Water has been the defining element on the route from my homeland Tajikistan to my current place of residence, Finland.  I have been living in Finland for several years now, but I have grown up by the river Karatog, where I learned to respect the power of water and its importance to the wellbeing of people. Water does not only give life to everything that we see around us, it also enables us to improve our lives in many ways.

As we approach the home-straight of 2011, media attention surrounding the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan has begun to swell, primarily because the World-Bank is scheduled to publish their impact assessment on the safety of the dam in early 2012.

Can the euro be saved or will it fall apart, bringing down the European project with it? My answer is a firm, yes; it can and should be saved. But it is another matter whether European politicians are actually able to deliver this.

In the evening of October 23rd the President of the country Emomali Rahmon arrived for an official visit in Helsinki City – the capital of Finland.
The Head of Tajik state Emomali Rahmon began his visit programme in Finland from the meeting with compatriots living in this country.