A groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the Aga Khan Medical Center has been held in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAO). The ceremony was attended by Shodikhon Jamshed, Governor of GBAO, and Akbar Ali Pesnani, Resident Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Tajikistan. They laid the time capsule…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) accounts for some 15% of funds provided to support investment projects in Tajikistan. Issues related to implementation of the EBRD-supported projects in Tajikistan were discussed on May 25 at a meeting of senior representatives of the State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest) with representatives…
The choice of the foreign supplier of encrypted communications equipment for Ukraine’s armed forces will be made based on the results of a competition held by the military, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said. “I don’t want to be the one who picks what kind of communications system Ukraine’s army uses. I want it…
Another batch of the Ukrainian-made Oplot main battle tanks will be supplied under the contract to Thailand next week, chief engineer at Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant Oleksandr Sheiko said on May 25. “We will ship another batch to Thailand next week. Information on the number of tanks is confidential. We have fulfilled three quarters of the…
The International Bank of Tajikistan (IBT) has opened its first banking service center in Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province. The center opening ceremony that took place on May 25 was attended by top managers of the bank, regional administrators of Khatlon, representatives of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT)’s office in Khatlon, managers…
Reconstruction of the Kokhi Vahdat (Palace of Unity) State Complex, which is the headquarters of the Tajik ruling People’s Democratic Party and is also used to host international conferences, has begun. The national budget has earmarked some 30 million somoni (equivalent to some $4 million) for reconstruction of the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex, a source…
Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov was made familiar with the development of enterprises in the industrial park Khimgrad and enterprises of Kazanorgsintez Company in Tatarstan, the Russian Federation. While on a tour of Khimgrad Andrei Kobyakov was made familiar with the manufacturing sites of the resident companies there. Those are primarily companies specializing in…