On April 28, president Emomali Rahmon and Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali attended a ceremony of opening of the National Reference Laboratory, according to the Tajik president’s official website. The total cost of the laboratory is 23.8 million somoni, including 7.857 million somoni spent for construction of the building and 16 million somoni spent to provide…
Negotiations over the suspicion of flights by two Russian airlines to Tajikistan and by Tajik private air carrier to Moscow that resumed in Moscow on April 25 are still going on. “The negotiations were supposed to be concluded on April 26, but the sides have not yet come to an agreement on flights by Russian…
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has given start to construction of a number of new administrative and educational facilities in Dushanbe, according to the Tajik president’s official website. Rahmon attended a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a new building for the Supreme Court of Tajikistan. An estimated budget for construction of a new 16-story building of…
The term of receiving tender applications for construction of converter substation for the CASA-1000 Project at Sangtuda has been extended again; this time till May 11, according to the CASA-1000 website. The matter reportedly concerns the search for contractors for construction of converter substation in Sangtuda (Tajikistan) and Nowshera (Pakistan). This tender process was supposed…
The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) predicts further food price hike under the pressure on the exchange rate of the national currency, the somoni, against the dollar (USD). Tajik central bank forecasts that prices for imported food products will begin to rise starting from the second quarter (April-June). The NBT specialists say negative inflation expectations…
New taxis of Peugeot and JAC models assembled in Kazakhstan are expected to appear on Dushanbe’s streets next month. Holding Asia Group Tajikistan Company says 120 Peugeots and JACs will arrive in Dushanbe before June. Top manager Sulton Kamolov says the company now has 100 KIA and Toyota cars which are used as taxis. “These…
According to forecasts of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in the following season (June-July) Tajikistan will import 1 million tons of wheat, which is below the annual average level for the country. In February-March the weather conditions in the agricultural regions of Tajikistan were favorable for development of winter crops. Precipitation was higher…