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Almost 2,500 landmines were found and disarmed in Tajikistan in the last three years

Almost 2,500 landmines were found and disarmed in Tajikistan in the last three years

30.03.2007 15:52 msk Tajikistan

More than 277,000 square meters of territory in Tajikistan were swept of landmines in 2006. Rajabov, Chief of the Tajik Government Center for Landmines, refuses to call it a day though as long as people keep dying in explosions. Russian bomb squads were helping Tajikistan with mine-sweeping only rec

Hizb-ut-Takhrir member, an Adolescent, convicted in Hujand and sentenced to imprisonment

Hizb-ut-Takhrir member, an Adolescent, convicted in Hujand and sentenced to imprisonment

28.03.2007 10:50 msk Religious life Tajikistan

The Municipal Court of Hujand (Sogdi region of Tajikistan) sentenced a juvenile member of outlawed Hizb-ut-Takhrir to eight years behind the bars.

Tajikistan: Major General Suhrob Kasymov hands in his resignation

Tajikistan: Major General Suhrob Kasymov hands in his resignation

14.03.2007 11:34 msk Tajikistan

Ferghana.Ru sources in Dushanbe report that Major General Suhrob Kasymov handed in his resignation from the post of commander of the Separate Brigade of Special Forces of the Interior Ministry on February 27. The president let his comrade-in-arms go. Kasymov's second-in-command Colonel Hurshed Mahma

Government of Tajikistan will complete construction of the Rogun hydroelectric power plant all by itself

Government of Tajikistan will complete construction of the Rogun hydroelectric power plant all by itself

23.02.2007 09:31 msk Business Tajikistan

According to Rashid Gulov, Assistant Senior Engineer of Barki Tochik, the government of Tajikistan allocated $50 million for construction of the Rogun hydroelectric power plant. Another such sum from the state budget is promised in the near future. In other words, Tajikistan is determined to complet

Tajikistan: Republican Prosecutor General's Office toted up the year

Tajikistan: Republican Prosecutor General's Office toted up the year

16.01.2007 18:22 msk Tajikistan

Tajikistan Prosecutor General Bobojon Bobohonov said at his press conference on January 15 that 11,223 crimes had been logged in the republic in 2006.

Agency for Financial Control and War on Corruption established in Tajikistan

Agency for Financial Control and War on Corruption established in Tajikistan

12.01.2007 20:09 msk Tajikistan

On January 10, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmonov signed a decree establishing Agency for Financial Control and War on Corruption.

Norilsk Nickel is still waiting for Tajik officials' answer

Norilsk Nickel is still waiting for Tajik officials' answer

13.12.2006 18:41 msk Business Tajikistan

According to the Tajik Economic Development Ministry, ministries and departments advise the government to give Norilsk Nickel the license to develop the silver deposit Bolshoi Kanimansur. The advise does not really mean anything. President Emomali Rakhmonov makes all decisions in Dushanbe, and Rakhm

The RAO Unified Energy Systems: unintentional participant of an energy crisis in Tajikistan

The RAO Unified Energy Systems: unintentional participant of an energy crisis in Tajikistan

08.12.2006 14:10 msk Business Tajikistan

The Russian holding finances construction of the Sangtuda'1 Hydroelectric Power Plant. The Vahsh River will have to be dammed for the purposes of construction, and the output of other hydroelectric power plants will therefore go down. Die Deutsche Welle reports that all of the country is regularly l

Electric power will be turned off all over Tajikistan on November 29-30

Electric power will be turned off all over Tajikistan on November 29-30

27.11.2006 11:29 msk Business Tajikistan

"Electric power will be turned off all over Tajikistan (probably including the capital) on November 29-30. Vital objects will be the only exception. This is going to be the first such a blackout in the history of sovereign Tajikistan," the head of Barki Tochik Sharifhon Samiyev said at a press confe

Outcome of the presidential election in Tajikistan is a foregone conclusion

Outcome of the presidential election in Tajikistan is a foregone conclusion

25.10.2006 13:05 msk Politics Tajikistan

With less than two weeks left before election of the president in Tajikistan, the campaign remains absolutely unhurried and lax. No wonder. That Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmonov, 54, will come in first is a foregone conclusion. The referendum in Tajikistan in June 2003 amended the Constitution, prolong

The population of Tajikistan will vote for the acting president

The population of Tajikistan will vote for the acting president

23.10.2006 16:48 msk Politics Tajikistan

On November 6, the country will elect the head of state for the next seven years. Mirzoali Boltuyev, Chairman of the Central Commission for Elections and Referendums, says that the first phase of preparations for the elections is over now and the second phase is under way.

Activization of Hizb-ut-Takhrir and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan is reported in Tajikistan

Activization of Hizb-ut-Takhrir and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan is reported in Tajikistan

16.10.2006 15:13 msk Politics Tajikistan

Abdurahim Kaharov, Senior Deputy Interior Minister of Tajikistan, said at his press conference in Dushanbe on October 16 that Hizb-ut-Takhrir and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan activists had gone active in the country.

The authorities of Tajikistan open access to several previously blocked web sites

The authorities of Tajikistan open access to several previously blocked web sites

13.10.2006 17:10 msk Politics Tajikistan

Access to them closed last week, web sites www.ferghna.ru, www.centrasia.ru, and www.arianastorm are available to Internet users in Tajikistan again.

Price of Uzbek gas for Tajik consumers will almost double

Price of Uzbek gas for Tajik consumers will almost double

10.10.2006 12:13 msk Business Tajikistan

Sources in Tajikgaz say that Uzbekistan intends to up the price of the natural gas exported to Tajikistan in January 2007.

The authorities of Tajikistan closed access to several web sites

The authorities of Tajikistan closed access to several web sites

09.10.2006 15:04 msk Politics Tajikistan

RIA-Novosti news agency reports indicate that the authorities of Tajikistan ordered access to some web sites closed because they "interfere with state policy".

Tajiks will learn history by President Emomali Rakhmonov's biography

Tajiks will learn history by President Emomali Rakhmonov's biography

02.09.2006 12:08 msk Politics Tajikistan

A photo album and six books dedicated to Emomali Rakhmonov's life between 1992 and now were published in Tajikistan. "They will become a teaching aid for whoever studies history of independence of Tajikistan," Presidential Press Service announced. Along with everything else, the books explain to the

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