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Ukrainian companies plan to launch JVs in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Kharkov-based open joint-stock company (OJSC) Turboatom and Elektrotyazhmash (Electrical and Mechanical Engineering) Plant intend to launch joint

11:30, november 11, 2009

POWER

A group of British MPs to arrive in Tajikistan soon

DUSHANBE, November 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to cooperation between the parliaments of Tajikistan and the United Kingdom were a major topic of a meeting of Chairman of the Majlisi

11:15, november 11, 2009

Tajikistan attends UNESCO regional workshop in China

DUSHANBE, November 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Saidmurod Domulloyev, Director of the Museum of Ethnography and Archeology, Sherali Khojayev, Lead Specialist at the Historical Heritage Protection

20:32, november 10, 2009

Russian president sings law on ratification of Pamir-Chakaltay ISRC agreement

DUSHANBE, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the federal law on ratification of the government-to-government agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on

20:20, november 10, 2009

Tajikistan receives 520 bodies from Russia in Jan-Sept 09, Tajik official says

DUSHANBE, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In January-September this year, Tajikistan has received the bodies of 520 of its citizens from Russia, Ms Zumrad Soliyeva, the chairperson of the

19:27, november 10, 2009

Issues to support HIV/AIDS prevention among labor migrants discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable meeting to discuss issues to support HIV/AIDS prevention among labor migrants from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan was held in Dushanbe on

18:31, november 10, 2009

GBAO’s Ishkashim, Roshtqala, Rushan, and Shugnan districts have electricity day and night

KHOROG, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Pamir Energy Company (PamirEnergy) is currently providing regular power supplies to its customers in Gorno Badakhshan.

17:39, november 10, 2009

Ways to mitigate economic crisis effects in CA to be discussed in Bishkek

DUSHANBE, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The fourth session of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) is scheduled to take place in Bishkek,

17:06, november 10, 2009

Practically overall volume of Uzbek gas shipped to Tajikistan supplied to industrial enterprises

DUSHANBE, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan now receives some 16,000 cubic meters of Uzbek natural gas per hour, according to open joint-stock company Tojiktransgaz (Tajik

16:52, november 10, 2009

1,064 new TB cases reportedly detected in Kulob zone this year

KULOB, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- 1,064 new tuberculosis cases have been detected in Khatlon’s Kulob zone over the first ten months of this year, according to the Kulob Center for

15:45, november 10, 2009

Tajik private air company Sughdiyon, launches air route from Qurghon Teppa to Russia

QURGHON TEPPA, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik private air company, Sughdiyon, has opened a twice-monthly service from Qurghon Teppa, the capital of the Khatlon province to the Russian city

15:19, november 10, 2009

Bakiev: Kyrgyzstan-U.S. cooperation has great potential

Kyrgyzstan-U.S. cooperation has great potential, Maksim Bakiev the Chief of the Kyrgyz Central Development, Innovations and Investments Agency said at the seminar on conducting business with the U.S.

15:16, november 10, 2009

Tajikistan officially introduces electricity rationing in rural areas

Tajikistan officially introduced electricity rationing in rural areas beginning on November 10. Rural areas will electricity seven hours per day.

15:16, november 10, 2009

Exhibition of Uzbek traditional needlecraft to be held in Tashkent

"Traditional needlecraft of Uzbekistan" exhibition will be held in School of Drama Art "Ilhom" in Tashkent on November 18 - December 14.

15:12, november 10, 2009

Assets of Kazakh National Fund fall 0.4% in October

According to the Kazakh national Bank Assets of the National Fund of Kazakhstan decreased 0.4% in October which made $23.7 billion.

15:08, november 10, 2009

Turkmenistan's practitioners complete UNDP's "Economics of Transition" training course

A core group of Turkmenistan's practitioners coming from various national ministries and institutions have successfully passed the five-day "Economics of Transition".

14:52, november 10, 2009

Obama, Medvedev to discuss START, N.Korea, Iran in Singapore

The U.S. and Russian presidents will discuss strategic arms cuts, as well as North Korea and Iran, during a meeting in Singapore during the weekend, the White House said Monday.

14:49, november 10, 2009

Israeli premier urges resumption of peace talks with Palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians, but made no new proposals.

14:43, november 10, 2009

Medvedev, Austrian chancellor to discuss gas supplies to Europe

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann will discuss energy cooperation, in particular Russian gas supplies to Europe, on Tuesday, the Kremlin said.

14:41, november 10, 2009

Japan sends aid to Afghanistan ahead of Obama visit

Japan said on Tuesday it would give Afghanistan up to $5 billion in new aid, a package Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama hopes will improve strained security ties with Washington ahead of U.S.

14:39, november 10, 2009

Technical examination of power line to northern Tajikistan starts

KHUJAND, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A technical examination of the substation “Khujand” and a part of a 500-kilovolt power transmission line South-North has begun in Sughd’s Ghonchi

14:23, november 10, 2009

Oxfam presents Tajikistan Water Supply and Sanitation Project

DUSHANBE, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Presentation of the new project, Tajikistan Water Supply and Sanitation, is scheduled to take place at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe on

13:50, november 10, 2009

Projects for use of renewable energy sources in CA discussed in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An international two-day conference entitled “Renewable Energy in Central Asia: Creation of Economic Sustainability for Solution of Socioeconomic

13:42, november 10, 2009

Five suicides and one attempted suicide reported in northern Tajikistan last week

KHUJAND November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Five suicides and one attempted suicide have been reported in the Sughd province over the last week, according to the Sughd police directorate.

13:24, november 10, 2009

Isfara-based Tajik-German JV to produce the first consignment of output this year

KHUJAND, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik-German joint venture, closed joint-stock company (CJSC) Aura of Sughd, plans to produce the first consignment of output until the end of this

13:06, november 10, 2009

LAW-ORDER

Another resident of Isfara detained for alleged IMU membership

KHUJAND, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Another resident of Sughd’s Isfara district has been detained on suspicion of having contacts with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).

12:39, november 10, 2009

CIS defense ministers meet in Tajik to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Defense ministers from the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have gathered in Dushanbe for the 57th session that is opening here

11:45, november 10, 2009