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14:31, february 2, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik media organizations made joint statement over frequent lawsuits against independent media

In a joint statement made on February 1, Tajikistan’s media organizations express concern about the fact that cases of filing lawsuits against independent media have become frequent.

13:23, february 2, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik officials bring libel actions against print media in run-up to parliamentary elections

DUSHANBE, February 2, 2010, - "The Tajik authorities must stop using the judicial system to harass independent news media", Reporters Without Borders said on February 1 in reaction to an appeal

12:15, february 2, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Entrepreneurs making considerable contribution to Roghun project will probably be awarded

DUSHANBE, February 2, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Coordination Council of Business Associations of Tajikistan (Council) plans to apply to the Government with proposal to award the most active

12:00, february 2, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Fuel shortage forces Dushanbe heat station to suspend heating season ahead of schedule

DUSHANBE, February 1 2010, Asia-Plus -- Acute fuel shortages have forced the Dushanbe power and heat station to suspend the heating season ahead of schedule.

11:45, february 2, 2010

TAJKISTAN

IMF revises up global forecast to near 4% for 2010

DUSHANBE, February 2, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The global economy, battered by two years of crisis, is recovering faster than previously anticipated, with world growth bouncing back from negative

11:30, february 2, 2010

TAJKISTAN

ADB to expand trade finance facilitation program to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, February 2, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Specialists from the Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday met here with senior representatives from five

11:15, february 2, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Three Tajik independent newspapers makes appeal to Tajikistan’s media community

Editors of three Tajik independent newspapers – Asia-Plus, Farazh and Ozodagon – have made an appeal to the country’s media community for moral and legal help.

20:32, february 1, 2010

SOCIETY

Cases when officials file lawsuits against media become frequent in Tajikistan, says expert

DUSHANBE, February 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Cases when officials file lawsuits against media have become frequent in Tajikistan that can negatively impact the level of freedom of speech in the

18:17, february 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Judges vs media

Two judges from the Supreme Court of Tajikistan and judge from a Dushanbe court have filed lawsuits against three Dushanbe weeklies asking for totaling 5.5 million somoni in damages.

15:55, february 1, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Prosecutor faces fraud charge

DUSHANBE, February 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- An official with the Prosecutor-General’s Office fraud charge.

15:21, february 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Government provides 24 mln somoni credit for printing first bulk of biometric passports

DUSHANBE, February 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- To print the first bulk of biometric passports for Tajikistan the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has taken a 24 million somoni (equivalent to US$6

14:25, february 1, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Two detained on suspicion of robbing Chinese national in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, February 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Obidjon Odilov, resident of the Tursuzoda district, and Suhrob Azamov, resident of the Roudaki district, have been detained on suspicion of robbing

14:09, february 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Dushanbe mayor is sure that Tajik capital families will buy Roghun shares for TJS 5,000 each by April

DUSHANBE, February 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- I am sure that families in Dushanbe, except vulnerable ones, will buy shares in open joint-stock company (OJSC) NBO Roghun for 5,000 somoni (TJS) each

13:45, february 1, 2010

INCIDENTS

Three killed, one injured in three traffic accidents in Tajikistan on Sunday

DUSHANBE, February 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Three persons were killed and at least one other was injured in three traffic accidents in the country on January 31, according to the Tajik traffic

12:34, february 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

IRPT leader meets with voters in Qurghon Teppa

DUSHANBE, February 1. 2010, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday January 30, Muhiddin Kabiri, leader of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT), met with voters in Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province.

11:32, february 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Zerafshan Tourism Board opens office in Panjakent

DUSHANBE, February 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- An official opening of office of the public association, The Zerafshan Tourism Board (ZTB), took place in the Tajik northern city Panjakent on January

11:15, february 1, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik official points to necessity of speeding construction of power grid to Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, February 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- It is necessary to speed up implementation of the Tajikistan-Afghanistan 220 kV interconnection project, Usmonali Usmonov, director of the unit for

19:22, january 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Enterprise restructuring process brings in 37.3 mln somoni in 2009

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The process of restructuring state-owned enterprises brought in 37.3 million somoni last year, which is 12.

18:43, january 30, 2010

POWER

President introduces a number of staff changes

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Following a January 29 government meeting reviewing the result of the past year’ work, President Rahmon has introduced a number of staff changes.

18:15, january 30, 2010

POWER

Tajik chief prosecutor replaced

By president’s decree of January 30 Sherkhon Salimzoda, formerly State Adviser to the President for Legal Matters and President’s Representative to Parliament, was appointed the Prosecutor-General of

17:09, january 30, 2010

POWER

Extraordinary session of Majlisi Milli takes place today

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- By president’s decree an extraordinary session of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) was convoked today, Shavkat Saidov, an

16:50, january 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Kulob bankers deny rumors about compulsory deductions from remittances for Roghun as ‘unfounded’

KULOB, January 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Heads of branches of six banks in Khatlon’s Kulob zone have denied rumors about compulsory deductions from labor migrants’ remittances for the Roghun

16:23, january 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Imperfect pledging system impedes work of banks in Kulob

KULOB, January 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- As of January 1, 2010, clients of banks in Khatlon’s Kulob zone have had loans for 97 million somoni, with 3 to 5 percent of them being overdue loans,

15:40, january 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

U.S. Embassy provides emergency first response course for law enforcement officers

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Dushanbe hosted an emergency first responder training course January 18–29, which will

15:33, january 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Supreme Court judges file lawsuits against three Tajik newspapers

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2010, Asia-Plus – Three judges from the Tajik Supreme Court and a Dushanbe court filed lawsuits against three independent newspapers today, Radio Liberty’ Tajik Service

12:00, january 30, 2010

TAJKISTAN

4 mln somoni provided from president’s reserve fund for purchase of computers for schools

DUSHANBE, January 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A new bulk of computers will be distributed to schools in Tajikistan in February, according to Ministry of Education (MoE).

20:39, january 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

1,113 kilos of narcotics seized in Khatlon in 2009

QURGHON TEPPA, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Khatlon law enforcement authorities seized 1,113 kilograms of narcotics in 2009, which is 759 kilograms fewer than in 2008, Zafar Sayfulloyev,

20:03, january 29, 2010

INCIDENTS

Family burned in Khatlon

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Person, suspected of having deliberately killed a family in the Bokhtar district, Khatlon province has been detained.

19:39, january 29, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik, Russian foreign ministers exchange views on prospects of Tajik-Russian cooperation

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in London on January 28 on sidelines of the International

19:23, january 29, 2010

POWER

President dissatisfied with activities of supreme court and prosecutor-general’s office

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon expressed dissatisfaction with activities of the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor-General’s Office In providing legality in