Tajkistan

17:29, october 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan accounts for 70 % of drugs seized in Central Asia

DUSHANBE, October 22, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan accounts for 70 percent of all drugs seized in Central Asia, the press service of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) told Tass on Monday.

17:07, october 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik national air carrier loses 66,000 euros due to carrying deported migrants from Russia

DUSHANBE, October 22, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three quarters of this year, Tajikistan’s national air carrier has incurred losses in an amount of 62,000 euros due to carrying the deported labor

16:38, october 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik national carrier to lease Boeing-757, says TajikAir

DUSHANBE, October 22, Asia-Plus -- Tajik State Air Company TajikAir intends to lease Boeing-757 before the end of this year, TajikAir director general Hokimsho Tilloyev announced at a news

14:15, october 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

OSCE conference aims to boost regional transit transport development in Central Asia

Prospects for Trans-Asian and Eurasian transit transport development in Central Asia will be the focus of a regional two-day OSCE conference that opens at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe

11:14, october 22, 2007

INCIDENTS

Tajik national killed by gang in southwest Moscow

DUSHANBE, October 22, Asia-Plus – Two Tajik nationals were attacked by a group of unidentified youths on a street in southwest Moscow on Saturday afternoon, and one died from his injuries, police

10:12, october 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

More than 1,500 Tajik labor migrants deported from Russia in 2006-07

, October 22, Asia-Plus -- More than 1,500 Tajik labor migrants were deported from the Russian Federation in 2006-2007 for not fulfilling requirements of legal staying in the country, Ramazon

11:48, october 20, 2007

POWER

Capital legislature to meet on October 25

DUSHANBE, October 20, Asia-Plus -- By capital mayor’s resolution the next session of the Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) will be convened on October 25.

11:26, october 20, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Exhibitions and fairs not to impact food prices in Tajikistan, says Tojikmatlubot head

DUSHANBE, October 20, Asia-Plus -- Exhibitions and fairs of Tajik farm produce organized abroad cannot impact prices inside the country, Sirojiddin Valiyev, the head of Tajik consumers’

10:45, october 20, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan to organize processing of wool

DUSHANBE, October 20, Asia-Plus -- Sirojiddin Valiyev, head of Tojikmatlubot (Tajik consumers’ association) told a news conference in Dushanbe on October 19 that they intend to organize

18:53, october 19, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik consumers’ association stocks up 2,050 tons of vegetables for winter

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus -- Enterprises of Tojikmatlubot (Tajik consumers’ association) have stocked up 2,050 tons of vegetables, including 1,720 tons of onions, for winter, the

18:02, october 19, 2007

LAW-ORDER

Anticorruption agency chief says some 3,500 tons of cement misappropriated at Sangtuda-1 project site

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus -- Inspection carried out by the Agency for State Financial Control And Combating Corruption at the Sangtuda-1 project site revealed that some 3,500 tons of

17:26, october 19, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik police report large drug haul

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus -- Tajik police officers have intercepted a large batch of marijuana in Khatlon’s Shuroobod district.

17:09, october 19, 2007

LAW-ORDER

M&P top manager charged with bribe giving and tax evasion, says anticorruption agency chief

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus - The Prosecutor-General’s Office has instituted criminal proceedings against Marouf Oripov, director general of the company M&P, which operates a chain of

16:48, october 19, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Delegation from Sverdlovsk’s City without Narcotics to attend burning of 300 kilos of heroin

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday October 20, the Tajik Drug Control Agency (DCA) will burn some 300 kilograms of heroin in the presence of representatives from the City without

14:38, october 19, 2007

LAW-ORDER

Monthly wages of officers combating corruption fluctuate from $100 to $300

The anticorruption agency chief says that to ensure adequate fight against corruption it is necessary to raise wages of the anticorruption agency officers, who now receive from $100 to $300 per month.

13:56, october 19, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Attack on Bhutto convoy kills more than 120 people

Returning Pakistan ex-PM Benazir Bhutto survives an attack on her convoy that kills more than 120 people.

12:17, october 19, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik media organizations propound to review media legislation

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus -- Tajik media organizations have propounded to make amendments to the RT Law “On the Press and Other Mass Media.

11:42, october 19, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Issues of labor migrations in Russia’s Urals discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable meeting entitled “Labor Migration from Central Asia and Migration Policy in Russia’s Urals” opened at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe

11:22, october 19, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Cement produced in Tajikistan meets only 20 percent of country’s requirements, says participant of TajikBuild 2007 exhibition

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus -- The 4th Tajikistan International Exhibition “CONSTRUCTION – TajikBuild 2007” opened in Dushanbe yesterday.

10:41, october 19, 2007

TAJKISTAN

ILO/UNDP projects on combating human trafficking and managing labor migration presented in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus -- Two projects on combating human trafficking and managing labor migrations were presented by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and UNDP CO in

18:30, october 18, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Integration organizations within Post-Soviet area pay more attention to small countries: Tajik FM

Tajik foreign minister holds that integration organizations within the Post-Soviet area have begun paying more attention to interests of small countries.

17:16, october 18, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan makes preparations for joining EAEC Customs Union, says Tajik customs official

DUSHANBE, October 18, Asia-Plus -- First Deputy Customs Service Chief, Nematboy Rahmatov, told journalists in Dushanbe on October 18 that Tajikistan is currently working on joining the Customs

16:54, october 18, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Some 7,000 cars delivered by physical entities to Tajikistan this year

DUSHANBE, October 18, Asia-Plus -- Physical entities have delivered some 7,000 cars to Tajikistan since the beginning of the year, Nematboy Rahmatov, First Deputy Chief of the Customs

13:57, october 18, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik national caught in Russia with around 7 kilos of heroin

DUSAHNBE, October 18, Asia-Plus – Police in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Volga republic of Tatarstan, have confiscated more than 6.

13:47, october 18, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Large arms cache discovered in Hissor

A large arms cache has been discovered in the Hissor district.

13:32, october 18, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik Railways seeks investors to purchase new train cars

DSUSHANBE, October 18, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Railways seeks investors for the purchase of new train cars.

12:47, october 18, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Eastern Europe and some CIS states overtakes East Asia on ease of doing business

DUSHANBE, October 18, Asia-Plus -- This year Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union surpassed East Asia on the ease of doing business, according to Doing Business 2008 — the fifth in

11:25, october 18, 2007

POWER

Youth Committee head appointed Ambassador to Japan

DUSHANBE, October 18, Asia-Plus -- By president’s decree Davlatali Saidov, formerly Chairman of the Committee for Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism, was appointed Tajikistan’s Ambassador to

10:40, october 18, 2007

TAJKISTAN

BBC veterans train Tajik journalists in multimedia journalism

DUSHANBE, October 18, Asia-Plus -- An enlarged training seminar on multimedia journalism is going on in Dushanbe.

10:19, october 18, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Democrats hopes for clean hands of ruling PDPT in upcoming parliamentary by-election in Kulob

KULOB, October 18, Asia-Plus -- An organization of the Masoud Sobirov-run Democratic Party (DPT) by for the city of Kulob has decided to field its candidate in parliamentary by-election that