Tajkistan

Czech companies seek fruitful cooperation with Tajik entrepreneurs

DUSHANBE, April 2, Asia-Plus -- Catalogues of goods produced by a number of Czech companies, information lists and other materials will be put on display in an exhibition that will open in

16:06, april 2, 2007

IRPT claims that April 1 votes were undemocratic

Muhiddin Kabiri considers that by-elections for vacant seats in parliament that held in Tajikistan yesterday were undemocratic and held with violation of the election legislation.

13:07, april 2, 2007

Two drug couriers detained at Dushanbe airport last Friday

DUSHANBE, April 2, Asia-Plus -- Customs officers at the Dushanbe airport have stopped two attempts by drug couriers to transport heroin to Russia.

12:09, april 2, 2007

PDPT candidate faces no competitor in Kulob constituency

PDPT candidate faced no competitor in an April 1 vote as the IRPT candidate had withdrawn his candidacy.

10:30, april 2, 2007

Tajik government to reimburse 55% of expenses of poor families on electricity and 45% on natural gas

, April 2, Asia-Plus -- A March 30 government session presided over by President Emomali Rahmon adopted president’s decree of March 16 on raising wage rates of the staff of institutions

15:23, march 31, 2007

EBRD supports microfinance in Tajikistan through providing $4 million loan to FFMB-T

DUSHANBE, March 31, Asia-Plus -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending its successful program to support micro and small enterprises (SMEs) in Tajikistan by

13:00, march 31, 2007

Tajik aluminum plant marks its 32nd anniversary

Tajik Aluminum Plant (TadAZ) produced its first aluminum bar on March 31, 1975.

18:31, march 30, 2007

Avalanches trap some 100 vehicles in Ayni district

Several avalanches have been reported in the northern district of Ayni, trapping some 100 vehicles.

15:29, march 30, 2007

Members of capital legislature endorses increase in Dushanbe budget for 2007

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus -- Members of the Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) have endorsed a decision to increase the city’s budget for 2007 by 59,761,547 somonis.

14:47, march 30, 2007

Tajik, Swiss national banks discuss technical cooperation issues

DUSAHNBE, March 30, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to technical cooperation were one of major topics of a March 29 meeting of Murodali Alimardonov, Chairman of the National Ban of Tajikistan

14:17, march 30, 2007

Russia’s VympelCom intends to invest $100 million in development of 3G networks in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus - On March 29, major Russian cellular operator, open joint-stock company Vympel-Communications (VympelCom), better known as Beeline, announced test-commercial launch

14:09, march 30, 2007

Tajikistan ready for parliamentary by-elections

All international observers having expressed wish to monitor voting process in parliamentary by-elections set for April 1 were registered at central electoral commission yesterday.

13:46, march 30, 2007

Minor tremor felt in Tajik capital yesterday night

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus - A minor tremor measuring 2.0 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe yesterday night, at around 9:17 p.m., according to the Dushanbe seismological station.

13:19, march 30, 2007

CES reports the first victim of flooding caused by ongoing torrential rain

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus - The Committee for Emergency Situations (CES) under the Government of Tajikistan has reported the first victim of flooding caused by ongoing torrential rain.

12:41, march 30, 2007

Tajik drug police burn 100 kilograms of heroin

Police in Dushanbe burned more than 265 kilograms of drugs on March 30. Tajik drug police chief said that is the first such drug burning this year.

12:07, march 30, 2007

RCST, Committee for Emergency Situations discuss disaster response issues

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus - Representatives from the emergency management department of the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan (RCST) and the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES) under the

10:45, march 30, 2007

Central park in Dushanbe named after Abuabdullo Rudaki

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus -- The Central Park of Dushanbe has been named after founder of Tajik-Persian literature Abuabdullo Rudaki.

10:30, march 30, 2007

Tajik NRCS launches community-based first aid project

DUSHANBE, March 30, Asia-Plus -- 90 percent of health of the population depends on people themselves and only 10 percent on physicians, Nusratullo Fayzulloyev, the head of Tajikistan’s National Red

15:11, march 29, 2007

ЕU seeks stronger ties with Central Asia

EUâ€™s combined strategy for Central Asia may possibly be adopted in June. The new EU strategy for Central Asia will primarily focus on energy cooperation.

14:30, march 29, 2007

Russia does not strive for prevailing in Central Asia, says ambassador

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - Russia does not have “imperial ambitions” in Central Asia, Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Ramazan Abdulatipov remarked at a scientific conference in Dushanbe on

14:02, march 29, 2007

OSCE and Tajik Government met in Dushanbe to discuss priorities for future cooperation

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus - A joint Task Force, consisting of the OSCE Chairmanship, Secretariat, OSCE Center in Dushanbe and Tajik Government officials, met in Dushanbe on March 27.

11:52, march 29, 2007

Local banks ready to provide more than 14 million somonis in loans to residents of Shuroobod and Mouminobod

KULOB, March 29, Asia-Plus - Credit-financial organizations of Kulob are ready to have provided 14.

10:55, march 29, 2007

China’s ZTE donates 1,000 radio telephones to educational facilities in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 29, Asia-Plus -- China’s ZTE Corporation has donated 1,000 radio telephone sets to educational facilities in Tajikistan.

10:24, march 29, 2007

Two Tajiks die from carbon-monoxide poisoning in Moscow region

Two Tajik labor migrants working in the Moscow region have died from carbon-monoxide poisoning.

18:43, march 28, 2007

13 international observers wait for accreditation at CCER

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus -- Thirteen international observers are waiting for accreditation at Tajikistan’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) for monitoring voting process

18:37, march 28, 2007

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to arrive in Tajikistan in mid-May

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus -- According to information posted on the website of the Tajik FMA, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), was supposed to

18:04, march 28, 2007

KFAED provides $13.8 million for financing irrigation of Danghara steppe

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus /Zarrina Ergasheva/ -- Today, Wednesday March 28, a loan agreement for 4 million Kuwaiti dinars, equivalent to nearly $13.

16:44, march 28, 2007

IRPT candidate for parliament intends to file suit against Kulob electoral commission

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - Saidibrohim Nazar, registered as candidate in an upcoming parliamentary by-election scheduled for April 1, today told journalists in Kulob that he intends to file

14:18, march 28, 2007

Tajikistan endorses amendments to the law on evaluation of lands

DUSHANBE, March 28, Asia-Plus - Tajik parliamentarians have approved a bill requiring amendments to the country’s law on evaluation of lands.

13:51, march 28, 2007