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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In Tajikistan in Varzob gorge a Chinese company is building a road. Chinese are famous for their exotic cuisine in the whole world. In Tajikistan this food seems strange to people but it does not withhold them from selling snakes and turtles to Chinese road-constructors (rus). The local environementalists are raising concerns because the local population […]
The article by Clive Nigel at Eurasianet about Nurek dam is worth of mentioning. There are some beautiful pictures accompanying the article. It is one of the biggest reservoirs of fresh water in Central Asia. Nurek is not only about water but also electricity. I did not know but the author says that it supports […]
According to meteorologists the global climate change is already affecting the livelihoods of many people in Tajiksitan who are forced to leave their native places because of natural disasters. Although I’m skeptic about all the scary stories of ecologists the last three articles from different sources which have appeared this week in WWW need […]
