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Today March 12, 2010, 22:58
URGENT
Electricity rationing to be eased in Tajikistan beginning on March 13

12.03.2010 16:39

However, Tajikistan is not yet able to abandon electricity rationing fully.

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NEWS
18:44 Online Free Expression Day marked on March 12  
17:49 204 residents of GBAO poisoned by low-quality alcohol drinks in 2008-09; 7 of them die  
17:15 Drug peddler detained at Dushanbe airport last Thursday  
16:39 Electricity rationing to be eased in Tajikistan beginning on March 13  
14:17 International assessment study for Roghun HPP unnecessary, Tajik minister says  
13:05 Tajik journalists trained in features of coverage of human rights issues  
12:30 GosKomInvest announces tender for audit of project implementation units  
11:50 ADB director general visits Tajikistan  
11:41 Sughd regional council nominates local governor as candidate for Majlisi Milli  
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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
Cooperation

Topic relatec issues of OSCE

01.03.2010 10:14

In mid-January Vienna hosted a special session of OSCE Permanent Council at which priorities of the new chairmanship were aired. This is the first time in the record of the Organization that its session was chaired by a Central Asian republic – Kazakhstan.
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European Union

European Union launched a call for proposals under the second edition of Central Asia Invest Programme

19.02.2010 09:59

Central Asia Invest is a regional programme which aims to promote the sustainable economic development of Central Asian countries by encouraging the development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).
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Statements

Robert Blake: ‘We understand the importance of energy security for Tajikistan’

15.02.2010 14:39

On Friday February 12, the Tajikistan-United States political consultations ended in Washington. Mr. Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, gave an exclusive interview to Asia-Plus the day before the final session.
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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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Uzbekistan builds power transmission line
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ARTICLES RATING
President Ilolov
233
Mountain sickness
219
“Rose country” magician
55
This side of Afghani border. Central Asia braces itself for attacks
50
Robert Blake: ‘We understand the importance of energy security for Tajikistan’
50
'SMS Divorces' cut Tajik migrants' matrimonial ties to home
49
Tajik wrongly imprisoned in Russia finds justice in Strasbourg
49
European Union launched a call for proposals under the second edition of Central Asia Invest Programme
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COMPANIES
MLT conducts action dedicated to Tajik Press Day

04.03.2010 11:52
Tajik cellular operator, MLT (Mobile Lines of Tajikistan), has launched an action dedicated to the Tajik Press Day, entitled “Supporting Media in Tajikistan.”

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Amonatbnk’s branch Bobojonghafurov repays 78 percent of 2009 government credit

26.02.2010 11:17
The branch of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) in the Bobojonghafurov district, Sughd province has repaid 78 percent of the government credit given last year for enhancement of the agrarian sector.

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Eskhata Bank begins to issue local currency credit cards

26.02.2010 10:53
In the frame of the project for development of non-cash payments through plastic cards, the Khujand-based open joint-stock company, Eskhata Bank, jointly with the processing center, Rucard, has begun to issue local currency credit cards.

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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
“Rose country” magician

10.02.2010 17:10
Our heroine, Dilorom Shermatova, is the only artist in the world who in her paintings uses rose leaves instead of paints.

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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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