The upper house of the Tajik parliament has approved amendments to the legislation banning the hijab and the celebration of the traditional children's festival "Idgardak" during the two Islamic holidays - Ramadan and Eid al-Adha.
The Bulgarian government has abandoned plans to sell two nuclear reactors to Ukraine. The country's Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov said Bulgaria intends to develop its own nuclear power independently due to rising global electricity prices.