Development Scholarship (JDS)” was signed by Mr. Faiziddin Qahhorzoda, the Minister of Finance of Tajikistan and Mr. Takasaka Muneo, the Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Fuel prices have begun to decline in the Tajik capital for the first time in six months. Since the beginning of this week begin, prices for gasoline and diesel fuel in Dushanbe have dropped by 2.7 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively. asiaplustj.info »
The Acting Foreign Minister of the Afghan Taliban's Interim Government, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in a letter to the United States Congress asked for the release of Afghanistan’s central bank assets frozen by the United States government, TOLONews reported on November 17. asiaplustj.info »
Supported through joint collaboration between Caritas Switzerland and the Government of Switzerland, Tajik Agrarian University, named after Shirinsho Shotemur, officially unveiled an educational cluster for hydrology and agrometeorology at its Dushanbe campus. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s population is seriously concerned over increasing prices for petroleum products in the country because a fuel price hike inevitably leads to increase in the price of public transport and basic food products. asiaplustj.info »
A tactical exercise the special units of the Collective Security Organization (CSTO) Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) will take place in Tajikistan from November 17 to November 19. asiaplustj.info »
As part of his trip to Tajikistan, Director General of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Central and West Asia Regional Department, Eugene Zhukov, has visited the Anti-Hail Service of the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, which is located in Hisor City. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty says two jailed Tajik opposition politicians have been placed in solitary confinement after sending a letter to President Emomali Rahmon from a penal colony. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan once again expressed its readiness to assist the international community in delivering humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan thorough its territory. asiaplustj.info »
Hindustan Times reports that a declaration issued at the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan says eight countries pitched for cooperation to tackle radicalization, extremism, separatism and drug trafficking. asiaplustj.info »
National security advisers (NSAs) and security council secretaries of eight countries, including India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, participated in the Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan that took place in New Delhi on November 10. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty says a well-connected woman in Dushanbe is facing up to 15 years in prison for the attempted murder of her husband’s alleged second wife in a case being closely watched by Tajiks. asiaplustj.info »
Programmer Rahmatsho Bakhtiyorov has developed a student portal, student.tj, which allows Tajik educational institutions to completely digitize their services, including gradually phasing out paper documents. asiaplustj.info »
Citing Sputnik Afghanistan , Krasnaya Vesna news agency reports anti-Taliban National Resistance Front leader Ahmad Massoud has visited Iran. On November 6, he reportedly held a meeting in Mashhad with ex-governor of Afghanistan’s Herat Province Ismail Khan (currently in exile there) as part of attempts to strengthen the Afghan opposition. asiaplustj.info »
The U. S. Ambassador John Mark Pommersheim to Tajikistan has visited the Tajik northern city of Panjakent to launch the Preservation and Restoration of the Ancient Panjakent Archeological Site Project. asiaplustj.info »
The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted approval for emergency use to India's government-backed Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin. WHO says in a tweet it has granted emergency use listing (EUL) to Covaxin (developed by Bharat Biotech), adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention of COVID-19. asiaplustj.info »
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday fired the head of Uzkomnazorat (Uzbekistan’s telecoms watchdog) Golibsher Ziyayev after he restricted access to popular social networks and websites such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Odnoklassniki, Telegram, LinkedIn, Moi Mir and other services . asiaplustj.info »
The deep political military, economic and social crisis in Afghanistan, which has become a matter of concern to the world community, is causing tension in the region. President Emomali Rahmon remarked this here yesterday during a meeting with newly appointed ambassadors of a number of countries. asiaplustj.info »
Migrants make enormous development contribution to their host and origin countries. The number of those seeking better employment opportunities in the Russian Federation remains high in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Invitation for Bids (IFB) Republic of Tajikistan Night Storage Heaters Including Remote Control System Component 2. asiaplustj.info »
RIA Novosti says that in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel, Russian top diplomat Sergey Lavrov has called for taking measures to prevent the spillover of terrorist threats from Afghanistan through borders into other countries. asiaplustj.info »
China is expected to build a base for Tajik special police unit on the Afghan border in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has suggested that the UN declare 2025 as the International Year for Glaciers Preservation and set a specific date when the world can celebrate the World Glaciers Day while speaking at the 76th session of the UN high-level meeting on Delivering Climate Action: for People, Planet, and Prosperity. asiaplustj.info »
