Tajikistan

  • Jul 1, 2008
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Regimes face water distribution dilemma

Extreme weather conditions have brought renewed urgency to efforts to normalise water...

Central Asia
  • Jun 20, 2008
  • 2 min read

TAJIKISTAN: Islamic extremists jailed

The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced three members of the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) to prison...

Tajikistan
  • Jun 16, 2008
  • 6 min read

EASTERN EUROPE: Smoking remains socially acceptable

While levels of tobacco addiction have declined in Western Europe in recent years, the problem...

Eastern Europe
  • May 8, 2008
  • 7 min read

KAZAKHSTAN: Wheat export ban harms poorer neighbours

The recently announced ban aims to preserve more of the crop for Kazakhstan's domestic market,...

Kazakhstan
  • May 7, 2008
  • 2 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: S&P sees potential economic success

Natural resource wealth affords Central Asian states a chance to achieve lasting economic...

Central Asia
  • Jan 21, 2008
  • 2 min read

TAJIKISTAN: Electricity problem exposes vulnerability

President Imomali Rahmon yesterday opened Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant, built with...

Tajikistan
  • Jan 8, 2008
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Hizb ut-Tahrir channels disaffection

Hizb ut-Tahrir appears to be a rising force. In some quarters, there is growing alarm at its...

  • Nov 14, 2007
  • 2 min read

TAJIKISTAN: Blast in Dushanbe reveals instability

A bomb exploded in Dushanbe today, in what appears to be an act of terrorism.

Tajikistan