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Party of Economic Reforms makes active preparations for 21010 parliamentary elections

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Party of Economic Reforms of Tajikistan that is temporarily left without leader is making active preparations for the upcoming parliamentary

14:36, december 4, 2009

Turkmenistan to pardon nearly 4 thousand convicts in honor of Neutrality Day

At the State Security Council meeting on December 2, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on pardoning persons sentenced to imprisonment in honor of the national holiday - Day of

14:32, december 4, 2009

Kyrgyzstan to require over 2bln soms for welfare payments in 2010

Kyrgyzstan will require 2,180,200,000 soms for welfare payments in 2010, Nazgul Tashpaeva, head of the State Social Security Agency said Friday during consideration of a Welfare Payments bill.

14:28, december 4, 2009

Nazarbaev visits new office of LUKOIL Overseas company

On Thursday Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev visited the new office of LUKOIL Oversiz company, reported press service of the Kazakh President.

14:25, december 4, 2009

OSCE/ODIHR opens assessment mission for Uzbekistan's parliamentary elections

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in Uzbekistan on 27 December.

14:24, december 4, 2009

‘APT hopes to win as many a s possible seats in parliament,” says APT leader

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Agrarian Party (APT) is ready for the upcoming parliamentary elections and hopes to win as many as possible seats in the parliament, the APT

14:19, december 4, 2009

Medvedev does not rule out running for second term in 2012

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday he does not rule out running for the second term of office in the 2012 presidential election, yet he "won't be elbowing" with Prime Minister Vladimir

14:15, december 4, 2009

Turkey to allow gas transit to Europe from any country

Turkey will allow gas transit to Europe from any country, including Iran, Turkish Minister of Energy Taner Yildiz said here on Thursday, the CNN Turk TV channel reports.

14:11, december 4, 2009

Russia, U.S. close to signing new arms control treaty

Russia and the United States are wrapping up negotiations on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty to replace START 1, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

14:03, december 4, 2009

NATO chief: allies will prevail in Afghanistan

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday the allies will prevail in their bid to stabilize Afghanistan but only if they answer President Barack Obama's call for more allied troops on

13:49, december 4, 2009

POWER

President signs new national criminal procedure code and a number of recently adopted laws

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday December 3, President Emomali Rahmon singed a new national criminal procedure code and a number of recently adopted laws, including the on

13:34, december 4, 2009

POWER

Tajikistan’s Public Council meets in Dushanbe today

Issues related to preparations for the 2010 parliamentary elections are a major topic of todayâ€™s meeting of the Public Council of Tajikistan.

13:15, december 4, 2009

Tajikistan supports all measures taken to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan: MFA

DUSHANBE, December 4 2009, Asia-Plus -- Davlat Nazriyev, the head of the Tajik MFA information department, yesterday voiced Tajikistan’s position on U.S.

12:14, december 4, 2009

Tajikistan fails to fulfill cotton target this year as well

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The cotton-harvesting campaign has been completed and Tajikistan has failed to fulfill the cotton target this year as well.

11:59, december 4, 2009

Tajik counter narcotics agency reports large drug haul

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Officers from Tajik counternarcotics agency have reportedly shut down a big drug channel to Russia and seized more than 31 kilograms of narcotics in

11:45, december 4, 2009

GIG gets into Central Asian market

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- LLC Global Insulator Group (GIG), a participant of world’s energy market specializing in production and supply of components for construction of power

11:30, december 4, 2009

Tojiktransgaz launches negotiations with Uzbek gas producer on gas shipments for 2010

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tojiktransgaz (Tajik state natural-gas distributor) is beginning preliminary negotiations with the state gas producer in Uzbekistan, Uztransgaz, on

11:15, december 4, 2009

LAW-ORDER

One of managers of Qairoqqum HPP gets long jail terms for accident that hit the station in Jan 09

KHUJAND, December 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Chkalovsk city court yesterday completed consideration of criminal proceedings instituted against a group of managers of the Qairoqqum

20:28, december 3, 2009

CPT to raise participation of party representatives in electoral commissions with president

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Communists intend to raise the issue of participation of representatives of political parties in electoral commissions at a session of the Public

19:45, december 3, 2009

Anzob and Khaburabat passes closed for traffic

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- This year, the Khaburabat Pass, connecting the Tajik capital to the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region, has been closed for traffic since December 1

19:01, december 3, 2009

SDPT not invited to attend Public Council’s session that takes place tomorrow

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2009, Asia-Plus - Representatives of the Social-Democratic Party (SDPT) have not been invited the next session of the Public Council of Tajikistan that takes place in

18:27, december 3, 2009

WB selects companies to assess techno-economic, environmental and social studies for Roghun HPP

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the last several months, the World Bank has assisted the Government of Tajikistan in developing the Terms of Reference (TOR) for both the

17:54, december 3, 2009

Dushanbe heat and power station seeks solution to gas-supply problem

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday December 2, Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov ordered to introduce the Dushanbe heat and power station into operation until December 15.

16:53, december 3, 2009

Tajik human rights activist Nigina Bahriyeva not allowed entering Kyrgyzstan

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday December 2, border guards at Bishkek airport, Manas, did not allow Tajik human rights activist, Ms. Nigina Bahriyeva, to enter Kyrgyzstan.

15:37, december 3, 2009

Tajikistan, Russia sign cooperation agreement to combat drug trafficking

So far, Tajikistan and Russia have cooperated in combating drug trafficking on the basis of the CIS agreement to combat drug trafficking signed in Minsk in 2000 and a number of interagency agreements.

15:05, december 3, 2009

ADB continues energy sector support in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500,000 technical assistance (TA) grant to develop a project design and feasibility study for a new

14:51, december 3, 2009

Kazakh President signs law about transfer from National Fund for 2010-2012

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev signed the bill "About the transfer from the National Fund of Kazakhstan for 2010-2012", reported press service of the President on Thursday.

14:49, december 3, 2009

ADB extends $60 million loan to support water supply and sanitation in Uzbekistan

The Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) President Haruhiko Kuroda and Republic of Uzbekistan's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Rustam Azimov on 1 December signed a $60 million loan

14:47, december 3, 2009

Kyrgyzstan to revise social benefits in 2010

It is planned to revise size of benefits for socially vulnerable population of Kyrgyzstan in January, March, July and October 2010, Daniyar Usenov, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan said Thursday at

14:44, december 3, 2009