Tajkistan

10:25, august 30, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Khujand State University to host U.S. English Language Fellow for Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 30, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday August 29, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe and Khujand State University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable the U.S.

19:24, august 29, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Incumbent president does not have right to seek another term, says SDPT leader

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- The Ninth extraordinary Congress of Tajikistan’s Social-Democratic Party (SDPT) will be held on September 17, the SDPT leader Rahmatillo Zoirov announced at a news

18:58, august 29, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Split in DPT ranks normal, natural process, says deputy director of Tajik Center for Strategic Studies

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A split in ranks of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) is a normal and natural process, Sayfullo Safarov, deputy director of Tajikistan’s Center for

18:27, august 29, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan works out new mechanism of financing cotton sector

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan intends to tackle the problem of debt of cotton farmers to domestic and foreign creditors through working out a new mechanism of financing the country’s

17:45, august 29, 2006

TAJKISTAN

IRPT organization for Khatlon proposes Muhiddin Kabiri as IRPT leader

QURGHON TEPPA, August 29, Asia-Plus -- “We will support candidacy of Muhiddin Kabiri, who was leading deputy to Said Abdullo Nuri for many year, to the post of chairman of the Islamic Revival

15:31, august 29, 2006

INCIDENTS

Woman from Tajikistan attacked in St. Petersburg

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A Tajik woman has been found unconscious with brain damage in a park in Russia''s second largest city of St.

14:27, august 29, 2006

LAW-ORDER

Resident of village of Pushyoni Miyona faces pedophilia charges

KULOB, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in the Vose district of Khatlon has warranted the arrest of a 18-year-old resident of the village of Pushyoni Miyona Ahliddin Ismatov.

14:18, august 29, 2006

TAJKISTAN

“Tacom” replaces SIM-cards of its clients with “Beeline” cards

From August 30 to September 8, Tajik cellular operator â€œTacomâ€ will conduct an action on replacing SIM-cards of its clients with â€œBeelineâ€ cards.

14:02, august 29, 2006

LAW-ORDER

20-year-old woman from Khovaling arrested on suspicion having killed her baby

KULOB, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in the Vose district has instituted criminal proceedings against a 20-year-old resident of the village of Khonaqo of Khovaling, Marjona

13:33, august 29, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s schools need more textbooks on foreign languages

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Ministry of Education has published a series of new textbooks at the threshold of a new school year.

12:07, august 29, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan invited to attend international exhibition “Expo 2010” in Shanghai

DUSHANBE, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has been invited to take part in international exhibition “Expo-2010”, which will be held in the Chinese city of Shanghai.

12:03, august 29, 2006

LAW-ORDER

Amnesty law does not apply to Ghaffor Mirzoyev

Defense lawyers of the former head of Tajikistanâ€™s presidential guards and the former director of the countryâ€™s counternarcotics agency Ghaffor Mirzoyev have appealed the Supreme Courtâ€™s

11:36, august 29, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Master-class conducted for Tajik journalists on coverage of geopolitical aspects of development of Central Asia

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A four-day master-class for Tajik journalists on geopolitical aspects of development of Central Asia, inter-ethnic conflicts and balanced coverage of them in

10:57, august 29, 2006

POWER

President Rahmonov holds meeting with participation of heads of power-wielding structures

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- Improvement of fighting efficiency of the country’s armed forces and strengthening of the fight against drug trafficking as well as a progress of the

10:25, august 29, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Khatlon authorities concerned over low collection of funds for electricity

QURGHON TEPPA, August 29, Asia-Plus -- Low collection of funds from the public and enterprises in the Qurghon Teppa region of Khatlon for electricity evokes serious concern, Rajabali Boyakov, the

19:04, august 28, 2006

POWER

President Rahmonov to pay working visit to Kazakhstan in early September to attend informal Central Asian summit

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov will pay a working visit to the Kazakh capital city of Astana to attend an informal summit of heads of state from the

18:32, august 28, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Present situation in the DPT is internal affair of the party, says Tajik justice official

The present situation in the Democratic Party is internal affair of the party itself and settlement of this problems is outside competence of the Ministry of Justice, Tajik justice official has said.

17:39, august 28, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Over 350,000 drug-containing plants destroyed by DCA during first phase of “Poppy 2006” Operation

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency (DCA) has summed up the results of work carried out by the DCA officers during the first phase of the “Poppy 2006” Operation

14:50, august 28, 2006

TAJKISTAN

DPT leaders suggest that the party leadership crisis encouraged by forces wanting to split DPT

The DPT board suggests that the present party leadership crisis has been encouraged by forces wanting to split the party.

