Tajkistan

12:45, april 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

GBAO residents concerned over possible rise in flour prices

DUSHANBE, April 14, Asia-Plus – Residents of Gorno Badakhshan are seriously concerned over the possible rise in prices of wheat flour.

12:25, april 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Murgab school students do not use computers because electricity shortages

DUSHANBE, April 14, Asia-Plus – School students in GBAO’s Murgab district do not use cannot use computers because of electricity shortages, Elmira Tatiyeva, the chairperson of the Murgab education

12:11, april 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Six children die of pneumonia in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, April 14, Asia-Plus – Six children have died of pneumonia in Gorno Badakhshan this year, the Khorog news agency Pamir Media quoted Ms.

11:52, april 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Kulob branch of Technological University opens its training centers

KULOB, April 14, Asia-Plus -- The branch of Tajik State Technological University in Kulob has opened its classes at three local enterprises – Kulobtextiles, Kulob milk plant and Kulob

11:40, april 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

20 Uzbek nationals detained for illegally crossing the border in Jan-Mar 08

DUSHANBE, April 14, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, 20 citizens of Uzbekistan have been detained for illegally crossing the border, Asia-Plus has learned at the border

11:12, april 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Medical workers in Farkhor and Temourmalik to make in-depth HIV testing again

KULOB, April 14, Asia-Plus -- Labs at the central district hospitals in Khatlon’s Farkhor and Temourmalik districts will make in-depth HIV testing again.

10:40, april 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

FAO concerned over rising food prices in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, April 14, Asia-Plus -- Worldwide, 37 countries are currently facing food crises, according to UN FAO’s latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation report.

10:25, april 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan ranked 98th globally in terms of networked readiness

DUSHANBE, April 14, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is ranked 98th globally in terms of the networked readiness index (NRI).

17:22, april 12, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Vose entrepreneur faces charge of fraud and arbitrariness

KULOB, April 12, Asia-Plus -- The Kulob prosecutor’s office has issued an arrest warrant for resident of Khatlon’s Vose district Azamjon Mirzoyev, who is also known in the region as Azam the

16:36, april 12, 2008

POWER

President continues telephone conversations with districts administrators to discuss economic results

DUSHANBE, April 12, Asia-Plus – On Friday April 11, President Emomali Rahmon had telephone conversations with chairmen of the districts of Danghara (Mahmadullo Saydaliyev) and Shahrinav (Rahmatullo

15:57, april 12, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Job fair opens in Kulob

KULOB, April 12, Asia-Plus -- The first spring job vacancies fair opened in Kulob today.

14:49, april 12, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president, CSTO secretary general to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, April 12, Asia-Plus - The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, who is arriving in Tajikistan tomorrow afternoon, is scheduled

11:45, april 12, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Sughd prosecutor denies hunger-strike report

KHUJAND, April 12, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd prosecutor Khairullo Saidov has denied the fact that woman being held at a pretrial detention facility in Khujand went on hunger strike as “unfounded.

11:32, april 12, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Students at Tajik Islamic Institute assessed for meeting student status requirements

DUSHANBE, April 12, Asia-Plus -- A special commission charged with assessing a level of knowledge of students at Tajik State Islamic Institute currently vets the first- and the second-year

11:15, april 12, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Three Sughd residents detained in Russia for drug pushing

KHUJAND, April 12, Asia-Plus -- Over the first quarter of this year, three residents of the Sughd province have been detained in the Russian Federation on suspicion of having been involved in drug

19:54, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

France one of windows to Europe for Tajikistan: Tajik FM

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- On Friday April 11, Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi joined his French counterpart, Mr.

19:38, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan is strategic friendly partner for us, says French FM

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Visiting French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Mr. Bernard Kouchner today held talks with President Emomali Rahmon.

18:30, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik speaker, Iranian Deputy FM discuss state of Tajik-Iranian relations

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus - State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral relations between Tajikistan and Iran were a focus of talks of Saydullo Khairulloyev, Chairman of the

18:03, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

German officials arrive in Tajikistan to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Gernot Erler, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, and Hedi Wegener, Chair of the German-Central Asian Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag.

15:28, april 11, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Guilt of suspects in murder of Russian TV reporter proven, says chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Guilt of two Tajik nationals suspected of killing of the Russian TV reporter, Ilyas Shurpayev, has practically been proven, Prosecutor-General Bobojon

15:03, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

French FM to visit Karine Mann Center and open French Embassy in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Visiting France’s Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is currently holding talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and then he will hold talks with his Tajik

14:27, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Orienbonk’s loan portfolio exceeds $174 million

DUSHNBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- As of April 1, a loan portfolio of open joint-stock company (OJSC) Orienbonk, Tajikistan’s largest commercial bank, has exceeded 596 million somonis

13:41, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

CSTO secretary general arrives in Dushanbe tomorrow

DUSHANBE, Asia-Plus -- The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha is arriving in Dushanbe tomorrow for a working visit, Asia-Plus has learned a the

13:23, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Role of private employment agencies in management of labor migration to be discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- A two-day regional seminar formally titled “Private Employment Agencies: Role; Management; Regulation; and Activity” will be held in Dushanbe on April 15-16.

12:30, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

A number of foreign countries allot Tajikistan student quotas, says education minister

DUAHNBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- A number of foreign countries have already allotted education permits to Tajikistan for this year, Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov told reporters

11:56, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Electricity rationing in Kulob to be effective until April 13, says Barqi Tojik head

KUOB, April 11, Asia-Plus -- A strict electricity rationing reintroduced in Khatlon’s Kulob region will be effective until April 13, Sharifkhon Samiyev, the director of Barqi Tojik

11:15, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Amonatbonk loans 91 cotton-growing farms in Vose

KULOB, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Since the beginning of the year, the branch of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) in Khatlon''s Vose district has provided some 2.

11:12, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

2nd meeting of Task Force on Regional Electricity Cooperation to be held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- The second meeting of a Task Force on regional Electricity Cooperation in Central and South Asia and special workshop on hydropower management in Central Asia

10:43, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

First tons of Khatlon early vegetables come to markets in Dushanbe and Qurghon Teppa

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus - The first tons of early vegetable grown by Khatlon farmers have come to markets in Dushanbe and Qurghon Teppa.

10:12, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Over 700 Tajik schools do not meet elementary requirements, says minister

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov told a press conference in Dushanbe on April 10 that more than 700 schools in the country do not meet elementary