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Today February 09, 2010, 10:45
URGENT
Registration of candidates for parliament and local legislatures ends today

08.02.2010 10:53

According to the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER), 150 candidates to run for the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) in 41 single-mandate constituencies have been registered to this day.

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NEWS
10:35 Tajikistan-EDB agreement comes into effect  
10:19 EBRD provides additional US$4.2 mln for improvement of water supply in southern Tajikistan  
09:54 Tajik Diaspora in Chelyabinsk conducts two-day action on selling Roghun shares to Tajiks working in this Russia’s region  
08:45 Republican conference entitled “The Tajiks and Islamic Culture” opens in Dushanbe today  
08:30 Secretary general of Egypt Fund for Technical Cooperation with CIS in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation issues  
08:15 Mayor orders to supply electricity to Dushanbe enterprise working in one shift from 6:30 am to 7:00 pm  
16:54 Over 692 mln somoni worth of Roghun shares reportedly sold in Tajikistan in month to Feb 6  
16:27 GBAO police directorate chief replaced  
16:16 Monthly norms of winter precipitation fall in some regions Tajikistan in three days  
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ACTUAL
Honor and dignity

04.02.2010 12:23

Three Tajik judges urge to close “Asia-Plus”, “Farazh”, “Ozodagon” newspapers claiming 5.500.000 (five and half million) Somoni compensation for moral damage.

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REGIONS
SUGHD - Sughd Province
RRP - Districts Subordinate to the Center
KHATLON - Khatlon Province
GBAO - Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Province
WORLD MEDIA
Politics

Tajik-Uzbek spy case highlights political divisions

18.12.2009 13:01

Allegations that Uzbeks spied on Tajik uranium facility fit wider pattern of suspicion and mistrust.
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Law & Order

'SMS Divorces' cut Tajik migrants' matrimonial ties to home

07.12.2009 12:45

Aziza Kobilova, a 25-year-old housewife in eastern Tajikistan's Rasht region, recently received notice that her marriage of four years was over.
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Migrants

Tajik wrongly imprisoned in Russia finds justice in Strasbourg

05.12.2009 12:51

Aspiring veterinarian Rahmatullo Nazarov was at work at a poultry farm on the outskirts of Dushanbe in late November when he received the news he had been waiting for.
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Energy

Tajikistan: Dushanbe may stop water flow as Uzbekistan pulls plug on power

01.12.2009 12:14

For more than a decade Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have had a rocky relationship. But now, following an announcement by Tashkent that it is withdrawing from the Central Asian electricity grid, bilateral ties may take a dangerous nosedive.
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Civil Society

Tajikistan: Is the west showing signs of democratization fatigue?

24.11.2009 11:56

The Organization for Security and Co-operation of Europe (OSCE) is expected to face a democratization test in February, when Tajikistan holds parliamentary elections.
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Corruption

Tajikistan: Business climate improving, but corruption remains an obstacle to investment

06.11.2009 11:53

Not so long ago, entrepreneurs opening businesses in Tajikistan would routinely complain of visits by government inspectors from myriad state agencies, each with a discerning eye for anything amiss and a voracious appetite for somoni, the local currency.
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Border

This side of Afghani border. Central Asia braces itself for attacks

03.11.2009 12:19

The event taking place in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, is momentous on all accounts. Official representatives of Central Asian countries, Germany, Afghanistan, and Pakistan participate in the conference "Germany - Central Asia: partnership for security strategies".
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Kazakhstan will completely provide home market with mineral oil by 2014. The head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, informed, delivering his annual Address.
Iran to mark national holiday with missile launches
On Monday, February 1, Iran will start traditional 10-day celebrations of the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with missile and satellite launches expected.
Kyrgyzstan sets gas prices for 2010
Kyrgyzstan has set gas prices for all categories of consumers, Salamat Aitikeen, director of the Kyrgyz gas monopolist Kyrgyzgas told reporters in Bishkek Friday.
U.S. to increase spending on nuclear complex – Biden
The United States will allocate $7 billion in 2011 to maintain the country's nuclear complex, $600 million more than Congress approved in 2009, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden said in a Wall Street Journal article.
Uzbekistan to cut number of personnel at state bodies by 12%
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a resolution “On measures on further improving of the structure and optimizing number of management personnel at state and economic entities” on 12 January 2010.
Russia to encourage mortgage, housing construction
The Russian government plans to appropriate up to 40 billion rubles to encourage mortgage credits and housing construction and the issue will be discussed on Friday.
Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan to attend international conference on Afghanistan
On the instructions of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Vice Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov will attend an international conference on Afghanistan in the city of London.
Fighting breaks out in southern city
A fierce gunbattle broke out between security forces and a team of Taliban fighters targeting U.N. and government buildings Friday in a major city in southern Afghanistan.
ARTICLES RATING
Honor and dignity
50
Rules of knitting. Secrets of Pamirian juraby
42
Tajik-Uzbek spy case highlights political divisions
34
'SMS Divorces' cut Tajik migrants' matrimonial ties to home
33
Tajikistan: Dushanbe may stop water flow as Uzbekistan pulls plug on power
30
Sh. Rakhimzoda: “Process has started!”
27
Central Asian Leaders Fail To Overcome Differences At Water Summit
23
Mountain sickness
23
INTERVIEW
Islamic Party Leader in Tajikistan says he supports secular system

