The coronavirus pandemic is bearing serious consequences for remittance-reliant countries like Tajikistan, which has seen a 15 percent decrease in such payments in the first half of this year.
Uzbekistan to pump additional water for irrigation from Tajikistan
Due to water shortage, Uzbekistan will pump additional water from a Bahri Tochik reservoir in Tajikistan for irrigation of crops in the Syrdarya basin, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Water …
How Tajikistan Blocked Term Extensions For Key OSCE Officials
Two leading officials for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are suddenly out of office after an extension of their mandates was rejected by Tajikistan. The terms of …
No Success in Life Without Risk – Lessons From Businessman and Entrepreneur Amer Safaee
However, most of the company’s annual sales come from Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and UAE. More recently, Safaee completed his MBA, or Masters of Business Administration, and has since made …
Is Russia paying the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops?
Russian forces, the general charged, were conducting training exercises on the Afghan border with Tajikistan and purposely leaving … For years, Russia has provided training and financial assistance …
Tajikistan authorities question family members of exiled journalist
On July 3, 2020, the Tajikistan prosecutor general’s office in Dushanbe, the capital, summoned two relatives of exiled journalist Mirzo Salimpur and questioned them about their relationship with him, …
Tajikistan commits to 1,000 Golden Days Strategy to improve nutrition and development outcomes among children
English News and Press Release on Tajikistan about Food and Nutrition, Health and more; published on 16 Jul 2020 by SUN Movement …
WFP launches cash for work projects as part of its COVID-19 response in Tajikistan
English News and Press Release on Tajikistan about Food and Nutrition, Recovery and Reconstruction, Epidemic and more; published on 14 Jul 2020 by WFP …
‘Two Poets and a River’: Worlds of love in the Wakhan Valley
Ethnomusicologist Richard Wolf has been contemplating the rupture between two countries in his a film about poet-singers in Tajikistan and in Afghanistan.
Economic and Social Impacts of COVID-19: Update from Listening to Tajikistan
Even as Tajikistan suffers a severe COVID-19 outbreak, the country faces a looming blow from the worst global economic outlook in generations. Data through the month of May from the Listening to …