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Can bribery be justified?

Posted by Chester | in Crime and Corruption | on May 6th, 2008
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High-school and university students are getting more and more excited about the upcoming examination period. Exams and tests usually start at end of May or early June. For some people it is going to be a period of sleepless nights but for others just a period of money-spending.
Today it is not a big secret […]

Following American Dream: pros and cons

Posted by Chester | in Employment, Migration, Future | on April 28th, 2008
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Yesterday I saw off one more friend of mine who left for the United States of America. Many young people today in Tajikistan seek opportunities to leave our country with a hope to get better education and/or earn money. A year ago I heard American consul in Tajikistan said that […]

Regional Cooperation vs. Ambitions

Posted by Chester | in International Affairs, Economy | on February 8th, 2008
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In todays world cooperation is a key to development and there is no other way to combat poverty, health etc. as well as new era challenges related to environmental problems, international terrorism, human trafficking and so on and so forth. In the end of January, 2007 a two-day conference was held in Dushanbe to […]

Who are we?

Posted by Chester | in History | on February 1st, 2008
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I usually come across rather interesting information when I just surf on the internet with no purpose. This time I found a couple of sources that explain the etymology of the word Tajik.
I remember when I was at high-school we were often told that Tajik meant crowned; consequently, Tajik nation was a crowned nation. […]

Accession to WTO is around the corner

Posted by Chester | in Economy, Development | on January 30th, 2008

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 […]

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