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14:00, june 15, 2009

Arms cache discovered at site for construction of apartment building in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An arms cache has been discovered at a site for construction of an apartment building in Dushanbe, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

13:59, june 15, 2009

First swine flu death registered in Europe

The first human death in Europe as a result of swine flu has been registered in Scotland, local officials have announced.

13:58, june 15, 2009

US general assumes command in Afghanistan

US General Stanley McChrystal, tasked with carrying out the new US strategy in the war against the Taliban, has formally assumed command of international troops in Afghanistan.

13:46, june 15, 2009

Tajik, Chinese heads of state considers it necessary to set up Tajik-Chinese investment fund

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon met with his Chinese counterpart, President Hu Jintao, in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s Sverdlovsk region today morning, according to

13:13, june 15, 2009

Large amount of narcotics seized in Farkhor last Thursday

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A large amount of narcotics was seized in Khatlon’s Farkhor district last Thursday night, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

13:03, june 15, 2009

Iran braces for more election protests

DUSHANBE, June 15, Asia-Plus – Iran is bracing for more protests over its presidential election results after defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called for them to be annulled, BBC News reports.

12:51, june 15, 2009

Rahmon congratulates Ahmadinejad on landslide victory in Iran’s presidential election

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has sent a telegram of congratulations to Mahmoud Ahamdinejad on his reelection as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran,

12:31, june 15, 2009

Tajik-Russian foreign minister discuss upcoming Russian president’s visit to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi met with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow on Sunday on sidelines of the session of the CSTO

12:16, june 15, 2009

Tajik president, Russian governor discuss labor migration issues in Yekaterinburg

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Yesterday evening, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon left Moscow for Yekaterinburg, where a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) opens

11:55, june 15, 2009

Tajikistan signs agreement on agreement of formation of the CSTO rapid-reaction force

The presidents of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan have signed an agreement on formation of the Rapid-Reaction Force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

10:30, june 15, 2009

Vose cotton farmers pay off loans taken from Tajprombank’s branch last year

KULOB, June 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Twelve cotton-growing farms from Khatlon’s Vose district have paid off loans taken from local branch of Tajprombank “JS Commercial Industrial Bank of

10:15, june 15, 2009

Tajikistan, Switzerland initial draft convention for avoidance of double taxation

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan and Switzerland have initialed the draft convention for avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on incomes and capital gains.

20:06, june 13, 2009

President Rahmon to attend CSTO Collective Security Council session in Moscow

DUSHANBE, June 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon will attend a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Organization (CSTO) that will be held in

19:43, june 13, 2009

International working group discusses financing of further DCA activity

DUSHANBE, June 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Friday June 12, the Drug Control Agency (DCA) hosted a meeting of international working group to discuss issues related to financing of further

19:06, june 13, 2009

Three that get stuck in mountain crack in Farkhor rescued

KULOB, June 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Three persons that have got stuck in a mountain crack at the height of more than 200 meters in Khatlon’s Farkhor district have been rescued.

17:59, june 13, 2009

Iran’s incumbent president ahead of rivals

Iranian Interior Ministry announced that incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won 21,781,391 votes from a total number of 34,377,793 ballots read so far, Fars News Agency (FNA) reports.

17:51, june 13, 2009

First English-language newspaper appears in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, June 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The first English-language newspaper has appeared in Tajikistan.

17:32, june 13, 2009

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to visit Central Asia

DUSHANBE, June 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Mr.

12:15, june 13, 2009

Department for treatment of multiresistant TB sufferers opened at republican TB hospital

DUSHANBE, June 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The department for treatment of multiresistant TB sufferers was opened at Republican TB Hospital, Machiton, on June 12.

11:50, june 13, 2009

Tajik air link to Sochi restored

DUSHANBE, June 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- After being closed for seventeen years, an air route from Dushanbe to Sochi, Russia has been relaunched.

11:25, june 13, 2009

Sughd plans to produce some 17,500 tons of rice this year

KHUJAND, June 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Sughd farmers plan to produce some 17,500 tons of rice this year, according to the Sughd agriculture directorate.

11:00, june 13, 2009

Kazakhstan will not support Uzbekistan’s stance regarding solution of CA water-and-energy problems, says Kazakh expert

DUSHANBE, June 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a roundtable meeting entitled “Water and Energy Problems in Central Asia: Is Compromise Possible?

19:53, june 12, 2009

WB provides third grant to Tajikistan for supporting national budget

DUSHANBE, June 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has received the Third Programmatic Development Policy Grant in an amount of more than 20.5 million U.S.

19:08, june 12, 2009

OSCE PA observers to monitor Tajikistan’s parliamentary elections in 2010

DUSHANBE, June 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Friday June 12, Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi received visiting OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) President Joao Sores.

18:30, june 12, 2009

Moscow specialists to elaborate municipal redevelopment plan for Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, June 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Russia’s Federal State Unitary Company, Giprogor, has been granted a contract for elaboration of the municipal redevelopment plan for the Tajik capital

18:13, june 12, 2009

OSCE PA President to visit Gorno Badakhshan on Sunday

DUSHANBE, June 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Visiting President of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Joao Soares today is meeting with

17:34, june 12, 2009

Achievement of energy independence becomes national idea, says Tajik thin tank head

DUSHANBE, June 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Achievement of energy independence has become national idea and those who today come out against the Roghun hydroelectricity project are traitors,

15:45, june 12, 2009

492 new TB cases detected in Khatlon’s Kulob region in Jan-May 09

KULOB, June 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first five months of this year, 492 new cases of tuberculosis have been detected in Khatlon’s Kulob, which is 30 cases more than in the same period

15:13, june 12, 2009

OIC Secretary General calls on the Muslim world to provide assistance to Tajikistan

The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has called on the Muslim world to provide assistance to Tajikistan that suffered heavy rains,

14:49, june 12, 2009

JFPR provides $3 million grant to support communities in Khatlon to respond to flood risks

DUSHANBE, June 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) has provided a $3 million grant through the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a project to help communities in