Tajkistan

11:50, april 2, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Large arms cache discovered in Khatlon

DUSHANBE, April 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Security officers have discovered a large arms cache in the territory of the city of Sarband in the Khatlon province, according to press service of the State

11:23, april 2, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Electricity rationing abandoned in the provinces

DUSHANBE, April 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Electricity rationing has been abandoned in the provinces. Asia-Plus has learned at the control service within Barqi Tojik power holding.

11:10, april 2, 2009

TAJKISTAN

CSTO protocol on mechanism of providing military-technical assistance comes into effect

DUSHANBE, April 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) protocol on mechanism of providing military and technical assistance in case of threat of aggression

10:58, april 2, 2009

TAJKISTAN

51 young Kulobis volunteer for military service

KULOB, April 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The spring conscription campaign was launched in Tajikistan yesterday and a Conscript Day was held in the city of Kulob on this occasion on Wednesday.

10:44, april 2, 2009

POWER

Tajikistan ratifies agreement between CIS states on cooperation in countering theft of cultural property

DUSHANBE, April 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An April 1 sitting of the fifth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) ratified an agreement between the CIS state

10:15, april 2, 2009

POWER

PM holds meeting to discuss preparations for autumn-winter 2009-2010

DUSHANBE, April 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On April 1, Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov held a meeting to discuss preparations for autumn-winter 2009-2010, according to presidential press service.

19:18, april 1, 2009

TAJKISTAN

EBRD promises to assist Tajikistan with minimization of effects of global financial crisis

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday April 1, President Emomali Rahmon received the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) Business Group Director for South east

18:35, april 1, 2009

TAJKISTAN

CORRECTION

The April 1 NEWS.

18:20, april 1, 2009

POWER

Tajikistan adopts law limiting imports

Lower house of parliament has endorsed bill requiring import limits in order to support domestic producers under conditions of the ongoing global financial crisis.

15:27, april 1, 2009

TAJKISTAN

UNDP hands over AIDS/HIV testing lab equipment to Tajik ministry of health

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The UNDP Tajikistan has handed over 55,000 euros worth of seven sets of the AIDS/HIV testing lab equipment to the Ministry of Health (MoH) today morning.

15:03, april 1, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Spring conscription campaign launched in Tajikistan

By presidentâ€™s decree the spring conscription campaign has been launched in the country.

14:40, april 1, 2009

TAJKISTAN

New rules of granting labor permits to foreigners come into effect today

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- New rules of granting labor permits to foreigners and persons without citizenship have come into effect today, according to the migration service within

14:27, april 1, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s permit system needs modernization to make reforms in licensing and inspection sphere efficient

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Basically, Tajikistan’s permit system has not been modernized and it is one of main administrative obstacles on the way of development of small and

13:39, april 1, 2009

POWER

President urges to organize three-shift work of industrial enterprises

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has urged to organize a three-shift work of industrial enterprises with warm weather coming, according to presidential press

12:36, april 1, 2009

INCIDENTS

Chinese builder killed in Sughd traffic accident

KHUJAND, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Chinese builder was killed on March 31 as a car turned over in Sughd’s Ayni district.

11:44, april 1, 2009

TAJKISTAN

CCI head, SCO Business Council chairman discuss economic cooperation within SCO

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Expansion of economic cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was a major topic of a meeting of the head of Tajikistan’s Chamber

11:33, april 1, 2009

POWER

Tajik speaker receives Russian parliamentary delegation

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday March 31, Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper house of parliament) Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev received Russian parliamentary

10:45, april 1, 2009

INCIDENTS

Another Tajik national killed in mine explosion on Tajik-Uzbek border in Sughd

KHUJAND, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A Tajik national was killed on March 30 as an antipersonnel mine exploded on the Tajik-Uzbek border in the northern Sughd province.

10:30, april 1, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Cotton-sowing launched in all 18 districts of Khatlon

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A cotton-sowing campaign has been launched in all the 18 districts of the southern Khatlon province.

10:14, april 1, 2009

POWER

Government session discusses Varzob district development issues

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A March 31 cabinet meeting, presided over by President Emomali Rahmon, considered issues related to development of the Varzob district, including the

19:51, march 31, 2009

TAJKISTAN

ADB intends to provide $40 mln to support implementation of anticrisis program in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) intends to provide 40 million US dollars for implementation of the program worked out by the Tajik government for

18:59, march 31, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s economy posts solid growth in 2008: ADO 2009

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In 2008, Tajikistan’s economy posted solid growth estimated at 7.

18:41, march 31, 2009

TAJKISTAN

ADB expects Tajik labor migrants’ remittances to go down by 30% in 2009

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday March 31, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM) in Dushanbe presented ADB''s flagship annual economic

17:29, march 31, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajik authorities indignant at tendentious coverage by Russian media of drug situation in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Lately, a number of Russian media released a series of tendentious reports on the drug situation in Tajikistan, Fakhriddin Jonmahmadov, an official with the

15:44, march 31, 2009

TAJKISTAN

40 kilos of marijuana seized by police in Shuroobod yesterday

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A large amount of narcotic drug has been seized at the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon’s Shuroobod district.

15:14, march 31, 2009

POWER

Ex-chief of Tajik electricity company appointed to head the Norak HPS

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- By government’s resolution of March 31 ex-chief of Barqi Tojik power holding Sharifkhon Samiyev was appointed to head the Norak hydroelectric power station

14:18, march 31, 2009

TAJKISTAN

SCO anti-terror center endorses cooperation program for 2010-2012

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The 14th session of the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Anti-terror Center that was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on March 30 endorsed the

14:01, march 31, 2009

POWER

President shakes some government officials

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has introduced a number of staff changes at today’s meeting reviewing the results of work carried out over the first three

13:12, march 31, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Kulob bankers begin talking of insincerity of debtor farmers

KULOB, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Since the beginning of the year, seven banks and two microlending organizations have provided totaling 444,669 somoni in loans to farming units in four

12:30, march 31, 2009

POWER

In this year’s address to parliament, President Rahmon to make emphasis on overcoming financial crisis

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On March 30, Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan upper chamber of parliament) Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev singed a resolution on convocation of a