Turkmenistan Travel News

Prominent human rights advocates want the United States to consider invoking the Jackson-Vanik amendment against Turkmenistan over Ashgabat's refusal to let hundreds of young scholars leave the country to pursue their studies.

Alvin schoolteacher Ollie Haavikko spends hours of his free time planning future vacations so his flights will hit as many countries as possible.

Dozens of friends, relatives, and fans of famous Turkmen musician and composer Rishat Shafi attended his funeral in the Bogorodskoye cemetery near Moscow, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports.

ALMOST three years after the death of the "Leader of all Turkomans", Turkmenistan's people find their new leader comes with a similarly autocratic personality cult, but a new readiness to carry out painful reforms.

Hopes for uncensored web access further threatened as international resource centres close.

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XI'AN: Authorities in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, are hoping the ruins of a 1,300-year-old market will be inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a landmark along the ancient Silk Road.

Moscow is preparing to intervene in the case of Andrei Zatoka, an environmentalist sentenced to five years in prison on October 29 in Turkmenistan.

One of the leaders in organizing these kinds of adventure cycling trips has always been Tour d'Afrique Ltd , the creative minds behind such epic rides as their namesake Tour d'Afrique and the Vuelta Sudamericana .

Established in 2006, News Briefing Central Asia was conceived as a news analysis and comment service drawing on the expertise of a broad range of political observers across the region to contribute to greater public awareness of issues affecting the region.

The former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan is trying to create the world's next tourist hotspot near a city named after its eccentric former dictator.

A National Geographic archaeologist will present a program in Traverse City Oct.

Turkmenistan appears to be in a state of denial when it comes to U.S. organizations involved in education.

Date : Fri, 9 Oct 2009 20:03:47 +0500 NOT ALL PRESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AT CIS SUMMIT Tert.am 13:18 08.10.09 The presidents of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and probably of Uzbekistan are not going to attend the summit of ten Commonwealth of Independent States starting today and organized by the Moldovan acting president.

The U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat has confirmed that Turkmen authorities are preventing students from traveling to U.S.-linked universities, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports.

A funny thing happened on the way to Turkmenistan. Azle High School and TCU graduate Valerie Cooper, a Peace Corps volunteer, made it as far as Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept.

The reclusive Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan has denied entry to dozens of Peace Corps volunteers, the organization's country director said Friday.

Turkmen students have been stopped from traveling to study at the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad.

The United States expressed its concern Monday over efforts by Turkmenistan to prevent students from traveling to U.S.-linked universities.

A brief history of post-1979 U.S.-Iranian contacts: 1979-1980: Then-deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher holds negotiations through Algerian intermediaries to secure the release of 52 hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.