Tajikistan News
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Measures to halt inflows of capital from abroad should be used only if other options fail and central banks must eventually prepare to reverse unconventional monetary policy, said Switzerland’s Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.
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Tajikistan, which will host a United Nations summit on international water in August, is negotiating with neighbors to end a feud in the Amu Darya River basin where it plans to build the tallest hydroelectric dam.
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Total SA’s move into Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic known for growing melons and cotton, is aimed at producing natural gas for export to neighboring China.
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Tethys Petroleum Ltd. expects Tajikistan to approve its venture with Total SA and China National Petroleum Corp. this quarter, speeding up exploration in an area that may hold more oil and gas than the North Sea.
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Iran and Tajikistan started a $220- million hydro power station jointly built in the Central Asian country, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Tajikistan to sign accords on defense cooperation, migration and energy with the former Soviet state that borders Afghanistan and China, according to Putin’s foreign policy aide.
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Total SA and China National Petroleum Corp. agreed to join Tethys Petroleum Ltd., an explorer focusing on Central Asia, to search for oil and gas in Tajikistan. Tethys shares jumped.
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Europeans are the world’s biggest smokers and drinkers, according to a World Health Organization report that says higher prices on cigarettes and alcohol in the region may help curb the death and disease they cause.
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Iran may consider buying water from Tajikistan and other neighbors to address shortages, the Iranian Students News Agency said today, citing an official in parliament.
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