Tajkistan

15:50, august 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Afghan president arrives in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 25, Asia-Plus – Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Dushanbe today on a two-day working visit.

15:21, august 25, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan yields 7,645 tons of cotton by Friday

DUSHANBE, August 25, Asia-Plus — Tajikistan has yielded 7,645 tons of raw cotton by Friday, August 24, which is 1.

19:15, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Examination of religious knowledge of capital imam-khatibs ends, four of them fail to pass the test

Some 50 imam-khatibs in the mosques of Dushanbe have taken a special test of religious knowledge to prove their fitness for the job; four of them have failed to pas the exam.

18:49, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Turkish company to invest in housing construction in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 24, Asia-Plus — Turkey’s Guzal intends to invest in construction of residential buildings in Tajikistan, Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) said.

17:52, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Slovakian FM to pay visit to Tajikistan on August 30

DUSHANBE, August 24, Asia-Plus — Foreign Minister of the Republic of Slovakia, Jan Kubis, is expected to pay visit to Tajikistan on August 30, Tajik MFA said.

17:33, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Grain-harvesting campaign nears completion in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 24, Asia-Plus — Dehqan (peasant) farmers in Tajikistan have produced 340,803 tons of cereals, including wheat, rice, and maize, by August 24, Asia-Plus has learned at the Ministry

16:01, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik journalists says Internet libel law to have negative consequences

DUSHANBE, August 24, Asia-Plus — A process of making amendments to the country’s Criminal Code, criminalizing libel and other forms of defamation on the Internet, went off too hurriedly, without

13:54, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Numbers of IRPT organization for Kulob have doubled over the past two years

KULOB, August 24, Asia-Plus — 14 another persons joined the organization of the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) for the city of Kulob in August 2007, bringing a total number of its members to 220,

12:17, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Afghan president pays two-day working visit to Tajikistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is arriving in Tajikistan tomorrow for a two-day working visit.

11:42, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

International assembly of capitals of CIS to be held in Magadan

DUSHANBE, August 24, Asia-Plus – Itar Tass -- Problems of cities of countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will be considered at an international assembly of capitals and major

10:23, august 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Volume of production of industrial goods in CIS states rises by 9 percent in Jan-June 07

DUSHANBE, August 24, Asia-Plus – Kazinform – Compared to January-June 2006, rise in the volume of production of industrial goods in the CIS countries over the first half-year of 2007

18:58, august 23, 2007

INCIDENTS

Landslide leaves three dead in northern Ayni district

KHUJAND, August 23, Asia-Plus — Landslide has killed three persons in the northern Ayni district.

17:17, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Russia’s OJSC Garzprom Neft to create a chain of refuel stations in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 23 Asia-Plus — Russia’s open joint-stock company (OJSC) Gazprom Neft intends to create a chain of refuel stations in Tajikistan, Asia-Plus has learned at Gazprom Neft press

16:09, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik FM meets with CIS executive committee representatives to discuss the upcoming CIS summit

DUSHANBE, August 23, Asia-Plus — On Wednesday August 22, Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi received visiting working group of the CIS Executive Committee, Tajik MFA said.

15:44, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik-Afghan bridge across in the pan River set to open in Khatlon in few days

DUSHANBE, August 23, Asia-Plus — A bridge across the Panj River that will consolidate permanent overland links between Tajikistan and Afghanistan is set to open in few days, an article “Bridge

15:19, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

GOTA telecommunications system to be launched in Tajikistan soon

DUSHANBE, August 23, Asia-Plus — Installation of a new telecommunications system – Global Open Trunking Architecture (phonetically spelled) or GOTA – will begin in early September, Asia-Plus has

14:50, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Qatar Emir to pay three-day visit to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 23, Asia-Plus — Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani intends to pay a three-day visit to Tajikistan, according to the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

13:49, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

EAEC justice ministers gather in Cholpon-Ata to discuss harmonization of national laws

DUSHANBE, August 23, Asia-Plus — Tajik Justice Minister Bakhtiyor Khudoyorov is attending a meeting of the EAEC (Eurasian Economic Community) council of justice minister that opened at Kyrgyzstan’s

13:20, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

More than 50 kilos of drugs seized on the Tajik-Afghan border in Farkhor

DUSHANBE, August 23, Asia-Plus — Tajik counternarcotics agency has reported the seizure of large amount of drugs on the Tajik-Afghan border.

12:56, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik Internet provider first in Central Asia to launch Mobile WiMAX

DUSHANBE, August 23, Asia-Plus — Tajikistan’s Internet-provider Babilon-T has launched Mobile WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) in a test regime.

12:34, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Representatives from Pulkovo Airlines says their company does not operate flight Dushanbe-Tashkent

DUSHANBE, August 23, Asia-Plus — Though a schedule of the flight Dushanbe-Tashkent has been posted on an official website of Russia’s Pulkovo Airlines (St. Petersburg) http://www.pulkovo.

11:18, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Graduates from teachers’ training institutes refusing to work with schools to pay off money spent on their training

Graduates from teachersâ€™ training institutes refusing to work with schools will be obliged to pay off money spent on their training in legal form.

10:03, august 23, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Iranians start construction of building of Sangtuda-2 power plant in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 23, Asia-Plus — Iranian company Sangab, which implementing agency for the Sangtuda-2 hydroelectricity project in Tajikistan, has already started construction of a building

18:50, august 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

20 HIV-sufferers have died in Tajikistan since February 2006

DUSHANBE, August 22, Asia-Plus -- Since February 2006, 20 HIV-sufferers, who were among those undergoing antiretroviral therapy, have died in Tajikistan, Asia-Plus has learned from Matluba

18:08, august 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

OJSC Sangtuda HPS-1 helps disaster-affected residents of Rasht and Asht

DUSHANBE, August 22, Asia-Plus -- On August 14, open joint-stock company (OJSC) Sangutda HPS-1, constructing the Snagtuda-1 hydroelectric power station (HPS), remitted 10,000 somonis to

17:26, august 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik interior ministry’s migration service launches its own website

DUSHANBE, August 22, Asia-Plus – presentation of an official website ( www.tj.iatp.

14:12, august 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

In June, the highest average wage reported in the financial sector, the lowest in the agrarian sector

DUSHANBE, Asia-Plus -- In June, the highest average monthly wage was reported in the financial sector – 760.53 somonis, and the lowest average monthly wage rated at 48.

13:32, august 22, 2007

LAW-ORDER

Tajik, Russian interior ministries to boost cooperation in combating drug trafficking

DUSHANBE, August 22, Asia-Plus – A meeting of the joint board of Tajik and Russian interior ministries that was held in St.

12:53, august 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

AgroInvestBonk helps orphan children

DUSHANBE, August 22, Asia-Plus -- Open joint-stock company (OJSC) AgroInvestBonk, one of Tajikistan’s largest commercial banks, has donated another bulk of computers to orphanage # 1 located in

12:41, august 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Joint efforts of Russian-Tajik police help arrest drug mules

DUSHANBE, August 22, Asia-Plus – Itar Tass -- Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said on Tuesday constant exchange of information and regular working meetings of Russian and Tajik police