Tajkistan

19:28, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

First group of Tajik Hajjis return home

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The first group of Tajik Hajjis, numbering 360 people, have returned to Dushanbe from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today afternoon.

19:00, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover for Jan-Nov 08 exceeds $4.3 billion

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-November 2008, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electric energy and natural gas, has amounted to $4.

18:13, december 17, 2008

POWER

Capital mayor sign resolution on purchase of another consignment of buses

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev today signed resolution on purchase of another consignment of busses and trolleybuses for the city, Shavkat

16:07, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik energy ministry, Ukrainian company continue negotiating production of equipment for Norak HPS

DUSHANBE, December 17, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI) and Ukrainian leading turbine-producing company, open joint-stock company (OJSC) Turboatom, are

15:47, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan the only CIS state where industrial production decline reported this year

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- According to the State Committee for Statistics, Tajikistan is the only CIS state, where industrial production decline has been reported this year.

15:27, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Ruling party calls on its supporters to activate work against radical religious organizations

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT) has called on its supporters to activate work against outlawed religious radical organizations such as Hizb

14:55, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

More than half of Tajik population reportedly lived below poverty line in 2007

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In 2007, 53 percent of the Tajik population lived below the international poverty line, Usmon Rahmonov, coordinator of the ADB’s project,

14:07, december 17, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Body of a year-old baby with signs of violent death found in Khujand

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The body of a year-old baby with signs of violent death was found in one of areas of Khujand, Sughd province yesterday night, according to the

13:55, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

National council for development to be set up in Tajikistan next year

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Report on implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in 2007 has already been prepared and submitted for consideration to the government,

13:16, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Moscow-based public association Tajik Labor Migrants registered with Russian ministry of justice

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Moscow-based public association, Tajik Labor Migrants, was registered with the Russian Ministry of Justice on December 16, the association head

13:06, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Body of brutally killed Tajik national returned home from Russia today morning

The body of 20-year-old Salohiddin Azizov, who was beheaded in the Moscow region on December 5, was returned to Tajikistan from Russia by plane today morning.

12:52, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

New fixed-satellite communications provider presented in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A new fixed-satellite communications provider, Isatel-Tajikistan, was presented in Dushanbe on December 16.

12:40, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Potato yields in Tavildara reportedly quadruple over the past seven years

TAVILDARA, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- This year, farming units in the Tavildara district, Rasht Valley have reported average potato yields of 22.

12:31, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Another Chinese company enters into to Tajik market

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- China’s Huaruilin International Trade Company intends to realize its products in Tajikistan.

12:21, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

MoH commission inspects more than 200 medical facilities in Sughd

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A working group of the Ministry of Health (MoH) has completed inspection of medical facilities in northern Tajikistan.

11:59, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Inflation decreasing in Tajikistan, state committee for statistics says

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In Tajikistan, inflation for January-November 2008 stood at 12.65 percent, which is 0.

11:44, december 17, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik aluminum group awarded with diploma “Best Enterprises of Europe”

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The State Unitary Enterprise, Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco), has been awarded with diploma “Best Enterprises of Europe,” press release issued by

11:29, december 17, 2008

LAW-ORDER

6 wraps of heroin found in food parcel intended for prisoner in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Six wraps of narcotic drug that tested positive to heroin weighing 4.

11:15, december 17, 2008

LAW-ORDER

All 15 killings reported in Kulob this year solved

KULOB, December 17, Asia-Plus -- 15 killings have been reported in Khatlon’s Kulob region in January-November 2008, the deputy Khatlon police directorate chief in charge of Kulob region,

11:10, december 17, 2008

POWER

President Rahmon congratulates his Kazakh counterpart on Kazakhstan’s Independence Day

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday December 16, President Emomali Rahmon sent a message of congratulations to his Kazakh counterpart, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, on

20:04, december 16, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Dual killing solved in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Dual killing has been solved in the Sughd province.

19:30, december 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

ADB supports innovations in school improvement in Tajikistan

KHOROG, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A training seminar on information systems for management of education sector is currently going on in the city of Khorog and GBAO’s Roshtqala district.

18:47, december 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

President Rahmon attends informal CIS summit in Kazakhstan on December 19

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon will attend an informal CIS summit that will be held at the Kazakh resort town Borovoi (Akmola region) on December 19.

18:33, december 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

CIS experts gather in Minsk to discuss activity of CIS observer mission

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable meeting to discuss activity of the CIS observer mission during elections within the CIS area in 2008 will be held in Minsk, Belarus on

15:42, december 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Institutional basis for monitoring Tajikistan PRS discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A two-day seminar on institutional frameworks and monitoring capacity for Tajikistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) and report on implementation

15:10, december 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Russian embassy asks Tajik public to show self-control over challenge cast by Russian neo-Nazi

DUSHANBE, December 16, Asia-Plus -- Hate crimes committed in Russia provoke public outrage not only in Tajikistan but also in the Russian Federation, an official statement released by the

13:55, december 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Тethys launches workover operations on Khoja Sartez gas condensate field in Khatlon

KULOB, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tethys Petroleum Limited (Tethys), has launched workover operations on the Khoja Sartez gas condensate field in the Khatlon province to re-enter one its

13:25, december 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Iranian pharmaceutical company seeks partners in Tajikistan

DUSHNBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday December 15, head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Said, met with visiting Iranian delegation led by Reza

13:09, december 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Kulob tax inspectorate overfulfills tax collection target

KULOB, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-November 2008, officers from the Kulob city tax inspectorate have transferred to the national and the Kulob city budgets totaling 11,192,376

12:55, december 16, 2008

POWER

Tajkistan

First group of Tajik Hajjis return home

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The first group of Tajik Hajjis, numbering 360 people, have returned to Dushanbe from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today afternoon.

