Tajkistan

16:39, january 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan to receive Kyrgyz electricity at the rate of 500 kWh per day

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to journalists at a press conference in Dushanbe, Sharifkhon Samiyev, the head of Tajik state-controlled energy company Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric

16:10, january 29, 2008

POWER

Rahmon asks his Turkmen counterpart for increasing power supplies to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus - President Emomali Rahmon yesterday had a telephone conversation with his Turkmen counterpart, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, to discuss cooperation

15:43, january 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

200 teachers without special pedagogical education take two-year externship

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- The first 200 teachers without special pedagogical education will graduate from a special externship next months, Asia-Plus has learned from Parviz Saidov,

14:31, january 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

‘All our reserves practically exhausted,’ says Tajik power holding head

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- “Today, we cannot speak just about limited power supplies across the country, because we have used practically all existing reserves,” Sharifkhon Samiyev,

12:37, january 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

EBRD plans to provide $6 million to transport ministry for purchasing road-building machinery

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- In accordance with the preliminary agreement reached with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC), the European Bank for Reconstruction

12:01, january 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik traffic police purchase new radar speed guns

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- The traffic police directorate of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has purchased a bulk of new radar speed guns to measure a cars speed, the traffic police

11:46, january 29, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Case of journalists closed; the sides reconciled

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus - A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district held the last hearing of a case of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza (Rumors)

11:20, january 29, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Opposition parties consider the last staff changes just ‘change of places’

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- A number of staff changes introduced by the president at a January 25-26 government session are none other than just change of places and have not justified

19:46, january 28, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan plans to increase tax collection by 2.5 times this year

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to journalists at a press conference in Dushanbe on January 28, Tajik Tax Committee chief Hakim Soliyev said that Tajikistan’s Tax Committee plans

19:15, january 28, 2008

POWER

Capital mayor urges to provide 305 multistory residential buildings with heat

Capital mayor has instructed to take adequate measure to supply heat to 305 multistory non-gasified residential buildings.

18:10, january 28, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik 2007 tax receipts reach some $367 million

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Tajik government receipts in 2007 were 1.273 billion somonis (equivalent to some $367 million), up 112.

17:14, january 28, 2008

TAJKISTAN

New vice-premier introduces new minister

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister, Ms.

16:56, january 28, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Representatives from Germany’s HeidelbergCement Cement AG arriving in Tajikistan today

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Representatives from Germany’s HeidelbergCement AG, which is Europe’s largest cement producer, are arriving in Tajikistan today evening, according to the

16:39, january 28, 2008

POWER

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers bill on national security bodies

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament has considered a bill “On the Bodies of National Security of the

15:20, january 28, 2008

POWER

Capital mayor orders to cut off electricity supplies to consumer services centers

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- The power supply situation was focus of a January 26 meeting of the Dushanbe mayor’s office, presided over by its head Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev.

15:08, january 28, 2008

INCIDENTS

New CES head has worked with country’s emergency management agency for 10 years

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus - Colonel Haybullo Latipov who was appointed to head the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES) will be introduced to committee’s staffers today.

14:13, january 28, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Internationally wanted Georgia’s citizen detained in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- A 38-year-old citizen of Georgia Givi Kupradze has been detained in Tajikistan for armed robbery, a source at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) told Asia-Plus

13:43, january 28, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Nouriddin Saidov appointed chancellor of Tajik Teachers’ Teaching University

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus - Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov will introduce new Chancellor of Tajik State Teaching University Nouriddin Saidov to University’s staffers today,

12:51, january 28, 2008

POWER

President Rahmon replaces number of city and district heads

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- By president’s decrees of January 26 a number of heads of districts and cities have been replaced.

12:43, january 28, 2008

POWER

President shakes up ministerial and other government officials

President Emomali Rahmon introduced a number of staff changes at a January 25-26 government meting reviewing Tajikistanâ€™s economic results in 2007.

11:30, january 28, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Air route from Dushanbe to Russia’s Ufa to resume in February

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Russia’s Vim-Avia Airlines has received license from Tajikistan to operate regular flights from Ufa, the capital of Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic,

19:14, january 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik savings bank’s net profit amounts to 7.6 million somonis in 2007

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus -- In 2007, net profit of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) reached 7.6 million somonis (equivalent to more than $2.2 million), which is 25.

18:44, january 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Revenue part of 2007 budget overfulfilled by 10.9 percent

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to journalists at a news conference in Dushanbe on Saturday, Deputy Finance Minister, Sherali Safarov, noted compared to 2006 budget receipts last

18:18, january 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover for 2007 stands at nearly $4 billion

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus - In 2007, Tajikistan’s external trade turnover, including electrical power and natural gas, amounted to $3.

17:45, january 26, 2008

POWER

President Rahmon harshly criticizes work of energy sector

Government session that opened on January 25 has reviewed Tajikistanâ€™s economic results in 2007.

16:04, january 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

We will also try to join common customs space, says Tajik PM

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus – Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed a number of documents Friday outlining the legal basis for a Customs Union as agreed in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in October 2007.

