http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net neweurasia\'s latest on Tajikistan Thu, 08 May 2008 03:54:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Despite the common historical and cultural heritage of Tajiks and Iranians, Tajiks love Russia more than Iran. IRNA reports that according to the recent poll conducted and published by Weekly View, shows that ‘33 percent of those questioned consider Iran as one of Tajikistan's main strategic partners.’ The English of IRNA ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/05/08/tajiks-love-russia-more-than-iran/ 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 ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/05/06/can-bribery-be-justified/ The solution of energy crisis in Tajikistan can not be handled without negative influence on the impoverished population. Recently the head of Barki Tojik (electricity monopolist) announced that there was made a proposal to the government to double the price for electricity. According to him this will make the hydropower ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/05/06/another-increase-in-price-for-electricity/ sent by Khorsheed Bakhshayesh Dushanbe  Mayor of the Tajik capital has appealed to heads and workers of all ‘managing subjects of the capital’ – irrespective of the patterns of ownership and departmental subordination – to transfer 50% of their monthly salaries in coming May and June to the Raghun Dam construction account. ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/29/dushanbe-appeals-for-peoples-assistance/ 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 ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/28/following-american-dream-pros-and-cons/ The British Ambassador to Tajikistan Graeme Loten has criticized the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) for their apathy towards the population’s hardship during the past winter. The IRPT did not follow the pattern set by other opposition parties to taunt Rahmon’s administration for power shortage that caused newborn deaths ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/20/british-ambassador-criticizes-irpt/ Tajik media have been publishing more articles on regionalism lately. Unsurprisingly, most of them defend the unwritten ideology of the present political neopatrimonial establishment and some of them support it explicitly, like Safvat Burhanov's article published in the latest issue of Ozodagon (Dushanbe), who calls for further preserving regionalist affiliations. ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/18/regionalism-vs-nationalism/ Usually when I talk about Tajikistan blogs at neweurasia I prefer naming/categorizing them as Tajik-Tajik blog, which means a blog about Tajikistan in Tajik language, or Tajik-English blog (this one), or Tajik-Russian. The same way of categorizing can be applied to all media outlets in Tajikistan. At first glance you ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/17/critical-tajik-tajik-media-outlets-get-shut-down/ If you are a wealthy person living in Tajikistan, it means that either (1) you’re a governmental official, or (2) you’re a former governmental official, or (3) you’re a businessman who avoids paying taxes, or (4) you’re an entertainment star, or finally (5) you’re a drug-smuggler. If you’re not ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/13/law-abiding-people-will-never-become-wealthy-in-tajikistan/ Here is an interesting article by IWPR about the cross-border problems that occur in Fergana valley - the region divided between three states (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). Tajikistan always had relatively good relations with its neighbor Kyrgyzstan but seems like it is not going to last any longer. There is a ... http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2008/04/03/border-issues-water-issues/