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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18:37, january 29, 2010

701 mln somoni worth of Roghun shares sold to this day, President Rahmon says on Jan 29

President demanded at the enlarged meeting of the government that relevant organizations should inform the population of the process of selling shares in Roghun every ten days and ordered to set up a

18:15, january 29, 2010

INCIDENTS

Dushanbe-Khujand highway temporarily closed for traffic

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Heavy snowfalls on January 28 caused an avalanche that hit the Maikhoura area, 61 kilometers north of Dushanbe, according to the Committee for Emergency

16:16, january 29, 2010

Tajik FM meets UK Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant in London

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi met with U.K.

15:27, january 29, 2010

Electricity to supplies to provinces increased

DUSHANBE, January 2010, Asia-Plus -- The supply of daily electricity to residential customers in rural areas has been increased from 8 to 10 hours, Safarali Sadulloyev, deputy head of Barqi

15:05, january 29, 2010

Effective strategy for reconstruction of Afghanistan’s economy needed for solution of Afghanistan problems, says Tajik FM

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Afghan problems cannot be solved only through force; to solve the Afghan problems it is necessary to develop an efficient strategy for

14:15, january 29, 2010

Kazakhstan to provide home market with mineral oil by 2014

Kazakhstan will completely provide home market with mineral oil by 2014. The head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, informed, delivering his annual Address.

14:13, january 29, 2010

Kyrgyzstan sets gas prices for 2010

Kyrgyzstan has set gas prices for all categories of consumers, Salamat Aitikeen, director of the Kyrgyz gas monopolist Kyrgyzgas told reporters in Bishkek Friday.

14:10, january 29, 2010

Uzbekistan to cut number of personnel at state bodies by 12%

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a resolution “On measures on further improving of the structure and optimizing number of management personnel at state and economic entities” on 12

14:08, january 29, 2010

Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan to attend international conference on Afghanistan

On the instructions of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Vice Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov will attend an international conference on

14:05, january 29, 2010

Iran to mark national holiday with missile launches

On Monday, February 1, Iran will start traditional 10-day celebrations of the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with missile and satellite launches expected.

14:02, january 29, 2010

U.S. to increase spending on nuclear complex – Biden

The United States will allocate $7 billion in 2011 to maintain the country's nuclear complex, $600 million more than Congress approved in 2009, U.S.

13:57, january 29, 2010

Russia to encourage mortgage, housing construction

The Russian government plans to appropriate up to 40 billion rubles to encourage mortgage credits and housing construction and the issue will be discussed on Friday.

13:54, january 29, 2010

Fighting breaks out in southern city

A fierce gunbattle broke out between security forces and a team of Taliban fighters targeting U.N. and government buildings Friday in a major city in southern Afghanistan.

13:51, january 29, 2010