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Russia ratifies agreement on establishment and activity of Pamir-Chakaltay ISRC

DUSHANBE, October 31 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Council of Federation (Russia’s upper chamber of parliament) ratified a government-to-government agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on establishment

13:00, october 31, 2009

Kharkov enterprise to supply electric pumps to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Visiting Ukrainian delegation, led by the Kharkov governor Arsen Avakov, met with Tajik Deputy Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Resources,

11:40, october 31, 2009

Kulob zone receives 33 bodies from other countries this year

KULOB, October 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Khatlon’s Kulob zone has received 33 bodies of its residents (32 from Russia and one form Iran) over the first nine months of this year, according to the Kulob

11:20, october 31, 2009

Kulob cotton growers reach 87.24% of their cotton target

KULOB, October 31, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Five cotton-growing districts in Khatlon’s Kulob zone have reached 87.

20:25, october 30, 2009

Customs officers seize some 5 kilos of heroin at Dushanbe airport last Thursday

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Customs officers seized some five kilogram of heroin at the Dushanbe airport on October 29, according to the Customs Service press service.

20:07, october 30, 2009

EU-UNDP Project helps to reduce drug addiction in prisons

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus – Today, the EU-UNDP Central Asia Drug Action Programme (CADAP) handed over computers, office and household equipment, and sport inventory to the

19:51, october 30, 2009

CCER makes preparations for parliamentary elections

DUSHANBE, October 30, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) has launched an active phase of preparations for upcoming parliamentary elections due in

16:43, october 30, 2009

IRPT leader says his party gets ready for parliamentary elections

DUSHANBE, October 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Speaking at a roundtable meeting entitled “Political Parties and Parliamentary Election,” the Islamic Revival Party (IPRT) leader Muhiddin Kabiri said

16:08, october 30, 2009

Tajik power holding admits unauthorized withdrawal of Kazakh electricity from CA power grid

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric systems) has confirmed the fact of unauthorized withdrawal of Kazakh electricity from Central Asia’s power grid.

15:34, october 30, 2009

OJSC Roghun-HPP, Ukraine’s Turboatom sign long-term cooperation agreement

Yesterday, Tajik PM Oqil Oqilov and Ukrainian delegation visited the site for construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP), where a long-term cooperation agreement was signed between

15:17, october 30, 2009

Yertysbayev: Kazakh 2012 Presidential elections must take place

Advisor to the Kazakh President Yermukhamet Yertysbayev thinks that 2012 presidential elections must take place.

15:14, october 30, 2009

President Karimov reorganizes Cabinet

President Islam Karimov has reorganized the structure of the Cabinet of Ministers and lessened the number of vice prime minsiters in the result.

15:11, october 30, 2009

Book value of Kyrgyzgas amounts to 3,200Bln soms

Book value of Kyrgyzgas company amounts to 3,200 billion soms, Salamat Aitikeev Director General of the company told the parliament session on Friday.

15:07, october 30, 2009

Dmitry Medvedev and Patriarch Cyril congratulate Turkmenistan on Independence Day

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has sent a congratulatory message to his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the national holiday of Turkmenistan - Independence Day.

15:03, october 30, 2009

US National Security aide says satisfied with meetings in Moscow

U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones said Thursday he is satisfied with the meetings he has had during the recent trip to Moscow.

14:58, october 30, 2009

Venezuela bans toy guns, violent video games

The Venezuelan parliament has adopted a law outlawing the production, import and sale of toy weapons and violent video games, the Globovision TV station said on Friday.

14:55, october 30, 2009

More than 257,000 apartments privatized in Tajikistan so far

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- More than 357,000 apartments have been privatized in Tajikistan since the beginning of privatization in the country in the 1990s, according to the

14:55, october 30, 2009

Iran lauds nuke 'cooperation' — but hedges on deal

Iran's president pledged Thursday to work with the West to resolve a standoff over its nuclear program even as his country reportedly balked at a U.S.

14:49, october 30, 2009

SKorea planning troop deployment to Afghanistan

South Korea announced plans Friday to send troops to Afghanistan to protect its civilian aid workers, two years after withdrawing its forces following a fatal hostage crisis.

14:36, october 30, 2009

Tajik society wants to see representatives of different parties in parliament, says CPT leader

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik society does not accept domination of one political party in parliament and wants to see representatives of different political parties in

13:55, october 30, 2009

INCIDENTS

Another sensible tremor jolts Tajik capital yesterday

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A tremor measuring 5.0 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe yesterday night at about 10:45 pm.

13:37, october 30, 2009

No case of swine influenza reported in Tajikistan, however, the risk is high, says Tajik health official

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- No case of swine influenza has been detected in Tajikistan so far, however, the risk of appearance of this virus in the country is high, Navrouz

13:23, october 30, 2009

Tajikistan, Poland to sign economic cooperation agreement

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik-Polish political and economic consultations will begin in Tajikistan next week, Slavomir Stsalkowski, the Counselor of Polish Embassy in

11:59, october 30, 2009

First Tajik labor migrants expected to travel to Saudi Arabia in January 2010

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- First Tajik labor migrants are expected to travel to Saudi Arabia in January 2010.

11:45, october 30, 2009

Tajik Institute of Economics establishes cooperation with Ural and Kharkov universities of economics

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Leadership of Tajik Institute of Economics yesterday met here with senior representatives of Ural State University of Economics (Russia) and Kharkov

11:30, october 30, 2009

Tajik central bank announces tender for conducting audit of bank’s financial reporting

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has announced a tender for conducting audit of NBT’s financial reporting for period from May to December 2009,

11:15, october 30, 2009

Heads of CA and Russia railway companies meet in Tashkent

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus - Senior representatives from railway companies of Central Asia’s states and Russia have met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to discuss cooperation

20:29, october 29, 2009