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President Rahmon attends informal CIS summit in Kazakhstan on December 19

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon will attend an informal CIS summit that will be held at the Kazakh resort town Borovoi (Akmola region) on December 19.

18:33, december 16, 2008

CIS experts gather in Minsk to discuss activity of CIS observer mission

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable meeting to discuss activity of the CIS observer mission during elections within the CIS area in 2008 will be held in Minsk, Belarus on

18:11, december 16, 2008

Tajikistan’s Lukhtak participates in international festival in Iran

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s puppet theatre Lukhtak (Puppet) will participate in the 12th International Storytelling Festival that will be held in Isfahan from

16:44, december 16, 2008

Another unregistered mosque shut down in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe’s Sino district authorities shut down unregistered mosque in microryaon 33 recently.

15:42, december 16, 2008

Institutional basis for monitoring Tajikistan PRS discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A two-day seminar on institutional frameworks and monitoring capacity for Tajikistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) and report on implementation

15:25, december 16, 2008

Uzbekistan sets gas supply terms for Kyrgyzstan: $300 per 1,000m3

Uzbekistan has finally set gas supply terms for Kyrgyzstan. This year the gas price will reach $300 per each 1,000m3, the Kyrgyzgaz public corporation informed the news agency â€œ24.

15:24, december 16, 2008

Government to develop new plan of entrepreneurship support

First of all, measures on financial sector stabilization are directed on protection of Kazakhstan people interests.

15:23, december 16, 2008

UN Human Rights Council discusses situation in Uzbekistan

The third session of working group on universal periodic review of UN Human Rights Council finished December 15. During this session the report about the situation in Uzbekistan was made.

15:22, december 16, 2008

CIS observer mission highly rates parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan

The CIS observer mission made a statement on results of monitoring of the election campaign and conduct of election of deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan of the fourth convocation at a press

15:21, december 16, 2008

Russian Federation FM Lavrov to attend two UNSC meetings, and meet Arab FMs

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov is to attend a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning to discuss a draft resolution on the Middle East.

15:20, december 16, 2008

Obama focuses on alternative energy, environment

Insisting on the need to develop new forms of energy, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday chose as his energy secretary a Nobel physics laureate who is a major promoter of alternative fuels.

15:18, december 16, 2008

Family: Shoe thrower hates both US, Iran role

The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the U.S. military.

15:17, december 16, 2008

No relief in sight for war-wracked Afghanistan

Afghanistan won commitments of additional aid and more troops from the international community in 2008, but a deadly Taliban insurgency, rampant crime and an unchecked drugs trade show no sign of

15:10, december 16, 2008

Russian embassy asks Tajik public to show self-control over challenge cast by Russian neo-Nazi

DUSHANBE, December 16, Asia-Plus -- Hate crimes committed in Russia provoke public outrage not only in Tajikistan but also in the Russian Federation, an official statement released by the

13:55, december 16, 2008

Тethys launches workover operations on Khoja Sartez gas condensate field in Khatlon

KULOB, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tethys Petroleum Limited (Tethys), has launched workover operations on the Khoja Sartez gas condensate field in the Khatlon province to re-enter one its

13:25, december 16, 2008

Iranian pharmaceutical company seeks partners in Tajikistan

DUSHNBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday December 15, head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Said, met with visiting Iranian delegation led by Reza

13:09, december 16, 2008

Kulob tax inspectorate overfulfills tax collection target

KULOB, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-November 2008, officers from the Kulob city tax inspectorate have transferred to the national and the Kulob city budgets totaling 11,192,376

12:55, december 16, 2008

POWER

Principal of presidential lyceum for talented children replaced

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- By government’s resolution of December 15 Ms.

12:45, december 16, 2008

Roudaki plays vital role in flourishing of Persian language

DUSHANBE, December 16, Asia-Plus – Holding an international conference to commemorate Abu Abdullah Roudaki, a founder of the Tajik-Persian classical literature, plays a vital role in flourishing of

12:30, december 16, 2008

POWER

New Year concert to take place on Dushanbe’s Duusti Square

A New Year concert that will be held on the Dousti Square in Dushanbe on December 31 will be followed by 15-minute fireworks.

11:32, december 16, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Two Afghan nationals got long jail terms for drug trafficking

QURGHON TEPPA, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A regional court in Tajikistan has sentenced two Afghan nationals to long jail terms for drug trafficking.

11:20, december 16, 2008

With entrance of Switzerland to Schengen area, Swiss consular agency in Dushanbe stops issuing Swiss visa

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- With the entrance of Switzerland to the Schengen area as of December 15, 2008, the Consular Agency of Switzerland in Dushanbe has stopped issuing

19:37, december 15, 2008

IFC conducts seminar for Fayzobod district farmers on milk productivity and profitability

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2008 Asia-Plus — On Friday December 12, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, conducted a seminar on milk productivity and profitability for approximately 20 farmers from

19:04, december 15, 2008

INCIDENTS

Severely beaten soldier hospitalized in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 15, 2008, Asia-Plus - Allonazar Shifonshoyev (phonetically spelled), a private soldier with one of military units deployed in Sughd’s Spitamen district, who was severely

18:31, december 15, 2008

ADB Dushanbe office holds press conference on December 19 to discuss outcomes of CAREC ministerial conference

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Office in Dushanbe will host a press conference on December 19.

17:36, december 15, 2008

Tajikistan leases 350 rail cars from Iran

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan intends to lease 350 rail cars from Iran, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC).

17:15, december 15, 2008

POWER

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers plant quarantine bill

DUSHANBE, December 15, Asia-Plus --The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered a plant quarantine bill at a December 15 meeting, presided

15:41, december 15, 2008

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan conduct consultations over natural-gas shipments for 2009

Next year, Tajikistan intends to purchase 550 million cubic meters of natural gas from Uzbekistan.

15:07, december 15, 2008

Gasoline prices expected to fall more by the end of the year: antimonopoly directorate

DUSHANBE, December 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- By the end of the year, gasoline prices are expected to have fallen more, according to the antimonopoly and entrepreneurship development

14:51, december 15, 2008