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Tajikistan has not yet negotiated gas imports prices with Uzbekistan

DUSHANBE, September 30, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan state natural-gas distributor, Tojikgaz, has not yet started negotiations with Uzbekistan on prices for natural-gas imports for 2009.

18:42, september 29, 2008

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President to pay working visit to Rasht Valley in early October

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon will pay a two-day working visit to the Rasht Valley in eastern Tajikistan from October 2-3, according to presidential

18:07, september 29, 2008

Independence School of Journalism hosts 2nd training for journalists and press services

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Independent School of Journalism “Tajikistan – 21st Century” (School) will host the second of a series of trainings for journalists and

17:36, september 29, 2008

WB report on innovation, inclusion and integration in East Europe and former Soviet Union to be presented in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Innovation, Inclusion, and Integration: From Transition to Convergence in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, will be presented at the WB

17:07, september 29, 2008

India’s Abhijeet Group seeks cooperation with Tajik companies

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday September 29, Odil Sangov, first deputy head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), met with visiting Senior

15:09, september 29, 2008

IRPT to organize republican contest among Koran reciters

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) intends to organize the republican contest among the Tajik Koran reciters in Dushanbe on October 11.

14:52, september 29, 2008

Senior officers from Tajik power-wielding structures participate in study tour of to European drug profiling units

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Today, a group of representatives of Tajik power-wielding structures, numbering eight senior members of the Border Guards, Drug Control Agency,

14:47, september 29, 2008

Austrian businessmen discuss potential coop with Kazakhstan

A workshop on presentation of Kazakhstanâ€™s investment opportunities held on September 24 in Linz, Austria, attracted attention of the Austrian business circles.

14:46, september 29, 2008

Authorized fund of close joint stock company should be not less than US$ 50 thousand from January 1

President of Uzbekistan signed the Law about amending the Law "About joint stock companies and protection of stockholders rights" on September 26.

14:45, september 29, 2008

Wages, pensions and state allowances to grow by 10% in 2009

From January 1, 2009, the salaries of employees of establishments financed from the State Budget, self-supporting enterprises and public organizations will be increased by 10%.

14:43, september 29, 2008

Pensioners and invalids to travel free of charge at municipal transports

Mayor of Bishkek Nariman Tuleev signed a resolution on granting a right to some categories of citizens to travel at municipal transport of the capital.

14:42, september 29, 2008

Iran won’t abide by new Security Council resolution – parliament

Tehran will not abide by the new resolution of the UN Security Council unanimously approved on Saturday, spokesman of the Iranian Parliamentâ€™s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem

14:41, september 29, 2008

US warship approaches Ukraine’s Faina seized by Somalia pirates

A U.S. warship has come close to the Ukrainian ship Faina seized by Somalia pirates. Local authorities explained the move with the wish to prevent the unloading the weaponry from the Faina.

14:39, september 29, 2008

Russia offers new draft resolution on Iran to sextet colleagues

Russia has offered sextet colleagues (the United States, France, China, the United Kingdom and Germany) to consider a new resolution of the UN Security Council on the Iranian nuclear program, Russian

14:37, september 29, 2008

Afghan warlord Hekmatyar claims French ambush: report

Afghan insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has claimed responsibility in a video message for an August ambush that killed 10 French soldiers, an Afghan news agency reported Monday, saying it had

14:08, september 29, 2008

Conscription commissions set up in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Under president’s decree of September 16 on drafting young Tajiks into the country’s armed forces, conscription commissions have been set up in

13:54, september 29, 2008

650 residents of GBAO sent Russia for seasonal work via Badakhshonkhorijakor

KHOROG, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus – Since the beginning of this year, 650 residents of Gorno Badakhshan have been sent to the Russian Federation for seasonal work through

13:32, september 29, 2008

New rise in prices of basic food products reported in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus – A new rise in prices of basic food products has been reported in Gorno Badakhshan.

12:14, september 29, 2008

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President congratulates Tajik Muslims on Id al-Fitr

Reminding that the holiday of Id al-Fitr is a Muslim holy day of spiritual cleansing and bodily harmony and an opportunity to reach a higher spiritual and moral level based on a cleansing of the

11:54, september 29, 2008

Agroinvestbonk expands its operations into districts in Khatlon’s Kulob region

KULOB, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Construction of a two-story building of Agroinvestbonk’s branch in Khatlon’s Baljuvon district is nearing completion, according to Sayfiddin Qadamov,

11:39, september 29, 2008

Kulma crossing closed for week today

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Kulma Crossing on the Tajik-Chinese border in GBAO’s Murgab is closed today for a week till October 5, According to the Customs Service.

10:59, september 29, 2008

Dushanbe to host international healthcare exhibition in early October

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The 4th International Healthcare Exhibition, DIHE 2008, will be held at the Kokhi

10:34, september 29, 2008

Republican tourism exhibition held in Dushanbe Saturday

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The republican tourism exhibition, entitled “Tourism in Tajikistan – 2008,” was held at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe on September 27.

10:20, september 29, 2008

Annual education fair held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Annual Education Fair, staged by the Tajik Branch of Open Society Institute/Assistance Foundation (OSI/AF-Tajikistan) in partnership with Ministry

21:25, september 27, 2008

Employees of Kabool-Tajik Textiles ask to resume enterprise’s operation

KHUJAND, September 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Women working with closed joint-stock company (CJSC) Kabool-Tajik Textiles ask the administration to resume the enterprise’s operation.

20:34, september 27, 2008

Fifth member of drug-trafficking group, knocked together by border guards, detained in Kulob

KULOB, September 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- the Kulob prosecutor’s office on September 26 issued an arrest warrant for serviceman of border unit 2133, deployed in Khatlon’s Shuroobod district,

20:10, september 27, 2008

Dushanbe energy authorities take efforts to reduce commercial losses

DUSHANBE, September 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- To reduce commercial losses in the power system, Dushanbe energy authorities are replacing induction electricity meters with the electronic ones.

19:21, september 27, 2008

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Rahmon expresses gratitude to UN Secretary General for aid provided by UN to Tajikistan during the past winter

President Emomali Rahmon has expressed gratitude to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for the aid provided by the United Nations to Tajikistan during the past winter.

18:38, september 27, 2008