Tajkistan

14:12, december 4, 2007

POWER

Tajik president, chairman of summit’s steering committee discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today met with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the summit’s steering committee in Beppu on sidelines of

13:46, december 4, 2007

POWER

Tajik president meets with WWC head in Beppu

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to elaboration and adoption of an international water convention and convocation of a special session of the UN General Assembly on water

13:07, december 4, 2007

POWER

Tajik president urges to combine efforts to tackle the Aral Sea problems

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today took part at a panel session dedicated to the Aral Sea problem within the ongoing First Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Beppu,

12:48, december 4, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Prospects of export of fruit and vegetables goods to be discussed in Tajik capital tomorrow

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- The second meeting of the Supervisory Board for the Trade Promotion Project in Tajikistan will be held in Dushanbe on December 5.

12:30, december 4, 2007

POWER

Majlisi Milli to convene next session on December 19

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- The Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) will convene its 13th session on December 19.

12:14, december 4, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik specialists attend pandemic influenza preparedness workshop in Copenhagen

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- Tajik specialists are attending a four-day workshop on pandemic influenza preparedness planning, staged by the regional Office for Europe of the World

11:46, december 4, 2007

INCIDENTS

President Rahmon meets with ISDR director in Beppu

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon yesterday met with Mr.

11:32, december 4, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president meets with Iranian energy minister in Japan

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- Mutually beneficial cooperation between Tajikistan and Iran on rational use of water and energy resources was major topic of a meeting of President Emomali

11:15, december 4, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president, UNESCO director general discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- On December 3, President Emomali Rahmon met with Mr.

20:32, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president offers to elaborate international water convention

Addressing the First Asia-Pacific Summit in Beppu, Japan, President Emomali Rahmon ÐŸÑ€ÐµÐ·Ð¸Ð´ÐµÐ½Ñ‚ has offered to elaborate and adopt an International Water Convention.

20:23, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Conference dedicated to Tajik microsurgery service held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- A republican scientific conference formally titled “Topical Issues of Reconstructive Surgery” was held at Tajik Medical University in Dushanbe on December 1.

20:20, december 3, 2007

POWER

Capital mayor sacks heads of some Dushanbe educational facilities

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Capital mayor has sacked a number of heads of schools and kindergartens as well reprimanded some municipal officials for failing to take adequate preparations for

18:28, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

12 kilos of heroin seized on Dushanbe’s Ganjina market Sunday

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Tajik counternarcotics agency have warded off an attempt of drug pushing in Dushanbe.

18:17, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Turkmen electricity arrives in Tajikistan: Tajik power holding

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Turkmen electricity has arrived in Tajikistan, Barqi Tojik (Tajik electricity systems) power holding said.

17:43, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan prepare agreements on transport communication

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are working on preparing a draft government-to-government agreement on automotive transport communication, Asia-Plus has learned

17:18, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Majority of Russian nationals staying in Tajikistan vote for Putin’s United Russia

7,787 of 9,048 Russian nationals participating in voting in Tajikistan voted for Putinâ€™s United Russia.

15:51, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik entrepreneurs instructed in methods of use o barcode system

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- A two-day seminar for Tajik entrepreneurs on methods of using GS1 barcode system concluded in Dushanbe on Saturday December 1.

15:18, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan fails to fulfill 2007 cotton target, reaching only 76.3%

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Tajik has failed to fulfill the national cotton target for 2007, having reached only 76.3 percent to this day.

14:58, december 3, 2007

INCIDENTS

Mild tremor jolts Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Mild tremor measuring 2.0-3.0 on a ten-point scale jolted Dushanbe Sunday evening, at around 4:57 p.m.

14:07, december 3, 2007

POWER

Tajik president visits Japan

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus – Tajikistani President Emomali Rahmon is on a four-day visit to Japan from Sunday, during which he will attend the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Oita Prefecture

13:34, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Iran’s company seeks cooperation with Tajikistan in the field of energy

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Senior representatives from Iran’s company Motahedin-e Saleh International Co are expected to arrive in Tajikistan in the near future to discuss

12:12, december 3, 2007

INCIDENTS

ADB, Tajikistan sign $2 Million grant to rehabilitate key infrastructure in northeast Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday December 1, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Tajikistan signed an agreement for a project that will help rehabilitate key

12:00, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Putin's United Russia at 63.2% with almost half of votes counted

With over 47% of votes counted, President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has garnered an overwhelming 63.2% in Sunday's parliamentary polls, the Central Election Commission announced.

11:59, december 3, 2007

POWER

Capital mayor urges to improve decorative and advertising activity

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- issues related to improvement work on decorative and advertising activity in the city were major topic of a December 1 meeting of the Dushanbe mayor’s

11:45, december 3, 2007

POWER

Tajikistan attends Asian conference of female MPs and female ministers

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Two members of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) – Oynisso Bahronova and Muhiba Yoqubova -- attended the 5th Asian Conference of Women

11:16, december 3, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik FM holds a number of meetings in Madrid

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus - Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi has held a number of meetings with his counterparts from the OSCE participating countries during his visit to

18:58, december 1, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Now calling party pays in Tajikistan

Cost of outgoing calls from fixed-line network of Tojik Telecom changed with effect from December 1 and it is now 16.5 dirams per minute instead of the previous 2 dirams.

