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An international investment forum, dubbed Pamir Invest 2022, took place in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), on August 17. asiaplustj.info »
A new freight railway route connecting China’s eastern province of Jiangsu with Central Asian countries began operating on August 13, Kazakhstan’s The Astana Times reported on August 15, citing China’s Xinhua news agency reports. asiaplustj.info »
Russia would not like to see about a hundred planes and helicopters, flown by U.S.-trained Afghan pilots to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in mid-August last year as they fled the Taliban, get into Ukraine, Zamir Kabulov, the Special Representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan also Director of the MFA Second Asian Department, told RIA Novosti in an interview on August 16. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban want to purchase one million barrels of oil from Russia. Kommersant says Taliban Industry and Trade Minister Nuriddin Azizi said this in an interview with the Russian state0run news agency RIA Novosti . asiaplustj.info »
Thirteen Tajik nationals have been extradited from Russia to Tajikistan at the request of the Tajik law enforcement authorities. The Prosecutor-General’s Office of the Russian Federation announced on August 9 that 13 Tajik nationals have been extradited from Russia to Tajikistan at the request of the Tajik law enforcement authorities. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik-Chinese Joint Venture (JV) Zarafshon, which is a leading gold mining company in Tajikistan and accounts for about 70 percent of Tajikistan’s gold production, has been exempted from paying the value added tax (VAT) and customs duties on the imports of certain goods, technologies and equipment. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, deputy head of Open Joint-Stock Company Somon Air (Tajikistan’s privately owned air carrier), Abdulqosim Valiyev, noted on July 28 that the American Aircraft Corporation Boeing has not excluded Central Asia’s nations from the number of buyers of its planes. asiaplustj.info »
146 Tajik nationals will be brought back to Tajikistan from Syria by charter flight today, the state-run news agency Khovar reports, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan. Meanwhile, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service, known locally as Radio Ozodi, says of those to be brought back to Tajikistan from Syria today, 42 are women and 104 children. asiaplustj.info »
Boeing's long-term airline industry forecast has excluded sales to Russia and Central Asia. The company had previously predicted sales of 1,540 aircraft to buyers in the region. The Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) 2022-2024 notes that the plane manufacturer has cut its long-term industrywide forecast due to uncertainty over the impact of sanctions against Russia. asiaplustj.info »
“Switching from one currency to another one in mutual settlements depends on opportunities of the private sector,” the Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda told reporters in Dushanbe on July 14. asiaplustj.info »
Experts from the Antimonopoly Agency under the Government of Tajikistan claim that the rise in farm produce prices in Tajikistan has resulted from ‘dry spring’ and rising cost of imported mineral fertilizers in the country. asiaplustj.info »
Under the approved indicative balance, Tajikistan has imported 340,000 tons of petroleum products from Russia over the first six months of this year, which is 41 percent more than in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MoEWR). asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities have penalized “dissemination of false information about the army. asiaplustj.info »
The issue of attracting investments from the European Union (EU) for completion of construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP) is reportedly still at the stage of negotiations. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Kyrgyz Service reported on July 11 that eleven Kyrgyz citizens have been released from Tajik custody after being held on charges of illegally crossing the border amid an ongoing border dispute between the two Central Asian nations. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first five months of this year, Tajikistan’s textile imports from Uzbekistan have amounted to 10. 5 million U. S. dollars (6. 14 percent of total Tajikistan’s imports from Uzbekistan – Asia-Plus ), which is almost two times more than in the same period last year, Centralasia. asiaplustj.info »
The authorities of Tajikistan have made one more attempt to receive a concessional loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the framework of the Extended Credit Facility program. asiaplustj.info »
The Prosecutor-General’s Office has upheld the results of investigation carried out by the office of chief prosecutor in Faizobod district over the cause of death of the 25-year-old local woman, who was found in her home with 26 stab wounds on her body. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan media reports says a three-day gathering of Islamic clerics that was held in Kabul from Thursday to Saturday, concluded with a resolution of 11 principles. More than 4500 religious scholars and tribal elders reportedly attended the gathering that began on Thursday, June 30 and ended at 5 pm Saturday, July 2 by issuing an 11-artice resolution. asiaplustj.info »
During the police operation, dubbed “Knife”, conducted by police in Dushanbe on June 30, knives and electric shockers were confiscated from three young men and two teens. asiaplustj.info »
Uzbekistan has made the first safe cargo transit from Pakistani port via Afghanistan in a week-long route, Uzbekistan's Transport Ministry says. asiaplustj.info »
In Dushanbe, children can be seen washing cars, selling small items, behind the counters of stores and other retail outlets where they help and sometimes even replace adults. They offer their help to carry bags and heavy bags near large shopping malls, and some of them even offer to shine shoes, a report issued by CABAR.asia on June 6 says . asiaplustj.info »
Tajik-born Russian singer Manizha has been removed from the list of performers at the upcoming Stereoleto song festival in St. Petersburg, scheduled for June 12-13, Fontank. ru reported on June 7. asiaplustj.info »
An evening of classical music is being held at Opera and ballet Theater in Dushanbe tomorrow. Musical duet from France -- Anastasiya Magamedova (piano) and Johannes Gray (cello) -- will perform works by Shostakovich, Janacek, Poulenc and Canesson. asiaplustj.info »
A delegation of entrepreneurs from St Petersburg arrived in Dushanbe yesterday on a three-day visit to discuss with Tajik officials and entrepreneurs opportunities for cooperation. asiaplustj.info »
