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In his address to a joint meeting of both chambers of parliament, President Emomali Rahmon said yesterday that the overall amount of state budget expenditures for social sectors will increase over the next three years, with 61 billion somonis (TJS) allocated for this purpose. asiaplustj.info »
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In 2032, Tajikistan will generate electricity only from the renewable energy sources, that is it will provide 100 percent “green energy” (currently 98 percent). President Emomali Rahmon stated this on December 28 while addressing a joint meeting of both chambers of parliament. asiaplustj.info »
In a statement delivered at a joint meeting of both chambers of parliament, President Emomali Rahmon noted on December 28 that about 9 billion somonis have been channeled to rehabilitation of the country’s power grids in recent years. asiaplustj.info »
In his address to a joint meeting of both chambers of parliament, President Emomali Rahmon said on December 28 that the next unit of the Roghun hydropower plant is planned to be introduced into operation in 2025. asiaplustj.info »
Central Asian environmental researchers warn of the rapid destruction of natural ecosystems in Central Asia. Some of them believe that this is an irreversible process. Furthermore, the residents of the region are already feeling the consequences of these processes. asiaplustj.info »
Russia’s ZARUBEZHDIPSTROY LLC, which is general contractor for construction of five Russian-language schools in Tajikistan, local partners and other companies had to do most of the work at their own. asiaplustj.info »
An informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS member countries took place at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg on December 26. asiaplustj.info »
The Telegraph reported on December 25 that Afghanistan’s exchange rate story is one of remarkable recovery over the past year, taking the country’s national currency, the afghani, to its highest level against the dollar since early 2018. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Rasht district (Rasht Valley in eastern Tajikistan) has imposed a fine of 11,560 somonis on local man. The court’s official website says the sentence has followed his conviction on charges child abuse. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is in the second place globally in terms of the import wheat from Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s APK Novosti news agency, citing the Bureau of National Statistics of Kazakhstan, reports that over the first ten months (January-October) of this year, Kazakhstan has exported 3. asiaplustj.info »
Sadoi Mardum newspaper, a mouthpiece of Tajikistan’s parliament, says the Majlisi Namoyandgon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) on December 22 ratified a US$20 million loan agreement signed by the Government of Tajikistan and the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) in Dushanbe on October 6, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
The Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Cementi Tojik (Tajik Cement), which operates the Dushanbe cement plant, has announced its closure and the cement plant has been shut down. asiaplustj.info »
Citing weather forecasters, the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan warns that avalanches are expected in mountainous areas of the country in the coming days. According to data of the Hydrometeorology Center (Hydromet), today there will be variable cloudiness in districts subordinate to the center and sleet and fog are expected in some districts. asiaplustj.info »
Russia may lose its cultural identity if the culture of labor migrants attracted from abroad begins to dominate. This was stated by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at a meeting with clergy of the Moscow Diocese on December 20. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Kazakhstan have vowed to boost bilateral cooperation in the information technology sector. The press center of the communications service agency of Tajikistan says the countries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian charge d’affaires on December 23 in the absence of the country’s ambassador. It handed over to the Russian diplomat a note of protest over the statement the 6th Arab-Russian Cooperation Forum issued in Morocco on December 21 on three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb and the Lesser Tunb. asiaplustj.info »
The unilateral closure by the Kyrgyz authorities of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has led increase in coal prices in the Tajik northern province of Sughd. Currently, Kyrgyz coal is being imported into Sughd province via Uzbekistan’s territory, and these are additional costs and, accordingly, price increases. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and the World Bank have signed three grant agreements totaling 71 million US dollars. The press center of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) says the documents were inked by Mr. Faiziddin Qahhorzoda, Finance Minister of Tajikistan and Mr. asiaplustj.info »
Karon is a Zoroastrian city in Darvoz district of Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO, located 6 km from Qalai-Khumb, the administrative center of Darvoz district and 1 km from the village of Ruzvay. asiaplustj.info »
Transport authorities of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Turkiye have reached an agreement on creation of a transport corridor connecting these countries in the west with Europe, and in the east with China. asiaplustj.info »
Faridaily reported today morning that a high-ranking source “familiar with the plans of the military leadership” says the Ministry of Defense will continue the campaign on recruiting contract soldiers next year. asiaplustj.info »
The transport tax will rise 5. 88 percent in Tajikistan beginning on January 1, 2024. The rise in the transport tax reportedly results from increasing calculating indictor in the country starting from January 1 next year. asiaplustj.info »
According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, over the first eleven months of this year, Tajikistan exported US$1077 million worth of electricity to the neighboring countries of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, which is almost 5.0 percent more compared to the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda participate in a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government that took place a meeting of the CIS Council of the Heads of government that took place in Moscow on December 18. asiaplustj.info »
The Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, citing the Ministry of Finance (MoF), says the amended tax collection target for the first ten months of this year has been overfulfilled by 4. asiaplustj.info »
The European Union (EU) and Tajikistan held the 14th round of their annual Human Rights Dialogue in Dushanbe on December 14. The EU Delegation to Tajikistan says Tajikistan’s delegation was led by Firouz Orzouzoda, Head of the Human Rights Guarantees Department at President’s Executive Office. asiaplustj.info »
