Tajkistan

15:49, september 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

ADB provides $24 million for third phase of Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Rehabilitation project

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus — The Asian Development Bank intends to provide some $24 million for implementation of the third phase of the Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Rehabilitation Project,

15:21, september 24, 2007

LAW-ORDER

Case of alleged accomplice to murder of Muhiddin Olimpour goes on trial in the Supreme Court

DUSHANBE, September 23, Asia-Plus — The trial of Aslan Usmonov, who is suspected of being involved in killing of known Tajik culture figure and journalists Muhiddin Olimpour, began in the

14:33, september 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Modernization of Varzob-1 power plant to be finished in time, says Barqi Tojik official

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus — Work on modernization of the Varzob-1 hydropower plant is in full swing and will be finished in time, Rashid Gulov, the deputy engineer-in-chief with Barqi

14:23, september 24, 2007

POWER

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

13:28, september 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Over 18 kilos of heroin seized in Tajikistan last weekends

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus — Tajik police intercepted more than 18 kilograms of heroin last weekends.

11:31, september 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Turkmenistan appoints new ambassador to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus -- Turkmen President has nominated Ahmed Qurbanov to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Tajikistan, according to the

10:30, september 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

High economic court overturns injunction by Dushanbe court upholding suspension of TV station

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s High Economic Court has handed down a ruling overturning the injunction granted by the Dushanbe City Court a month ago.

12:56, september 22, 2007

POWER

Tajikistan marks Day of Rudaki

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

11:59, september 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan among countries with lowest attendance rates: UNICEF report

DUSHANBE, September 22, Asia-Plus - UNICEF warned on September 20 that education systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) were leaving

10:41, september 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Number of credit card holders more than doubles in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 22, Asia-Plus -- A number of credit card holders in Tajikistan more than doubled in the year to September 1, 2007, increasing from 11,222 to 28,413 people, Asia-Plus has

17:13, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

China’s gold producer to increase the volume of production of gold by ZGS

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Zijin Mining Group Co.

17:12, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Kazakhstan’s Alina to build plant on producing construction dry packs in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus -- Kazakhstan’s holding Alina intends to build a plant on producing construction dry packs in Tajikistan, Asia-plus has learned at the Ministry of Energy and

16:48, september 21, 2007

INCIDENTS

Kyrgyz PM offers to set up SCO disaster response center

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbe Atambayev has offered to set up Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Disaster Response Center in south of Kyrgyzstan, Russia’s news

16:30, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Second Tajik-Russian inter-parliamentary forum ends its work in Orienburg

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus – The second Tajik-Russian inter-parliamentary forum entitled “Russia-Tajikistan: Potential of Interregional Cooperation” ended its work in the Russian city of

15:59, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Public health issues discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Issues related to development of public health education in Tajikistan were major topics of a roundtable meeting that was held in Dushanbe yesterday.

15:52, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

EAEC secretary general discusses in Tajik capital preparations for upcoming EAEC summit

Tajik president and visiting EAEC secretary general have discussed the agenda of the EAEC summit scheduled for early October.

15:36, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Two arms caches discovered in Tajikistan yesterday

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Search operations by officers from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) have led to the discovery of two arms caches in the country.

15:01, september 21, 2007

POWER

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.

14:33, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

New Tajik ambassador to Uzbekistan presents credentials to Uzbek president

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus – On Thursday September 20, new Tajik Ambassador to Uzbekistan Bobokhon Mahmadov presented credentials to Uzbek President Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s news agency

13:24, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik-Swiss JV to prospect for oil and gas in northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Tajik-Swiss joint venture Somon Oil will start exploration of oil and gas reserves of the Obchai Qalacha and Navobod fields in the northern Sughd province before

12:53, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

AgroInvestBonk’s capital nears $22 million

As of August 31, the regulative capital of AgroInvestInvestBonk has amounted to 75,351,463 somonis (equivalent to some $22 million), Asia-plus has learned at AgroInvestBonk’s directorate for

12:23, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

New school opens its doors to pupils in Varzob

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Another new school has opened its doors to pupils in the Varzob district.

11:45, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik young journalists instructed in preparing TV reporting

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — A training seminar, formally titled “TV Reporting and Its Difference from Information Genres of Radio and Press”, for young journalists was held in the

10:36, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

To develop microcrediting it is necessary to simplify procedure of MFIs reporting to central bank

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus -- To develop microcrediting in Tajikistan it is necessary to simplify a procedure of reporting of microfinance institutions (MFI) organizations to central

19:19, september 20, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Graduating students not in hurry to work with school

More than 5,000 students have graduated from teachersâ€™ training institutions in Tajikistan this year, but only little more than 50 percent of them now work with schools.

15:58, september 20, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Regional microfinance conference opens in Tajik capital today

DUSHANBE, September 20, Asia-Plus — The fifth annual regional conference formally titled “Microfinance in Central Asia: Road Ahead” opened at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe

15:26, september 20, 2007

TAJKISTAN

AgroInvestBonk pays wages to its cotton farmers in good time

KULOB, September 20, Asia-Plus — Head office of AgroInvestBonk in Kulob today gave the next tranche to the farm Khatlon in the Kulob district for paying wages of cotton farmers for the last

14:09, september 20, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan reaches one third of 2007 cotton target

DUSHANBE, September 20, Asia-Plus -- Tajik cotton farmers are taking real measures to gather cotton on time and fulfill the national target, which has been determined at 550,000 of cotton.

13:00, september 20, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik Security Council secretary attends meeting of council of CSTO security council secretaries in Bishkek

DUSHANBE, September 20, Asia-Plus — The Tajik Security Council secretary Amirqul Azimov is attending a session of the council of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) security council

12:28, september 20, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Conference on microfinancing problems opens in Tajik capital today

The fifth annual regional conference formally titled â€œMicrofinancing in Central Asia: Path to the Futureâ€ has opened at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe today.

Tajkistan

ADB provides $24 million for third phase of Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Rehabilitation project

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus — The Asian Development Bank intends to provide some $24 million for implementation of the third phase of the Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Rehabilitation Project,

Case of alleged accomplice to murder of Muhiddin Olimpour goes on trial in the Supreme Court

DUSHANBE, September 23, Asia-Plus — The trial of Aslan Usmonov, who is suspected of being involved in killing of known Tajik culture figure and journalists Muhiddin Olimpour, began in the

Modernization of Varzob-1 power plant to be finished in time, says Barqi Tojik official

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus — Work on modernization of the Varzob-1 hydropower plant is in full swing and will be finished in time, Rashid Gulov, the deputy engineer-in-chief with Barqi

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

Over 18 kilos of heroin seized in Tajikistan last weekends

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus — Tajik police intercepted more than 18 kilograms of heroin last weekends.

Turkmenistan appoints new ambassador to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus -- Turkmen President has nominated Ahmed Qurbanov to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Tajikistan, according to the

High economic court overturns injunction by Dushanbe court upholding suspension of TV station

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s High Economic Court has handed down a ruling overturning the injunction granted by the Dushanbe City Court a month ago.

Tajikistan marks Day of Rudaki

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

Tajikistan among countries with lowest attendance rates: UNICEF report

DUSHANBE, September 22, Asia-Plus - UNICEF warned on September 20 that education systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) were leaving

Number of credit card holders more than doubles in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 22, Asia-Plus -- A number of credit card holders in Tajikistan more than doubled in the year to September 1, 2007, increasing from 11,222 to 28,413 people, Asia-Plus has

China’s gold producer to increase the volume of production of gold by ZGS

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Zijin Mining Group Co.

Kazakhstan’s Alina to build plant on producing construction dry packs in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus -- Kazakhstan’s holding Alina intends to build a plant on producing construction dry packs in Tajikistan, Asia-plus has learned at the Ministry of Energy and

Kyrgyz PM offers to set up SCO disaster response center

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbe Atambayev has offered to set up Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Disaster Response Center in south of Kyrgyzstan, Russia’s news

Second Tajik-Russian inter-parliamentary forum ends its work in Orienburg

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus – The second Tajik-Russian inter-parliamentary forum entitled “Russia-Tajikistan: Potential of Interregional Cooperation” ended its work in the Russian city of

Public health issues discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Issues related to development of public health education in Tajikistan were major topics of a roundtable meeting that was held in Dushanbe yesterday.

EAEC secretary general discusses in Tajik capital preparations for upcoming EAEC summit

Tajik president and visiting EAEC secretary general have discussed the agenda of the EAEC summit scheduled for early October.

Two arms caches discovered in Tajikistan yesterday

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Search operations by officers from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) have led to the discovery of two arms caches in the country.

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.

New Tajik ambassador to Uzbekistan presents credentials to Uzbek president

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus – On Thursday September 20, new Tajik Ambassador to Uzbekistan Bobokhon Mahmadov presented credentials to Uzbek President Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s news agency

Tajik-Swiss JV to prospect for oil and gas in northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Tajik-Swiss joint venture Somon Oil will start exploration of oil and gas reserves of the Obchai Qalacha and Navobod fields in the northern Sughd province before

AgroInvestBonk’s capital nears $22 million

As of August 31, the regulative capital of AgroInvestInvestBonk has amounted to 75,351,463 somonis (equivalent to some $22 million), Asia-plus has learned at AgroInvestBonk’s directorate for

New school opens its doors to pupils in Varzob

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Another new school has opened its doors to pupils in the Varzob district.

Tajik young journalists instructed in preparing TV reporting

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — A training seminar, formally titled “TV Reporting and Its Difference from Information Genres of Radio and Press”, for young journalists was held in the

To develop microcrediting it is necessary to simplify procedure of MFIs reporting to central bank

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus -- To develop microcrediting in Tajikistan it is necessary to simplify a procedure of reporting of microfinance institutions (MFI) organizations to central

Graduating students not in hurry to work with school

More than 5,000 students have graduated from teachersâ€™ training institutions in Tajikistan this year, but only little more than 50 percent of them now work with schools.

Regional microfinance conference opens in Tajik capital today

DUSHANBE, September 20, Asia-Plus — The fifth annual regional conference formally titled “Microfinance in Central Asia: Road Ahead” opened at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe

AgroInvestBonk pays wages to its cotton farmers in good time

KULOB, September 20, Asia-Plus — Head office of AgroInvestBonk in Kulob today gave the next tranche to the farm Khatlon in the Kulob district for paying wages of cotton farmers for the last

Tajikistan reaches one third of 2007 cotton target

DUSHANBE, September 20, Asia-Plus -- Tajik cotton farmers are taking real measures to gather cotton on time and fulfill the national target, which has been determined at 550,000 of cotton.

Tajik Security Council secretary attends meeting of council of CSTO security council secretaries in Bishkek

DUSHANBE, September 20, Asia-Plus — The Tajik Security Council secretary Amirqul Azimov is attending a session of the council of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) security council

Conference on microfinancing problems opens in Tajik capital today

The fifth annual regional conference formally titled â€œMicrofinancing in Central Asia: Path to the Futureâ€ has opened at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe today.

The fifth annual regional conference formally titled â€œMicrofinancing in Central Asia: Path to the Futureâ€ has opened at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe today.