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Fars News Agency has opened a news bureau in Dushanbe
The Iranian Fars News Agency that has opened a news bureau in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe last week, aimed to use media cooperation between Iran and Tajikistan in a bid to foil West’s soft threats against both Tajikistan and Iran. The statement came after two days of the inauguration of its corresponding office in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe
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Commentary in the Guardian: US opens route to Afghanistan through Russia’s backyard
A great new commentary about the issues facing the regions that we are interested in at Persianspeakingworld. An excerpt from the article in the Guardian
Tajikistan: On the Road to Failure
Latest report by the International Crisis Group on Tajikistan Asia Report N°۱۶۲ ۱۲ February 2009 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Far from being a bulwark against the spread of extremism and violence from Afghanistan, Tajikistan is looking increasingly like its southern neighbour –
Mass Media in Post-Independence Tajikistan
Mass Media in Post-Independence Tajikistan Umed Babakhanov Asia-Plus Media Group Director-general The Tajik mass media, as well as other institutions of civil society in Tajikistan, are still undergoing the process of evolution. The process is hard and inconsistent as well as the modern history of the
The Absence of Media in Taijikistan
The Absence of Media in Tajikistan And its consequences for the young generation By: Salim Aioubzod, Senior producer, RFE/RL The absence of truly independent media and the widespread abuse of a relative freedom of speech in Tajikistan are breeding a generation in the atmosphere of deception and aspersion,
The Looming New Media of Tajikistan
The Looming New Media of Tajikistan Shafkat Rajabian, journalist Tajikistan’s acquaintance with the World Wide Web is still in its early phase. According to Internet World Stats, there were 2000 Internet users in the country in the year 2000, and the number reached 19,500 in 2005 that constitutes
No Media, No Comment: Effects of media black-out on youth
No Media, No Comment: Effects of media black-out on youth Salimjon Aioubov: Journalist The absence of truly independent mass media in Tajikistan, coupled with widespread abuse of relative press freedom has left its mark on the youth culture. Most young people are growing up without access to accurate
Tajik Cinema Today
Tajik Cinema Today Safarbek Soliev, film director Today we look at the cinematography of the Twentieth Century in Tajikistan as a historical phenomenon, which was left forever. During the Communist regime, cinema was a powerful mechanism for propaganda and for influencing the minds of people. Not only