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10:45, march 30, 2007

POWER

Central park in Dushanbe named after Abuabdullo Rudaki

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus -- The Central Park of Dushanbe has been named after founder of Tajik-Persian literature Abuabdullo Rudaki.

10:30, march 30, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik NRCS launches community-based first aid project

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus -- 90 percent of health of the population depends on people themselves and only 10 percent on physicians, Nusratullo Fayzulloyev, the head of Tajikistan’s National Red

17:05, march 29, 2007

Low rate of collection funds for public utilities evokes concern, say deputy mayor

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - More than 900 residential and administrative buildings in Dushanbe were provided with heat and hot water during autumn-winter 2006-2007, which is 50 percent more

15:11, march 29, 2007

TAJKISTAN

ЕU seeks stronger ties with Central Asia

EUâ€™s combined strategy for Central Asia may possibly be adopted in June. The new EU strategy for Central Asia will primarily focus on energy cooperation.

14:30, march 29, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Russia does not strive for prevailing in Central Asia, says ambassador

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - Russia does not have “imperial ambitions” in Central Asia, Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Ramazan Abdulatipov remarked at a scientific conference in Dushanbe on

14:02, march 29, 2007

TAJKISTAN

OSCE and Tajik Government met in Dushanbe to discuss priorities for future cooperation

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - A joint Task Force, consisting of the OSCE Chairmanship, Secretariat, OSCE Center in Dushanbe and Tajik Government officials, met in Dushanbe on March 27.

13:38, march 29, 2007

SPORT

FIFA, AFC presidents arrive in Tajikistan today afternoon

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - Heads of International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) are arriving in Tajikistan today afternoon to discuss

11:52, march 29, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Local banks ready to provide more than 14 million somonis in loans to residents of Shuroobod and Mouminobod

KULOB, March 29, Asia-Plus - Credit-financial organizations of Kulob are ready to have provided 14.

11:27, march 29, 2007

SPORT

16th republican football championship among teams of premier division starts

DUSHANBE March 29, Asia-Plus -- The first round of the 16th republican football championship among teams of the premier division started in Tajikistan on March 24.

10:55, march 29, 2007

TAJKISTAN

China’s ZTE donates 1,000 radio telephones to educational facilities in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus -- China’s ZTE Corporation has donated 1,000 radio telephone sets to educational facilities in Tajikistan.

10:24, march 29, 2007

INCIDENTS

Two Tajiks die from carbon-monoxide poisoning in Moscow region

Two Tajik labor migrants working in the Moscow region have died from carbon-monoxide poisoning.

19:31, march 28, 2007

Dushanbe authorities to raise water prices

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe’s municipal waterworks (Dushnabevodokanal or DVK) is currently projecting a document to raise water prices, the DVK director Azam Tabarov remarked at a

18:43, march 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

13 international observers wait for accreditation at CCER

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus -- Thirteen international observers are waiting for accreditation at Tajikistan’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) for monitoring voting process

18:37, march 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to arrive in Tajikistan in mid-May

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus -- According to information posted on the website of the Tajik FMA, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), was supposed to

18:04, march 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

KFAED provides $13.8 million for financing irrigation of Danghara steppe

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus /Zarrina Ergasheva/ -- Today, Wednesday March 28, a loan agreement for 4 million Kuwaiti dinars, equivalent to nearly $13.

16:44, march 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

IRPT candidate for parliament intends to file suit against Kulob electoral commission

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - Saidibrohim Nazar, registered as candidate in an upcoming parliamentary by-election scheduled for April 1, today told journalists in Kulob that he intends to file

14:18, march 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan endorses amendments to the law on evaluation of lands

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - Tajik parliamentarians have approved a bill requiring amendments to the country’s law on evaluation of lands.

13:51, march 28, 2007

POWER

Emomali Rahmon conveys condolences over Armenia premier’s death

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on March 27 sent a telegram of condolences to his Armenian counterpart, President Robert Kocharyan, over the death of Armenian Prime

12:56, march 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Kazakh state holding seeks cooperation with Tajikistan in telecommunications sphere

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - The possibility of participation of Kazakhstan’s state holding Samruk in enhancement of the telecommunications sector in Tajikistan was one of the major topics of a

11:06, march 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Konibodom independent TV station Anis resumes its activity

KONIBODOM, March 28, Asia-Plus - After being closed for five years, the independent TV station Anis situated in the northern city of Konibodom has reopened.