12:58, january 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Construction of Zarafshon plant will create no problems to Uzbekistan, says Tajik official

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to journalists at a news conference in Dushanbe, Deputy Energy and Industries Minister, Poulod Muhididnov, said, “We have proved that construction

20:25, january 25, 2008

TAJKISTAN

National coordination committee discuss AIDS/HIV situation in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 25, Asia-Plus -- On Friday January 25, Tajikistan’s National Coordination Committee to Fight AIDS/HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria held a meeting to discuss the HIV/AIDS

19:21, january 25, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Court to pass verdict on journalists’ case next week

DUSHANBE, January 25, Asia-Plus - A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district has scheduled the last hearing of a case of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza

18:55, january 25, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajkistan

Tajikistan to receive Kyrgyz electricity at the rate of 500 kWh per day

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to journalists at a press conference in Dushanbe, Sharifkhon Samiyev, the head of Tajik state-controlled energy company Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric

Rahmon asks his Turkmen counterpart for increasing power supplies to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus - President Emomali Rahmon yesterday had a telephone conversation with his Turkmen counterpart, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, to discuss cooperation

200 teachers without special pedagogical education take two-year externship

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- The first 200 teachers without special pedagogical education will graduate from a special externship next months, Asia-Plus has learned from Parviz Saidov,

‘All our reserves practically exhausted,’ says Tajik power holding head

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- “Today, we cannot speak just about limited power supplies across the country, because we have used practically all existing reserves,” Sharifkhon Samiyev,

EBRD plans to provide $6 million to transport ministry for purchasing road-building machinery

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- In accordance with the preliminary agreement reached with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC), the European Bank for Reconstruction

Tajik traffic police purchase new radar speed guns

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- The traffic police directorate of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has purchased a bulk of new radar speed guns to measure a cars speed, the traffic police

Case of journalists closed; the sides reconciled

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus - A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district held the last hearing of a case of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza (Rumors)

Opposition parties consider the last staff changes just ‘change of places’

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus -- A number of staff changes introduced by the president at a January 25-26 government session are none other than just change of places and have not justified

Tajikistan plans to increase tax collection by 2.5 times this year

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to journalists at a press conference in Dushanbe on January 28, Tajik Tax Committee chief Hakim Soliyev said that Tajikistan’s Tax Committee plans

Capital mayor urges to provide 305 multistory residential buildings with heat

Capital mayor has instructed to take adequate measure to supply heat to 305 multistory non-gasified residential buildings.

Tajik 2007 tax receipts reach some $367 million

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Tajik government receipts in 2007 were 1.273 billion somonis (equivalent to some $367 million), up 112.

New vice-premier introduces new minister

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister, Ms.

Representatives from Germany’s HeidelbergCement Cement AG arriving in Tajikistan today

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Representatives from Germany’s HeidelbergCement AG, which is Europe’s largest cement producer, are arriving in Tajikistan today evening, according to the

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers bill on national security bodies

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament has considered a bill “On the Bodies of National Security of the

Capital mayor orders to cut off electricity supplies to consumer services centers

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- The power supply situation was focus of a January 26 meeting of the Dushanbe mayor’s office, presided over by its head Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev.

New CES head has worked with country’s emergency management agency for 10 years

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus - Colonel Haybullo Latipov who was appointed to head the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES) will be introduced to committee’s staffers today.

Internationally wanted Georgia’s citizen detained in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- A 38-year-old citizen of Georgia Givi Kupradze has been detained in Tajikistan for armed robbery, a source at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) told Asia-Plus

Nouriddin Saidov appointed chancellor of Tajik Teachers’ Teaching University

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus - Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov will introduce new Chancellor of Tajik State Teaching University Nouriddin Saidov to University’s staffers today,

President Rahmon replaces number of city and district heads

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- By president’s decrees of January 26 a number of heads of districts and cities have been replaced.

President shakes up ministerial and other government officials

President Emomali Rahmon introduced a number of staff changes at a January 25-26 government meting reviewing Tajikistanâ€™s economic results in 2007.

Air route from Dushanbe to Russia’s Ufa to resume in February

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- Russia’s Vim-Avia Airlines has received license from Tajikistan to operate regular flights from Ufa, the capital of Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic,

Tajik savings bank’s net profit amounts to 7.6 million somonis in 2007

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus -- In 2007, net profit of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) reached 7.6 million somonis (equivalent to more than $2.2 million), which is 25.

Revenue part of 2007 budget overfulfilled by 10.9 percent

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to journalists at a news conference in Dushanbe on Saturday, Deputy Finance Minister, Sherali Safarov, noted compared to 2006 budget receipts last

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover for 2007 stands at nearly $4 billion

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus - In 2007, Tajikistan’s external trade turnover, including electrical power and natural gas, amounted to $3.

President Rahmon harshly criticizes work of energy sector

Government session that opened on January 25 has reviewed Tajikistanâ€™s economic results in 2007.

We will also try to join common customs space, says Tajik PM

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus – Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed a number of documents Friday outlining the legal basis for a Customs Union as agreed in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in October 2007.

Construction of Zarafshon plant will create no problems to Uzbekistan, says Tajik official

DUSHANBE, January 26, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to journalists at a news conference in Dushanbe, Deputy Energy and Industries Minister, Poulod Muhididnov, said, “We have proved that construction

National coordination committee discuss AIDS/HIV situation in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 25, Asia-Plus -- On Friday January 25, Tajikistan’s National Coordination Committee to Fight AIDS/HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria held a meeting to discuss the HIV/AIDS

Court to pass verdict on journalists’ case next week

DUSHANBE, January 25, Asia-Plus - A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district has scheduled the last hearing of a case of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza

President shakes up officials

President Emomali Rahmon has introduced a number of staff changes at todayâ€™s government meting reviewing Tajikistanâ€™s economic results in 2007.