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Sughd authorities take efforts to glaze local schools and kindergartens

KHUJAND, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Local authorities in the northern Sughd province are taking efforts to prepare

12:51, september 17, 2008

Exhibition of works by Tajik painter organized in SDC office in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- An exhibition of works by Tajik painter Ilyos Mamadjonov opened in the office of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Dushanbe

12:26, september 17, 2008

INCIDENTS

1,168 traffic accidents reported in Tajikistan this year

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- 1,168 traffic accidents have been reported in Tajikistan since the beginning of this year, which 25 cases fewer than in the same period of last

12:15, september 17, 2008

Tajik sculptor Amri Aminov chosen as UNESCO Artist for Peace

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is formally designating the Tajik sculptor Amri Aminov as an Artist

12:00, september 17, 2008

ADB, IsDB sign landmark $4 billion cofinancing agreement

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) signed today a landmark cofinancing agreement, which will allow them to

11:54, september 17, 2008

International youth design festival opens in Dushanbe today

International youth design festival, entitled â€œDesign-2008,â€ will be held in Tajikistan on sidelines of the third forum of the CIS creative and scientific intelligentsia, which is due at Varzob

11:45, september 17, 2008

Iranian envoy, Tajik CCI head discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday September 15, Sharif Said, Chairman of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), met with the Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan,

11:29, september 17, 2008

Tajikistan ranked 57th in the world in infant mortality: UNICEF report

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan tops Central Asia’s states and stands in the second place among the CIS in terms of infant mortality, Washington Profile reports,

11:15, september 17, 2008

INCIDENTS

118 killed in Sughd traffic accidents in Jan-Aug 08

KHUJAND, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first eight months of this year, 301 traffic accidents have been registered in the northern Sughd province, which is only four cases more

11:02, september 17, 2008

POWER

Session of upper house of Tajik parliament opens today

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The 16th session of the upper house (Majlisi Milli) of the Tajik parliament (Majlisi Oli) opened in Dushanbe today to consider laws adopted by the

10:48, september 17, 2008

Farm Debt Resolution Manual to be presented today

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The presentation of Farm Debt Resolution Manual will be conducted at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT) in Dushanbe today at

10:32, september 17, 2008

Tajik CCER members to observe presidential election in Azerbaijan

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajik observers will monitor voting process during the upcoming presidential election in Azerbaijan.

10:17, september 17, 2008

Tajik FM to attend 1st EU-Central Asia Forum in Paris

DUSHANBE, September 17, Asia-Plus -- Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi yesterday left for Paris to attend the first EU-Central Asia Forum on security issues that will be held on September 18.

19:24, september 16, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Crime rate decreasing in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-August 2008, 7,928 crimes have been reported in Tajikistan, which is 4.

18:57, september 16, 2008

CIS permanent representatives’ meeting held in Minsk

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A regular session of the council of the permanent representatives to the CIS bodies was held in Minsk, Belarus on September 16.

18:38, september 16, 2008

Tajik drug control chief attends the CSTO counternarcotics unit heads’ meeting in Moscow

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A regular session of the coordination council of heads of counternarcotics units of member nations o the Collective Security Treaty Organization

18:05, september 16, 2008

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan agree on transit of Turkmen electricity

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have come to an agreement on transit of electricity from Turkmenistan to Tajikistan during the winter months via Uzbek

17:42, september 16, 2008

Tajik president awarded CIS Tree of Friendship gold medial

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A joint session of the CIS Humanitarian Cooperation Council (HCC) and the CIS Interstate Humanitarian Cooperation Fund (IHCF) will be held in Dushanbe

16:50, september 16, 2008

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover for Jan-Aug 08 exceeds $3 billion

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-August 2008, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electric energy and natural gas, has amounted to $3.

16:35, september 16, 2008

UNDP Co Tajikistan, Tajik economy ministry organize series of roundtable meetings

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A series of roundtable meetings will be held in a number of regions of Tajikistan from September 18-26, according to the UDP Dushanbe Office.

15:23, september 16, 2008

Barqi Tojik employees trained in energy loss reduction methods

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus - A five-day seminar on energy loss reduction issues was launched at head office of Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric systems) power holding in Dushanbe on

15:09, september 16, 2008

Energy Minister offers to stretch daily blackouts to 10 hours

Kyrgyzstanâ€™s Minister for Industry, Energy and Fuel Resources Saparbek Balkibekov offered to stretch daily power blackouts up to 10 hours.

15:06, september 16, 2008

Fixed capital investment in Kazakhstan up 10% in 8 mths

Fixed capital investment in Kazakhstan in January-August 2008 increased 9.7% to 2.175 trillion tenge (119.48 tenge/$1 on September 15, 2008), the State Statistics Agency told Interfax.

15:04, september 16, 2008

Ashgabat to host Turkmen-Kyrgyz talks on energy cooperation

A delegation of Kyrgyzstan will soon visit Ashgabat. It will hold talks with the Turkmen side on cooperation in the energy sphere.

15:02, september 16, 2008

Petrol prices go up in Uzbekistan

Petrol prices went up sharply in Uzbekistan today, and experts say that this will push consumer prices, transport and utilities costs up.

15:00, september 16, 2008

WB, NBT for improvement of banking legislation in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 16, Asia-Plus -- Improvement of Tajikistan’s banking legislation was the focus of a meeting of top managers of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) with a working group

14:59, september 16, 2008

63rd session of UNGA to open in NYC Tuesday

A regular, the 63rd, session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) begins its work at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday.

14:58, september 16, 2008

UN nuclear watchdog says Iran blocking arms probe

A new International Atomic Energy Agency report said Monday that Iran has repeatedly blocked a U.N. investigation into allegations it tried to make nuclear arms and the probe is now deadlocked.

14:55, september 16, 2008

NATO, Georgia talks may cause new conflict - Russian MP

NATO discussions with Georgia on the accession of the South Caucasus state to the military alliance only encourage Tbilisi to plan new military actions, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Monday.

14:52, september 16, 2008