Tajkistan

14:28, december 12, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Police operation leads to seizure of more than 40 kilos of raw opium in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 12, Asia-Plus - An operation by police has led to the seizure of a large amount of raw opium in Dushanbe.

14:00, december 12, 2006

POWER

PM familiarizes visits site for Sangtuda-1 station

Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov today left for the site for Sangtuda-1 to familiarize himself with a progress of preparations for damming the Vakhsh River.

13:41, december 12, 2006

TAJKISTAN

JBIC mission arriving in Tajikistan today

DUSHANBE, December 12, Asia-Plus - A mission of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) led by Shokhei (phonetically spelled) Hara, director of Division II, Development Assistance Strategy

13:18, december 12, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Egypt’s Ambassador presents credentials to President Rahmonov

DUSHANBE, December 12, Asia-Plus -- Dr.

12:46, december 12, 2006

TAJKISTAN

French defense minister to arrive in Tajikistan December 16

DUSHANBE, December 12, Asia-Plus -- France’s Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie will arrive in Tajikistan on December 16, according to the Tajik MFA.

12:23, december 12, 2006

TAJKISTAN

ECO secretary general arriving in Tajikistan today

DUSHANBE, December 12, Asia-Plus -- Ambassador Khurshid Anwar, Secretary General of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is arriving in Tajikistan on December 12 for a four-day visit, according

12:02, december 12, 2006

LAW-ORDER

37 Tajiks wanted by DCA for drug trafficking

DUSHANBE December 12, Asia-Plus -- 37 citizens of Tajikistan aged 21 to 55 are wanted by Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency (DCA) on suspicion of having been involved in drug trafficking, press

11:30, december 12, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Cooperation between CIS special services in combating drug trafficking discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 12, Asia-Plus -- Two-day consultations to discuss cooperation between the law enforcement and special services of the CIS states in combating drug trafficking will open at the

20:17, december 11, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Central Asian experts discuss guidelines for avian influenza surveillance

DUSHANBE, December 11, Asia-Plus - More than 150 specialists from the Ministries of Health and Agriculture from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan attended the

20:00, december 11, 2006

LAW-ORDER

Corruption-prevention agency assumes some functions of financial oversight office and tax police

DUSHANBE, December 11, Asia-Plus - The newly established Agency for the Fight Against Corruption and Economic Crimes will assume some functions of the Financial Oversight Committee, Department for

19:39, december 11, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajik president, RAO YeES head to attend ceremony of damming Vakhsh River Friday

The construction of a dam of Sangtuda-1 power plant will officially commence on December 15.

19:11, december 11, 2006

TAJKISTAN

SPECA experts gather in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, December 11, Asia-Plus - Issues related to simplification and development of trade between member nations of the UN Special Program for Economics of Central Asia (SPECA) are major topics

18:44, december 11, 2006

POWER

Mayor to bring younger people into the city administration

DUSHANBE, December 11, Asia-Plus - The Dushanbe mayor considers that employees with the Dushanbe mayor’s office that reached pension age should be retired.

18:06, december 11, 2006

POWER

Dushanbe mayor replaces heads of some municipal services

DUSHANBE, December 11, Asia-Plus - Dushanbe Mayor, Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, issued a resolution on December 11 removing Nina Kravchenko as the head of the Dushanbe health department and replacing

17:00, december 11, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan plans to quadruple the number of poultry by 2015

DUSHANBE, December 11, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan plans to have quadrupled the number of poultry by 2015, Muzaffar Mirzoyev, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection,

16:00, december 11, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajik journalists visit Afghanistan

KABUL, December 11, Asia-Plus - A group of Tajik journalists is currently in Afghanistan on a fact-finding visit.

15:06, december 11, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Construction of drainage tunnels of Sangtuda-1 station planned to be finished on Friday

Tomorrow, Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov is visiting site for Santuda-1 power plant to familiarize himself with a progress of the construction works.

12:51, december 9, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Conference to discuss press freedom and media policy in Tajikistan held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 9, Asia-Plus -- Promoting press freedom and the shaping of a modern media policy in Tajikistan were major topics at an OSCE-supported conference that was held at Russian-Tajik

12:30, december 9, 2006

POWER

Europe’s presence in Central Asia should be more efficient, says EU special envoy

DUSHANBE, December 9, Asia-Plus -- On Friday December 8, Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov received the European Union’s (UN) Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel.

11:28, december 9, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajik central bank changes refinancing rate

The National Bank of Tajikistan has increased the refinancing rate from 9% to 10%.

20:01, december 8, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Preliminary Tajik-Uzbek gas talks end unsuccessfully

DUSHANBE, December 8, Asia-Plus - Preliminary talks between Tajik national gas concern and Uzbekistan’s Uztransgaz (Uzbek gas supply company) in Tashkent on December 7 ended unsuccessfully.

19:47, december 8, 2006

TAJKISTAN

DCA burns 180 kilograms of drugs

DUSHANBE, December 8, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency (DCA) today burned more than 180 kilograms of drugs, including 123 kilograms of raw opium and nine kilograms of heroin.

18:00, december 8, 2006

POWER

Members of Dushanbe legislature to sum up Dushanbe economic results

DUSHANBE, December 8, Asia-Plus - The eighth session of the Dushanbe legislature (Majlis) will be held on December 21 to sum up the city’s economic results in 2006.

16:20, december 8, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Tajik President, EU special envoy to discuss cooperation prospects today

DUSHANBE, December 8, Asia-Plus - Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov will receive the European Union Special Envoy for Central Asia Pierre Marel (phonetically spelled) today afternoon, presidential

15:45, december 8, 2006

TAJKISTAN

1,200 kilograms of fake medicines destroyed in Kulob this year

KULOB, December 8, Asia-Plus - 5,952 packages of fake medicines (785 items) have been confiscated from chemist’s shops in the Kulob zone of Khatlon and destroyed over the past eleven months,

15:14, december 8, 2006

TAJKISTAN

443,634 tons of cereals produced in Tajikistan this year

DUSHANBE, December 8, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan has produced 443,634 tons of cereals, including some 372,000 tons of wheat, this year, Bobomurod Tabarov, head of the grain department of the Ministry

14:31, december 8, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Concreting works in drainage tunnels of Snagtuda-1 station near completion: management for Sangtuda-1

Concreting works in two drainage tunnels of Sangtuda-1 power plant are nearing completion and all preparations for damming the Vakhsh River will probably end within three or four days, Aleksandr

13:49, december 8, 2006

TAJKISTAN

DCA reports large raw opium haul

DUSHANBE, December 8, Asia-Plus - An operation by officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) has led to the seizure of a large amount of raw opium in one of areas of Dushanbe.

12:38, december 8, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Electricity supplies disruptions affect visa-processing procedure at German embassy

DUSHANBE, December 8, Asia-Plus - Visa department at the German Embassy in Dushanbe has temporarily suspended its activity because of frequent electricity supplies disruptions, a source at the

12:03, december 8, 2006

TAJKISTAN

Formation of modern media policy discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 8, Asia-Plus -- A republican scientific-practical conference formally titled “Freedom of Speech: Formation of Modern Media Policy” is opening in Dushanbe today.