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Russia, EU restart long-delayed partnership talks

Russia and the European Union resumed on Tuesday talks on a comprehensive cooperation treaty three months after they were suspended over the Georgia conflict.

15:18, december 3, 2008

NATO agrees to resume dialogue with Russia

NATO foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to gradually resume contacts with Moscow, suspended after Russia's armed conflict with Georgia in August, the NATO secretary general said.

15:17, december 3, 2008

Iran court lifts ban on cinema magazine

Iran has lifted a ban on a cinema magazine which was ordered to halt publication in March for printing "decadent and corrupt" articles on foreign film stars, Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.

15:04, december 3, 2008

Sughd province behind of schedule of laying-in of fodder

KHUJAND, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd province has stocked 137,500 tons of fodder so far, while the target has been determined at 184,000 tons, the Sughd agriculture directorate

14:38, december 3, 2008

Tajikistan needs law regulating public broadcasting, says expert

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- “The state-run television channels are mainly engaged in serving officials; besides, wee see unprofessional work of journalists that are frequently

13:45, december 3, 2008

UN Secretary-General’s message on International day of Persons with Disabilities

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- “This year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities falls just a week before the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

13:32, december 3, 2008

Humanitarian aid provided to Kulob boarding school for orphaned children

KULOB, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Presidential adviser Gurez Qosimov has handed over humanitarian aid to the republican boarding school for orphaned children in Kulob on behalf of the

13:15, december 3, 2008

Tajik-Afghan schoolchildren give performance in Vahdat

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- 2008 Afghan and Tajik school children are giving a performance in the assembly hall of school 141 in the city of Vahdat today afternoon, according to

13:02, december 3, 2008

Tajik police report this year’s largest drug haul

Tajik law enforcement authorities have seized some 558 kilograms of hashish and heroin in the largest drug haul this year.

12:31, december 3, 2008

Tajik, Polish-Turkish chambers of commerce sign cooperation document

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday December 2, Chairman of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Sharif Said and visiting Deputy Chairman of Polish-Turkish

12:17, december 3, 2008

Number of HIV sufferers increasing in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- 27 new HIV cases registered in Gorno Badakhshan since the beginning of this year have brought a total number of officially registered HIV sufferers in

12:02, december 3, 2008

UK company instructs Tajik specialists in modern cotton classification methods

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- British Wakefield Inspection Services (WIS) has instructed the first group of Tajik specialists in modern methods of classification of cotton fiber,

11:47, december 3, 2008

Establishment of public TV discussed in Tajik capital Tuesday

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable meeting to discuss issues related to establishment of the public TV in Tajikistan was held at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe

11:32, december 3, 2008

Construction of spinning mill under way in Mastchoh

Khujand, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Construction of a new spinning mill, Olimi Karimzod-M, is under way in Sughd’s Mastchoh district and some 50 percent of the enterprise has been built so far,

11:18, december 3, 2008

Sughd surgeons master stomach elimination operation

KHUJAND, December 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On December 2, surgeons with the Sughd Regional Cancer-treating Center performed stomach elimination operation on cancer patients, Said Ghafurov, the

19:57, december 2, 2008

Disabled people raise topical problems facing Tajik society

DUSHANBE, December 2, Asia-Plus -- KVN (a club of the cheery and ready-witted) with participation of disabled persons is being held in the building of the Committee for Youth, Sports and

19:17, december 2, 2008

Eskhata Bank intends to open five new branches

DUSHANBE, December 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Open joint-stock company, Eskhata Bank, intends to open five new branches across the country.

18:30, december 2, 2008

Tajikistan, Ukraine to sign 8 cooperation agreements

President Emomali Rahmon will start his state three-day visit to Ukraine on December 3.

17:06, december 2, 2008

IRPT leader meets with members of European Commission delegation

DUSHANBE, December 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday December 1, a delegation of the European Commission, which is currently on a working visit here, met with Muhiddin Kabiri leader of the

15:56, december 2, 2008

Tajik workers win case against Russian company: RFE/RL

DUSHANBE, December 2, 2008, Asia-Plus – Tajik guest workers in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg have won a case against a local construction company, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on

15:46, december 2, 2008

Turkmenistan fulfills its obligations on supplying electricity to Tajikistan efficiently

DUSHANBE, December 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Since November 1, Tajikistan has received some 210 million kWh of electricity from Tajikistan, according to Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric systems) power

15:27, december 2, 2008

More than 745,000 seedlings stockpiled for planting next spring in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 2, 2008, Asia-Plus-- The state unitary enterprise, Tojikniholparvar (seedling-growing enterprise), has stocked more than 745,000 seedlings for planting in the country next

15:04, december 2, 2008

Tajik researchers launch renewable energy use program

DUSHANBE, December 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In connection with severe electricity shortages, Tajik researchers will conduct survey on use of renewable energy sources in the country, Qurbon

14:52, december 2, 2008

Small and medium business promotion discussed in Astana

â€œNur Otanâ€ Peopleâ€™s Democratic Party Leaders met with members of â€œAtamekenâ€ National Economic Chamber Board in Partyâ€™s Central office in Astana yesterday.

14:50, december 2, 2008

Kyrgyzstan to start gas talks with Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan will open talks on natural gas supply for 2009 with Uzbekistan in Tashkent on December 10, the news agency â€œ24.kgâ€ learnt from the Kyrgyzgas Company.

14:49, december 2, 2008

CIS observers begin monitoring of election campaign in Turkmenistan

Members of the CIS mission of observers are familiarizing themselves with preparations to the parliamentary elections scheduled for 14 December.

14:48, december 2, 2008

Kazakh Ambassador in Uzbekistan tells about perspective project in agriculture

Employment and food security are the most topical issues for Central Asia in the conditions of the global financial crisis at present.

14:47, december 2, 2008

Bush: Iraq intelligence failure 'biggest regret'

US President George W. Bush said in an interview set for broadcast Monday that he came to office "unprepared for war" and that his "biggest regret" was the US "intelligence failure" on Iraq.

14:45, december 2, 2008

Russia-EU cooperation pact talks to restart in Brussels

Talks on a new partnership agreement between Russia and the European Union will resume on Tuesday in Brussels.

14:44, december 2, 2008