Full coverage: Tajikistan

18.05.2004 The impact of ICTs on local culture in countries of Central Asia is the focus of this multi-year research project. It has already come out with some findings on the implications of internet on society.

15.03.2004 Five NGO activists and media professionals from Tajikistan are on a one-week study tour of independent, low-cost, community radio stations in Afghanistan. The participants will receive training on production, programming and news-gathering techniques.

03.06.2003 The One Minutes Jr. is organising its second workshop for young people between the ages of 12-20 from the CIS countries. The four-day workshop provides hands-on training on how to produce their own video messages, use storyboards and gives advice on shooting and editing.

11.03.2003 A radio series broadcast each week on Tajik Radio during lunchtime is trying to respond to the concerns and questions of farmers through interviews with farmers and a range of agricultural experts.

07.10.2002 Overcoming four years of official resistance, Asia Plus Radio has become the first private radio station to broadcast in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe. This radio station is unique in that it has the potential to reach a large urban audience, unlike most of Tajikistan's 15 independent TV stations are located in the north, far from large population areas.

29.08.2002 The Tajik government has reversed a decision denying an independent news agency, Asia-Plus, a radio licence, following pressure from media groups and the international community. Two other radio stations, "Asia FM" and "Vatan", have also been granted licences to broadcast in the capital city of Dushanbe.

07.08.2002 The independent Tajik news agency Asia Plus will receive permission to broadcast, and become the first private broadcaster to serve the Tajikistan capital, Dushanbe. Asia Plus has sought to broadcast for four years, but was refused a licence a few weeks earlier.

28.07.2002 Tajikistan authorities have refused licence for what would have been the first independent radio station in the national capital, Dushanbe. The decision is a step to prevent competition to the only official radio station and restrict freedom of the press, say media organisations.