Tajkistan, Power

18:54, october 1, 2007

Capital mayor urges to toughen sanitary-epidemiological control

DUSHANBE, October 1, Asia-Plus -- The capital mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev has urged to toughen sanitary-epidemiological control in the city.

18:07, october 1, 2007

Physical entities funding construction of schools exempted from paying taxes this year

DUSHANBE, October 1, Asia-Plus -- Physical entities funding construction of schools or school classes have been exempted from paying taxes this year.

17:05, october 1, 2007

Tajik parliament sets pension for prime minister

Under amendments made to the Constitutional law on the government, a pension of prime minister in Tajikistan has been set at the rate of 80 percent of an average wage.

10:30, october 1, 2007

Tajik government orders Tojik cement to increase the supply of daily cement to Sangtuda-1 to 700 tons

Beginning from today, Tojikcement will daily supply 700 tons of cement to the site for the Sangtuda-1 power plant.

19:15, september 28, 2007

Tajik government endorses draft national budget for 2008

Tajikistanâ€™s national budget for 2008 is expected to stand at 4.476 billion somonis, which is 1.281 billion somonis or 63 percent more than the budget for this year.

18:54, september 27, 2007

Tajik MPs consider local government bill

DUSHANBE, September 27, Asia-Plus — The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) Committee on State Construction and Local Government today met to discuss a new

13:20, september 27, 2007

Tajik PM. DFID official discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, September 27, Asia-Plus – Khovar – Issues related to state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and the Great Britain were major topics of a

12:50, september 27, 2007

New rates of communal services to be introduced in the Tajik capital next month

DUSHANBE, September 27, Asia-Plus — Beginning on October 1, new rates of communal services to maintain housing facilities will be introduced in Dushanbe.

10:00, september 26, 2007

Tajik president, Russian ambassador discuss preparations for upcoming summits

DUSHANBE, September 25, Asia-Plus - President Emomali Rahmon yesterday received Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Ramazan Abdulatipov.

11:00, september 25, 2007

Tajik capital makes preparations for hosting CIS, EAEC and CSTO summit meeting

Dushanbe municipal authorities discussed issues of preparations for hosting summit meetings of the CIS, the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)

14:23, september 24, 2007

Tajik MPs, CSTO PA commissions’ members discuss cooperation issues

Members of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (the lower house of the Tajik parliament) and delegation of the Collective Security Treaty Organizationâ€™s (CSTO) Parliamentary Assembly (PA) have met in Dushanbe

12:56, september 22, 2007

Tajikistan marks Day of Rudaki

Addressing people on occasion of a Day of Rudaki, President Rahmon said that Rudaki is national pride of Tajiks

15:01, september 21, 2007

President Rahmon receives credentials of Azeri envoy

DUSAHNBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — President Emomali Rahmon today received credentials of the newly appointed Azeri Ambassador to Tajikistan Mageram Aliyev.

10:30, september 20, 2007

Tajik president orders to allot Kyrgyzstan a quota of 50 students

DUSHANBE, September 20, Asia-Plus — During his two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, President Emomali Rahmon on Tuesday afternoon met in Bishkek with Marat Sultanov, Chairman of the Zhokorgu Kenesh

11:22, september 18, 2007

President Rahmon urges to take adequate measures to prepare military units for winter

DUSHANBE, September 18, Asia-Plus -- On Monday September 17, President Emomali Rahmon held a meeting with participation of heads of power-wielding and law enforcement structures of the country

11:02, september 18, 2007

President Rahmon starts its official visit to Kyrgyztan

Tajik and Kyrgyz presidents Emomali Rahmon and Kurmanbek Bakiyev will discuss bilateral cooperation and border problems.

18:36, september 17, 2007

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers arbitration bill

DUSHANBE, September 17, Asia-Plus -- The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered a bill on court of arbitration at a September 17 meeting

15:56, september 17, 2007

Tajik, Kyrgyz Foreign ministers to prepare documents to be discussed during upcoming Tajik president’s visit to Kyrgyzstan

DUSHANBE, September 17, Asia-Plus – Foreign ministers of Tajikistan (Hamrokhon Zarifi) and Kyrgyzstan (Ednan Karabayev) today met in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to consider a package of documents that are

15:28, september 17, 2007

Members of capital legislature to consider housing program

DUSHANBE, September 17, Asia-Plus — The next, eleventh session of the Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) will be held on September 27.

15:02, september 17, 2007

Parliamentary recess nears completion. MPs report to electors

DUSHANBE, September 19, Asia-Plus — Tajik members of parliament have competed meetings with their electros to report back to them on their work done.

10:30, september 17, 2007

President Rahmon reminds that sending schoolchildren to harvest cotton prohibited

DUSHANBE, September 17, Asia-Plus -- A progress of cotton-harvesting campaign and preparations for winter was major topic of a September 14 government session presided over by President

13:22, september 14, 2007

Tajik speaker meets with Chinese MPs

DUSHANBE, September 14, Asia-Plus -- ВOn Thursday September 13, Saydullo Khairulloyev, Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), received visiting

11:51, september 14, 2007

Tajik speaker highly appraises mutual visits of leaders of Tajikistan and Kazakhstan

DUSHANBE, September 14, Asia-Plus -- A broad range of issues related to bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan were discussed yesterday at a meeting of Chairman of the

18:57, september 13, 2007

Members of legislature of Russia’s Ivanovo region visit Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 13, Asia-Plus — A delegation of members of the legislature (Duma) of Russia’s Ivanovo region arrived in Tajikistan Thursday for a two-day working visit, press release issued by

17:46, september 13, 2007

Countries of the region should become members of the Central Asian economic union on basis of absolute equality of rights: Rahmon

DUSHANBE, September 13, Asia-Plus /Bahrom Mannonov/ -- “The population of our region is some 56 million people sharing economic interest, common history and culture, and we should think

15:46, september 13, 2007

Tajikistan, Kazakhstan sign a number of cooperation documents

Joint investment fund will give new impulse to further expansion of bilateral cooperation, say Tajik, Kazakh presidents

12:15, september 13, 2007

Rahmon calls for charity during the holy month of Ramadan

Emomali Rahmon called for charity during the holy month of Ramadan.

10:42, september 13, 2007

Official visit of Kazakh president to Tajikistan starts

Kazakhstanâ€™s President Nursultan Nazabayev arrived in Dushanbe from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

19:31, september 11, 2007

Preparations for summits under way, says President Rahmon

Preparations for three summits that will be held in Dushanbe next month are under way, President Rahmon remarked at a meeting with journalists in Tursunzoda on September 11.

16:43, september 11, 2007

Fate of Roghun HPS should not be in hands of one private company, says Tajik president

DUSHANBE, September 11, Asia-Plus — During his short visit to Tursunzoda, President Emomali Rahmon has reiterated that Russia’s aluminum giant Russian Aluminum (Rusal) will not