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Tajikistan: Emomali Rakhmon expands interaction with the European Union

Tajikistan: Emomali Rakhmon expands interaction with the European Union

18.02.2008 13:47 msk Analytics Tajikistan

Badly hurt by the cold winter as it was, Tajikistan also found himself in the grips of energy collapse. The Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant which is the country's principal source of energy idles because water in its reservoirs is down to the critical level. Energy export from Uzbekistan and Turkmen

Tajikistan: Subzero temperatures and energy crisis may foment a humanitarian catastrophe

Tajikistan: Subzero temperatures and energy crisis may foment a humanitarian catastrophe

12.02.2008 21:45 msk Tajikistan

Upset by the energy crisis in Tajikistan, international organizations operating under the UN aegis intend to appeal to donor-states to help them thwart a humanitarian catastrophe in this Central Asian country.

Tajikistan: The opposition braces itself for clashes with the regular army

Tajikistan: The opposition braces itself for clashes with the regular army

04.02.2008 12:56 msk Tajikistan

On the photo: Oleg Zakharchenko. Photo by Asia-Plus

Tajikistan: Is prostitution a profession or way to survive?

Tajikistan: Is prostitution a profession or way to survive?

30.01.2008 09:48 msk Analytics Tajikistan

Economic hardships faced off by Tajikistan in the recent years have laid a fertile ground for most of the women entering the sex industry. Official estimates show that an average salary in Tajikistan reaches $36. One-night stand girls earn about $100 per night depending on the client' wellbeing and

How citizens of Uzbekistan work as Gastarbeiters in Tajikistan

How citizens of Uzbekistan work as Gastarbeiters in Tajikistan

09.01.2008 16:12 msk Migration Tajikistan

That citizens of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan seek employment in Russia and Kazakhstan is common knowledge. What information is available to Ferghana.Ru, however, indicates that some Uzbek Gastarbeiters are willing to work in Tajikistan as well.

Army of labor immigrants from Tajikistan is swelling in numbers, and nothing can stop the process

Army of labor immigrants from Tajikistan is swelling in numbers, and nothing can stop the process

26.12.2007 12:13 msk Migration Tajikistan

Labor immigrants return from Russia to Tajikistan by the hundred to meet the New Year with their families. Experts from the Russian Federal Service of Immigration and Immigration Service of the Tajik Interior Ministry claim that practically every Tajik family has at least one Gastarbeiter coming hom

Only 7% children in Tajikistan attend infant schools and day-care centers

Only 7% children in Tajikistan attend infant schools and day-care centers

21.12.2007 13:32 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Conference "Infant school development in 2005 - 2010" in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, this week discussed a new strategy of development of infant schools. Addressing teachers, specialists from state structures, and local correspondents, Jukio Mokua of the UNICEF Mission in Tajikistan said on

President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon will visit Japan

President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon will visit Japan

30.11.2007 21:44 msk Politics Tajikistan

Emomali Rakhmon's four day visit to Japan begins on December 2. It is going to become the first official visit of the president of Tajikistan to Japan.

What do citizens of Tajikistan die of?

What do citizens of Tajikistan die of?

28.11.2007 15:04 msk Analytics Tajikistan

Death rate in Tajikistan is quite high. According to the Statistics State Committee, the death rate is 26.4 per every 1,000 citizens. Average duration of life in Tajikistan in 1993 was 66 years according to the national Statistics State Committee and 54.7 years (56.4 for women and 53.1 for men) acco

One of the few remaining monuments to Vladimir Lenin is to be dismantled in Dushanbe

One of the few remaining monuments to Vladimir Lenin is to be dismantled in Dushanbe

19.11.2007 11:13 msk Tajikistan

"The last statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Central Park of Dushanbe is to be replaced with a statue of Rudaki, Persian poet of the 9th century," Iranian web site Mehrnews reported the other day. "The Communist Party of Tajikistan appealed to President Emomali Rakhmon to permit it to move the monument

Another cellophane-wrapped gift for Emomali Rakhmon in Dushanbe

Another cellophane-wrapped gift for Emomali Rakhmon in Dushanbe

15.11.2007 19:43 msk Analytics Tajikistan

Another explosion in the capital of Tajikistan (and not the first one this year) reminded general public of the series of similar explosions in Tashkent on the eve of parliamentary and presidential elections there in 1999. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan organized those explosions in front of the

Tajikistan: street-sweeper killed in an explosion near the presidential palace in Dushanbe

Tajikistan: street-sweeper killed in an explosion near the presidential palace in Dushanbe

14.11.2007 11:04 msk Tajikistan

RIA-Novosti reports a powerful explosion barely 300 meters from the presidential palace in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, this Wednesday.

Another conflict reported on the Tajik-Uzbek border

Another conflict reported on the Tajik-Uzbek border

14.11.2007 09:09 msk Tajikistan

Citizen of Tajikistan Abdullo Atayev was killed in a conflict in the Istarafshan district (Sogdi region of Tajikistan) on the Tajik-Uzbek border on November 6. Hunshud Rahmatullayev of the PR Department of the Border Guards of the National Security State Committee of Tajikistan confirmed the inciden

Boom of medical establishments offering fee-based services in Tajikistan

Boom of medical establishments offering fee-based services in Tajikistan

02.11.2007 13:44 msk Tajikistan

A private clinic for the wealthy locals and foreigners opened in Dushanbe. It was established on the premises of the Surgery and Therapeutic Center colloquially known as Tajiev' Clinic by the name of its founder.

Tajikistan: structures fighting corruption request a pay-rise to retain integrity

Tajikistan: structures fighting corruption request a pay-rise to retain integrity

22.10.2007 10:45 msk Tajikistan

Sherhon Salimov, the head of the Tajik Agency for State Financial Control and War on Corruption, called a press conference in Dushanbe where he all but asked for financial assistance from the government and international organizations. As far as Salimov was concerned, salaries paid officials of the

International scientific community demands aid to Professor Maitdinova in Dushanbe

International scientific community demands aid to Professor Maitdinova in Dushanbe

18.10.2007 17:08 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Photo: Guzel Maitdinova near her house in the center of the Tajik capital

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