16.09.2009 13:17
RFE/RL correspondent Farangis Najibullah recently caught up with IRP leader Muhiddin Kabiri on the sidelines of the 19th Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland. Kabiri, a businessman and professional handball player, discusses the party's stance on a secular state, the threat of religious extremism, and the ongoing debate over the hijab.

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Sh. Rakhimzoda: “Process has started!”

04.09.2008 16:50
Exclusive interview of the chairman of the National Bank of the RT Sh. Rakhimzoda to newspaper Asia-Plus

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COMPANIES
Agroinvestbonk asks government to again postpone last year’s credit repayments

09.10.2009 16:36
The management of Agroinvestbonk intends to ask the government to again postpone last year’s credit repayments, Asia-Plus ahs learned from Mahmadali Ibrohimov, the head of Agroinvestbonk’s aggregate data department.

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Compared to 2008 labor migrants’ dollar remittances to Amonatbonk decrease by 42%

08.10.2009 09:33
Over the first nine months of this year, Tajik labor migrants have remitted 159.6 million U.S. dollars to Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank), which is 42 percent fewer than in the same period of last year.

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Amonatbonk, EBRD officials discuss cooperation issues

07.10.2009 16:25
Issues related to expansion of cooperation between Amonatbonk and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development were discussed here yesterday at a meeting of the Amonatbonk officials with visiting representatives of the EBRD.

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Religion and society
Hajj and power saving bulbs

05.10.2009 13:01
Within the next few days the first groups of the Tajik pilgrims will go to Islam relics. Many of them expected this event not one year. Under the information from the country Ministry of culture, henceforth to everyone wishing to make hajj, for certain it is necessary to wait for the turn not one year.

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Is there an Islamic triangle in Tajikistan?

05.10.2009 12:57
Within the last month the name of Isfara District in the north of Tajikistan was the permanent talking issue of news agencies. Firing at a border guard’s post in Kyrgyzstan, is made «by a group of people who crossed the border from territory of Isfara District».

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S.Alyautdinov: «There is no compulsion in religion as well as in the life! »

05.10.2009 12:53
The known Russian spiritual figure, the author of more than twenty scientific writings on Islam the imam-hatib of Moscow’s Memorial mosque Shamil Alyautdinov answered questions of «AP».

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How to distribute zakat?

05.10.2009 12:50
One of duties of each Muslim is payment of zakat. What is it and how it should be paid? This question of «AP» was answered by Kobiljon Boyev, the head of department fatwa in the Islamic Center of Tajikistan.

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COOPERATION
World and stability basis

02.11.2009 19:24
United Nations agencies render the humanitarian help more than any other organizations and countries, especially in the most unstable and dangerous parts of the world.

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Tajikistan supports United Nations initiatives

02.11.2009 19:21
The government of Tajikistan highly appreciates efforts of the United Nations in strengthening of safety and stability in region, in implementation of the projects directed on achievement of social and economic development of the country.

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Improvement of standard of living in Rasht

02.11.2009 19:18
The standard of living of 50,000 inhabitants of the Rasht valley, which total number of the population makes 280,000 people, has increased as a result of implementation of the joint project «Development of communities by creation of workplaces and efficient control migration» by International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNDP.

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Let's secure ourselves!

02.11.2009 19:10
UNDP and Global Ecological Fund begin the implementation of initiatives on sustainable preservation and use of agro-bio diversity in the conditions of climate change in Tajikistan.

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VIPzone magazine
President Ilolov

27.11.2009 11:11
The president of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, with a PhD in physical and mathematical sciences, Professor Mamadsho Ilolov, speaks about Tajik science, which cannot be wiped out, and about his personal life, which is black and white, like everyone’s.

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Mountain sickness

27.11.2009 11:07
VIPzone correspondents discovered a new mountain route, went on a 25-km walking tour, visited a place where there are no nights, and spent the night in tents under the rain. So, there were a lot of adventures.

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Rules of knitting. Secrets of Pamirian juraby

27.11.2009 11:04
Pamirian juraby (traditional socks) are one of the peculiarities of Tajik culture. But no one knows the ancient history of their knitting and the value of an intricate ornament. We have found out!

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