It is almost impossible to have a profitable business in Tajikistan if you follow all rules and regulations set by the state. People bitterly joke that the easiest way to become a wealthy man is …

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 …

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 …

In Tajikistan each textile (cloth) has a name of a popular person. Previously, I heard about this interesting phenomenon in Tajikistan but didn’t pay attention to it as long as I did not see the …

Yesterday two Tajik nationals, suspected of killing Ilyas Shurpaev – a reporter of Russian TV company Channel One – were detained in Dushanbe by the local police.
Television reporter Ilyas Shurpayev was found dead March 21 …

Navruz is one of the main celebrations for Tajiks. This time — more than ever — it means end of one of the harshest winter in several decades. People could hardly wait for these warm …

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Another rally in Khorog (the administrative center of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region) to be organized by Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT), led by Rahmatullo Zoirov, one of the main opponents of the current president. As …

Today about three hundred people came out to the streets of Khorog ‘to protest against the despotism of law enforcement authorities’, reports AsiaPlus (rus). They demand to have punished all the corrupted representatives of these …

The disintegrated Tajik opposition is hoping to restrict the powers of the president. Recently, the parties not represented in the parliament – the Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Party – released a …