A TV journalist from Kulyab, Davlatali Shamsov took part in the International field-and-track athletics marathon in Zvyozdny Gorodock, Russian Federation, where he was the 33-rd among 3,600 participants in a 10-km race.

The Tajik winner says that the competition was dedicated to the 50-th anniversary of the launching of the first artificial space satellite – “Sputnik-1”.

The Kuluabi journalist is shortlisted for a championship on cross-country disciplines in Sochi.

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Tajik delegation went to Warsaw to take part in a meeting of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The meeting started on 24 September in the OSCE headquarters.

The OSCE Center in Dushanbe informs that the Tajik delegation is headed by Mansour Saifiddinov, President’s advisor on social development and public relations. The delegation also comprises leaders of some Tajik media agencies.

The source says that the issues of freedom of speech will be discussed during the last days of the meeting of OSCE member countries. Nuriddin Karshibayev, chairman oа NANSMIT is going to present a report on freedom of speech in Tajikistan.

Currently, the number of OSCE member countries is 50.

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A first issue of popular-science magazine “Farkhang va Khunar” (“Culture and Art”) has seen the light in Dushanbe.

Rukhshona Olimova, media program coordinator of the Open Society Institute (OSI) in Tajikistan informed Asia Plus news agency that the new magazine is published under support of the OSI program “”Culture and Art”.

The magazine contains materials on history and culture of the Tajik people describing main stages of development of arts, traditional handicrafts, articles about Tajikistan’s written heritage, museums, cinematography, photo, ethnography, etc.

Olimova says that the first issue of “Culture and Art” is focused mainly on contemporary trends in Tajikistan’s culture. The new specialized printing outlet allows to monitor key social changes and tendencies in cultural life of Tajikistan enabling public interpretation of these processes.

Gulandom Nabieva, the OSI “Culture and Art” program coordinator says that the magazine will be published on a monthly basis. It contains 40 pages with articles in Tajik and Russian languages. The magazine will be disseminated through libraries and universities. Editor of the new magazine is Jelmat Shermatov, director of the Tajik Scientific Research Institute of Culture and Information.

Note: The founder of the outlet is the public union “Farkhang va Khunar” (founded in 2006). The union’s main activities are revitalization, study and promotion of Tajikistani peoples’ cultural heritage, and global achievements in science and culture.

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