Tajkistan

12:52, january 20, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Russian grain processor ships 10,000 tons of flour to Tajikistan in 2008 under UN program

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus - Russia’s grain processor, Pava, last year shipped 10,000 tons of wheat four to Tajikistan under the UN program, according to Pava’s press service.

12:05, january 20, 2009

TAJKISTAN

EBRD supports Tajik PET producer Alfapet

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the expansion of the Tajik PET producer Alfapet with a $3.

11:59, january 20, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Government endorses establishment of center for international programs

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The government has worked out and approved the resolution on establishment of a center for international programs, Education Minister Abdujabbor

11:44, january 20, 2009

TAJKISTAN

President orders to work out the building materials production development program

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has charged the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI) to work out the program for development of production of building

11:30, january 20, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Nearly six kilos of heroin sized at Khujand airport Saturday

KHUJAND, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the customs control point at the Khujand airport seized nearly six kilograms of heroin on Saturday January 17, a source at the Sughd

11:15, january 20, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Computed tomography to be installed at regional diagnostic center in Khujand

KHUJAND, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Computed tomography that was purchased due to funds provided from the Sughd regional budget has been delivered to Khujand, the capital of the Sughd

20:39, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

New food analysis and testing lab to be launched in Tajik capital soon

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A new food analysis and testing laboratory, equipped with the atomic-absorption spectrometer Kvant-2A, will be opened at Tojikstandart (state agency

19:58, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Food products realized on domestic market do not meet state standard specification: Tojikstandart

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus - The majority of food products realized on domestic market are of low quality and do not meet Tajikistan’s state standard specification.

19:28, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Agroinvestbonk accounts for 30% of loans provided to Khatlon’s Kulob region in 2008

KULOB, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In 2008, Agroinvestbonk accounted for 30 percent of the overall volume of banking loans to Khatlon’s Kulob region, according to Sayfiddin Qadamov, head

18:48, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

IRPT sends $28,000 to Gaza in humanitarian aid for war-affected population

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On an initiative of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT), some 100,000 somoni, equivalent to some 28,000 US dollars, have been collected in Tajikistan in

18:16, january 19, 2009

POWER

New head of Tajik power holding appointed

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2209, Asia-Plus -- By government’ s resolution of January 19 Sanat Rahimov, formerly executive director of the energy projects management unit, was appointed to head Barqi

16:34, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

CA political elites does not consider Russia as center of political integration any longer

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Political elites of the post-Soviet republics are gradually stepping aside from Russia as integration center, Suhrob Sharipov, director of the Tajik

15:16, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Qairoqqum HPP expected to resume operation at maximum levels today evening

KHUJAND, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The hydroelectric power plant (HPP) Qairoqqum in the Sughd province is expected to resume operation at maximum levels today evening, deputy Qairoqqum

14:48, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Talco and its foreign partners to build 11 large enterprises

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- According to the report on the country’s strategic development posted on presidential press service, construction of 11 large enterprises in

14:10, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

710 new schools built in Tajikistan over the years of independence

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- 710 new schools have been built in the country over the years of independence, according to the report on the country’s strategic development posted

12:40, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Sughd’s largest cooking oil producer threatened with bankruptcy

KHUJAND, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Sughd’s largest cooking (cotton) producer, open joint-stock company (OJSC) Assor, is threatened with bankruptcy, Asia-Plus has learned at the Sughd

12:26, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

28th microfinance institution to open in northern Tajikistan soon

KHUJAND, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A new microfinance-deposit institution, Kiropol-Express, is expected to be opened in the Sughd province soon.

12:12, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Farming units in Kulob repay nearly 31.5 percent of cotton loans to banks

KULOB, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Dehqon (peasant) farms in Khatlon’s Kulob region have repaid 31.49 percent of cotton loans to banks and microcredit lenders so far.

11:44, january 19, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Number of small power plants expected to increase by 30 percent this year

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The government intends to increase the number of small power plants in the country by more than 30 percent, President Emomali Rahmon announced at a

11:30, january 19, 2009

POWER

Number of regional administrators replaced

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- By president’s decrees of January 16 heads of a number of cities and districts in Gorno Badakhshan as well as Khatlon and Sughd provinces were

11:15, january 19, 2009

POWER

President introduces staff changes

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon introduced a number of staff changes at a January 15 government session reviewing the country’s economic results in 2008.

22:46, january 17, 2009

TAJKISTAN

United States intends to use Tajik territory for transit carriage of commercial cargo to Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The United States intends to use Tajikistan’s territory for transit carriage of commercial cargo to Afghanistan.

21:41, january 17, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s budget increases 26 times over the past decade

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Compared to 2001 Tajikistan’s macroeconomic indices rose four times in 2008, according to presidential press service.

21:24, january 17, 2009

POWER

Rahmon orders to work out project for restructuring Tajik power holding

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Speaking at a January 15 government session reviewing Tajikistan’s economic results in 2008, President Emomali Rahmon ordered the Ministry of Energy

20:40, january 17, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president, Qatari minister discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Qatar were the focus of a meeting of President Emomali Rahmon

19:25, january 17, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Construction of Roghun dam expected to begin in late 2009

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Construction of the dam for the hydroelectric power station (HPS) Roghun is expected to begin in late 2009 and the first two units of the station are

18:52, january 17, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Sughd cotton farmers now owe 81 mlm somoni to their creditors

KHUJAND, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Cotton farmers in the northern Sughd province now owe 81 million somoni to local banks, other investors and budget, Inomjon Hojiboyev, head of the

18:39, january 17, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan to launch new air routes to Bishkek and St. Petersburg

KULOB, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Consideration of the issue of launching new air routes from Kulob to the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek and St.

