Parliamentary elections were held in Uzbekistan. On the election day the citizens of Uzbekistan, who are residing in Tajikistan were able to participate in the elections by visiting the Embassy in Dushanbe. The election poll in the Embassy refers to the Tashkent constituency. 80 citizens of Uzbekistan have registered in the Embassy...

The presentation of the stocks of under-construction Rogun Hydroelectric Power Station was held in Tajikistan. The presentation was opened by the Finance Minister Safarali Nadzhmiddinov. According to the minister, besides the sale of stocks, the government of the country will continue the financing of this object...

The residents of Kamishkurgan village in the northern Tajikistan are obliged to walk several kilometers every day in order to reach the only source of drinking water in the area. The village has no water pipe. People stand in line for several hours. The village has more than 11 thousand residents. The difficulties with drinking water have emerged around 20 years ago...

The life conditions in Tajik villages are the hardest ones. Often there is no natural gas and water. With the energy crisis, the life in the villages is becoming even harder. The family of Abduvali lives close to the capital, around 25 kilometers away from Dushanbe. They are trying to compensate the shortages with a small Chinese energy generator. It works on gasoline, 1.5 liters for five hours...

The import of a large consignment of smuggled alcohol was prevented in Tajikistan by the members of Sogda regional customs office. The cognac, martini and bordeaux, in total the members of the Sogda regional customs office have seized around two thousand bottles of expensive alcohol drinks. A long list of seized products includes winter clothes and a large consignment of bulbs, which were prohibited back in October...

The experts of the World Bank have conducted a monitoring of business sector of Tajikistan. One and a half thousand entrepreneurs have participated in the monitoring. Upon the results of the research, it was discovered that the north of the country has more favorable conditions for commerce. International experts connect this with the proximity to the regional trade centers and the developed transport communications...

The Tajik Education Ministry has ordered to prolong the winter holidays at the public schools. According to the know-how, pupils will have extra two weeks, from the end of December until January 24. The authorities are hoping that children will make up the school curricula in spring. They also do not exclude the possibility that in the future, holidays like this will become permanent...

The payment for the information contradicts the Constitution. The Tajik journalists are appealing to the government to revise the resolution on the “Order of compensation of spending, connected with the receiving of provided information.” As, according to the journalists, it fundamentally contradicts the Constitution, which guarantees the right for free receiving of information...

The issue of supply and sale of Uzbek natural gas in Tajikistan does not have a political character. This is an economical problem, and Uzbekistan is interested in it, say the economists. Next year, the “Tajiktransgas” is planning to purchase 400 million cubic meters of natural gas from Uzbekistan, but first it is necessary to make a pre-payment and define the price. At the moment the Tajik side is paying 240 dollars per thousand cubic meters of natural gas, the country is supplied with eight thousand cubic meters of natural gas. Almost all the fuel is being used by the Tajik Aluminum Plant. For many residents an ordinary heater is the only source of heat in the house. It is also possible to cook on it, but the smoke immediately fills the room.

Meanwhile, the official Dushanbe is not revealing the results of negotiations with the Uzbek side. They are waiting for the results. “Tajiktransgas” does not exclude that the decision will be mutually beneficial...

The residents of Tajikistan will be able to receive electricity by-passing Uzbekistan. By simply pushing a button, the President of Tajikistan has launched a new power line “South-North.” Until the launch of the Sangtuda-2 Hydroelectric Power Station, it will connect all the scattered power lines of the Sogda region and the centre of the country. The construction of high-voltage power lines was initiated three years ago. 420 million dollars were spent for the construction. The project was financed by the state jointly with the Chinese export-import bank. The contractor was also represented by China.

Before the launch of the new power line, the north of Tajikistan mainly received electricity from Uzbekistan. In exchange, the Tajik electricity was supplied to the southern part of the neighbor. The only hydroelectric power station in Sogda region, which is Kayrakkum HPS provides electricity to only 15 to 20 percent. The new power line will be able to partially cover the problem of energy deficit in the country...