Tajkistan, Economy

11:01, january 31, 2014

Tajik banks provided 8.9 billion somoni in loans last year

DUSHANBE, January 31, 2014, Asia-Plus -- In 2013, Tajik banks provided 8.9 billion somoni (equivalent to 1.8 billion USD) in loans, which was 26.

09:59, january 31, 2014

Electricity prices expected to rise this year

Tajikistna is expected to rais eelectricity prices this year.

17:16, january 30, 2014

Tajik central bank joins Thomson Reuters’ global high-speed network

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2014, Asia-Plus – The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has joined a global high-speed network of Thomson Reuters Corp.

14:31, january 30, 2014

China expected to provide loan to Tajikistan for construction of Vahdat-Yovon railway

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The issue of providing a loan for construction of the Vahdat-Yovon railway will be solved within the next few days, Tajik Railways (Tajik state-run rail

11:25, january 30, 2014

The volume of cash in circulation in Tajikistan nears 4.5 billion somoni

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2014, Asia-Plus – The volume of cash in circulation in Tajikistan rose 22.3 percent in a year to December 31, 2013, reaching 4.

09:32, january 30, 2014

Tajik Railways continues renewing its rolling-stock

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Last year, Tajik state-run rail company, Tajik Railways, purchased 150 cargo cars, 15 passenger carriages, three diesel locomotives and two dinning cars,

09:29, january 30, 2014

Current Tajikistan’s gold and currency reserves estimated at more than 1.071 bln USD

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2014, Asia-Plus -- As of December 31, 2013, Tajikistan’s gold and currency reserves were estimated at 1.0715 billion U.S. dollars, which is 10.

15:40, january 29, 2014

NBT gets permission to participate in currency auctions at Moscow Exchange

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The Tajik national currency, the somoni, will be put on auction at Moscow Exchange in the near future, Abdujabbor Shirinov, the head of the National Bank of

14:46, january 29, 2014

Four residents of Sughd arrested on suspicion of being members of Jamaat Ansarullah

KHUJAND, January 29, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Four residents of the northern district of Istaravshan, aged 22 to 33, have been arrested this month on suspicion of being members of the outlawed religious

11:22, january 29, 2014

Kazakh diplomat invites Tajikistan to participate in Expo 2017

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Chairman of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Sharif Said yesterday received Kazakh Ambassador to Tajikistan Agybai Smagulov.

10:55, january 29, 2014

Further operations of Tethys in Tajikistan discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Further operations of Tethys Petroleum Limited (Tethys) in Tajikistan have been discussed here at a meeting of Tethys Executive Chairman and President, Dr.

10:22, january 29, 2014

Tajik, Russian accounts chambers sing cooperation agreement

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2014, Asia-Plus – The Accounts Chambers of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation have signed a cooperation agreement.

16:06, january 28, 2014

MA-60s will not be operated in Tajikistan in the coming years, says Tajik Air top manager

DUSHANBE, January 28, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Chinese-made MA-60s will not be operated in Tajikistan in the coming years, Firouz Hamroyev, director general of Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, told

10:26, january 28, 2014

£50 banknotes featuring Sir John Houblon expected to be withdrawn from circulation by April 30

DUSHANBE, January 28, 2014, Asia-Plus – the press center of the National bank of Tajikistan reports that the Bank of England has announced that £50 banknotes featuring the first governor of the

10:10, january 27, 2014

Tajik PM, ADB country director discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, January 27, 2014, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday January 25, Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda received the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Country Director for Tajikistan, Mr. C.C. Yu.

14:39, january 25, 2014

41 million kWh of electricity supplied to Afghanistan in December 2013

DUSHANBE, January 25, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Barqi Tojik (the state-owned utility responsible for generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in Tajikistan) reported that total

13:43, january 25, 2014

U.S. Government supports land reform in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 25, 2014, Asia-Plus – On Friday January 24, U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Susan M.

13:37, january 25, 2014

EBRD appoints new head of Dushanbe office

DUSHANBE, January 25, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Richard Jones has been appointed new Head of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Residence Office (RO) in Dushanbe, replacing Ulf

15:59, january 24, 2014

Tajikistan ready to cultivate cotton for global defense industry, says Tajik official

DUSHANBE, January 24, 2014, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Tajik Minister of Agriculture Qosim Qosimov noted on January 24 that cotton is not a strategic crop

15:16, january 24, 2014

Tajik minister of agriculture expresses concern about closure of BCPs on Kyrgyz border

DUSHANBE, January 24, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Agriculture of Tajikistan expresses concern about the closure of border crossing points (BCPs) on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border, Minister of

14:05, january 24, 2014

Russia ready to expand its bilateral cooperation with Tajikistan, says Russian official

DUSHANBE, January 24, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Co-chaired by Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, the 12 session of the Tajik-Russian

11:05, january 24, 2014

Russia company intends to open its office in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 24, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Russia’s Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Vozrozhdeniye is expected to open its office in Tajikistan.

10:36, january 24, 2014

Tethys intends to expand its operations to northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 24, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Tethys Petroleum Limited (Tethys), a company focused on oil and gas exploration and production activities in Central Asia, reportedly intends to expand its

14:52, january 23, 2014

Tajik power holding now owes more than 427 mln to OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1

DUSHANBE, January 23, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1, which operates the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP), notes that the Sangtuda-1 HPP generated

14:09, january 23, 2014

Smuggling of oil products out of Kyrgyzstan will scarcely stop completely, says Tajik official

DUSHANBE, January 23, 2014, Asia-Plus -- First Deputy Head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, Nematjon Rahmatov, doubts whether the smuggling of oil products into Tajikistan

09:49, january 23, 2014

Tajik official invites Russian investments in Tajikistan’s hydropower

DUSHANBE, January 23, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is seeking investments from the Russian Federation in its hydropower sector.

11:40, january 22, 2014

Conference of representatives of Tajik and Russian business communities opens in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, January 22, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The 12th meeting of the Tajik-Russian intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation opened in Dushanbe today.

13:44, january 21, 2014

Draft law on inspection of economic entities discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, January 21, 2014, Asia-Plus – New edition of a draft law on inspection of economic entities has been discussed at a meeting of the Working Group (WG) that has been set up for developing

01:22, january 21, 2014

Grant Thornton International reports over 8% growth for the year 2013

Grant Thornton announced record combined global revenues of US$4.5 billion driven by 8.1% growth in US dollars for the year ended 30 September 2013.

13:32, january 20, 2014

Tajik PM received Russian ambassador

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2014, Asia-Plus -- On Monday January 20, Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda received Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Igor Frolov-Lyakin.