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Tajik MP accuses Russian media of a lie

Reports by some Russian media that Tajikistanâ€™s new law on the state language allegedly provides for fine for use of the Russian language in official correspondence and even advertising materials

18:05, october 8, 2009

Kulob cotton farmers refuse volunteers’ help

KULOB, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In all, 33,477 people worked in cotton plantations in Khatlon’s Kulob zone on October 7 and they picked on average 41 kilograms of cotton each, Abdullo

17:46, october 8, 2009

Problems labor migrants among rural residents of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A two-day forum formally titled “Labor Migration in Central Asia: Problems and Ways to Solve Them” has opened in Dushanbe today morning.

16:54, october 8, 2009

SOCIETY

Absence of Tajik president at CIS summit does not mean that Tajikistan’ interest in CIS format decreases

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President’s decision to not attend a session of the CIS council of heads of state that is being held in the Moldavian capital Chisinau tomorrow does

15:11, october 8, 2009

UNDP, GEF implement project on sustaining agricultural biodiversity in the face of climate change in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The development goals of the Republic of Tajikistan targeting on conservation of significantly valuable agrobiodiversity and socio-economic growth of the

15:02, october 8, 2009

Tajik president, Danish FM discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today received visiting Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Per Stig Møller, according to presidential press service.

14:38, october 8, 2009

U.S. starts mass swine flu immunization

A large-scale immunization campaign against swine flu has started in the United Stats with the vaccination of 68,000 New Yorkers.

14:37, october 8, 2009

Kulob tax officers transfer more than TJS 11.6 million to city ad republican budgets in Jan-Aug 09

KULOB, October 8, 209, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, tax officers of the city of Kulob have transferred a total of 11,614,608 somoni (TJS) to the republican and city

14:34, october 8, 2009

De facto Honduran government demands Zelaya disarm his guards

The de facto Honduran government demanded on Thursday that ousted President Manuel Zelaya hand in firearms of his bodyguards.

14:21, october 8, 2009

RF ready to assist Iraq with restoration works

Russia is ready to assist Iraq with restoration works, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov said.

14:14, october 8, 2009

Construction of Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan gas pipeline to start in December

This year Kazakhstan marks 110 years of oil drilling.

14:11, october 8, 2009

Afghan police confirm 12 dead, 84 injured in Kabul terror attack

A powerful car bomb detonated in the Afghan capital on Thursday morning killed 12 people and injured another 84, a senior police officer told RIA Novosti.

14:10, october 8, 2009

Nazarbaev and Chernomyrdin discuss development of cooperation with CIS countries

President Nursultan Nazarbaev and advisor to the Russian President Victor Chernomyrdin discussed questions of cooperation between the CIS countries, reported the President's press service.

14:05, october 8, 2009

Tajik media have to work in extreme situations, says Tajik media watchdog head

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Tajik Penal Code criminalizing defamation and insult laws limit the possibility of observance of democratic principles of freedom of speech in

13:56, october 8, 2009

Mitrofanov: Russia granted Kyrgyzstan credit at the U.S. request

Russia has granted Kyrgyzstan a large credit at the request of the United States, Aleksei Mitrofanov, a well-known Russian politician, member of the Fair Russia partyâ€™s main board said live to the

13:53, october 8, 2009

Turkmenistan commemorates devastating 1948 Ashgabat earthquake

On October 6, Turkmenistan marked the National Day of Remembrance of the 1948 Ashkhabad earthquake.

13:33, october 8, 2009

Tajikistan revives a harvest festival Mehrgon

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An event to celebrate a harvest festival, Mehrgon, is being held at Tajik Agricultural University today.

13:11, october 8, 2009

A number of new enterprises for producing building materials launched in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 8, Asia-Plus -- A number of new enterprises for producing building materials have been launched in Tajikistan.

11:14, october 8, 2009

SPORT

Tajik national U-16 football team draw the game against Iran’s U-16 team

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik national under-16 football team have proved that their easy win against Bahrain on the first day of the Group B AFC (Asian Football

10:59, october 8, 2009

Festival of Russian literature in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Staged by the Education Quality Certification Institute, Moscow State University and Tajik National University on an initiative of Russia’s Agency for

10:45, october 8, 2009

POWER

Issues related to taxation of diplomatic missions and international organizations discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 8, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to taxation of diplomatic missions and international organizations active in Tajikistan were discussed at a meeting in Dushanbe on October 7,

10:30, october 8, 2009

INCIDENTS

Physical fight involving some 50 high school students reported in Dushanbe on Tuesday

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A mass physical fighting involving some 50 high school students took place in Dushanbe’s neighborhood 102 on October 6, according to the Ministry of

10:15, october 8, 2009

Compared to 2008 labor migrants’ dollar remittances to Amonatbonk decrease by 42%

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, Tajik labor migrants have remitted 159.6 million U.S.

19:57, october 7, 2009

Tajikistan intends to produce 1.2 millions of cereals this year

DUSHANBE, October 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik grain farms are expected to produce 1.

18:42, october 7, 2009

Rail passenger traffic declining on Tajik network

DUSHANBE, October 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Rail passenger traffic is reportedly declining on Tajik network.

18:19, october 7, 2009

Tajikistan’s rolling stock replenished with 294 new train cars

DUSHANBE, October 7, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, Tajikistan’s Railways has purchased 294 new train cars, including 259 cargo cars and 35 passenger carriages, the

15:53, october 7, 2009

Labor migrants’ remittances to northern Tajikistan decrease by nearly 33 percent

KHUJAND, October 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, labor migrants working in other CIS states, primarily in Russia, have remitted 393.8 million U.S.

15:42, october 7, 2009

Amonatbonk, EBRD officials discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, October 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to expansion of cooperation between Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

15:06, october 7, 2009