It seems the Qosh Tepa Canal project has failed as environmentalists from the Rivers Without Borders coalition have reportedly uncovered signs of a serious accident at the Qosh Tepa irrigation canal being constructed by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court has kept silence although a month has passed since the case of murder of the first deputy head of Orienbonk, Shuhrat Ismatulloyev, has moved to it. Meanwhile, an official source within the Supreme Court told Asia-Plus in an interview today morning that the banker’s murder case has been designated “top secret”. asiaplustj.info »
The Public Council for Taxi Development (Public Council) has sent a proposal to the Economic Committee of the Federation Council to allow migrants to work as taxi drivers for two years, RBC reports, citing the Public Council chairperson Irina Zaripova. asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM) says ADB and the Tajikistan Committee for Environmental Protection, and the Dushanbe City Administration planted 200 trees in Dushanbe on December 15 to wrap-up the Bank’s 25 years of strong partnership with the country. asiaplustj.info »
The main music event of this year is getting closer – the gala concert with participation of the winners of the Tarona Music Award 2023 will be held at the Kokhi Surush concert hall on December 21, starting time: 5. asiaplustj.info »
Two mobile phone companies -- Two Closed Joint-Stock Companies (CJSCs) Indigo-Tajikistan (Tcell trademark) and TT-Mobile (Megafon Tajikistan trademark) -- that were granted license to provide high-speed Internet to Tajikistan say they are interested in providing high-quality Internet to all citizens and in increasing the affordability of the Internet. asiaplustj.info »
On December 14, President Emomali Rahmon attended an official opening ceremony of a new building of the Tajik Alpha Group in Khatlon province. asiaplustj.info »
As part of his working visit to Khatlon province, President Emomali Rahmon yesterday attended an official opening ceremony of a new educational building of the branch of the Public Institution “International University of Tourism and Entrepreneurship of Tajikistan’ in Levakant city and got acquainted with the modern educational opportunities in it. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday December 13, President Emomali Rahmon and Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Speaker Rustam Emomali attended an official opening ceremony of an additional administrative building of the Prosecutor General's Office in Dushanbe, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
The Khaama Press News Agency reported on December 13 that as the Shia Ismaili Muslim community and admirers worldwide commemorate the 87th birthday of Prince Karim Aga Khan, also known as Aga Khan IV, global leaders and several leaders from Islamic countries extended their congratulatory messages. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday December 13, President Emomali Rahmon and Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Rustam Emomali attended an official opening ceremony of a building of the National Crisis Management Center (Center) of the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan in Dushanbe The Tajik president’s official website says the Center is furnished asiaplustj.info »
The co-chairman of the Tajik-Kyrgyz commission for delimitation and demarcation of the disputed segments of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border – Head of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS) Saimumin Yatimov and his Kyrgyz counterpart Kamchybek Tashiyev -- met in Batken, Kyrgyzstan on December 12. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the European Union has developed a plan to use profits generated from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. The Financial Times reported on December12 that the plan provides for setting aside profits generated from frozen Russian assets in the EU with the aim of eventually raising 15 billion euros (US$16.1 billion) to benefit Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
The United States has imposed sanction on the Taliban representatives for their links to the repression of women and girls. These reportedly include the minister for the so-called Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice that the US Department of Treasury said has engaged in killings, abductions, whippings and beatings. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan first privately owned air company, Somon Air, has increased the number of flights on the air route connecting Dushanbe and Khujand, the capital of the northern province of Sughd. The Somon Air press center says that beginning on December 16, the airline will operate flights from Dushanbe to Khujand daily. asiaplustj.info »
The co-chairmen of the governmental delegations for delimitation and demarcation of the disputed segments of Tajikistan’s common border with Kyrgyzstan – Saimumin Yatimov (Tajikistan) and Kamchybek Tashiyev (Kyrgyzstan) – met in Batken, Kyrgyzstan on December 12. asiaplustj.info »
Prices for gold bars produced by the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) are rising. An official source within Tajikistan’s financial regulator says the price hike has been caused by increasing international gold prices. asiaplustj.info »
The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Tajikistan yesterday hosted the 10th edition of the EU-Tajikistan Civil Society Seminar where the representatives of the government, civil society organizations (CSOs), media, and diplomatic community have participated. asiaplustj.info »
28 people, including 26 citizens of Tajikistan and two citizens of Uzbekistan, have bene saved from freezing on the highway in Kazakhstan’s Akmola region. The press center of the Akmola Emergencies Department says 28 foreigners, including two children, have been saved from freezing after a bus with migrants on board stuck on the road due to a breakdown on the night of December 8-9. asiaplustj.info »
The Energy Ministers of Tajikistan (Daler Juma), Kyrgyzstan (Taalaibek Ibrayev) and Pakistan (Muhammad Ali) met in Dubai, UAE on December 6 on the sidelines of the COP28 to discuss the process of implementation of the 1000 Electricity Transmission and Trade Project for Central Asia and South Asia (CASA 1000), the press center of the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan (MoEWR) asiaplustj.info »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$40 million grant to help the Government of Tajikistan strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects in secondary education, including developing climate change awareness and promoting girls’ participation in STEM studies, says press release issued by the ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM) today morning. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik farmers says rice prices are expected to rise 5%-10% in the country compared to the last year. According to them, the reason for the rise in rice prices is inflation, increasing demand for rice due to increasing needs of the population and rising production costs. asiaplustj.info »
The Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) said on December 5 that a court in the western city of Atyrau had ruled to shut down the local Slava Ukraini (Glory to Ukraine) charity foundation that provided humanitarian and financial assistance to the war victims in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
