Tajkistan

13:39, october 16, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Trial of Jourayev’s confederates going on in Sughd

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The trial of a group of confederates of the former director of the Isfara chemical plant also ex-member of the Sughd regional legislature (Majlis),

12:32, october 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Russia, Central Asian states discuss investment partnership

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Economic forum, entitled “Investment Partnership for Strengthening of Economic Cooperation and Integration in Central Asia,” and a session of the

12:18, october 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik journalists to learn their rights and responsibility in access to information

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A training seminar, formally titled “Access to Information: Rights and Responsibility,” will be conducted for journalists from central and regional

12:04, october 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover for Jan-Sept 08 exceeds $3.544 billion

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-September 2008, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electric energy and natural gas, has amounted to $3.

11:52, october 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Inflation for Jan-Sept 08 stands at 12.7 percent in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In Tajikistan, inflation for January-September 2008 has stood at 12.7 percent, according to the State Committee for Statistics.

11:39, october 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Canada’s Tethys starts rehabilitation of gas field in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Canada’s Tethys Petroleum (Tethys) has started rehabilitation of the gas field Komsomol-18 in the settlement of Louchob, Dushanbe.

11:25, october 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Present situation in Afghanistan may affect Tajikistan as well, says local expert

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The situation in Afghanistan is becoming more and more worse that poses threat not only to Afghanistan itself but the neighboring countries as well,

10:45, october 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Commission arrives in Sughd for formal acceptance of section of the Dushanbe-Chanak road

KHUJAND, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A commission arrived in Khujand on October 14 for the formal acceptance of the Sughd

10:30, october 16, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik FM attends ACD ministerial meeting in Astana

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi is attending the 7th Ministerial meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) that is opening in Astana,

10:15, october 16, 2008

POWER

Parliament to consider 2009 budget bill in mid-November

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) is expected to consider a draft law on the national budget for 2009 on November

19:01, october 15, 2008

POWER

Tajik parliament defers ratification of Kyoto Protocol

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of Tajik parliament (Majlisi Oli) has deferred ratification of the Kyoto Protocol A regular sitting of the

17:20, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Sughd external trade turnover rises 46.7% in nine months to October 1, reaching nearly $800 mln

KHUJAND, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-September 2008, the foreign trade turnover of the Sughd province, including electric energy and natural gas, has amounted to 799,514 million

16:50, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

716 new TB cases detected in Kulob this year

KULOB, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, 716 new cases of tuberculosis have been detected in 10 districts of Khatlon’s Kulob region, which is 183 cases fewer

15:36, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Electricity prices to rise in Tajikistan next year

Beginning on January 1, 2009, electricity prices will rise in Tajikistan, according to the antimonopoly directorate within the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

14:53, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Some 7,000 young people sent by Youth Labor Exchange to Russia for seasonal work

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the third quarter (July-September) of this year, the Youth Labor Exchange at the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism Affairs has sent 158

12:41, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Two conductors detained with large amount of heroin

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two conductors from Tajik Railways have been detained on suspicion of having been involved in drug trafficking.

12:32, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Amonatbonk head hopes farmers will repay loan opportunely

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Chairman of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov told a press conference in Dushanbe on October that over the first nine

12:10, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Murgab first to fulfill autumn conscription target in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Murgab district is the first in Gorno Badakhshan to fulfill the autumn conscription target, Asia-Plus has learned from Aslambek Aslamov, the deputy

11:55, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik defense minister to hold a number of meetings with his CIS counterparts in St. Petersburg

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Defense Minister, Colonel-General Sherali Khayrulloyev is attending a session of the council of the CIS defense ministers that is opening in St.

11:43, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

DPT to lodge complaint with UN Human Rights Committee over authorities’ interference

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The board of the Mahmadruzi Iskandarov-run wing of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) intends to lodge complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee

10:45, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Amonatbonk ready to repay debts to residents

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to reporters on October 14 in Dushanbe, Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov, the head of Tajikistan’s savings bank, Amonatbonk, said that as legal

10:29, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

World financial crisis has not affected Tajikistan’s economy, Amonatbonk’s head says

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- World financial crisis has not affected activity of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) and Tajikistan’s economy as whole, the Amonatbonk head

10:19, october 15, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan designs domestic rail route to bypass Uzbekistan

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2008 Asia-Plus - The work on designing domestic rail route from the central part of the country to the Sughd province that would bypass Uzbekistan will be completed in

19:31, october 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Kyrgyz national detained in Sughd for drug trafficking

KHUJAND, October 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A 44-year-old woman from Kyrgyzstan Z.T.

18:45, october 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

TSB’s branch in Kulob provides over TJS10.619 mln in loans in Jan-Sep 08

KULOB, October 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-September 2008, the branch of Tojiksodirotbonk (TSB) in Kulob has provided 10,619,198 somoni (TJS) in loans, which is nearly 2 million somoni

18:25, october 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Orienbonk’s loan portfolio reaches nearly $172 million

DUSHANBE, October 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- As of October 1, 2008, a loan portfolio of open joint-stock company (OJSC) Orienbonk, which is one of Tajikistan’s largest financial institutions, has

18:08, october 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik Railways ships some 11 mln tons of cargoes this year

DUSHANBE, October 14, 2008 Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, some 670,000 tons of cargoes were exported from Tajikistan by rail, while rail imports over the report period

17:38, october 14, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Zarubezhneftegaz has not familiarized Tajik geologists with the seismic survey results

DUSHANBE, October 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- According to Azim Ibrohim, the head of Tajikistan’s main Geology Directorate, Zarubezhneftegaz, subsidiary of Russian state-controlled gas company

16:52, october 14, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Trial of municipal officials starts in Khujand

Former deputy Khujand mayor and six other municipal officials are stand trial for abuse of authorities.

15:24, october 14, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Supreme Court rejects appeal by killer

KHUJAND, October 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Supreme Court has upheld the Sughd regional court’s verdict against a 44-year-old resident of Khujand Maqsoudjon Nabiyev, who was convicted of the