Tajkistan

12:49, october 27, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik MPs attend events of CIS and EAEC inter-parliamentary assemblies in St. Petersburg

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A delegation of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), led by its speaker, Shukurjon Zuhurov, is attending the events of

12:22, october 27, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Director of Vatan radio station faces fraud charge

Director general of the Dushanbe independent radio station, Vatan, has not given back more than 4 million somoni taken from legal and physical entities for various projects.

11:58, october 27, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Experts from CIS joint commission for combating illegal migration meet in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The 13th two-day meeting of the group of the CIS joint commission for combating illegal migration has opened in Dushanbe today, according to Interior

11:40, october 27, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan cracks down on unregistered religious schools

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus – Twenty underground religious schools with a total of 189 students have been discovered over the past week in Tajikistan''s southern Khatlon province alone,

10:54, october 27, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Agreement on development of Tajik silver deposit to be signed in early 2011

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Representatives of the companies put on the short list of the contenders for the development of the Konimansuri Kalon (Big Konimansur) silver deposit

10:35, october 27, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Judge from Qairoqqum court sentenced to 7 years in prison for bribery

KHUJAND, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Supreme Court has sentenced Ashour Ruziyev, a judge from the Qairoqqum city court, to seven years in prison, according to the Sughd anticorruption

10:19, october 27, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Education reportedly remains the most corrupt sphere in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, officers from the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption detected 736

10:01, october 27, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Afghan speaker hails measures offered by Tajik leader for establishment of peace in Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus - Tajik leader has shown that he is real friend of the Afghan people, Mohammad Younis Qanooni, the current Speaker of Wolesi Jirga (Afghanistan’s lower house

19:20, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

This year’s electricity rationing results in supply of daily electricity being reduced to 12 hours

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- This year’s electricity rationing will result in the supply of daily electric power being reduced to 12 hours, according to the Ministry of Energy and

18:56, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

AirBaltic expected to resume flights to Dushanbe soon

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Transport and Communications of Tajikistan hopes that Latvian air company, AirBaltic, will resume flights to Dushanbe soon.

18:06, october 26, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Corruption costs Tajikistan at 77.7 mln somoni in Jan-Sept 2010

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a press conference in Dushanbe, director of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption Fattoh Saidov

17:35, october 26, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Son of former Tajik chief prosecutor to stand trial soon

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Investigation into case of Fayzullo Bobokhonov, the son of former Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov, has practically been completed and it

17:25, october 26, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Investigator instituting criminal proceedings against former deputy head of SCNS fired

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- An investigator from the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption who instituted criminal proceedings against Qosimjon Ghafarov,

15:50, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan participates in CORF drills at Chebarkul training ground in Chelyabinsk

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is participating in military exercises for Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the Collective Security treaty Organization

14:59, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president says fighting against insurgents in east 'under control'

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon says security forces battling with Islamic insurgents in eastern Tajikistan have the situation "under control," RFE/RL''s

14:46, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik official attributes inaccessibility of some websites to damaged cable

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Some website are currently inaccessible due to technical problems, Rahmonali Hasanova, the head of the main communications and informatization

13:45, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tojiktransgaz plans to pay off its debt to Uzbekistan today

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Joint-stock company (JSC) Tojiktransgaz (Tajik natural-gas distributor) plans to pay off its debt to Uztransgaz (Uzbek natural-gas supplier) already

13:27, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik leader meets with Afghan speaker Mohammad Younis Qanooni

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, -- In the framework of his official visit to Afghanistan, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday met in Kabul with Mohammad Younis Qanooni, the current Speaker

12:38, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan highway project enters final phase

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The rehabilitation of a major highway link from Dushanbe to the Kyrgyz Republic border in the northeast has entered its final phase, according to the

12:28, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Rahmon denies reports about spill over of Taliban militants into Tajikistan as baseless

During a meeting with reporters in Kabul, Tajik leader has denied reports by a number of media about spill over of a large group of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants into Tajikistan as baseless.

12:16, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Detained Tajik TV journalist seeks release after month in jail

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus – Tajik television journalist Husnigul Daminova is seeking release from custody one month after her detention on charges of "hooliganism," RFE/RL''s Tajik

12:03, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan, Afghanistan sign six cooperation documents

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan and Afghanistan have signed six cooperation documents in Kabul.

11:58, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik capital hosts third regional forum “Digital Youth of Central Asia”

DUSHABE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Yet another BarCamp format event will take place in Dushanbe.

11:40, october 26, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Corrupt regional police official gets jail term of 8 years

KHUJAND, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A senior officer from the Bobojonghafurov police department, Sughd province has got a long jail term for bribery.

11:12, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

33 new HIV infection cases registered in Gorno Badakhshan in Jan-Sept 2010

KHOROG, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, 33 new HIV infection cases have been registered in Gorno Badakhshan, bringing the total number of the

10:54, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tax committee to shorten list of entities enjoying tax privileges

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Tax Committee plans to gradually reduce the number of entities enjoying tax privileges, the Tax Committee head Nusratullo Davlatov announced at a

10:34, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Agroinvestbonk provides more than 811.8 mln somoni in loans in Jan-Sept 2010

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus - Over the first nine months of this year, open joint-stock company (OJSC) Agroinvestbonk, which is one of the largest commercial banks in Tajikistan,

10:18, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Bill imposing excise tax on cellular operators submitted to the government

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A new draft law “On Amendments to the Tax Code of Tajikistan” has been submitted for consideration to the government, Minister of Finance Safarali

10:01, october 26, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Three insurgents killed, one other wounded in Rasht on Monday

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Three insurgents were killed and one other was seriously wounded in a military operation in Rasht district on October 25, according to the Ministry of

19:37, october 25, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Khatlon province fulfils its cotton target

DUSHANBE, October 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Cotton growers in the southern Khatlon province have fulfilled their cotton target by October 25 and are continuing to gather cotton in addition to