14:00, august 28, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Over 18,300 tons of cotton yielded in Tajikistan so far this year

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has yielded more than 18,300 tons of cotton by August 28, which comprises 3.

13:05, august 28, 2006

POWER

Rahmonov writes article about Aryan values in world civilization

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- An article entitled “Aryan Values in World Civilization” by President Rahmonov has been posted on the president’s website.

12:50, august 28, 2006

TAJKISTAN

DPT suffers from splits in its ranks

A split in ranks of Tajikistanâ€™s Democratic Party is becoming deeper. On August 27, the partyâ€™s extraordinary congress elected Masoud Sobirov new leader of the party.

12:29, august 28, 2006

TAJKISTAN

NBT, Central Stock Exchange train currency stock-traders

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) in cooperation with the country’s Central Stock Exchange has conducted a training course for currency stock-traders.

12:11, august 28, 2006

INCIDENTS

Minor tremor jolts Tajik capital again

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- A minor earthquake jolted Dushanbe yesterday, at around 5:32 p.m., according to information from the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES).

11:43, august 28, 2006

TAJKISTAN

IMF mission to assist Tajikistan in preparing national budget for 2007

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Tajikistan led by Carlos Pinerua will assist Tajikistan’s Ministry of Finance in preparing the country’s national

11:24, august 28, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajik central bank to raise rate of refinancing up to 9 percent

Following misbalance of development of production and domestic demand, increase in seasonal state expenditures and instability of prices on world market, Tajik central bank has decided to strengthen

10:30, august 28, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajik-Russian parliamentary forum in Tajik capital results in signing of a number of regional cooperation accords

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus - Eight regional cooperation accords were signed on the results of Tajik-Russian parliamentary forum in Dushanbe on August 25.

13:09, august 26, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Konibodom education authorities sum up results of school year 2005-2006

KONIBODOM, August 26, Asia-Plus -- A traditional August conference was held in Konibodom on August 25 to sum up the results of the school year 2005-2006. Mr.

12:07, august 26, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Renovated school to accommodate 1,400 pupils put into operation in Vose

KULOB, August 26, Asia-Plus -- On Friday August 25, an official ceremony of the project for rehabilitation of secondary school No 17 sponsored by the World Bank was held in the village of Guliston

11:49, august 26, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan establishes diplomatic relations with Guatemala

DUSAHNBE, August 26, Asia-Plus -- On August 22, Tajik Ambassador to Russia Safar Safarov and Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala to Russia Lars Pira (phonetically spelled) signed in

Tajkistan

Khujand State University to host U.S. English Language Fellow for Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 30, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday August 29, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe and Khujand State University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable the U.S.

Incumbent president does not have right to seek another term, says SDPT leader

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- The Ninth extraordinary Congress of Tajikistan’s Social-Democratic Party (SDPT) will be held on September 17, the SDPT leader Rahmatillo Zoirov announced at a news

Split in DPT ranks normal, natural process, says deputy director of Tajik Center for Strategic Studies

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A split in ranks of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) is a normal and natural process, Sayfullo Safarov, deputy director of Tajikistan’s Center for

Tajikistan works out new mechanism of financing cotton sector

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan intends to tackle the problem of debt of cotton farmers to domestic and foreign creditors through working out a new mechanism of financing the country’s

IRPT organization for Khatlon proposes Muhiddin Kabiri as IRPT leader

QURGHON TEPPA, August 29, Asia-Plus -- “We will support candidacy of Muhiddin Kabiri, who was leading deputy to Said Abdullo Nuri for many year, to the post of chairman of the Islamic Revival

Woman from Tajikistan attacked in St. Petersburg

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A Tajik woman has been found unconscious with brain damage in a park in Russia''s second largest city of St.

Resident of village of Pushyoni Miyona faces pedophilia charges

KULOB, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in the Vose district of Khatlon has warranted the arrest of a 18-year-old resident of the village of Pushyoni Miyona Ahliddin Ismatov.

“Tacom” replaces SIM-cards of its clients with “Beeline” cards

From August 30 to September 8, Tajik cellular operator â€œTacomâ€ will conduct an action on replacing SIM-cards of its clients with â€œBeelineâ€ cards.

