Tajik President Emomali Rahmon (file photo) (Bymedia.net) April 19, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Tajik authorities are seeking a six-month ban on the opposition Social Democratic Party over accusations that it has "undermined laws and regulations."
The oil industry is a prominent feature of Azerbaijan's economic landscape, too (Bymedia.net) April 19, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has identified Caspian-basin and Central Asian states as Asia's fastest-growing economies.
Moratinos (right) with Foreign Minister Zaripov in Dushanbe today (OSCE) April 14, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The chairman in office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe, today for talks with Tajik officials.
(RFE/RL) DUSHANBE, April 13, 2007 -- U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum is in Tajikistan to meet with government officials, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.
Just days after a ban on cell phones, private cars, and lavish parties on university campuses, the education minister has issued bans on headscarves and miniskirts.
CIS leaders at a summit in Minsk in 2006 (ITAR-TASS) April 11, 2007 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the 12 former Soviet countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have some of the world's fastest-growing economies.
The studios of a Kabul radio station specializing in programming for women (AFP) WASHINGTON, April 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The U.S. State Department has just released a report detailing what the United States did in 2006 to promote democracy and human rights in nearly 100 countries. RFE/RL correspondent Heather Maher spoke with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles about what the United States has been doing specifically in Central Asia and Afghanistan.
(RFE/RL) DUSHANBE, April 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Norouz 2007 Central Asian theater festival opened today in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon recently announced a decision to abandon the Slavic-style "-ov" suffix that has been part of his name all his life.
An armlet that is part of the Oxus treasure at the British Museum (AFP) April 4, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon wants Britain to return to his country a collection of ancient gold and silver, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.
The old Silk Road is an iconic "crossroad" for East-West relations, but the countries it crisscrosses are poorly understood.
The U.S. ambassador to the OSCE says that many former Soviet states don't understand that an unrigged election does not equal democracy.
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