It seems fitting that opaque is the best word to describe Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov's just-concluded visit to the City of Light.

Sarkozy and Berdymukhadenov discussed Turkmenistan's rich gas reserves and stressed the need to strengthen efforts to ensure a stable and peaceful transit of energy resources toward international markets.

Rueil-Malmaison , Schneider Electric, as part of consortium with ENEX, signed an agreement yesterday with the city of Ashgabat to enhance the reliability of the municipal power grid.

WAM Abu Dhabi, Feb.2nd, 2010 -- HE Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, yesterday held a meeting with HE Tuvakmammed Japarov, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan at his Palace.

The US Embassy in Ashgabat says it welcomes the government of Turkmenistan's decision to permit State Department-funded students to continue their studies in Bulgaria Last summer hundreds of study-abroad students were abruptly barred from leaving Turkmenistan.

Official Turkmen television has got new competition, and you won't believe who: Kanal Hayat , a satellite channel programming in Turkish about Christianity.

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The head of Turkmenistan's Customs Service has been sacked for "shortcomings" in his work.

MTS Turkmenistan, the largest Turkmen mobile network operator by subscribers, has revealed that in 2009 it expanded its network coverage to 139 settlements across the country, Isria.com reports.

Afghan and Turkmen officials are conducting negotiations over the potential construction of a natural gas pipeline from Mary province in southeastern Turkmenistan to Herat.

Sunday, January 17, 2010 ASHGABAT: The leader of energy-rich Turkmenistan has fired his oil and gas minister for incompetence, just three months after appointing him, a state newspaper reported on Saturday.

Turkmenistan's president has ordered the removal of a tower topped by a golden statue of his eccentric, dictatorial predecessor.

Natural gas may be flowing again from Turkmenistan to Russia, but the two countries' pricing dispute is not over, analysts are predicting.

Ashgabat hosted the next meeting of the joint Turkmen-Uzbek commission for trade, economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation.

Turkmenistan has introduced new regulations for the distribution of free gasoline to Turkmen citizens, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports.

ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan has opened a second gas pipeline to Iran, further eroding Russia's historical domination of its energy sector.

Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Y ld z will participate in the inauguration of Dovletabad-Sarakhs-Khangiran natural gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Iran.

Berdymukhammedov has the opportunity to create a modern educational system. The indications are that he won't seize it.

The Iranian president arrived in TurkmenistanA's capital from Tajiksitan on Tuesday.

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres has closed its medical activities in Turkmenistan after ten years of working in the Central Asian country.