Tajkistan

11:44, december 16, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Indian textile company plans to get in Tajik market

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Chairman of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Said, yesterday met here with delegation of Indian textile company, Sunil

11:30, december 16, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Survey on labor migration from Tajikistan to Russia’s Sverdlovskaya region presented in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A survey formally titled “Public Monitoring and Analysis of Processes of Labor Migration from Tajikistan to Russia’s Sverdlovskaya Region” is being

11:15, december 16, 2009

POWER

Parliament to consider new CCER staff

The list of new members of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) was sent by the president for confirmation to lower house of the parliament on December 14.

20:02, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

TSB plans to buy shares in Roghun for US$5 million

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus - Open joint-stock company (OJSC), Tojik Sodirot Bonk (TSB), plans to gradually buy shares in Roghun for 5 million U.S.

19:40, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Turkmen, Uzbek leaders point to the necessity of independent expertise for construction of power plants on transborder rivers

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and his Uzbek counterpart, President Islam Karimov, discussed water-and-energy problems in Ashgabat,

18:34, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

UN Development Assistance Framework 2010-2015 to be signed in Dushanbe tomorrow

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The joint ceremony of signing the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2010-2015 and UNDP Country Programme Action Plan

18:22, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president leaves for Copenhagen to join UN climate change summit

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today afternoon left for Copenhagen to join the UN climate change summit, according to presidential press service.

17:10, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Daewoo International Corporation top manager visits Tajikistan to establish cooperation

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Chairman of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Mr.

16:43, december 15, 2009

INCIDENTS

Snow-trapped Afghan shepherds call for help

KHOROG, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Snow-trapped Afghan shepherds have called for help.

16:02, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Nine companies participate in tender for development of Big Konimansur deposit

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus - Nine companies are participating in a tender for development of the Konimansuri Kalon (Big Konimansur) silver deposit in Tajikistan’s Sughd province,

15:23, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

All political parties, except SDPT, represented in new CCER staff

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus - The Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) has a staff of 15 and of old staff members of the commission, unaffiliated Mirzoali Boltuyev

14:58, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan receives US$13.5 million to implement its National Strategy for Education Development Program

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus – On November 5, 2009, the Education for All Fast Track Initiative (EFA FTI) Catalytic Fund allocated a grant of US$13.

14:42, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

New report on business environment in Tajikistan to be presented tomorrow

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Presentation of a new report, Business Environment in Tajikistan through Eyes of Representatives of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), will

14:33, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Uzbek, Tajik officials discuss gas price for 2010

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus – The head of Tajikistan''s Tajiktransgaz says gas negotiations with Uzbekistan are progressing but that there is still no agreement on a gas price for 2010,

14:18, december 15, 2009

INCIDENTS

Uzbek border guards wound two Tajik nationals

KHUJAND, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Uzbek border guards have shot and wounded two residents of the Shurcha village in Sughd’s Panjakent district along the Tajik-Uzbek border in the

13:51, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

First Tajik Olympic medalist provides 2,000 somoni for construction of Roghun HPP

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s first-ever Olympic medalist, judoka Rasoul Boqiyev, has provided 2,000 somoni for construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant

13:28, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Employees of Tajik embassies in Washington and London transfer money for Roghun project

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Employees of the Tajik Embassy in Washington have given up their three-day’s wages to help construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant

13:20, december 15, 2009

POWER

President Rahmon sets date for parliamentary election

Election of deputies of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistanâ€™s lower chamber of parliament) and members of local legislatures (Majlis) will take place on February 28, 2010 and elections of members

12:14, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Employees of gold mining company transfer 30,000 somoni to help Roghun’s construction

KHUJAND, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Employees of Tajik-Canadian gold-mining joint venture, Aprelevka, have given up their one-day’s wages, totaling 30,000 somoni, to help construction of

11:59, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

PDPT organization for GBAO holds annual conference

KHOROG, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The organization of the People’s Democratic Party (PDPT) for Gorno Badakhshan held an annual conference to hear reports and elect new officials in

11:45, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan, Kazakhstan to sign tourism and sports cooperation agreements in 2010

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan and Kazakhstan are expected to sign a number of cooperation agreements in the fields of sports and tourism in the first half-year of 2010,

11:15, december 15, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Expert from Belarus completes work at FEZ Sughd

KHUJAND, December 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

20:55, december 14, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Assassination plot aimed at destabilizing Tajikistan, analyst says

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2009, Asia-Plus – A Tajik analyst says an alleged assassination plot against a parliamentary deputy uncovered by the Interior Ministry was part of a plan to hinder support

20:46, december 14, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Special commission to assess available equipment of Roghun HPP

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Negotiations on construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in Tajikistan have been conducted at open joint-stock company, Giproproekt

19:09, december 14, 2009

POWER

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers amendments to the law on mandatory military service

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered a bill requiring amendments to the country’s law on

19:01, december 14, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Ruling party invites representatives of foreign political parties to attend its jubilee congress

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT) will convene its pre-election congress on December 26.

18:28, december 14, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajik media watchdog decries limits on information access

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first eleven months of this year, monitoring by the National Association of Independent Mass Media of Tajikistan (Nansmit) of respect for

17:23, december 14, 2009

TAJKISTAN

St. Petersburg Mining Institute to open its branch in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The G. V. Plekhanov St. Petersburg State Mining Institute and Technical University is expected to open its branch in Tajikistan.

15:44, december 14, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajik Embassy in Beijing transfers money to help Roghun hydroelectricity project

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Employees of Tajik Embassy in Beijing, China have given up their three-day’s wages to help implementation of the Roghun hydroelectricity project.

15:12, december 14, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Winter holidays in schools extended by 12 more days

Tajik government has extended winter holidays in the countryâ€™s schools by 12 more days. The winter holidays will start on December 29, 2009 and the schools will now reopen on January 24, 2010.