Tajkistan, Society

14:11, december 12

U.S. Department of State lists Tajikistan among countries violating religious freedom

On November 28, U.S. Secretary of State, Michael R.

10:50, december 11

Police officers, vocational-technical students clean Dushanbe central avenue of litter

Police officers and vocational-technical school students have participated in an action on cleaning Dushanbe streets of litter.

17:04, december 10

International community expresses concern over blockage of Internet sites in Tajikistan

Today, in honor of the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the international community and the Tajik government discussed the importance of protecting these universal human

15:30, december 10

Dushanbe the first in Central Asia to install New Year’s tree

Dushanbe is the first among the Central Asian capital cities to install a New Year’s tree.

14:47, december 10

Tajik geologists reportedly discover two new minerals and name them “falgarit” and “badakhshanit”

Tajik researchers have reportedly discovered two new minerals this year – ‘falgarit’ and ‘badakhshanit’.

09:26, december 7

IOM Global Migration Film Festival comes to Tajikistan

The third edition of the Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) has been launched by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – The United Nations Migration Agency in over 100

15:09, december 6

Terrorist attack against foreign cyclists in Danghara destroys the lives of the families of the assailants

After more than three decades working as a teacher at her local school in the southern city of Nurek, Nabotbegim Yusupova, the mother of Asliddin Yusupov and Jafar Yusupov, two of the five men Tajik

10:53, december 6

74 athletes nominated for presidential award

A meeting of the commission on giving presidential awards to prize winners of international sports competitions, presided over by Deputy Prime Minister, Azim Ibrohim, took place in Dushanbe on

09:17, december 6

Tajikistan joins a series of World Soil Day events all across the globe

On December 5, in observance of World Soil Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) CLIMADAPT started

15:59, december 5

Access to some news websites blocked in Tajikistan again

Access to some news websites, including Asia-Plus news agency, has been blocked in Tajikistan again.

15:35, december 4

ADB awards grant to Tajikistan to improve maternal and children health care

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $32 million grant to help the Government of Tajikistan improve healthcare services in three districts of Fayzobod, Rasht, and Shamsiddin-Shohin,

15:26, december 4

Banners with UDHR articles will appear in Dushanbe

Banners with articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Tajik will appear in Dushanbe as part of a 12-day action to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of

16:31, december 3

Training for the Monitoring Group: monitoring methodology and preparation of reports

On December 3-7, experts of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights Agnieszka Kłosowska and Aleksandra Iwanowska will conduct training for members of the Monitoring Group for Places of Deprivation

16:19, december 3

12-day action to celebrate 70th anniversary of UDHR launched in Tajikistan on December 3

A 12-day action to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was launched in Tajikistan on December 3.

15:42, december 3

10,675 people living with HIV officially registered in Tajikistan as of June 30, 2018

Mr.

15:21, december 3

Ethiopians win 2018 SCO Kunming International Marathon

Ethiopian runners took the spoils in both men's and women's sections of the 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) International Marathon that took place in Kunming, the capital of

11:45, december 3

Tajik, Uzbek nationals now may get places in resorts and summer camps of the two countries without difficulty

Nationals of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan now may get places in resorts, sanatoriums and summer caps of the two countries without any difficulty.

16:36, november 30

Japan’s Government supports enhancement of health sector in Tajikistan

On November 29, Mr.

15:39, november 30

Tajikistan’s tallest ever New Year’s tree to be installed in Dushanbe

Tajikistan’s tallest ever New Year’s tree will be installed in Dushanbe this year.

14:48, november 30

German Embassy invites all comers to German Bazaar in Dushanbe

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Dushanbe invites all comers to an annual Christmas fair that twill take place at the German Embassy in Dushanbe on December 1, from 1:00 pm to 5:00

10:23, november 30

Chakan embroidery inscribed on UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Chakan, an embroidery art in Tajikistan, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

15:49, november 29

Belarus authorities release Tajik ex-soccer player from custody

Belarus has effused to extradite refuses to extradite Tajik ex-soccer player, Parviz Tursunov, charged with public calls for carrying out extremist activity, to Tajikistan, according to Radio

11:07, november 27

Days of Tajikistan’s Culture held in Qatar

Days of Tajikistan’s Culture have taken place taken place in the Qatari capital of Doha.

11:46, november 26

Defense minister builds health center at his own expense

Defense Minister, Colonel-General Sherai Mirzo, has built a health center in the village of Doshmandi in the Baljuvon district of the Khatlon province for his money.

11:05, november 26

289 Tajik nationals still study at foreign religious schools illegally, says interior ministry

Over the first nine months of this year, 68 abandoned Tajik students abandoned their studies at religious schools abroad and returned home, according to the Interior Ministry’s website.

14:44, november 19

Days of Tajikistan’ Culture to be held in Qatar this month

Days of Tajikistan’s Culture will take place in the Qatari capital of Doha from November 22-28, according to the press center of the Ministry of Culture (MoC) of Tajikistan.

14:12, november 19

The National Drug Policy Dialogue held in Dushanbe

The National Drug Policy Dialogue (NDPD) that was held in Dushanbe on November 16 is the second event of this nature in Tajikistan, according to the European Union (EU) Delegation to Tajikistan.

10:36, november 19

Access to Asia-Plus and Facebook unblocked in Tajikistan on the day of inauguration of Roghun HPP

Access to the website of Asia-Plus as well as to the social media and social networking service company Facebook was unblocked on November 16, when the first of six units of the Roghun hydroelectric

10:26, november 16

Tajik capital hosts festival of Korean movies

The 4th Festival of Korean Movies will take place at the Kayhon Movie Theater in Dushanbe from November 22-24.

16:37, november 15

Opening of gender resource center and the hotline on prevention of domestic violence

The new hotline and a Resource Center at the Committee on Women and Family Affairs under the Government of Tajikistan is being created under the EU-funded project, according to European Union (EU)