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17:35, june 13, 2007

OryonBonk gives chip payment cards VISA Electron to its clients free of charge

DUSHANBE, June 13, Asia-Plus - Open joint-stock company OryonBonk, Tajikistan’s largest commercial bank, has announced free issuing of VISA Electron chip payment cards, Asia-Plus has learned at the

17:02, june 13, 2007

CCDR launches training course on community based disaster risk

Dushanbe, June 13, Asia-Plus – On Monday June 11, the Center of Competence for Disaster Reduction (CCDR), funded and implemented by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), jointly

16:34, june 13, 2007

Sughd governor continues shaking up local officials

KHUJAND, June 13, Asia-Plus - Abdujamol Sattorov has replaced Abdulatif Qodirov as head of the Sughd governor’s office, Ilhom Jamoliyon, a spokesman for the Sughd governor, announced at a meeting

16:00, june 13, 2007

Ukraine’s East-European Alliance weighs establishment of cooperation with Tajik OJSC Tekstil

DUSHANBE, June 13, Asia-Plus -- Ukraine’s East-European Alliance weighs the possibility of launching a joint venture in cooperation with Tajik open joint-stock company (OJSC) Tekstil

15:29, june 13, 2007

Tajikistan tops Central Asia in money remittances from Russia

DUSHANBE, June 13, Asia-Plus - Russia’s Vedomosti cited Russian central bank as saying that over the first quarter of the year, labor migrants working in the Russian Federation have

14:57, june 13, 2007

Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan combine efforts to fight drug trafficking

Specialists believe a joint statement by Afghan, Iranian and Pakistani law enforcement authorities will be a turning point in the fight against Afghan drug treat.

14:23, june 13, 2007

German police provide assistance to Tajik counternarcotics agency

DUSHANBE, June 13, Asia-Plus - Representative from Germany’s Federal Criminal Police have handed over to the Tajik Drug Control Agency (DCA) expendable materials used for taking samples of drugs

13:58, june 13, 2007

China to support modernization of airports in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, June 13, Asia-Plus - Chinese investors are currently considering the possibility of participation in modernization of airports in Tajikistan.

13:30, june 13, 2007

Taleban militants kill two Afghan schoolgirls

DUSHANBE, June 13, Asia-Plus – Two militants of the Taleban Movement on a motorbike have killed two schoolgirls and wounded six others as they left their school in Qala-i Sayeed Habib area in Logar

13:13, june 13, 2007

Cooperation between SCO and other international organizations to be discussed in Almaty

DUSHANBE, June 13, Asia-Plus -- Suhrob Sharipov, the director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the Tajik President, and Abdunabi Sattorzoda, the head of the Center’s department for

11:55, june 13, 2007

Rahmon meets with newly appointed police authorities

DUSHANBE, June 13, Asia-Plus - On Tuesday June 12, President Emomali Rahmon received a number of newly appointed police high-ranking officials, presidential press service said.

11:28, june 13, 2007

CORRECTION

The June 12 “Asia-Plus Blitz” item titled “Tajik power holding, IDB to announce contractor for construction of 8 small power plants in Tajikistan soon” should have identified capacities of 8 small

11:09, june 13, 2007

Government session discusses mitigation of disaster effects

The government discussed issues related to mitigation of effects of disasters in Shahritus and Qubodiyon districts and combating locusts and other pests at a June 12 session presided over by

19:00, june 12, 2007

China’s Xian Yuan to construct cement plant in Danghara

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus - China’s Xian Yuan will submit its project for construction of a cement plant in the Danghara district to the Tajik government within the next few days.

18:08, june 12, 2007

CSTO experts discuss preferential terms for delivery of equipment for special services

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus – The Permanent Council of the Collective Security Organization Treaty (CSTO) has met to discuss issues related to preferential terms for delivery of equipment for

17:41, june 12, 2007

Tajik journalists participate in interactive seminar on media rights in Almaty

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus - Khosiyat Kast, the executive director of the Association of Independent Electronic Media of Tajikistan (TajANSMIT), Abdufattoh Vohidov, coordinator of monitoring

17:13, june 12, 2007

Excise tax affects prices of jewelries produced by Tajik-Russian JV

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus - A 5% excise tax has affected prices of jewelries produced by Tajik-Russian Joint Venture Almaz-Asia.

15:03, june 12, 2007

President Rahmon congratulates his Russian counterpart on Russia’s Independence Day

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus - President Emomali rahmon has congratulated his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, on Russia’s Independence Day, which is marked on June 12.

14:36, june 12, 2007

Tajik, Belgian banks sign loan agreement for $1 million

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus - Open joint-stock company Bank Eskhata, Tajik commercial bank headquartered in Khujand, and Belgian bank, VDK Spaarbank N.V.

14:10, june 12, 2007

Tajik power holding, IDB to announce contractor for construction of 8 small power plants in Tajikistan soon

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric system) power holding and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) are expected to announce contractor for construction of eight

12:54, june 12, 2007

Woman detained for drug trafficking

DUSAHNBE, June 12 - Officers from the counternarcotics agency have discovered some one kilogram of heroin in an apartment in the center of Dushanbe.

12:28, june 12, 2007

Capital mayor announces 120-day preparations for autumn-winter season

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus - Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev on June 11 passed a resolution announcing 120-day preparations for autumn-winter 2007-2008 that begin on June 12 and run

11:09, june 12, 2007

Russian ambassador congratulates Russian nationals and fellow-countrymen on Russia’s Day

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus -- Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Ramazan Abdulatipov has congratulated Russian nationals and fellow-countrymen in Tajikistan on Russia’s Independence Day, which is

10:37, june 12, 2007

Locust infestations may affect 2007 cotton target in Tajikistan, says expert

DUSHANBE, June 12, Asia-Plus -- Locust infestations may affect the 2007 cotton target, Saidmurod Bahriddinov, the head of the industrial crops department of the Ministry of Agriculture and

19:03, june 11, 2007

Head of Rudaki’s Kuktosh jamoat arrested for bribery

DUSHANBE, June 11, Asia-Plus -- Sadriddin Mahkamov, the head of the Kuktosh jamoat in the Rudaki district, some 17 kilometers south of Dushanbe, has been arrested on suspicion of having been

18:34, june 11, 2007

UC RUSAL to continue negotiations with Tajik authorities on Roghun hydroelectricity project

DUSHANBE, June 11, Asia-Plus -- The United Company Russian Aluminum (UC RUSAL) is continuing to negotiate with Tajik authorities on completing construction of the Roghun hydropower plant in

18:03, june 11, 2007

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers amendments to anticorruption legislation

DUSHANBE, June 11, Asia-Plus -- The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered a bill requiring amendments to the RT Law “On the Fight Against

17:31, june 11, 2007

International experts train Tajik, Afghan law enforcement officers in methods of trafficking in precursors

DUSHANBE, June 11, Asia-Plus - A training formally entitled “Control of Precursors and Fight Against Trafficking in Them” for officers from the Tajik law enforcement agencies (drug control agency,

17:05, june 11, 2007

Large drug cache discovered in Farkhor

DUSHANBE, June 11, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the counternarcotics agency have discovered a drug cache containing more than 10 kilos of drugs in the Farkhor district.

16:01, june 11, 2007

JV TajPolTex installs new equipment at capital textile enterprise

DUHANBE, June 11, Asia-Plus -- Tajik-Polish joint venture – limited liability company TajPolTex – has launched the second and the third stages of the project for modernization of textile