18:18, december 1, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Results of the competition “HIVAIDS: Prevention, Treatment and Care” summed up

DUSHANBE, December 1, Asia-Plus -- On November 30, an wards ceremony was held at Tajik Journalists’ Union in Dushanbe for the winners of the competition “HIV/AIDS: Prevention, Treatment and

17:39, december 1, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Number of people living with HIV in Khatlon increasing

QURGHON TEPPA, December 1, Asia-Plus - To date, 174 HIV sufferers, including 37 women, have been officially reported in the Khatlon province, the Khatlon health directorate head Fayzali

17:08, december 1, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajkistan

Tajik president, chairman of summit’s steering committee discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today met with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the summit’s steering committee in Beppu on sidelines of

Tajik president meets with WWC head in Beppu

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to elaboration and adoption of an international water convention and convocation of a special session of the UN General Assembly on water

Tajik president urges to combine efforts to tackle the Aral Sea problems

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today took part at a panel session dedicated to the Aral Sea problem within the ongoing First Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Beppu,

Prospects of export of fruit and vegetables goods to be discussed in Tajik capital tomorrow

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- The second meeting of the Supervisory Board for the Trade Promotion Project in Tajikistan will be held in Dushanbe on December 5.

Majlisi Milli to convene next session on December 19

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- The Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) will convene its 13th session on December 19.

Tajik specialists attend pandemic influenza preparedness workshop in Copenhagen

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- Tajik specialists are attending a four-day workshop on pandemic influenza preparedness planning, staged by the regional Office for Europe of the World

President Rahmon meets with ISDR director in Beppu

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon yesterday met with Mr.

Tajik president meets with Iranian energy minister in Japan

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- Mutually beneficial cooperation between Tajikistan and Iran on rational use of water and energy resources was major topic of a meeting of President Emomali

Tajik president, UNESCO director general discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- On December 3, President Emomali Rahmon met with Mr.

Tajik president offers to elaborate international water convention

Addressing the First Asia-Pacific Summit in Beppu, Japan, President Emomali Rahmon ÐŸÑ€ÐµÐ·Ð¸Ð´ÐµÐ½Ñ‚ has offered to elaborate and adopt an International Water Convention.

Conference dedicated to Tajik microsurgery service held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- A republican scientific conference formally titled “Topical Issues of Reconstructive Surgery” was held at Tajik Medical University in Dushanbe on December 1.

Capital mayor sacks heads of some Dushanbe educational facilities

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Capital mayor has sacked a number of heads of schools and kindergartens as well reprimanded some municipal officials for failing to take adequate preparations for

12 kilos of heroin seized on Dushanbe’s Ganjina market Sunday

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Tajik counternarcotics agency have warded off an attempt of drug pushing in Dushanbe.

Turkmen electricity arrives in Tajikistan: Tajik power holding

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Turkmen electricity has arrived in Tajikistan, Barqi Tojik (Tajik electricity systems) power holding said.

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan prepare agreements on transport communication

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are working on preparing a draft government-to-government agreement on automotive transport communication, Asia-Plus has learned

Majority of Russian nationals staying in Tajikistan vote for Putin’s United Russia

7,787 of 9,048 Russian nationals participating in voting in Tajikistan voted for Putinâ€™s United Russia.

Tajik entrepreneurs instructed in methods of use o barcode system

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- A two-day seminar for Tajik entrepreneurs on methods of using GS1 barcode system concluded in Dushanbe on Saturday December 1.

Tajikistan fails to fulfill 2007 cotton target, reaching only 76.3%

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Tajik has failed to fulfill the national cotton target for 2007, having reached only 76.3 percent to this day.

Mild tremor jolts Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Mild tremor measuring 2.0-3.0 on a ten-point scale jolted Dushanbe Sunday evening, at around 4:57 p.m.

Tajik president visits Japan

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus – Tajikistani President Emomali Rahmon is on a four-day visit to Japan from Sunday, during which he will attend the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Oita Prefecture

Iran’s company seeks cooperation with Tajikistan in the field of energy

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Senior representatives from Iran’s company Motahedin-e Saleh International Co are expected to arrive in Tajikistan in the near future to discuss

ADB, Tajikistan sign $2 Million grant to rehabilitate key infrastructure in northeast Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday December 1, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Tajikistan signed an agreement for a project that will help rehabilitate key

Putin's United Russia at 63.2% with almost half of votes counted

With over 47% of votes counted, President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has garnered an overwhelming 63.2% in Sunday's parliamentary polls, the Central Election Commission announced.

Capital mayor urges to improve decorative and advertising activity

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- issues related to improvement work on decorative and advertising activity in the city were major topic of a December 1 meeting of the Dushanbe mayor’s

Tajikistan attends Asian conference of female MPs and female ministers

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus -- Two members of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) – Oynisso Bahronova and Muhiba Yoqubova -- attended the 5th Asian Conference of Women

Tajik FM holds a number of meetings in Madrid

DUSHANBE, December 3, Asia-Plus - Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi has held a number of meetings with his counterparts from the OSCE participating countries during his visit to

Now calling party pays in Tajikistan

Cost of outgoing calls from fixed-line network of Tojik Telecom changed with effect from December 1 and it is now 16.5 dirams per minute instead of the previous 2 dirams.

Results of the competition “HIVAIDS: Prevention, Treatment and Care” summed up

DUSHANBE, December 1, Asia-Plus -- On November 30, an wards ceremony was held at Tajik Journalists’ Union in Dushanbe for the winners of the competition “HIV/AIDS: Prevention, Treatment and

Number of people living with HIV in Khatlon increasing

QURGHON TEPPA, December 1, Asia-Plus - To date, 174 HIV sufferers, including 37 women, have been officially reported in the Khatlon province, the Khatlon health directorate head Fayzali

U.S. and Russian embassies honor 201st motorized rifle division

DUSHANBE, December 1, Asia-Plus -- On Friday November 30, U.S.