Today president Rahmon sent a telegram of condolence to president Musharaff of Pakistan upon the death of Benazir Bhutto.
As it was reported by AsiaPlus, president Rahmon underlined in his telegram that this vile act one more time proved that terrorism does not have national or religious implications but rather it is a shameful phenomenon […]
The main building of Tajik State Medical University which graduates all of the doctors in the country is totally burned. This tragedy happened today in the afternoon. The main building of the university started burning at around 2 p.m. and firefighters could not put out the fire. The whole building with all its libraries, […]
Today president Rahmon met with Tajik entrepreneurs (rus) in Kohi Vahdat and discussed with them their problems and future plans. As I was informed, this meeting lasted for about four hours. President attentively listened to the complaints and questions of the entrepreneurs after making a long speech about development of entrepreneurship in Tajikistan and […]
Winter in Tajikistan is not only about electricity cut-offs but also about natural disasters which cause damages, destructions, and deaths. It was reported by the leading information agencies, including Reuters. An avalanche which came from the mountains down to the main road connecting Dushanbe and Khujand, killed at least sixteen people last night.
According to […]
This post is part of the crossblog survey “2007 in retrospect”. You can also vote for the most important event of 2007 in our online poll.
This year was full of many interesting events in our life which had a great influence. However, I think 2007 will be remembered in the history of our […]
I made these pictures in Isfara last week. I’ve never seen so much non (round bread) in one place. This is only one part of the the bazaar which is located in the center of Isfara one of the oldest towns in Tajikistan. You will not be able find a place, even in Dushanbe, where […]
Tajikistan is trying to put a ban on witchcraft and fortune-telling.
“Those indulging in sorcery and fortune-telling shall be fined between 30 and 40 times the minimum monthly wage (85 to 113 pounds),” says the text of a draft law backed by the lower chamber of the Tajik parliament on Wednesday and obtained by Reuters.
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Recently, I was arguing that Tajik migrants have become a powerful tool in Russias hands against Tajikistan. Tajikistan would never get in direct conflict with Russia and labor migration would be one of the main reasons for that. The contradictions over construction of Rogun power station could easily become a strong reason for further […]
Recently President Rahmon visited Japan. It was his first official visit to this country. He was attending the first Water summit which gathered forty six countries for discussion about water problems in the Asia-Pacific region. It seems like Tajikistan was considered as a strategically important country which has huge resources of water. Most of […]
According to some experts illegal migration remains to be one of the main problems for the Russian government and it has no idea how to regulate it. However, it is unquestionable that Russia benefits more than it loses from hosting illegal migrants.
Countries like Tajikistan (the labor exporting countries) are also benefiting more than losing. […]