The Dushanbe Police Directorate has reported detention of a young women from Khatlon’s Temurmalik district for damaging the automated teller machines (ATMs) in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district. asiaplustj.info »
Ukrainian media reports say the Verkhovna Rada has denounced the agreement between the governments of Ukraine and the Russian Federation on the avoidance of double taxation of income and property and the prevention of tax evasion, as well as three CIS agreements. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan will receive 45 million US dollars in grant from the International Development Association (IDA), which is the part of the World Bank, for financing the Resilient Landscape Restoration Project. asiaplustj.info »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a press conference after a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Dushanbe on Friday, May 13. Global and regional issues, interaction in CIS format as well as current developments in Ukraine were reportedly on the agenda of the meeting. asiaplustj.info »
The sixth meeting of regional working groups from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan was held on May 6 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to discuss plans for further cooperation and develop a coordinated position on promoting commercial quality standards, food safety of agricultural products, increasing competitiveness of the region and the promotion of exports through Geographical asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on April 29 that Amriddin Alovatshoyev, who is considered leader of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) youth in Russia, has got a lengthy jail term. asiaplustj.info »
Professor Hojimuhammad Umarov, a Dushanbe-based expert on the Tajik economy, considers that the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) needs significant assistance from the national authorities and the international community. asiaplustj.info »
Russian air carrier S7 Airlines that stopped flights to Tajikistan on Mach 5 reportedly plans to resume flights to Tajikistan beginning on April 3. According to S7 Airlines office in Tajikistan, the company plans to operate a once-daily service from the Tajik northern city of Khujand to Moscow starting from April 3. asiaplustj.info »
Citing to Afghan airline officials, the Associated Press ( AP ) reported on March 26 that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian airline Utair says it has not stopped flights to from Russia to Tajikistan after Western countries introduced sanctions targeting Russian airlines. asiaplustj.info »
Compared to 2020, remittances from Tajik citizens sent through money transfer system to the country from Russia last year rose 3.1 percent, or 5.4 million U.S. dollars (USD). The Central Bank of Russia says 1. asiaplustj.info »
Khushbakht Azizbekov, who after graduation from Khorog State University (KSU) started his professional career at School #7 of Khorog as mathematics – informatics teacher, always tried to improve his teaching by learning new skills, says the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Office in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The cover of the November issue of the world’s most popular magazine VOGUE (Portugal) was adorned by the beautiful costumes of our compatriot – Oroy Shakhidi, a Tajik woman who lives and makes her unique works in London. asiaplustj.info »
An article posted on Eurasianet’s website, in particular, notes that car fuel prices are the most visible indictor of current difficult economic situation in Tajikistan, which relies on imports for much of its staple needs. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is expected to evacuate from Poland its nationals who have moved there from Ukraine. Tajikistan Ambassador to Germany Imomuddin Sattorov told Asia-Plus in an interview Wednesday afternoon that Tajikistan has planned two flights on March 10 and March 11 to evacuate from Poland its nationals who have moved there from Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan Daler Juma has discussed the issue of importing petroleum products from Iran during his four-day working visit to Tehran that lasted from March 1 to March 4, Jamshed Sadulloyev, a spokesman for the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan (MoEWR), told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
A number of international broadcasters, including the BBC , CNN , Italy’s RAI and Germany’s ARD and ZDF , have said they will stop reporting from Russia after its parliament passed a draft law punishing the publication of what it calls “fake news” about military operations conducted by the Russian Armed Forces. asiaplustj.info »
The EU, the United States and their allies have agreed to cut off a number of Russian banks from the main international payment system, Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). asiaplustj.info »
Russia is seeking support from its trustworthy allies in Central Asia for its military operation in Ukraine. Kyrgyzstan’s AKIpress reported on February 26 that President Sadyr Japarov had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between their countries. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations has removed former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani's name from its list of heads of state, TOLOnews reported on February 22 noting that the list was released on the UN website on February 15. asiaplustj.info »
A 44-year-old woman from Vahdat Township, Shohida Mahmadjonova, who disappeared after visiting the Vahdat police station on February 3 reappeared on February 8 after the Interior Ministry said that criminal proceedings were instituted against her under the provisions of Article 307 (2) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – organizing activities of an extremist organization. asiaplustj.info »
Elders from border villages of Tajikistan’s Sughd province and Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region met at the end last week to discuss issues of strengthening friendly relations between the residents of border areas. asiaplustj.info »
In a statement released on February 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan advises Tajikistanis to refrain from traveling to Kyrgyzstan. The statement, in particular, notes that the Tajik side has recorded facts of biased attitude towards citizens of Tajikistan in Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
Situation in high school sector has become critical across Tajikistan. High schools, which were already straining to deliver an acceptable education, are being decimated by the teacher exodus. asiaplustj.info »
According to data from the Tax Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, Tajikistan over the first nine months of last year earned 1,144,500 somonis (equivalent to more than 101,000 U.S. dollars) from taxing online-giants such as Facebook Ireland Ltd , Google , Apple Distribution International Limited , Microsoft, Amazon . asiaplustj.info »
