Tajkistan

20:10, october 18, 2010

INCIDENTS

Officer from SCNS special operations unit saved by miracle as helicopter crashes in Rasht on Oct 6

Fakhriddin Khidirov is the only person who was saved in an October 6 helicopter crash in Rasht district.

19:27, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

90%of Tajik students study at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University outside official quotas, says Tajik FM

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently working on finding out the exact number of Tajik students attending religious schools abroad illegally

18:57, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Dushanbe’s municipal redevelopment plan will be available for all comers

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Every citizen has the right familiarize himself with the municipal plan for redevelopment of Dushanbe, Abduvali Komilov, the director of the Agency for

18:38, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s aluminum earnings amount to over US$545 mln in Jan-Sept 2010

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, Tajikistan has exported primary aluminum for more than 545 million U.S.

18:25, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Nearly 78% of Tajikistan’s imports reportedly exempted from customs fees in Jan-Sept 2010

DUSHANBE, October18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Approximately 78 percent of Tajikistan’s imports have been exempted from payment of customs fees in January-September this year, Nouriddin Mahmadov,

17:32, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

U.S. embassy promotes simple but life saving practice: hand washing

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus – Ms. Necia Quast, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., U.S.

17:01, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Modern sports complex with swimming pool to be built in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe municipal government plans to build a modern sports complex with swimming pool as part of the municipal plan for redevelopment of the

15:51, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik MFA: Rail dispute with Uzbekistan has not been solved so far

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Some of the state bodies of Uzbekistan are abusing disagreements between their country and Tajikistan in water-and-energy issues and halting of

15:27, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Negotiations on use of Ayni airfield conducted only with Russia, says Tajik FM

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is currently conducting negotiations on use of the Ayni airfield only with the Russian Federation.

15:00, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

No one of reasonable CA countries interested in destabilizing Tajikistan, says Tajik FM

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- No one of reasonable countries in Central Asia is interested in destabilizing Tajikistan, Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi announced at a news

14:10, october 18, 2010

SOCIETY

Appropriate MoI divisions to blame for increase in number of Chinese merchants at Dushanbe’s markets

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Appropriate divisions of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), are, first of all, to blame for increase in the number of Chinese merchants at domestic

13:36, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik delegation to attend international trade fair for textile industry in Shanghai

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A delegation from Tajikistan composed of textile and clothing sector representatives will attend one of the leading international trade fairs for the

13:23, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Dushanbe residents have the right to familiarize themselves with municipal redevelopment plan

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable entitled “The Right to Decent Living Conditions in the Context of Eviction from Residential Property in Tajikistan” took place in

12:42, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Farmers begin to plow land for winter crop cultivation

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik farmers have begun to plow lands for potato, early vegetable and winter crop cultivations, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA).

12:29, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

League of Tajik Youth in Russia organizes Russian courses for children of labor migrants

DUSHANABE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The League of Tajik Youth at the Union of Tajiks of Russia has organized the Russian language courses for children of labor migrants.

12:01, october 18, 2010

INCIDENTS

Three insurgents killed in Rasht Sunday

Three insurgents killed in Rasht district yesterday are Tajik nationals and they had reportedly taken training course in terrorist camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

11:39, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan produces more than 5.349 bln somoni worth of industrial goods in Jan-Sept 2010

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- In January-September 2010, Tajikistan has produced a total of 5.3496 billion somoni (equivalent to more than 1.2 billion U.S.

10:36, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Khatlon cotton growers plan to increase areas under cotton by 35% next year

QURGHON TEPPA, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Cotton growers in the southern Khatlon province plan to increase areas under cotton in 2011 Khatlon governor Ghaybullo Afzalov told

10:18, october 18, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik-Vietnamese JV shifts to coal-fired steam boiler

KHUAJND, October 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- After being closed for two weeks, the Khuajnd-based Tajik-Vietnamese joint venture, TV-Silk, is expected to resume operations this week, according to

22:40, october 16, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik Railways denies report about Uzbekistan allowing cars carrying cargo for Roghun to move into Tajikistan as unfounded

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The report released by some media that Uzbekistan has allegedly allowed stranded railroad cars carrying cargo for Roghun’s construction to move into

22:00, october 16, 2010

TAJKISTAN

280 young men from Khatlon enter religious schools abroad privately, says Khatlon deputy prosecutor

QURGHON TEPPA, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- According to the preliminary data, 280 young people from Khatlon province have entered religious school in Islamic countries privately and they

21:27, october 16, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan agree to set up regional disaster response center

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Emergencies ministries of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have signed a memorandum of intent on establishment of the region disaster response

20:44, october 16, 2010

INCIDENTS

40 mln somoni needed for rehabilitation of flood protection embankment in Kulob

QURGHON TEPPA, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- 40 million somoni are needed for rehabilitation of the flood protection embankment in the Kulob zone of Khatlon province, Khatlon governor

20:23, october 16, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president, Belgian minister discuss security cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday October 16, President Emomali Rahmon met here with visiting Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem.

19:32, october 16, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover for Jan-Sept 2010 amounts to US$2.6342 bln

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electrical power and natural gas, has amounted to 2.

18:42, october 16, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Inflation for Jan-Sept 2010 stands at 6.7 percent

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- In Tajikistan, inflation for September 2010 stood at 1.9 percent, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. A 3.

18:32, october 16, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s GDP for Jan-Sept 2010 amounts to more than 17. 012 bln somoni

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the first nine months of this year has amounted to more than 17.

18:25, october 16, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan external labor migration program for 2006-2010 to be discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Human Rights Center public association in cooperation with Tajik Branch of Open Society Institute/Assistance Foundation (OSI/AF-Tajikistan) and

10:58, october 16, 2010

POWER

EAEC Inter-Parliamentary Assembly commission for social policy meets in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A session of the Permanent Commission for Social Policy of the Eurasian Economic Community Inter-Parliamentary Assembly is opening in Dushanbe today.

10:36, october 16, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Nearly 18.5 kilos of hashish seized in Chkalovsk on Thursday

KHUJAND, October 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- More than 20 kilograms of hashish were seized in Khujand and Chkalovsk in an operation carried out by Sughd police officers on October 10 and 14.