Tajkistan

18:42, september 29, 2008

POWER

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

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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,

14:08, september 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

POWER

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

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

10:20, september 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

TAJKISTAN

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

POWER

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

TAJKISTAN

USAID helps Central Asian states develop regional energy transmission planning model

DUSHANBE, September 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Friday September 26, , Representatives of national energy companies from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan discussed a new

11:14, september 27, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Sughd farmers plan to have good potato harvest this year, while rice and wheat harvests may decrease

KHUJAND, September 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- This year’s rice and wheat harvests in northern Tajikistan may be less than last year’s ones, Rustamjon Rahimov, deputy head of the Sughd agriculture

10:54, september 27, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan takes efforts to develop poultry farming

DUSHANBE, September 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- As of September 1, 2008 a total number of poultry in Tajikistan has been 3.

10:39, september 27, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Deputy finance minister high appraises Swiss-sponsored projects

DUSHANBE, September 27, 2008, Asia-Plus - We highly appraise projects being implemented in Tajikistan under support of the Swiss Government, Deputy Finance Minister, Jamoliddin Nouraliyev, remarked

10:20, september 27, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Trial of alleged killer of Muhiddin Olimpour begins in Supreme Court

DUSHANBE, September 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The trial of the resident of the city of Vahdat, Nasrullo Sharipov, who is considered to be the main killer of known Tajik culture figure and

19:42, september 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik ruling party purges its ranks

DUSHANBE, September 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- More than 20,000 people have been expelled from the Tajik ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDPT) since 2000, Davlatali Davlatzoda, first deputy

17:34, september 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Two alleged Hiz ut-Tahrir activists detained in northern

DUSHANBE, September 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two residents of Sughd’s Bobojonghafruov district – a 33-year-old Abdurauf Pochoyev and a 25-year-old Abdujalil Pochoyev – have been arrested on

17:10, september 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Repairs to Dushanbe power and heat station to be finished in mid-October

DUSHANBE, September 26, 2008, Asia-Plus - Repairs to the Dushanbe power and heat station are under way and expected to be finished in mid-October, Rahmatullo Qalandarov, engineer-in-chief

16:40, september 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

USAID, MoH sign MoU on cooperation in health care

DUSHANBE, September 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- To improve program management and cooperation in Tajikistan''s healthcare sector, USAID Regional Director William Frej and Minister of Health

16:34, september 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Agroinvestbonk provides loans to 35 farming units in Kulob under TAFF project

KULOB, September 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Agroinvestbonk have provided totaling US$260,000 in loans to 35 farming units in Khatlon’s Kulob, Vose and Farkhor districts so far for growing

15:15, september 26, 2008

POWER

Tajik, Finnish presidents discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, September 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday September 25, Emomali Rahmon met with his Finnish counterpart, President Tarja Halonen, in New York on sidelines of the ongoing 63 rd

14:56, september 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Now new rise in electricity prices expected this year: energy ministry

DUSHANBE, September 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- No new rise in electricity prices is expected in the country this year, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI).