On October 1, after long discussions the deputies of lower house of Tajik parliament passed the draft Law On state language, Asia-plus reports. In accordance with the new law, each citizen of Tajikistan has to speak state (Tajik) language while

An al Qaeda-linked Uzbek militant leader was killed in Pakistan in a U.S. drone missile strike in August, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said on Friday, reports.Tahir Yuldashev, leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, was killed in a missile strike

The body of Ruslan Shabatoev, the Jogorku Kenesh (the parliament of Kyrgyzstan) deputy from opposition Social-Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) and who had gone for burton, was found on September 30. Kubatbek Noruzbaev, the Head of Interior Ministryв ™s investigation

Ablay Sabdalin, the Vice-Minister of Emergency Situations in Kazakhstan, is detained due to suspicion of large-scale bribing the financial police officer, Kazakhstan Today reports with the reference to Damezhan Esimbekova, the Head of the Anti-corruption Agency press-service.В"On September 29 of

Tomorrow on October 2, 2009 the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO CRDF) will start the joint comprehensive training at Matybulak firing ground, located in the Zhambyl Oblast of Kazakhstan. The training is dedicated to "Preparation

On September 30, 5pm, due to the wreck at Uzbektelecom network the internet-users in Uzbekistan had no access to foreign online resources. At the same time, the web-site, hosted by Uzbek servers, were well accessible, Gazeta.uz reports. The access to

KyrgyzGaz head Salamat Aytikeev says the energy company is unable to pay Kyrgyzstan's natural gas debt to Uzbekistan, 's Kyrgyz Service reports.Uzbekistan began suspending its gas deliveries to the southern Kyrgyz cities of Osh, Jalalabad, and Batken on September 22,

From the now on, the guests and the visitors of Samarqand have the opportunity to take air service. Such service is provided by balloon crew with the view of ancient architectural monuments. Such service is offered in Samarqand for the

Ozoda Rakhmon, the daughter of Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon is appointed as deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, RIA Novosti reports with the reference to Presidentв ™s press-service representative.The decree was signed by the President, following the governmental session which took place

The new recommendations of the Education Ministry in Tajikistan on outfit of the teachers in secondary schools and higher education institutions are put in effect on October 1.ITAR-TASS reports that in accordance with the Education Ministry rules 50 plus men

Tajikistan is planning to build the world's largest mosque here by 2014 with help from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a presidential spokesman said Monday.UAE firm Adnan Saffarini will construct the mosque, while Qatar will finance the project."The

Few days ago the secondary school children in the Syr Darya Oblast of Uzbekistan flooded the cotton fields just as their counterparts in other regions. Unlike in the previous years, this year the local authorities officially instructed to attract only