18:21, january 17, 2009

TAJKISTAN

1,500 labor migrants return form Russia to Khatlon province thins month

QURGHON TEPPA, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first ten days of January, some 1,500 labor migrants have returned from Russia to the Khatlon province, which is considerably more than

18:05, january 17, 2009

TAJKISTAN

Tajkistan

Russian grain processor ships 10,000 tons of flour to Tajikistan in 2008 under UN program

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus - Russia’s grain processor, Pava, last year shipped 10,000 tons of wheat four to Tajikistan under the UN program, according to Pava’s press service.

EBRD supports Tajik PET producer Alfapet

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the expansion of the Tajik PET producer Alfapet with a $3.

Government endorses establishment of center for international programs

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The government has worked out and approved the resolution on establishment of a center for international programs, Education Minister Abdujabbor

President orders to work out the building materials production development program

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has charged the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI) to work out the program for development of production of building

Nearly six kilos of heroin sized at Khujand airport Saturday

KHUJAND, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the customs control point at the Khujand airport seized nearly six kilograms of heroin on Saturday January 17, a source at the Sughd

Computed tomography to be installed at regional diagnostic center in Khujand

KHUJAND, January 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Computed tomography that was purchased due to funds provided from the Sughd regional budget has been delivered to Khujand, the capital of the Sughd

New food analysis and testing lab to be launched in Tajik capital soon

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A new food analysis and testing laboratory, equipped with the atomic-absorption spectrometer Kvant-2A, will be opened at Tojikstandart (state agency

Food products realized on domestic market do not meet state standard specification: Tojikstandart

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus - The majority of food products realized on domestic market are of low quality and do not meet Tajikistan’s state standard specification.

Agroinvestbonk accounts for 30% of loans provided to Khatlon’s Kulob region in 2008

KULOB, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In 2008, Agroinvestbonk accounted for 30 percent of the overall volume of banking loans to Khatlon’s Kulob region, according to Sayfiddin Qadamov, head

IRPT sends $28,000 to Gaza in humanitarian aid for war-affected population

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On an initiative of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT), some 100,000 somoni, equivalent to some 28,000 US dollars, have been collected in Tajikistan in

New head of Tajik power holding appointed

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2209, Asia-Plus -- By government’ s resolution of January 19 Sanat Rahimov, formerly executive director of the energy projects management unit, was appointed to head Barqi

CA political elites does not consider Russia as center of political integration any longer

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Political elites of the post-Soviet republics are gradually stepping aside from Russia as integration center, Suhrob Sharipov, director of the Tajik

Qairoqqum HPP expected to resume operation at maximum levels today evening

KHUJAND, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The hydroelectric power plant (HPP) Qairoqqum in the Sughd province is expected to resume operation at maximum levels today evening, deputy Qairoqqum

Talco and its foreign partners to build 11 large enterprises

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- According to the report on the country’s strategic development posted on presidential press service, construction of 11 large enterprises in

710 new schools built in Tajikistan over the years of independence

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- 710 new schools have been built in the country over the years of independence, according to the report on the country’s strategic development posted

Sughd’s largest cooking oil producer threatened with bankruptcy

KHUJAND, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Sughd’s largest cooking (cotton) producer, open joint-stock company (OJSC) Assor, is threatened with bankruptcy, Asia-Plus has learned at the Sughd

28th microfinance institution to open in northern Tajikistan soon

KHUJAND, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A new microfinance-deposit institution, Kiropol-Express, is expected to be opened in the Sughd province soon.

Farming units in Kulob repay nearly 31.5 percent of cotton loans to banks

KULOB, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Dehqon (peasant) farms in Khatlon’s Kulob region have repaid 31.49 percent of cotton loans to banks and microcredit lenders so far.

Number of small power plants expected to increase by 30 percent this year

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The government intends to increase the number of small power plants in the country by more than 30 percent, President Emomali Rahmon announced at a

Number of regional administrators replaced

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- By president’s decrees of January 16 heads of a number of cities and districts in Gorno Badakhshan as well as Khatlon and Sughd provinces were

President introduces staff changes

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon introduced a number of staff changes at a January 15 government session reviewing the country’s economic results in 2008.

United States intends to use Tajik territory for transit carriage of commercial cargo to Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The United States intends to use Tajikistan’s territory for transit carriage of commercial cargo to Afghanistan.

Tajikistan’s budget increases 26 times over the past decade

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Compared to 2001 Tajikistan’s macroeconomic indices rose four times in 2008, according to presidential press service.

Rahmon orders to work out project for restructuring Tajik power holding

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Speaking at a January 15 government session reviewing Tajikistan’s economic results in 2008, President Emomali Rahmon ordered the Ministry of Energy

Tajik president, Qatari minister discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Qatar were the focus of a meeting of President Emomali Rahmon

Construction of Roghun dam expected to begin in late 2009

DUSHANBE, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Construction of the dam for the hydroelectric power station (HPS) Roghun is expected to begin in late 2009 and the first two units of the station are

Sughd cotton farmers now owe 81 mlm somoni to their creditors

KHUJAND, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Cotton farmers in the northern Sughd province now owe 81 million somoni to local banks, other investors and budget, Inomjon Hojiboyev, head of the

Tajikistan to launch new air routes to Bishkek and St. Petersburg

KULOB, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Consideration of the issue of launching new air routes from Kulob to the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek and St.

1,500 labor migrants return form Russia to Khatlon province thins month

QURGHON TEPPA, January 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first ten days of January, some 1,500 labor migrants have returned from Russia to the Khatlon province, which is considerably more than

Tajik journalist Bahrom Mannonov passes away

Chief correspondent at the News Agency Asia-Plus Bahrom Mannonov, died untimely in Dushanbe on January 16 aged 61.