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Over the first six months of this year, Tajik enterprises have produced more than 8 million face masks and 2.7 million of them have been exported to other countries, the Minister of Industry and New Technologies, Zarobiddin Faizullozoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 28. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian authorities have permitted to increase the number of charter flights to repatriate Tajik nationals stranded in the Russian Federation, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin told reporters in Dushanbe on July 27. asiaplustj.info »
Some 500 Tajik nationals are currently living in camps in Syrian territories controlled by Kurds, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin told reporters in Dushanbe on July 27. “There are 286 women and children among them who want to return home. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan expects to receive some 70 million U.S. dollars (USD) in grants from international financial institutions to support the country’s economy. An enlarged meeting of the management of the National bank of Tajikistan (NBT), presided over by the NBT first deputy head, Jamoliddin Nouraliyev, took place on July 16. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities have proposed Russia to resume regular flights between the two countries, according to the Tajik MFA information department. The Tajik side is currently waiting for reply from Russian counterparts. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the head of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), Jamshed Nourmuhammadzoda, revealed on July 22 that during the period from April to June this year, incomes of the country’s lending agencies fell 25.6 percent. asiaplustj.info »
Additional water will be taken from the water reservoir (Bahri Tojik) powering the Qairoqqum hydropower plant in the Tajik northern province of Sughd to irrigate agricultural fields in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent Syrdarya and Jizakh oblasts. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday July 15, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Republic of Tajikistan Mohammad Zahir Aghbar, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
Entrepreneurs who refuse to do business in an online format may lose their business in the near future, Jamshed Jumakhonzoda, the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 15. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin yesterday held meeting with ambassadors of China, India, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine to discuss cooperation in combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the Tajik MFA information department Sirojiddin Muhriddin and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of asiaplustj.info »
The construction of the Tajik section of the 1000 Electricity Transmission and Trade Project for Central Asia and South Asia (CASA 1000) will be completed in time, Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Jamshed Shoimzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 13. asiaplustj.info »
Moscow authorities may quarantine Tajik Embassy as its three employees have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “Three employees of our Embassy in Moscow have tested positive for COVID-19t,” a source within the Tajik Embassy in Moscow told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities have organized a special flight to repatriate Tajik students stranded in Russia. Tajikistan’s privately owned air carrier Somon Air is operating the Dushanbe-Moscow-Dushanbe flight today to bring 167 Tajik students and persons who had traveled to Russia on official business. asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court of Austria has invalidated an extradition order for Tajik opposition activist Hizbullo Shovalizoda, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on extremism charges his supporters reject after his arrival to Dushanbe from Vienna earlier this year, according to Radio Liberty . asiaplustj.info »
Tajik government’s decree provides for providing a lump-sum aid to the vulnerable sections of the population. The government’s decree “On preventing impact of COVID-19 infection on socioeconomic spheres of the Republic of Tajikistan” was issued on July 11. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik authorities have decided to provide financial support to the national air carrier Tajik Air by mutual settlement with its creditors. Government’s decree issued on June 25, in particular, notes that some 19 million somoni (equivalent to 1. asiaplustj.info »
The Prosecutor-General’s Office in Tajikistan has summoned for questioning close relatives of an independent journalist who has led critical coverage of the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Radio Liberty . asiaplustj.info »
On Monday July 6, outgoing Italian Ambassador to Tajikistan (with residence in Tashkent, Uzbekistan), Mr. Andre Bertozzi, held a virtual meeting with Tajik Deputy Foreign Minister, Muzaffar Huseinzoda, at the end of his tenure to the Republic of Tajikistan, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) under the Government of Tajikistan last week signed an agreement to launch a climate change adaptation project funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). asiaplustj.info »
On July 7, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin had a telephone conversation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Toshimitsu Motegi. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik entrepreneur Akbar Asadullo, the son of the late Vice-Premier Asadullo Ghulomov, will build a kindergarten to accommodate 315 children in the Yovon district (Khatlon province). According to Khatlon governor’s press center, the kindergarten is being constructed in the Abdurahmoni Jomi jamoat. asiaplustj.info »
International organizations and the government of Tajikistan have organized transportation to repatriate hundreds of Tajik citizens stranded in Kazakhstan because of restrictions implemented to combat the coronavirus outbreak. asiaplustj.info »
A bipartisan group of U. S. senators have called on the Tajik authorities to release detainees currently serving sentences for peacefully expressing their views, including members of student groups, activists, and human rights defenders. asiaplustj.info »
In a new report published on July 2 International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and ARTICLE 19 draw attention to a series of restrictions and obstacles faced by independent journalists and media outlets in Tajikistan. The Price of Silence vs. asiaplustj.info »
Media watchdog has urged Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to reject proposed legal amendments that it says threaten freedom of speech in Tajikistan. President Emomali Rahmon should not ratify proposed legal amendments that would threaten free expression in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on June 30. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is expected to organize charter flights beginning on July 8 to repatriate Tajik nationals stranded in Europe and the United States due to the coronavirus crisis, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik Embassy in Moscow says a special flight will be organized to repatriate Tajik nationals deported from Russia but who have been stranded there due to coronavirus crisis. 24 Tajik nationals who served their jail terms in penal colonies in the Russian Republic of Mordovia were released in April, but they could not return to Tajikistan due to the coronavirus outbreak. asiaplustj.info »
In mountainous regions with limited agricultural lands, rugged topography, and large gradients, the preservation of agrobiodiversity and an appreciation of traditional knowledge about food systems are essential ingredients of a sustainable future, therefore, the University of Central Asia (UCA)’s Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) has begun to engage in food systems research in asiaplustj.info »
55 deported Tajik nationals, who had been held in temporary detention facilities for several months, were brought to Dushanbe from Yekaterinburg by a special charter flight operated by Russia’s Ural Airline on June 22. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon today left for Moscow to attend a military parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Air tickets for charter flights to repatriate Tajik nationals stranded in Russia will be sold strictly by list, Tajik Ambassador to Russia Imomuddin Sattorov told Asia-Plus in an interview. Everyone else will have to wait for reopening of regular air services between the two counties, Tajik diplomat noted. asiaplustj.info »
Following weeks of protests, authorities in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO, agreed last week to give up on their attempt to jail two young men from BGAO’s Rushan district on suspicion of association with an accused drug smuggler and have, instead, decided to fine them less than US$20 apiece, Eurasianet said on June 20. asiaplustj.info »
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, has supported the voluntary return home of hundreds of Tajik migrants stranded at the Kazak-Uzbek border due to restrictions imposed in the wake of COVID-19. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan informs compatriots of launching special charter flights to repatriate Tajik nationals from Russia beginning on June 25. By president’s order the flight will be operated by Tajik Air and Somon Air from Moscow, St. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin participated in a high-level video conference on Belt and Road international cooperation that took place on June 18. The theme of the event was "Strengthening the Belt and Road International Cooperation and Jointly Fighting COVID-19. asiaplustj.info »
Bodies of 50 Tajik labor migrants have reportedly been transported to Tajikistan by land by specially equipped vehicles. According Radio Ozodi , human rights activists in Moscow say it has become possible thanks to the help of philanthropists. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik national air carrier Tajik Air resumes flights from Dushanbe to Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). The decision on this subject was made on June 16. “Tickets will be sold after pre-booking passengers on the flight. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Albania has ordered the extradition of a Tajik man sought by Germany for suspected membership in a cell of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service . asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Nazirmad Alizoda was reportedly invited to the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry yesterday to discuss the situation along the mutual border. asiaplustj.info »
A notorious Islamic State (IS) terror group recruiter, who has been linked to terrorist attacks in Sweden, Russia, and Tajikistan, has gone missing from a prison in northern Syria, according to people with knowledge of his detention, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on June 16. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s upper chamber (Majlisi Milli) of parliament (Majlisi Oli) is expected to discuss amendments made to the country’s administrative code at its session that will take place in Dushanbe on June 26, according to the Dushanbe mayor’s office. asiaplustj.info »
A mild tremor jolted Dushanbe today morning, at around 6:30 am. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), earthquake was centered in the area 72 kilometers northeast of Khorog and 327 kilometers east of Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon on June 5 signed a decree on preventing impact of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on socioeconomic spheres of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon on June 5 signed a decree on preventing impact of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on socioeconomic spheres of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik border guards have warded off an attempt by Afghan drug traffickers to smuggle a large amount of narcotic drug into Tajikistan, according to the public relations center of Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS). asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on June 12 that Tajik opposition activist Hizbullo Shovalizoda, who was extradited from Austria in March, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on extremism charges. asiaplustj.info »
The Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the withdrawal of newly approved legislative amendments in Tajikistan under which false or inaccurate COVID-19 coverage would be subject to heavy fines. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday June 10, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and World Bank Vice-President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde discussed by video conference issues related to cooperation between Tajikistan and the World Bank, including Tajikistan’s response to the global COVID-19, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Five Tajik nationals stranded in Kuwait due to the coronavirus crisis and cancellation of international flights were repatriated from Kuwait to Tajikistan by a special charter flight operated by Kuwaiti air carrier, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Minister of Education and Science Mahamdyusuf Imomov has had a video meeting with Russian Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov to discuss cooperation issues, according to the press center of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Education and Science (MoES). asiaplustj.info »
