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16:33, may 4, 2007

Tajik speaker offers OSCE PA president to consider demining of Tajik-Uzbek border at the next OSCE PA session

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus - Visiting President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), Mr.

16:05, may 4, 2007

US Department of Commerce official to visit Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, May 4, Asia-Plus -- Paul Dyck, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S.

15:01, may 4, 2007

Awards ceremony for winners of journalism competition held at publishing-house Sharqi Ozod yesterday

DUSHANBE, May 4, Asia-Plus -- On May 3, an awards ceremony was held in the publishing-house Sharqi Ozod in Dushanbe for the winners of the competition for promoting development of journalism in

14:24, may 4, 2007

UC RUSAL, ANSOL reach amicable agreement

Co-owner of the United Company RUSAL, Oleg Deripaska, has concluded amicable agreement with his former partner for the Tajik Aluminum Plant Avaz Nazarov.

13:56, may 4, 2007

President Rahmon to visit Qatar, Iran

DUSHANBE, May 4, Asia-Plus - On Sunday May 6, President Emomali Rahmon will start official visits to Qatar and Iran, presidential press service said.

13:28, may 4, 2007

Cotton-sowing campaign nears completion in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, May 4, Asia-Plus - A cotton-sowing campaign is nearing completion in Tajikistan; cotton farmers have sown cotton on 250,300 hectares by May 4, which is 97.

12:39, may 4, 2007

CIS Statistics Committee says Tajikistan tops CIS in inflation rate

DUSHANBE, May 4, Asia-Plus – According to figures provided by the CIS Committee for Statistics, Tajikistan stands in first place among CIS states in terms of the rate of growth in real average

12:12, may 4, 2007

Tajik PM receives CIS education ministers

DUSHANBE, May 4, Asia-Plus -- Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov has met with high-ranking CIS education officials, who arrived in Dushanbe to attend the 12th CIS education ministers’ conference.

11:34, may 4, 2007

Head of state issues order to provide nearly 1.5 somonis from his reserve fund to pay extraordinary grants to war veterans

DUSHANBE, May 4, Asia-Plus - President Emomali Rahmon has issued an order to provide 1,469,100 somonis from the Presidential Reserve Fund to pay extraordinary grants to 4,897 veterans and invalids

11:03, may 4, 2007

CIS education ministers gather in Tajik capital to discuss cooperation issues

A CIS education ministersâ€™ conference in Dushanbe will consider draft model classifier of vocations, specialties and qualifications of the CIS states.

19:03, may 3, 2007

OSCE PA President arriving in Tajik capital today

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus - The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), Mr. Göran Lennmarker, is expected to arrive in Dushanbe today evening., according to the Tajik MFA.

17:47, may 3, 2007

The majority of newspapers of Tajikistan depend on sponsors, says local expert

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus - There is no absolutely free press throughout the world, Parviz Mullojonov, the executive director of the Public Committee to Support Democratic Processes in Tajikistan,

17:12, may 3, 2007

Head of state-run news agency optimistic of press freedom situation in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus - Zafar Saidov, director general of the state-run news agency Khovar assesses the present state of freedom of the press in Tajikistan as “not bad” and has optimistic view

16:08, may 3, 2007

Journalists in Tajikistan self-censor their work, says Tajik MP

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus - “I give mark “fair” to journalism in Tajikistan because Tajik journalists self-sensor their work,” Yusufjon Akhmedov, the member of the Majlisi Namoyandagon

15:13, may 3, 2007

CIS council for education cooperation meets in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus - The 19th session of the CIS council for education cooperation has opened in Dushanbe.

14:39, may 3, 2007

DPT head office opens its doors on occasion of World Press Freedom Day

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus - Head office of the Mahmadruzi Iskandarov-run wing of the Democratic Party (DPT) in Dushanbe is opening its doors to those interested today on occasion of World Press

14:07, may 3, 2007

Two drug couriers detained at Dushanbe airport last night

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus - Customs officers have stopped attempts by two drug couriers to transport heroin to the Russian Federation, Asia-Plus has learned at press service of Tajikistan’s

13:40, may 3, 2007

Tajikistan ranked 166 in Freedom House’s edition of freedom Тof the press

The study, Freedom of the Press 2007: A Global Survey of Media Independence, conducted by Freedom House, has rated Central Asiaâ€™s countries, including Tajikistan, Not Free.

13:12, may 3, 2007

Winners of the journalistic competition to be named today

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus - A roundtable meeting formally titled “Mass Media as Driving Force of Changes“ to mark World Press Freedom Day opened at publishing house Sharqi Ozod in Dushanbe today

12:46, may 3, 2007

UNESCO observes World Press Freedom Day 2007, focusing on safety of journalists

The safety of journalists is the theme of this year's World Press Freedom Day, May 3, which UNESCO is celebrating in Medellin, Colombia.

10:30, may 3, 2007

President supports Tajik veterans of war

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has issued instructions to the country’s authorities to provide extraordinary grants to Tajik veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

19:00, may 2, 2007

President Rahmon shakes up MFA

DUSHANBE, May 2, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has singed a number of documents shaking up the ministry of foreign affairs.

18:30, may 2, 2007

Some 2,000 servicemen to march in May 9 parade in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, May 2, Asia-Plus -- Some 2,000 servicemen from the Dushanbe Garrison of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan, as well as the Committee for Emergency Situations (CES), Interior Ministry, as well

17:53, may 2, 2007

New Tajik ambassador to Russia named

DUSHANBE, May 2, Asia-Plus -- By president’s decree of May 2 the first deputy speaker of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), Abdulmajid Dostiyev was appointed Tajik

17:28, may 2, 2007

Government endorses projects for restructuring five large enterprises

DUSHANBE, April 2, Asia-Plus - The government has considered and endorsed projects for restructuring five large enterprises in the country.

16:46, may 2, 2007

ZyXEL Communications presents its products in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, May 2, Asia-Plus - ZyXEL Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of broadband Internet access devices and routes, is presenting its products in Tajikistan.

15:15, may 2, 2007

Iranian defense minister’s visit to Tajikistan ended with signing of cooperation protocol

DUSHANBE, May 2, Asia-Plus - A three-day visit of Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mustafa Mohammad Najjar to Tajikistan has resulted in signing of a protocol on military and technical

14:50, may 2, 2007

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly head arrives in Tajikistan tomorrow

DUSHANBE, May 2, Asia-Plus - The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), Mr. Göran Lennmarker, is arriving in Dushanbe on May 3. This trip by Mr.

13:59, may 2, 2007

BEI project launches its own site

DUSHANBE, May 2, Asia-Plus - The Business Environment Improvement Project (BEI) has launched its own website – www.bei-ca.net .

12:16, may 2, 2007

Tajik drug police seize some 62 kilograms of drugs in two separate operations last week

KULOB, may 2, Asia-Plus - Two operations carried out by officers from the Interior Ministry department for combating drug trafficking (drug police) in the Kulob region last week led to the seizure