Tajkistan

18:03, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

German officials arrive in Tajikistan to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Gernot Erler, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, and Hedi Wegener, Chair of the German-Central Asian Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag.

15:28, april 11, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Guilt of suspects in murder of Russian TV reporter proven, says chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Guilt of two Tajik nationals suspected of killing of the Russian TV reporter, Ilyas Shurpayev, has practically been proven, Prosecutor-General Bobojon

15:03, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

French FM to visit Karine Mann Center and open French Embassy in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Visiting France’s Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is currently holding talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and then he will hold talks with his Tajik

14:27, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Orienbonk’s loan portfolio exceeds $174 million

DUSHNBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- As of April 1, a loan portfolio of open joint-stock company (OJSC) Orienbonk, Tajikistan’s largest commercial bank, has exceeded 596 million somonis

13:41, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

CSTO secretary general arrives in Dushanbe tomorrow

DUSHANBE, Asia-Plus -- The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha is arriving in Dushanbe tomorrow for a working visit, Asia-Plus has learned a the

13:23, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Role of private employment agencies in management of labor migration to be discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- A two-day regional seminar formally titled “Private Employment Agencies: Role; Management; Regulation; and Activity” will be held in Dushanbe on April 15-16.

12:30, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

A number of foreign countries allot Tajikistan student quotas, says education minister

DUAHNBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- A number of foreign countries have already allotted education permits to Tajikistan for this year, Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov told reporters

11:56, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Electricity rationing in Kulob to be effective until April 13, says Barqi Tojik head

KUOB, April 11, Asia-Plus -- A strict electricity rationing reintroduced in Khatlon’s Kulob region will be effective until April 13, Sharifkhon Samiyev, the director of Barqi Tojik

11:15, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Amonatbonk loans 91 cotton-growing farms in Vose

KULOB, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Since the beginning of the year, the branch of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) in Khatlon''s Vose district has provided some 2.

11:12, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

2nd meeting of Task Force on Regional Electricity Cooperation to be held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- The second meeting of a Task Force on regional Electricity Cooperation in Central and South Asia and special workshop on hydropower management in Central Asia

10:43, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

First tons of Khatlon early vegetables come to markets in Dushanbe and Qurghon Teppa

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus - The first tons of early vegetable grown by Khatlon farmers have come to markets in Dushanbe and Qurghon Teppa.

10:12, april 11, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Over 700 Tajik schools do not meet elementary requirements, says minister

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov told a press conference in Dushanbe on April 10 that more than 700 schools in the country do not meet elementary

20:03, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tojikmatlubot takes efforts to run meat prices in Dushanbe down

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- To run meat prices in Dushanbe down Tojikmatlubot (consumer’s cooperation) intends to hold regular fairs in the city, the Tojikmatlubot deputy head, Khurshed

19:36, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Exhibition of Afghan goods to be held in Dushanbe in summer

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to state and prospects of further expansion of economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Afghanistan were a major topic of a meeting of

19:19, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan to set up single center for testing university/college entrants

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus - The government has already endorsed the issue of establishing a national single center for testing university/college entrants, Education Minister Abdujabbor

18:52, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Dushanbe radio station Imrouz has not aired for three days

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- The radio station Imrouz (Today), founded by media holding Orieno-Media, has not aired since April 8.

18:33, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

MFA Troika EU-Central Asia meeting opens in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Ashgabat

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- A two-day meeting between the European Union and the countries of Central Asia chaired by the current President of the EU General Affairs and External

16:11, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

New editor of Sadoi Mardum appointed

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Joumakhon Nabotov has been appointed as editor-in-chief of Sadoi Mardum (Voice of People), an official news paper of the Tajik parliament.

15:54, april 10, 2008

POWER

Tajik, Indian MPs speak for resumption of aerial communication between Dushanbe and New Delhi

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Saydullo Khairulloyev, the Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), today met with visiting delegation of Indian MPs

15:18, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Channels for supply of precursors to Afghanistan still remain undiscovered, says DCA official

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- The law enforcement agencies of the countries bordering on Afghanistan have not yet managed to discover channels through which precursors for production of

14:14, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Energy crisis hits Kulob

Strict rationing of electricity has been reintroduced in Kulob.

13:40, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

12 cases of typhoid reported in Kulob in Jan-Mar 08

KULOB, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, 12 residents of the city of Kulob people have been diagnosed with typhoid, which is 32 cases fewer than in the same

12:59, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s GDP expected to rise only 4.1% this year: IMF report

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to rise only 4.

12:18, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

UCA Microsoft IT Academy organizes IT training course in Khorog

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus – The Microsoft IT Academy at School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE), the University of Central Asia (UCA) will conduct a training course on

11:54, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s representative elected to heads CIS economic court

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Judge Fayzullo Abdulloyev representing Tajikistan in the CIS Economic Court has been elected to head the CIS Economic Court.

11:45, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

GBAO to increase areas under grains

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus – Farming units in Gorno Badakhshan plan to increase areas under grains this year.

11:34, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

50 percent of Tajik cotton fields to be sown with new Tajik cotton growths

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- This year, some 50 percent of cotton fields in Tajikistan will be sown with new cotton growths nurtured by Tajik specialist, Asia-Plus has learned from

11:19, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Medical workers take efforts to raise health lifestyle awareness among the population

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Health (MoH) has set up working groups to raise health lifestyle among the population of the country.

10:59, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

15 new HIV cases detected in northern Tajikistan in Jan-Mar 08

KHUJAND, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, 15 new cases of HIV has been detected in the

10:32, april 10, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Alleged accomplice of killer detained in Kulob

KULOB, April 10, Asia-Plus -- An accomplice of Mahmadali Hakimov, the resident of Khatlon’s Khovaling district, who shot to death his wife and brother-in-law and seriously wounded his