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Prison visits have still been suspended in Tajikistan due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. A source within the Main Penitentiary Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan says that for the purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19 in penitentiary institutions short-term and long-term prison visits have been temporarily suspended. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday August 7, U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan John Mark Pommersheim participated in an event to celebrate the opening of the Agency of Land Reclamation and Irrigation’s renovated conference hall, and a ceremonial handover of a wheel excavator for the Tajik Isfana Small Basin Council in Jabbor-Rasoulov district of Sughd province, both of which were supported by the U.S. asiaplustj.info »
The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) has endorsed a schedule of activities, which provides for terms of setting up constituencies and polling stations, creating electoral commissions as well as nominating and registering candidates for presidency. asiaplustj.info »
One more COVID-19 patient died yesterday, bringing a total number of the novel coronavirus-linked deaths in the country to 62, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP). asiaplustj.info »
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), with the support of the Government of Switzerland, has successfully launched an emergency project aimed at reducing Tajikistan's vulnerability to COVID-19-related food insecurity in 12 districts of Khatlon province, Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Sughd province and Rasht Valley of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
A joint session of both chambers of parliament that took place today has set the date for this year’s presidential election in Tajikistan. The session, presided over by Malisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper house of parliament) Speaker Rustam Emomali, has made a decision to hold this year’s presidential election in Tajikistan on October 11, 2020. asiaplustj.info »
As of July 1, 2020, a total debt of enterprises and organizations in Tajikistan has amounted to more than 53.3 billion somoni (equivalent to 5.2 billion U.S. dollars), according to the Agency under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Members of Tajikistan’s upper chamber (Majlisi Milli) of parliament have approved the country’s laws on tourism, compulsory liability insurance of vehicle owners, evaluation activities, and combating corruption, according to the Majlisi Milli press center. asiaplustj.info »
A mild tremor measuring 4.9 on Richter scale jolted some areas of the Tajik northern province of Sughd today at 1:18 pm. The United States Geological Survey says the quake occurred at the depth of six kilometers some six kilometers from the Chilgazi jamoat, which is subordinate to the city of Isfara. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is continuing to operate charter flights to Russia. According to the Tajik Embassy in Moscow, Tajikistan will continue operating charter flights to Russia until regular flights are resumed “Tajik air carriers will operate 14 flights per week from various cities of the Russian Federation, including Moscow, St. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, more than 12,600 entrepreneurs have shut down their businesses in Tajikistan, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. 460 legal entities (companies and enterprises) and some 12,200 individual entrepreneurs have closed down their business in the reporting period. asiaplustj.info »
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on July 30 approved the grant-financed Fourth Phase of the Central Asia Regional Links Program (CARs-4), which aims to enhance Tajikistan’s regional transport connectivity and facilitate cross-border trade. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has resumed regular flights to Dubai. The first Dushanbe-Dubai-Dushanbe flight is expected to be operated today night, Jamila Huseinova, a spokeswoman or Dushanbe International Airport, told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
One of the main priorities of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in economic development is support to exporters. Sustainable export support allows attracting additional volumes of foreign currency necessary to cover import costs to the national economy, maintaining the balance of trade, reducing the debt burden on the economy, thus creating new job opportunities. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is waiting for the arrival of Chinese specialists to implement a number of projects, according to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT). An official source at a MoEDT says senior representatives of the ministry met with Chinese ambassador to Tajikistan in mid-July. asiaplustj.info »
One COVID-19 patient died yesterday, bringing a total number of the noel coronavirus-linked deaths in the country to 61, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP). asiaplustj.info »
Revenues of Tajikistan national budget for the first six months of this year have stood at 9.8 billion somoni which is 4.5 percent or 462.3 million somoni less than it was originally planned, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF). asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated a $928,000 grant for Tajikistan to procure additional personal protective equipment for health care workers to support the country’s efforts in combatting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Minister of Finance Faiziddin Qahhorzoda revealed on July 29 that Tajikistan’s external debt has risen 170 million U. S. dollars (USD) in six months to July, 2020, reaching 3. asiaplustj.info »
The University of Central Asia (UCA) and the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) in Tajikistan on July 27 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Khorog into a safe and resilient city, and collaborate on several educational initiatives, including research capacities of young and mid-career scientists and lecturers. asiaplustj.info »
German Ambassador to Tajikistan, Dr. Andreas Prothmann and Tajikistan’s First Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population, Dr. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Tajikistan has made public the number of vulnerable people, who will receive lump-sum grants in the framework of the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). asiaplustj.info »
The European Union (EU) and the Republic of Tajikistan held their eighth Cooperation Committee on 28 July, according to the EU Delegation to Tajikistan. The meeting that was co-chaired by Mr. Luc Pierre Devigne, acting Managing Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and OSCE at the European External Action Service and Mr. asiaplustj.info »
Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national power utility company) says it will impose restrictions on the supply of electricity due to a dramatic drop in water levels in a reservoir powering the Nurek hydroelectric power plant (HPP). asiaplustj.info »
Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), contributed US$1.1 million towards the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) COVID-19 response in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
One COVID-19 patient died yesterday, bringing a total number of the coronavirus-linked deaths in the country to 60, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP). asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say Iran has sent two cargoes from Shahid Rajaee Port in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas to Kyrgyzstan through Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran (KTAI) corridor for the first time to officially launch the mentioned corridor. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, approximately 342,000 foreign nationals have visited Tajikistan, which was 262,000 people fewer than in the same period last year, according to the Agency for Statistics (Agency) under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has enough medicines, the Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population, Jamoliddin Abdullozoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 24. According to him, the coronavirus situation in the country is becoming stabilized. asiaplustj.info »
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, KfW and Pamir Energy signed the Grant and Project implementing agreement for construction of a small hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) of Tajikistan According to the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan, the document was inked by the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Mr. asiaplustj.info »
In 2018, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) launched Thrive Tajikistan, a five-year program to improve the quality of life for people living along the Tajik-Afghan border, according to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). asiaplustj.info »
178 natural disasters have been reported in Tajikistan over the first six months of this year, Rustam Nazarzoda the head of the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 23. asiaplustj.info »
A tripartite grant agreement for 18.6 million euros was signed in Dushanbe on July 22. According to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT) press center, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda signed this document with the German development Bank (KfW). asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday July 22, as part of its Team Europe Global Response, the European Commission announced ˆ112.2 million to strengthen health, education and social services in Tajikistan and support the country in its coronavirus response, according to the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The number of officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Tajikistan has exceeded 7,000. asiaplustj.info »
To-date, only 65 percent of Tajikistan’s population has access to digital television, the head of the Committee for TV and Radio-broadcasting, Nouriddin Said, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 22. He also noted that two new TV channels would be launched in the country this year. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, labor migrants have sent 999 million U.S. dollars to banks in Tajikistan, which was 174 million USD fewer than in the same period last year, the head of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), Jamshed Nourmuhammadzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 22. asiaplustj.info »
49 clerics in Tajikistan have fallen sick during the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), Sulaimon Davlatzoda, the head of the Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 22. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s largest sports complex officially opened in Dushanbe on July 21, according to the Tajik president’s official website. The complex that has been built on Karamov Street reportedly meets requirements of Olympic standards. asiaplustj.info »
A source within the Islamic Center of Tajikistan told Asia-Plus today that this year, celebration of Idi Qurbon, or Eid al-Adha in Arabic, falls on Monday, July 31. Last year, Tajikistan celebrates Eid al-Adha on August 11. asiaplustj.info »
Two leading officials for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are suddenly out of office after an extension of their mandates was rejected by Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The number of officially confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Tajikistan is nearing 7,000. asiaplustj.info »
Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Speaker Rustam Emomali today signed a decree on convocation of joint session of both chambers of parliament on August 6, a source within the Tajik parliament told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s communications service agency says it has no way to lower Internet prices. Local experts, however, consider that the Internet prices could be lowered several times, there would be a desire. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s largest sports complex is expected to officially open on July 21, a source within the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview. The complex that has been built on Karamov Street reportedly meets requirements of Olympic standards. asiaplustj.info »
Even as Tajikistan suffers a severe COVID-19 outbreak, the country faces a looming blow from the worst global economic outlook in generations. Data through the month of May from the Listening to Tajikistan survey reveal severe disruptions in the labor market, and sharply falling remittances. asiaplustj.info »
Set at 2,200 meters above sea level, Khorog is one of the highest cities in Central Asia. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavqi Zavqizoda and Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Liu Bin held a virtual meeting on July 14 to discuss cooperation issues, according to the press center of the Ministry Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT). asiaplustj.info »
To prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Tajikistan has reportedly strengthened control of the stretch of its common border with Kyrgyzstan between the Bobojon-Ghafourov district (Tajikistan’s Sughd province) and the Leilek district (Kyrgyzstan’s Batken oblast). asiaplustj.info »
The number of officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tajikistan has reached nearly 6,700 as of July 15. asiaplustj.info »
