Tajkistan

11:45, december 29, 2009

POWER

Tajik leader, Iranian envoy discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon yesterday received Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan, Ali Asgar Sherdoust.

11:30, december 29, 2009

LAW-ORDER

Four drug peddlers get long jail terms in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Four drug peddlers have been instituted to long-term prison in northern Tajikistan.

11:15, december 29, 2009

SOCIETY

Tajik pundit expects ruling party to win more that 70% of votes in 2010 parliamentary elections

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Professor Ibrohim Usmonov expects the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT) to win more than 70 percent of votes in the upcoming parliamentary

19:56, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Kulob court gives permission of marriage of four underage girls this year

KULOB, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A court in the city of Kulob has given permission for the marriage of four underage girls this year, the Kulob court clerk Furqat Rahmatulloyev told

19:34, december 28, 2009

LAW-ORDER

Number of crime-involved students increasing in Kulob

KULOB, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Number of students who are involved in committing crimes is increasing in Khatlon’s Kulob zone.

19:08, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

CCER determines registration fee at 7,000 somoni

DUSHANBE, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) held a meeting today to discuss issues related to registration fee needed to run the

18:04, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

President to meet with representatives of Tajik business community on January 15

DUSHANBE, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon is expected to meet with representatives of the country’s business community on January 15, 2010, according to the State

17:48, december 28, 2009

POWER

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers bill on state statistics

DUSHANBE, December 28, Asia-Plus --The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered a bill on state statistics at a December 28 presided over by

16:11, december 28, 2009

INCIDENTS

Traffic accidents leave four dead and one injured in Gorno Badakhshan last Saturday

KHOROG, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two traffic accidents that took place in Gorno Badakhshan last Saturday left four dead and one injured, according to the GBAO traffic police department.

15:53, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Bilateral economic cooperation expected to be focus of Tajik-Iranian negotiations in January 2010

DUSHANBE, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- As it had been reported earlier, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will arrive in Tajikistan on January 6, 2010 on an official two-day visit.

15:26, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

The Party of Economic Reforms holds pre-election congress last Saturday

DUSHANBE, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday December 26, the Party of Economic Reforms held its 3rd congress to discuss the party’s pre-election platform and determine candidates

15:08, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

All Tajik residential customers to have electricity on the New Year holiday

On occasion of the New Year holiday, electricity will be supplied 24 hours to all residential customers in the country from December 31, 2009 to January 1, 2010

14:48, december 28, 2009

SOCIETY

Tajik-Russian relations develop unevenly this year, says Tajik expert

DUSHANBE, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik independent expert Rashid Ghani Abdullo considers that Tajik-Russian bilateral relations have developed unevenly this year because of Russia’s

13:41, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Financial opportunities of DPT enough to nominate only 9 candidates though party list system

DUSHANBE, December 28. 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Democratic Party (DPT) led by Masoud Sobirov held its pre-election congress in Dushanbe on December 26.

13:13, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

CPT to have a party list of 10 candidates for the 2010 parliamentary elections

DUSHANBE, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The 28th pre-election congress of the Communist Party (CPT) that took place in Dushanbe on December 26 confirmed a party list of 10 candidates for

12:44, december 28, 2009

INCIDENTS

Pair from Isfara killed by mine explosion on Tajik-Uzbek border

ISFARA, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus - A couple from the village of Zarkhok in the northern district of Isfara have been killed in a mine explosion on the Tajik-Uzbek border.

11:30, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Some 1,300 fetanil ampoules destroyed in Dushanbe last Friday

DUSHANBE, December 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) jointly with employees of the State Service for Supervision of Pharmaceutical Activity have confiscated a large

11:15, december 28, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Iranian president to visit Tajikistan in early January

DUSHANBE, December 28, Asia-Plus -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to pay visits to Turkmenistan and Tajikistan in early January, the Iranian envoys to the Central Asian

20:25, december 26, 2009

TAJKISTAN

PDPT determines candidates for election to parliament through party list system

Amirsho Miraliyev, the head of Presidentâ€™s Executive Office, is at the top of list of the PDPT candidates for election to parliament through a party list system.

19:57, december 26, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Emomali Rahmon reelected as PDPT leader, while Rustam Rahmon elected to PDPT’s board

DUSHANBE, December 26, Asia-Plus -- The 10th congress of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT) that was held in Dushanbe today reelected President Emomali Rahmon as the party leader.

18:41, december 26, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan to consider the possibility of launching air route Bishkek-Dushanbe-Delhi

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The ninth two-day session of the Tajik-Kyrgyz intergovernmental commission resulted on December 25 in signing of a protocol on making amendments to

16:20, december 26, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Seminar on labor migration issues takes place in Dushanbe on Friday

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A seminar and a videoconference entitled “Lessons of Three Decades of Work in the Migration Field” took place at the World Bank Dushanbe Office on

15:34, december 26, 2009

TAJKISTAN

UNICEF to provide US$28 mln to Tajikistan within next six years

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Government of Tajikistan (GoT) and the UNICEF Country Office in Tajikistan signed the Plan of Actions for implementation the Country Program of

15:06, december 26, 2009

POWER

Vice speaker receives visiting representatives of political parties of foreign countries

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Friday December 25, Safar Safarov, the first deputy speaker of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), received a

12:35, december 26, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Electricity prices expected to rise 25% in Tajikistan in January 2010

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The government is currently considering the issue of raising electricity rates for all categories of consumers beginning on January 1, 2010,

12:15, december 26, 2009

TAJKISTAN

BHR conducts charitable action for inmates of juvenile penal colony

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On occasion of the New Year’s holiday, Tajikistan’s Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law (BHR) has conducted a charitable action for inmates of

11:55, december 26, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Shahritus district transfers more than 40,000 somoni to Roghun’ bank account

QURGHON TEPPA, December 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Employees of federally funded enterprise and organizations in Khatlon’s Shahritus district have given up their one-day’s wages, totaling more than

11:30, december 26, 2009

TAJKISTAN

USD expected to fell during days of mass sale of shares in Roghun, says NBT head

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A large amount of the national currency, the somoni, will be withdrawn from circulation during the days of mass sale of shares in open joint-stock

20:52, december 25, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Sughd electoral commission for 2010 local legislature elections numbers 11 members

KHUJAND, December 25, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The 21st session of the Sughd regional legislature (Majlis) of the third convocation that took place in Khujand on December 21 confirmed the composition of

20:35, december 25, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Number of constituencies for elections to GBAO legislature increased from 54 to 61

KHOROG, December 25, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The 21st session of the GBAO legislature (Majlis) has elected the regional electoral commission for the 2010 legislature elections.