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11:02, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Meeting to work out strategy of training HIV-AIDS specialist opens in Tajik capital today

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- A two-day roundtable meeting to work out a strategy and components of a complex plan of training of HIV/AIDS specialists for 2008-1010 is opening in Dushanbe

10:47, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Foreign investments in exploration of Tajikistan’s natural resource reserves increase year by year

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Main Geology Directorate head Azim Ibrohim told a press conference in Dushanbe

10:30, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik specialists to prospect for coals in Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- A new department for prospecting for mineral resources abroad will be established at Tajikistan’s Main Geology Directorate soon, Azim Ibrohim, the head of the

10:12, april 23, 2008

POWER

Parliament considers bills and amendments to laws in force

DUSHANBE, April 23, Asia-Plus -- A regular sitting of the fourth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) of the third convocation will be held today.

10:02, april 23, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik geologists strike raw materials used in the aluminum production

Tajik geologists have stricken high-silica sand and refractory clay, which are used as raw materials in the aluminum prodcution.

19:01, april 22, 2008

No new international organization registered in Tajikistan over the past year

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- No new international organization has been registered in the country since a new law on public associations was adopted last February, Davlat Sulaymonov,

18:22, april 22, 2008

Dushanbe Communists cannot lay down flowers at Lenin monument

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Communists of Dushanbe could not lay down flowers at the monument of Vladimir Lenin today to mark his 138th birthday as the monument was dismantled on March

17:54, april 22, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Qumsangir prosecutor is to inform media about murder of Hero of the Soviet Union Haidar Qosimov

QURGHON TEPPA, April 22, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon prosecutor Foziljon Okhounov has charged the Qumsangir prosecutor to inform media about details of criminal proceedings instituted on the

17:32, april 22, 2008

Yusufi visits Rasht to get acquainted with women’s situation in the region

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

16:07, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik energy minister to visit a number of enterprises of energy-and-fuel complex in Ukraine

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to implementation of agreements reached during Ukrainian president’s visit to Tajikistan were discussed at a session of the Tajik-Ukrainian

15:41, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

India plans to fund modernization of Varzob-2 power station

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- The Government of India plans to provide grant for modernization of the Varzob-2 hydropower station in Tajikistan, Samandar Boboyev, the first deputy head of

15:06, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Large amount of heroin intercepted in Shuroobod

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Khatlon security directorate have seized a large amount of drugs in the village of Yol, Khatlon’s Shuroobod district.

14:49, april 22, 2008

US experts conduct workshops on civic education and project planning in Kulob

KULOB, April 22, Asia-Plus -- A group of specialists from a number of US universities have conducted a series of workshops on civic education and project planning for Kulob students on

14:27, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

ADB proposes to set up lab for testing cotton fiber standards in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Issue of setting up a lab for testing cotton fiber quality was a focus of a meeting of Agriculture Minister Qosim Qosimov with Ms.

13:23, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Large pharmaceutical plant to be built in Tajikistan before the end of this year

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- A large pharmaceutical plant is expected to be built in Tajikistan before the end of this year, Health Minister Nusratullo Salimov announced at a press

13:04, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Over 326 kilos of drugs seized by Tajik border guards in Jan-Mar 08

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Tajik border guards have seized more than 326 kilograms of drugs over the first quarter of this year, press service of the main border directorate within the

12:40, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

IFC Corporate Governance Project launches updated website

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Central Asia Corporate Governance Project (CACGP), funded by International Finance Corporation (IFC), is launching updated website – www.ifc.

11:53, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Loans increase to record $10.1 billion in2007, ADB annual report says

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved $10.

11:41, april 22, 2008

POWER

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers referendum bill

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered draft laws on referendum as well as medicines and

11:31, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Sughd farming units concluded contracts with investors for some 84 mln somonis

KHUAJND, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Farming units in the northern Sughd province have to date concluded loan agreements with banks and other investors for totaling some 84 million somonis, the

11:19, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Deportation of migrants inflicts serious damage to Tajik national air carrier

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Tajik national air carrier, TajikAir, has suffered an estimated 25,000 euros in economic damage from deportation of illegal labor migrants from the Russian

11:07, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Film for labor migrants to be presented in Tajik capital on April 25

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- A presentation of an educational film for labor migrants entitled “You Should Know…!

10:53, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Delegation of Institute of Migration in Tajikistan to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- A delegation of the autonomous non-commercial organization, The National Institute of Migration (as said), arrived in Tajikistan for a three-day working visit

10:38, april 22, 2008

Government controls delivery of religious literature to the country, says MoC official

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- A large consignment of Injil (Gospel in the Tajik language), totaling 100,000

10:24, april 22, 2008

Minister calls on journalists to be more responsible and unbiased

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- Tajik journalists ought to be more responsible and unbiased in covering culture issues and other spheres of life of Tajikistan, Culture Minister Mirzoshorukh

10:10, april 22, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Delays in paying for water affect work of MLRWS’s sub-divisions in the provinces

DUSHANBE, April 22, Asia-Plus -- A new mechanism of financing cotton-growing farms will bring benefits for farmers and

20:41, april 21, 2008

TAJKISTAN

CORRECTION

20:06, april 21, 2008

POWER

Capital mayor dissatisfied with pace of construction of hotel complex at Ayni Street

DUSHANBE, April 21, Asia-Plus -- A progress of construction of various facilities, funded by foreign investors, was a focus of an April 21 meeting of the Dushanbe mayor’s office, presided

19:18, april 21, 2008

POWER

EBRD speaks for creation of normal conditions for activity of investors in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, April 21, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) were discussed on

18:24, april 21, 2008

SPORT

Tajik wrestler qualifies for Beijing Olympics

DUSHANBE, April 21, Asia-Plus -- Tajik free-style wrestler Vitaly Koryakin has qualified for Beijing Olympics, bringing a total number of Tajik athletes having qualified for the 29th Summer