Tajkistan

15:18, august 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan seeks Kazakh investments in development of gold and silver deposits

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- The fifth two-day session of Tajik-Kazakh intergovernmental commission for economic and trade cooperation ends in the Kazakh capital today.

14:47, august 28, 2007

POWER

President urges to take adequate measures to ensure regular work of country’s economy in winter

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus - Tajik government has considered issues related to taking timely preparations to ensure the regular work of the country’s economy in autumn-winter 2007-2008 and

14:16, august 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

OSCE Center in Dushanbe teaches university students about protecting human rights

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- Teaching university students about human rights and mechanisms to protect those rights was the aim of a course co-organized by the OSCE Center in Dushanbe and

13:56, august 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

210 Uzbek-language schools function in northern Uzbekistan, says Sughd education official

KHUJAND, August 28, Asia-Plus -- 201 Uzbek-language schools accommodating totaling 110,140 pupils, now function in northern Tajikistan, Saidmukhor Jalolov, the head of the Sughd education

13:29, august 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

UN reports record production of opium in Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus – Opium production in Afghanistan has hit a record $3 billion this year, accounting for more than 90 per cent of the world’s illegal output, a United Nations

13:07, august 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Traffic via Anzob pass partially resumed

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- Traffic via the Anzob pass linking the northern Sughd province to the central part of the country, has been partially resumed, according to the Ministry of

12:31, august 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

IRPT to reshuffle its political council

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- The Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) intends to hold its next congress in Dushanbe on September 25, 2007, Asia-Plus has learned from Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda, a

11:59, august 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik legal consortium visits Russia’s Sverdlovskaya region to discuss labor migration issues with local authorities

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- The head of Legal Consortium also leader of Tajikistan’s Social-Democratic Party (SDPT).

11:07, august 28, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik power holding head to visit Ashgabat to negotiate import of Turkmen electricity

DUSHANBE, August 28, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday August 29, the head of Tajikistan’s Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric systems) state-controlled power holding, Sharifkhon Samiyev, will leave for the

10:30, august 28, 2007

POWER

Tajikistan, Qatar sign a number of cooperation documents

Tajikistan and Qatar yesterday signed a number of agreements and memorandum of understanding.

19:10, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Three drug couriers arrested at Dushanbe airport Monday

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus — Officers from the Tajik counternarcotics agency have stopped an attempt by three residents of the Vahdat district to internally smuggle narcotics into the

18:47, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik, Chinese ruling parties to boost bilateral ties

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus — Visiting delegation of representatives from the Chinese Communist held talks with Davlatali Davlatzoda, the first deputy head f Tajikistan’s ruling People’s

18:01, august 27, 2007

POWER

School computerization program under way in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus -- Further nearly 5,000 computers and more than 800 printers will be distributed to schools in the country soon as part of the ongoing school computerization

17:18, august 27, 2007

POWER

School computerization program under way in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus -- Further nearly 5,000 computers and more than 800 printers will be distributed to schools in the country soon as part of the ongoing school computerization program

16:57, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan ready to supply up to 2.5 billion kWh of electricity to Kazakhstan in summer, says Tajik PM

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus – On Friday August 24, Tajik Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov, heading Tajik delegation to participate in Days of Tajik Culture in Kazakhstan that will conclude on August

15:30, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Emir of Qatar visits Tajikistan

The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani is arriving in Dushanbe today evening for a two-day official visit.

15:16, august 27, 2007

POWER

Kazakh leader to arrive in Tajikistan on official visit on September 13

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus – Ferghana.

14:50, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Blast work suspends traffic via Anzob pass

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus - Traffic via the Anzob pass linking northern Tajikistan to the central part of the country has been suspended because of a planned blast work, carried out on the

14:18, august 27, 2007

POWER

Joint meeting of Sughd legislators elects new members of Majlisi Milli

KHUJAND, August 27, Asia-Plus -- A joint meeting of people’s deputies of the Sughd province that was held in Khujand on August 25 elected the Sughd governor Qohir Rasoulzoda, the Panjakent mayor

13:56, august 27, 2007

POWER

New GBAO members of Majlisi Milli elected yesterday

KHOROG, August 27, Asia-Plus -- New members of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) representing the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (Gorno Badakhshan or GBAO) have

13:27, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan yields 20,474 tons of cotton by Monday

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan has yielded 20,474 tons of raw cotton by Monday, which is 3.

13:01, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Over 10 kilos of drugs intercepted in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, August 27, Asia-Plus -- More than 10 kilograms of drugs have been intercepted in a single operation in northern Tajikistan, according to the Sughd police directorate.

12:32, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik, Afghan leaders and US secretary of commerce hold talks in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus -- A tripartite meeting with participation of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, his Afghan counterpart, President Hamid Karzai, and the US Secretary of Commerce Carlos

12:29, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Cooperation with USA one of priorities of Tajikistan’s foreign policy, says Tajik leader

DUSHANBE, August 27, Asia-Plus -- An August 25 meeting of President Emomali Rahmon with the US Secretary of Commerce Carlos M.

11:46, august 27, 2007

TAJKISTAN

US-financed Tajik-Afghan bridge opens

US-made bridge across the Panj River, linking Tajikistanâ€™s Panji Poyon and Afghan port of Sherkhon Bandar officially opened on August 26.

16:39, august 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Secretary of US department of commerce to join Tajik, Afghan presidents at talks in Tajik capital

A tripartite meet with participation of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, his Afghan counterpart, President Hamid Karzai, and Secretary of the US Department of Commerce Carlos M.

16:13, august 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Dushanbe, Tashkent discuss usage of resources of the trans-border Syrdarya River

DUSHANBE, August 25, Asia-Plus — Tajik energy delegation led by Abdullo Qurbonov, the head of the energy policy department of the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI), has negotiated with Uzbek

15:50, august 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Afghan president arrives in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 25, Asia-Plus – Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Dushanbe today on a two-day working visit.

15:21, august 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan yields 7,645 tons of cotton by Friday

DUSHANBE, August 25, Asia-Plus — Tajikistan has yielded 7,645 tons of raw cotton by Friday, August 24, which is 1.

19:15, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Examination of religious knowledge of capital imam-khatibs ends, four of them fail to pass the test

Some 50 imam-khatibs in the mosques of Dushanbe have taken a special test of religious knowledge to prove their fitness for the job; four of them have failed to pas the exam.