19:07, march 27, 2007

POWER

Tajik parliament accepted to OIC Parliamentary Union

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus -- Tajik parliament (Majlisi Oli) has been accepted to the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states (PUOICM).

18:31, march 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Cotton-sowing campaign to start on April 1

DUSHANBE/KULOB, March 27, Asia-Plus - A cotton-sowing campaign in Tajikistan will officially start on April 1, according to the ministry of agriculture and environmental protection (MoAEP).

17:24, march 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik FM to participate at ‘EU Troika-Central Asia’ format meeting in Kazakhstan

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus -- Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zaripov today left for Kazakhstan to attend a meeting in the ‘EU Troika-Central Asia’ format.

16:44, march 27, 2007

Removing Russified ‘ov’ ending from last names may be legalized soon, says MoJ official

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus - Commenting on President Emomali Rahmon’s commission to return to traditional versions of Tajik last names, Deputy Justice Minister Rustam Mengliyev noted that it

15:58, march 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

There is no sense in last bells at schools, says Tajik education official

DUSHANBE, March 27 -- Hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren in Tajikistan will not hear the symbolic last bell marking school graduation any longer.

15:21, march 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik MoF, Chinese bank to sign loan agreement for financing Zarafshon hydroelectricity project

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus - Specialists from China’s Sinohydro has conducted the preliminary feasibility study for the construction of the Zarafshon hydropower plant in northern Tajikistan.

14:38, march 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

KazakhTelecom opens representative office in Tajikistan

KazakhTelecom, Kazakhstanâ€™s national carrier, is opening its representative office for the purpose of expanding cooperation with Tajik Telecom, Tajikistanâ€™s national telecommunications operator,

14:30, march 27, 2007

INCIDENTS

Fragments of dismembered man discovered at Botanical Gardens in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus - Fragments (head, left hand and a part of right hand) of dismembered body of man were discovered at the fence of Botanical Gardens in Dushanbe last Saturday, March

14:07, march 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Defense ministry sure that it able to fulfill spring conscription target

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus - Tajik Ministry of Defense (MoD) is sure that the spring conscription target will be fulfilled completely.

13:38, march 27, 2007

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Central park in Dushanbe named after Abuabdullo Rudaki

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus -- The Central Park of Dushanbe has been named after founder of Tajik-Persian literature Abuabdullo Rudaki.

Tajik NRCS launches community-based first aid project

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus -- 90 percent of health of the population depends on people themselves and only 10 percent on physicians, Nusratullo Fayzulloyev, the head of Tajikistan’s National Red

Low rate of collection funds for public utilities evokes concern, say deputy mayor

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - More than 900 residential and administrative buildings in Dushanbe were provided with heat and hot water during autumn-winter 2006-2007, which is 50 percent more

ЕU seeks stronger ties with Central Asia

EUâ€™s combined strategy for Central Asia may possibly be adopted in June. The new EU strategy for Central Asia will primarily focus on energy cooperation.

Russia does not strive for prevailing in Central Asia, says ambassador

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - Russia does not have “imperial ambitions” in Central Asia, Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Ramazan Abdulatipov remarked at a scientific conference in Dushanbe on

OSCE and Tajik Government met in Dushanbe to discuss priorities for future cooperation

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - A joint Task Force, consisting of the OSCE Chairmanship, Secretariat, OSCE Center in Dushanbe and Tajik Government officials, met in Dushanbe on March 27.

FIFA, AFC presidents arrive in Tajikistan today afternoon

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - Heads of International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) are arriving in Tajikistan today afternoon to discuss

Local banks ready to provide more than 14 million somonis in loans to residents of Shuroobod and Mouminobod

KULOB, March 29, Asia-Plus - Credit-financial organizations of Kulob are ready to have provided 14.

16th republican football championship among teams of premier division starts

DUSHANBE March 29, Asia-Plus -- The first round of the 16th republican football championship among teams of the premier division started in Tajikistan on March 24.