20-year-old woman from Khovaling arrested on suspicion having killed her baby

KULOB, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in the Vose district has instituted criminal proceedings against a 20-year-old resident of the village of Khonaqo of Khovaling, Marjona

Tajikistan’s schools need more textbooks on foreign languages

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Ministry of Education has published a series of new textbooks at the threshold of a new school year.

Tajikistan invited to attend international exhibition “Expo 2010” in Shanghai

DUSHANBE, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has been invited to take part in international exhibition “Expo-2010”, which will be held in the Chinese city of Shanghai.

Amnesty law does not apply to Ghaffor Mirzoyev

Defense lawyers of the former head of Tajikistanâ€™s presidential guards and the former director of the countryâ€™s counternarcotics agency Ghaffor Mirzoyev have appealed the Supreme Courtâ€™s

Master-class conducted for Tajik journalists on coverage of geopolitical aspects of development of Central Asia

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- A four-day master-class for Tajik journalists on geopolitical aspects of development of Central Asia, inter-ethnic conflicts and balanced coverage of them in

President Rahmonov holds meeting with participation of heads of power-wielding structures

DUSHANBE, August 29, Asia-Plus -- Improvement of fighting efficiency of the country’s armed forces and strengthening of the fight against drug trafficking as well as a progress of the

Khatlon authorities concerned over low collection of funds for electricity

QURGHON TEPPA, August 29, Asia-Plus -- Low collection of funds from the public and enterprises in the Qurghon Teppa region of Khatlon for electricity evokes serious concern, Rajabali Boyakov, the

President Rahmonov to pay working visit to Kazakhstan in early September to attend informal Central Asian summit

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov will pay a working visit to the Kazakh capital city of Astana to attend an informal summit of heads of state from the

Present situation in the DPT is internal affair of the party, says Tajik justice official

The present situation in the Democratic Party is internal affair of the party itself and settlement of this problems is outside competence of the Ministry of Justice, Tajik justice official has said.

Over 350,000 drug-containing plants destroyed by DCA during first phase of “Poppy 2006” Operation

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency (DCA) has summed up the results of work carried out by the DCA officers during the first phase of the “Poppy 2006” Operation

DPT leaders suggest that the party leadership crisis encouraged by forces wanting to split DPT

The DPT board suggests that the present party leadership crisis has been encouraged by forces wanting to split the party.

Over 18,300 tons of cotton yielded in Tajikistan so far this year

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has yielded more than 18,300 tons of cotton by August 28, which comprises 3.

Rahmonov writes article about Aryan values in world civilization

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- An article entitled “Aryan Values in World Civilization” by President Rahmonov has been posted on the president’s website.

DPT suffers from splits in its ranks

A split in ranks of Tajikistanâ€™s Democratic Party is becoming deeper. On August 27, the partyâ€™s extraordinary congress elected Masoud Sobirov new leader of the party.

NBT, Central Stock Exchange train currency stock-traders

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) in cooperation with the country’s Central Stock Exchange has conducted a training course for currency stock-traders.

Minor tremor jolts Tajik capital again

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- A minor earthquake jolted Dushanbe yesterday, at around 5:32 p.m., according to information from the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES).

IMF mission to assist Tajikistan in preparing national budget for 2007

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Tajikistan led by Carlos Pinerua will assist Tajikistan’s Ministry of Finance in preparing the country’s national

Tajik central bank to raise rate of refinancing up to 9 percent

Following misbalance of development of production and domestic demand, increase in seasonal state expenditures and instability of prices on world market, Tajik central bank has decided to strengthen

Tajik-Russian parliamentary forum in Tajik capital results in signing of a number of regional cooperation accords

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus - Eight regional cooperation accords were signed on the results of Tajik-Russian parliamentary forum in Dushanbe on August 25.

Konibodom education authorities sum up results of school year 2005-2006

KONIBODOM, August 26, Asia-Plus -- A traditional August conference was held in Konibodom on August 25 to sum up the results of the school year 2005-2006. Mr.

Renovated school to accommodate 1,400 pupils put into operation in Vose

KULOB, August 26, Asia-Plus -- On Friday August 25, an official ceremony of the project for rehabilitation of secondary school No 17 sponsored by the World Bank was held in the village of Guliston

Tajikistan establishes diplomatic relations with Guatemala

DUSAHNBE, August 26, Asia-Plus -- On August 22, Tajik Ambassador to Russia Safar Safarov and Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala to Russia Lars Pira (phonetically spelled) signed in

From August 30 to September 8, Tajik cellular operator â€œTacomâ€ will conduct an action on replacing SIM-cards of its clients with â€œBeelineâ€ cards.