Finally, we are warm and happy because the good weather has come to Tajikistan. It is the second day that we have warm weather in Dushanbe and today it was 10 degrees above the zero.
I heard several good news from my friends and colleagues:
Firstly, my friend in Khujand (northern Tajikistan) told me that they […]
Tajik officials and the working party, established by the WTO General Council on 18 July 2001, gave very optimistic statements regarding the accession of Tajikistan to WTO. Tajikistan submitted the membership application to WTO in May, 2001 and since then many meetings were held and millions were spent to make all necessary arrangements for […]
Nurek reservoir covered with snow.
Tajikistan is going to have more problems with electricity supply in the beginning of February. Unfortunately, no information agency reports on that except AsiaPlus but the article on its website is available only for the subscribers. However, I know from people who read this article that water in Nurek […]
To be honest, I am tired of saying in addition to this and that when I talk about the energy crisis in Tajikistan, but anyway. In addition to all the problems that we already have with energy, Uzbekistan decided to limit the supply of gas to Tajikistan. The main reason is debt (rus).
The […]
The energy crisis is Tajikistan is so severe that newly born children die in maternity hospitals because of electricity cut-offs. It is unbelievable but even hospitals are put on schedule of electricity cut-offs. It will be hard to find out who is responsible for the recent deaths of children in the hospitals - doctors […]
Because of the unusual cold this winter the winter holidays of students were prolonged by teachers. (rus) They realized that it is impossible to have classes in the freezing rooms. However there was no permission from the Ministry of Education and it means that teachers had no right to cancel classes on 11th of […]
Specialists say that it is the coldest winter in Dushanbe during the past twenty five years.
The life of ordinary citizens in Tajikistan is getting even worse. In addition to current energy crisis, prices for the scarce electricity was increased by 20 percent and for the gas almost by 50 percent. It is happening during the winter time when the population is experiencing a great shortage of energy to heat […]
It is freezing outside. Not compared to Russia or Kazakhstan but it is unusual for Dushanbe. The cold weather suddenly came to our parts from the north. As late as in the morning it was 3 degrees of warmth. The meteorologists say (rus) that it is the cold northern invasion. Several days ago it […]
Here are the pictures of the new museum built in the center of Khujand. It was built on the ruins of an old fortress. To be honest I have no idea about the history of this fortress but I guess it was one of the main fortifications of the city in the middle ages. […]