China’s ZTE donates 1,000 radio telephones to educational facilities in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus -- China’s ZTE Corporation has donated 1,000 radio telephone sets to educational facilities in Tajikistan.

Two Tajiks die from carbon-monoxide poisoning in Moscow region

Two Tajik labor migrants working in the Moscow region have died from carbon-monoxide poisoning.

Dushanbe authorities to raise water prices

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe’s municipal waterworks (Dushnabevodokanal or DVK) is currently projecting a document to raise water prices, the DVK director Azam Tabarov remarked at a

13 international observers wait for accreditation at CCER

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus -- Thirteen international observers are waiting for accreditation at Tajikistan’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) for monitoring voting process

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to arrive in Tajikistan in mid-May

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus -- According to information posted on the website of the Tajik FMA, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), was supposed to

KFAED provides $13.8 million for financing irrigation of Danghara steppe

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus /Zarrina Ergasheva/ -- Today, Wednesday March 28, a loan agreement for 4 million Kuwaiti dinars, equivalent to nearly $13.

IRPT candidate for parliament intends to file suit against Kulob electoral commission

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - Saidibrohim Nazar, registered as candidate in an upcoming parliamentary by-election scheduled for April 1, today told journalists in Kulob that he intends to file

Tajikistan endorses amendments to the law on evaluation of lands

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - Tajik parliamentarians have approved a bill requiring amendments to the country’s law on evaluation of lands.

Emomali Rahmon conveys condolences over Armenia premier’s death

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on March 27 sent a telegram of condolences to his Armenian counterpart, President Robert Kocharyan, over the death of Armenian Prime

Kazakh state holding seeks cooperation with Tajikistan in telecommunications sphere

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - The possibility of participation of Kazakhstan’s state holding Samruk in enhancement of the telecommunications sector in Tajikistan was one of the major topics of a

Konibodom independent TV station Anis resumes its activity

KONIBODOM, March 28, Asia-Plus - After being closed for five years, the independent TV station Anis situated in the northern city of Konibodom has reopened.

Tajik parliament accepted to OIC Parliamentary Union

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus -- Tajik parliament (Majlisi Oli) has been accepted to the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states (PUOICM).

Cotton-sowing campaign to start on April 1

DUSHANBE/KULOB, March 27, Asia-Plus - A cotton-sowing campaign in Tajikistan will officially start on April 1, according to the ministry of agriculture and environmental protection (MoAEP).

Tajik FM to participate at ‘EU Troika-Central Asia’ format meeting in Kazakhstan

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus -- Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zaripov today left for Kazakhstan to attend a meeting in the ‘EU Troika-Central Asia’ format.

Removing Russified ‘ov’ ending from last names may be legalized soon, says MoJ official

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus - Commenting on President Emomali Rahmon’s commission to return to traditional versions of Tajik last names, Deputy Justice Minister Rustam Mengliyev noted that it

There is no sense in last bells at schools, says Tajik education official

DUSHANBE, March 27 -- Hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren in Tajikistan will not hear the symbolic last bell marking school graduation any longer.

Tajik MoF, Chinese bank to sign loan agreement for financing Zarafshon hydroelectricity project

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus - Specialists from China’s Sinohydro has conducted the preliminary feasibility study for the construction of the Zarafshon hydropower plant in northern Tajikistan.

KazakhTelecom opens representative office in Tajikistan

KazakhTelecom, Kazakhstanâ€™s national carrier, is opening its representative office for the purpose of expanding cooperation with Tajik Telecom, Tajikistanâ€™s national telecommunications operator,

Fragments of dismembered man discovered at Botanical Gardens in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus - Fragments (head, left hand and a part of right hand) of dismembered body of man were discovered at the fence of Botanical Gardens in Dushanbe last Saturday, March

Defense ministry sure that it able to fulfill spring conscription target

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus - Tajik Ministry of Defense (MoD) is sure that the spring conscription target will be fulfilled completely.

German Embassy to process Danish visa

DUSHANBE, March 27, Asia-Plus - The German Embassy in Dushanbe will process Danish visa as well starting from April 1.