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Cotton harvesting campaign expected to start later this year later

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus - Compared to the previous years the cotton-harvesting campaign will start later this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA).

15:27, august 14, 2009

Energy efficiency issues to be discussed in Dushanbe next week

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On August 20, the republican Press Center in Dushanbe will host an international conference on problems of energy efficiency and rational use of energy

15:11, august 14, 2009

Weather conditions affect apricot harvests in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- This year, Sughd farmers are expected to receive harvests of stone fruits, mainly apricots, less than it was originally planned, according to the Sughd

14:51, august 14, 2009

ADRA International banned by Tajik authorities for religious propagation

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A Dushanbe court has banned ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) International operating in Tajikistan.

14:19, august 14, 2009

Uzbekistan increases gas deliveries to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Uzbekistan has increased natural-gas deliveries to Tajikistan, Shavkat Shoimov, the deputy director of open joint-stock company (OJSC) Tojiktransgaz

13:33, august 14, 2009

Tajik, Kazakh prison officials study drug rehabilitation program in Kyrgyzstan

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two study tours for Penitentiary committee officers and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan were organized in August by the

13:06, august 14, 2009

Exhibition of works by Tillomurodov opens at Swiss Cooperation Office on August 20

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Swiss Cooperation Office in Dushanbe announces an exhibition of works by Tajik artist Abdurasoul Tillomurodov.

12:54, august 14, 2009

Tajik FM, UNHCR representative in Tajikistan discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday August 13, Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi met with UNHCR Representative in Tajikistan, Mr.

12:21, august 14, 2009

Khatlon regional TV station resumes broadcasting

QURGHON TEPPA, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- After being suspended for one day, the Khatlon regional TV station, TV-Khatlon, resumed broadcasting on August 4.

11:52, august 14, 2009

Drug detecting equipment handed over to customs service in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus – Today, the EU-UNDP Border Management Program in Central Asia (BOMCA) and Central Asia Drug Action Program (CADAP) handed over specialized equipment to

11:37, august 14, 2009

Volumes of cotton loans reduced more than two times in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first seven months of this year, banks and microfinance organizations operating in the Sughd province have provided 21.

11:21, august 14, 2009

2% of economically active population of Sughd officially registered as unemployed

KHUJAND, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- As of July 1, 2009 the overall number of the economically active population in the Sughd province was 748,500 people; 14,800, or 2 percent, of them,

10:30, august 14, 2009

Tajikistan, Afghan Western Provinces’ CCIs sign MoU on Thursday

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Afghanistan’s Western Provinces have singed a

10:15, august 14, 2009

CIS experts attach significant to development of distant learning technologies

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Cooperation in the field of distance education plays an important role in creation of a common educational space of the CIS countries, the first

19:42, august 13, 2009

GBAO civic society organizations study ways to establish active cooperation with media

KHOROG, August 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A series of training seminars on cooperation with media have been organized for heads of civic society organizations in the Darvoz and Vanj districts of

19:01, august 13, 2009

Malaysian company plans to invest in hydroelectricity projects in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Malaysian energy company, Energy Industry Co, intends to invest €5 million to €20 million in construction of small and medium-sized hydroelectric power

18:15, august 13, 2009

Some 6 mln somoni of dilapidated banknotes immobilized in Kulob in January-July 09

KULOB, August 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Some 6 million somoni of dilapidated banknotes have been immobilized in Khatlon’s Kulob zone over the first seven months of this year, Abdukarim Nematov,

15:30, august 13, 2009

Some GBAO political parties say winter conditions make pre-election campaign less efficient

KHOROG, August 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Representatives of some political parties functioning in Gorno Badakhshan consider that local heavy winter conditions make holding of pre-election

14:47, august 13, 2009

Another alleged supporter of Mahmoud Khudoyberdiev in southern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Another alleged supporter of the rebellious Colonel Mahmoud Khudoyberdiev has been arrested in Tajikistan.

14:34, august 13, 2009

Unemployment rate in Kazakhstan in July - 6.5 %

Unemployment rate in Kazakhstan in July, 2009 reached 6.5 %, Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan informed.

14:30, august 13, 2009

Iranian business circles delegation to visit Uzbekistan

Delegation of Iranian business circles will visit Uzbekistan on August 14-21.

14:28, august 13, 2009

Wages increase, unemployment reduce in Kyrgyzstan

According to the statistics, for seven months of the current year, it was registered 66 thousand 700 unemployed people in the country.

14:27, august 13, 2009

Turkmen President invites King of Jordan to pay official visit to Ashgabat

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the Special Envoy of the King of Jordan for Central Asia, Abdullah Saleh Abdelkarim Voriekat, on August 11.

14:22, august 13, 2009

The possibility of VHF epidemic in Tajikistan very low, Tajik official says

The hospitalized VHF patient and 13 persons that had contact with him are currently under the care of physicians.

14:21, august 13, 2009

Washington for constructive relations between Russia, Ukraine

Washington wants to see constructive relations between Ukraine and Russia, and supports Kiev's right to make its own choices, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State said.

14:16, august 13, 2009

Medvedev, Putin meet in Sochi, take a walk

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took a walk along the Sochi embankment after a working meeting on Wednesday.

14:13, august 13, 2009

Iran calls for ban on striking nuke facilities

Iran, whose nuclear facilities are under threat of possible Israeli military strikes, proposed Wednesday that a 150-nation conference convening in the fall ban such attacks.

14:12, august 13, 2009

Bombs kill 14 civilians in southern Afghanistan

Two separate roadside blasts in southern Afghanistan killed 14 civilians, including three children, underscoring the high price paid by ordinary people in the conflict with the Taliban, officials

13:49, august 13, 2009

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Dushanbe authorities decide to make major repairs to several streets in Tajik capital next year

DUSHANBE, August 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- By Dushanbe mayor’s resolution major repairs will be made to several avenues and streets in Dushanbe next year.

13:34, august 13, 2009