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18:22, october 26, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan intends to assume 60% ownership interest in Roghun HPS, says Barqi Tojik head

DUSHANBE, October 26, Asia-Plus --Issue related to participation of Russia’s state-run electrical company Unified Energy Systems (RAO YeES) in completing the construction of the Roghun

17:34, october 26, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan seeks intensification of cooperation with EU countries.

DUSHANBE, October 26, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan offers the European Union (EU) countries to intensify bilateral cooperation and change status of the OSCE Center in Dushanbe, Tajik Foreign

12:29, october 26, 2007

LAW-ORDER

Young woman brutally killed in Dushanbe

25-year-old Nazokat Karimova, the daughter of the former deputy head of the Tajik Customs Committee Alinazar Imomnazarov, who was killed in car blast in 1998, was found dead in her apartment

12:08, october 26, 2007

Kazakh national cultural center opens in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 26, Asia-Plus -- A ceremony of official opening of Kazakh National Cultural Center Bayterek (Tree of Life) was held in Dushanbe on October 25.

11:41, october 26, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik government throws out Tajikkhimprom privatization project

DUSHANBE, October 26, Asia-Plus -- The Government of Tajikistan has declined an individual project for privatization of open joint-stock company Tajikkhimprom elaborated by the State

10:57, october 26, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan seeks restoration of aerial communication with Uzbekistan

DUSAHNBE, October 26, Asia-Plus -- The Government of Tajikistan has prepared another draft agreement on restoration of aerial communication with Uzbekistan, Tajik Deputy Transport and

10:39, october 26, 2007

TAJKISTAN

To provide population with vegetables in winter Tajikistan builds more greenhouses

DUSHANBE, October 26, Asia-Plus -- To provide population with fresh vegetables in winter Tajikistan has extended areas for greenhouses, Agriculture and Environmental Protection Minister

18:20, october 25, 2007

SPORT

Tajik NOC places main hopes on sprinter Ajmal Amirov

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- A group of Tajik athletes numbering 22 people have left for Macau, China to participate in the 2nd Asian Indoor Games that will be held there from October 26 to

18:05, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan restores breeding production of cotton seeds, says minister

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- Agriculture and Environmental Protection Minister Abdurahmon Qodiri told journalists in Dushanbe on October 25 that Tajikistan has restored breed production

17:32, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan seeks Austria’s investments in development of its processing industry

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- Prospects of cooperation between Tajikistan and Austria in the field of processing of farm produce were focus of a meeting of Tajikistan’s Chamber of

17:12, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan to make futures companies history?

Beginning from the next year, new system of financing the cotton sector will be introduced in Tajikistan: farming units will receive loans from banks.

15:24, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s investment portfolio includes 52 joint projects

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s investment portfolio now includes 52 projects for a total amount of $1.

14:44, october 25, 2007

INCIDENTS

Natural disasters leave 36 dead, cause 69 million somonis’ worth of damage to Tajikistan’s economy

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- 76 natural disasters reported in Tajikistan in the first three quarters of this year have left 36 dead and caused 69 million somonis’ worth of damage to the

14:09, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

TALCO not to be privatized, says state property committee head

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Aluminum Company or TALCO (formerly Tajik Aluminum Plant or TadAZ) will not be privatized until we have means, Sharif Rahimzoda, Chairman of the State

12:15, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Participants of OSCE conference in Dushanbe adopt statement on transit transport

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- The delegations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Mongolia, participating in a conference on the prospects for trans-Asian and Eurasian

12:05, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

WHO adopts regional declaration on TB

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted a regional declaration on TB. On October 22, Berlin hosted ministerial forum organized by WHO/Europe.

11:25, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik Islamic Party makes terms for its participation in parliamentary by-election in Kulob

KULOB, October 25, Asia-Plus -- Position of the organization of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) for Kulob remains the same – it will not participate in parliamentary by-election in the Kulob

11:01, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Central Asia set to take major step forward in regional cooperation

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- Eight member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program will discuss ways to deepen interaction and integrate more

10:15, october 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik FM invites EU Ambassadors to Tajikistan to meet Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus -- By invitation of Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi, ambassadors of a number of countries of the European Union to Tajikistan have gathered in Dushanbe for a

19:51, october 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

367,260 tons of cotton yielded in Tajikistan by Wednesday

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has yielded 367,260 tons of cotton by October 24, which is 66.

19:23, october 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Vegetable oil prices rise sharply in Tajik capital

Entrepreneurs attribute rise in prices of cotton oil to cotton oil shortages I Uzbekistan, which provides the bulk of Tajik cotton oil imports.

18:34, october 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

IFC launches Central Asia Corporate Governance Project in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- International Finance Corporation (IFC) Tajikistan Tuesday announced in Dushanbe the launch of the Central Asia Corporate Governance Project in Tajikistan.

17:52, october 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s external debt exceeds $1 billion

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s external debt increased from $829.81 million to $1.076 billion in the year to October 1, 2007, amounting to 30.

17:08, october 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Inflation reaches 12.4 percent in Tajikistan, says central bank official

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Inflation has reached 12.

15:09, october 24, 2007

POWER

Tajikistan’s 2008 national budget: parliamentary discussions going on

Tajik parliamentarians have offered to exempt grain imports from the value-added tax (VAT) and having regard to the world market rends to provide more funds for grain and fuel supplies to the country.

14:38, october 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik education minister to attend 13th CIS education ministers’ congress in Yerevan

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov has left for Yerevan, Armenia to attend the 13th CIS education ministers’ congress that will open there

14:17, october 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s 2008 budget aimed at supporting national currency and curbing inflation, says deputy finance minister

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s national budget for 2008 is aimed at supporting national currency and curbing

13:35, october 24, 2007

LAW-ORDER

No terrorist or extremist clandestine organizations active in Tajikistan: interior minister

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Interior Minister Mahmadnazar Solehov told a news conference in Dushanbe on October 23 that there are no any terrorist or extremist underground organizations in

13:18, october 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Domestic labor market development issues to be discussed in Dushanbe tomorrow

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to creation of domestic labor market will be focus of a scientific-practical conference formally titled “Labor Relations and Social Development in

12:58, october 24, 2007

LAW-ORDER

99 persons detained this year on suspicion of pandering and maintaining houses of prostitution

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, 99 persons have been detained in Tajikistan on suspicion of pandering and maintaining houses of prostitution,