Tajkistan

19:38, november 1, 2010

POWER

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers amendments to 2010 budget

DUSHANBE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered a bill requiring amendments to this year’s national

19:27, november 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Winner of tender for development of Konimansuri Kalon deposit will have to build small power plant

DUSHANBE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The company that will be granted the contract for the development of the Konimansuri Kalon (Big Konimansur) silver deposit in northern Tajikistan will

19:11, november 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan fulfills this year’s cotton target

DUSHNABE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik cotton growers fulfilled this year’s cotton target, determined at 300,000 tons of raw cotton, last Friday and continuing to gather cotton in

16:15, november 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Saudi Arabia to participate in energy projects in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- For successful expansion of bilateral economic cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan we are expecting more initiatives from Tajikistan

15:48, november 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Uzbek MFA calls Tajik officials liars

Uzbek MFA claims that statements by Tajik officials over Uzbekistan’s halting of Tajikistan-bound freight cars are baseless.

14:57, november 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

CIS experts to discuss draft agreement on establishment of council of financial intelligence unit heads

DUSHANBE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Experts from the CIS nations will gather in Minsk, Belarus tomorrow for a two-day meeting.

14:36, november 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

IMF: Recovery gains momentum in Caucasus and Central

DUSHANBE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects growth in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) to increase from 3 percent in 2009 to 5 percent in 2010. Mr.

13:20, november 1, 2010

INCIDENTS

CES rescuers find the border of one more Alpha officer in the Surkhob River

The search operation for the bodies of two other Alpha officers is under way

13:08, november 1, 2010

POWER

Capital mayor receives residents over housing problems

DUSHANBE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday October 30, Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev received twelve local residents over housing problems.

12:51, november 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president receives Saudi delegation today

DUSHANBE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon is receiving visiting Saudi delegation, led Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign of Affairs, H.R.H.

11:55, november 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

CA youth share their skills and experience at DYCA 2010 forum in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Central Asian youth had an opportunity to share their skills and experience at the third regional forum, Digital Youth of Central Asia (DYCA), that took

11:37, november 1, 2010

POWER

President dissatisfied with slow pace of resettlement program

DUSHANBE, November 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A government meeting to review the results of work carried out over the first nine months of this year took place on October 29.

11:19, november 1, 2010

SOCIETY

EMU uses environmental pollution problems to impede development of Tajikistan’s infrastructure, says expert

Tajik researcher considers that under the mask of zeal to minimize environmental pollution in the region the Ecology Movement of Uzbekistan (EMU) tries to impede development of Tajikistan’s

18:12, october 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Drug peddler from Kulob gets jail term of 8½ years

QURGHON TEPPA, October 30, Asia-Plus -- A court in Khatlon province has sentenced a drug peddler to 8½ years in prison.

17:23, october 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Ambassadors raise concerns regarding state of media freedom in Tajikistan

The Ambassadors of the United States of America, United Kingdom, Federal Republic of Germany, and Republic of France and the Head of Delegation of the European Union called on the Government of

17:02, october 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Kyrgyz village evacuated due to counterterrorist operations in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2010, Asia-Plus – Fifteen Kyrgyz families have been moved from the village of Kok-Tash on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in Kyrgyzstan''s southern Batken region as Tajik

16:45, october 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

MPs to consider tobacco regulation bill next week

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) will consider the bill on restrictions on the use of tobacco products next week.

16:06, october 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Eskhata Bank simplifies crediting terms for it clients

KHUJAND, October 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- To attract more clients open joint-stock company (OJSC) Eskhata Bank has simplified crediting terms for its customers as much as possible.

19:18, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

U.S. government supports renovations to improve boarding school for orphans

DUSHANBE, October 29 2010, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday October 28, U.S.

19:00, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

CA youth to share their skills and experience at DYCA 2010 forum in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Central Asian youth will share their skills and experience at the third regional forum, Digital Youth of Central Asia (DYCA), that has opened in

18:04, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Mini-Dublin Group meets in Dushanbe on Friday

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the min-Dublin Group, presided over by Italian Ambassador to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Giovanni Reculli (phonetically spelled), took

17:34, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan continues negotiations with Uzbekistan over Turkmen power deliveries

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan will continue negotiations with Uzbekistan over the delivery of Turkmen electricity to Tajikistan via Uzbek power systems, the source at

15:10, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik delegation to attend CAREC Ministerial Conference in Cebu

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program is holding its 9th Ministerial Conference (MC) as member countries take stock of a

15:00, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

This year, Tajikistan marks Idi Qurbon on November 17

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- This year, Tajikistan will mark Idi Qurbon, or Eid al-Adha in Arabic, on November 17.

14:31, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Five organized drug trafficking groups broken up in Khatlon this year

QUGHON TEPPA, October 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Khatlon counternarcotics directorate have broken up five organized drug-trafficking groups and seized 110 kilograms of narcotics

14:13, october 29, 2010

POWER

President shakes up officials

By government’s decrees Mahmoudjon Sobirov, formerly Deputy Foreign Minister, has been appointed the First Deputy Foreign Minister and Nizomiddin Zohiodv, who had previously worked as Chancellor of

13:50, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Meeting of transport ministers of five nations did not take place in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of transport ministers of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Iran and Kyrgyzstan that was expected to be held in Dushanbe today has not taken

13:05, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Environmental situation of Zeravshan River to be discussed in Tashkent

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The environmental situation of the Zeravshan River will be discussed at an international conference titled “The Transborder Environmental Problems of

12:33, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Over 32 kilos of narcotics seized in a single operation in Khatlon yesterday

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The 45-resident of the border village of Guliston in Khatlon’s Shouroobod district, Mirzomurod Kholov was detained not far from the Tajik-Afghan

12:29, october 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik law enforcement authorities conduct operation against dangerous criminals in Isfara

At least one criminal was killed in exchange of gunfire while the fate of one or two others is still unknown because the debris of the house from which the criminals were firing were not yet cleared