Turkmenistan News

Dubai's state-owned Emirates National Oil Company is to acquire full control of Dragon Oil, a company operating almost exclusively in the Turkmen portion of the Caspian Sea.

A former chief of staff of deceased president Saparmurat Niyazov has died in prison.

Landing in Ashgabat, there's no sign telling you where you are. No "Welcome to Ashgabat", no "Ashgabat International Airport, Terminal One" or anything of the sort.

TURKMENISTAN: IS BERDYMUKHAMEDOV SPINNING A WEB FANTASY? 11/02/09 In the hands of the Turkmen people, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov's regime tends to view the Internet as a dangerous implement.

Turkmenistan marks the18th anniversary of the proclamation of its independence. Sovereighty was proclaimed on the strength of the results of a country-wide referendum held in 1991 in the then Soviet Republic of Turkmenistan.

It's interesting that the local strongmen have thrown so much mud at this guy. If he was a 53-year-old biologist who really WAS a dope-smuggling, arms-smuggling hooligan who beat up strangers in the street at random, that would be super-interesting. Right now he's just another jailed martyr whose friends and relatives have been chased offshore.

Human rights groups are calling for top-level Western and Russian diplomatic intervention to halt the politically motivated prosecution of an environmental activist in Turkmenistan.

Image from the 2009 edition of "The Stars My Destination", a classic American science fiction novel by Alfred Bester about the impact of technology upon human freedom.

Gazprom remains prepared to resume natural gas purchases from Turkmenistan, but after weeks of maneuvering, company officials have been unable to reach agreement with Turkmen leaders.

As an online community starts to develop in one of the most closed countries of the world, observers wonder about the government's motivations.

As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visits Central and Eastern Europe to reassure American allies, the Associated Press quotes from RFE/RLa s exclusive interview with former Czech President Vaclav Havel.

Police in the Central Asian state of Turkmenistan have arrested a prominent environmental activist in what appeared to be a politically motivated action, Human Rights Watch has said.

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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.

Date : Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:43:12 +0500 TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT'S ENERGY FOCUS MOVES BEYOND MOSCOW http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/news/articles/eav101909a.shtml 10/19/09 Agakhanov, says.

Attempting to develop an image as an investment-friendly destination, Ashgabat hosted what was billed as the inaugural International Investment Forum of Turkmenistan in mid-October. Turkmen leaders spent lavishly to produce a slick three-day event.

As Daily RFT has just learned, St. Louis played host last week to a cadre of dignitaries from Turkmenistan .

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Turkmenistan - Telecoms, Mobile & Internet" report to their offering.

TURKMENISTAN: BUILDING A NEW CULT? 10/15/09 The state news agency of Turkmenistan is reporting a groundswell of popular support for making President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov a "Hero of Turkmenistan," the state's highest civilian honor.

A mission of Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund comprising Ms.