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover for Jan-Nov 08 exceeds $4.3 billion

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-November 2008, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electric energy and natural gas, has amounted to $4.

Capital mayor sign resolution on purchase of another consignment of buses

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev today signed resolution on purchase of another consignment of busses and trolleybuses for the city, Shavkat

Tajik energy ministry, Ukrainian company continue negotiating production of equipment for Norak HPS

DUSHANBE, December 17, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI) and Ukrainian leading turbine-producing company, open joint-stock company (OJSC) Turboatom, are

Tajikistan the only CIS state where industrial production decline reported this year

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- According to the State Committee for Statistics, Tajikistan is the only CIS state, where industrial production decline has been reported this year.

Ruling party calls on its supporters to activate work against radical religious organizations

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT) has called on its supporters to activate work against outlawed religious radical organizations such as Hizb

More than half of Tajik population reportedly lived below poverty line in 2007

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In 2007, 53 percent of the Tajik population lived below the international poverty line, Usmon Rahmonov, coordinator of the ADB’s project,

Body of a year-old baby with signs of violent death found in Khujand

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The body of a year-old baby with signs of violent death was found in one of areas of Khujand, Sughd province yesterday night, according to the

National council for development to be set up in Tajikistan next year

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Report on implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in 2007 has already been prepared and submitted for consideration to the government,

Moscow-based public association Tajik Labor Migrants registered with Russian ministry of justice

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Moscow-based public association, Tajik Labor Migrants, was registered with the Russian Ministry of Justice on December 16, the association head

Body of brutally killed Tajik national returned home from Russia today morning

The body of 20-year-old Salohiddin Azizov, who was beheaded in the Moscow region on December 5, was returned to Tajikistan from Russia by plane today morning.

New fixed-satellite communications provider presented in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A new fixed-satellite communications provider, Isatel-Tajikistan, was presented in Dushanbe on December 16.

Potato yields in Tavildara reportedly quadruple over the past seven years

TAVILDARA, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- This year, farming units in the Tavildara district, Rasht Valley have reported average potato yields of 22.

Another Chinese company enters into to Tajik market

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- China’s Huaruilin International Trade Company intends to realize its products in Tajikistan.

MoH commission inspects more than 200 medical facilities in Sughd

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A working group of the Ministry of Health (MoH) has completed inspection of medical facilities in northern Tajikistan.

Inflation decreasing in Tajikistan, state committee for statistics says

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In Tajikistan, inflation for January-November 2008 stood at 12.65 percent, which is 0.

Tajik aluminum group awarded with diploma “Best Enterprises of Europe”

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The State Unitary Enterprise, Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco), has been awarded with diploma “Best Enterprises of Europe,” press release issued by

6 wraps of heroin found in food parcel intended for prisoner in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Six wraps of narcotic drug that tested positive to heroin weighing 4.

All 15 killings reported in Kulob this year solved

KULOB, December 17, Asia-Plus -- 15 killings have been reported in Khatlon’s Kulob region in January-November 2008, the deputy Khatlon police directorate chief in charge of Kulob region,

President Rahmon congratulates his Kazakh counterpart on Kazakhstan’s Independence Day

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday December 16, President Emomali Rahmon sent a message of congratulations to his Kazakh counterpart, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, on

Dual killing solved in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Dual killing has been solved in the Sughd province.

ADB supports innovations in school improvement in Tajikistan

KHOROG, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A training seminar on information systems for management of education sector is currently going on in the city of Khorog and GBAO’s Roshtqala district.

President Rahmon attends informal CIS summit in Kazakhstan on December 19

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon will attend an informal CIS summit that will be held at the Kazakh resort town Borovoi (Akmola region) on December 19.

CIS experts gather in Minsk to discuss activity of CIS observer mission

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable meeting to discuss activity of the CIS observer mission during elections within the CIS area in 2008 will be held in Minsk, Belarus on

Institutional basis for monitoring Tajikistan PRS discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A two-day seminar on institutional frameworks and monitoring capacity for Tajikistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) and report on implementation

Russian embassy asks Tajik public to show self-control over challenge cast by Russian neo-Nazi

DUSHANBE, December 16, Asia-Plus -- Hate crimes committed in Russia provoke public outrage not only in Tajikistan but also in the Russian Federation, an official statement released by the

Тethys launches workover operations on Khoja Sartez gas condensate field in Khatlon

KULOB, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tethys Petroleum Limited (Tethys), has launched workover operations on the Khoja Sartez gas condensate field in the Khatlon province to re-enter one its

Iranian pharmaceutical company seeks partners in Tajikistan

DUSHNBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday December 15, head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Said, met with visiting Iranian delegation led by Reza

Kulob tax inspectorate overfulfills tax collection target

KULOB, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-November 2008, officers from the Kulob city tax inspectorate have transferred to the national and the Kulob city budgets totaling 11,192,376

Principal of presidential lyceum for talented children replaced

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- By government’s resolution of December 15 Ms.