The town of Bereket (formerly known as Kazanjyk) situated 300 kilometres west of Ashgabat witnessed an important event on 1 December. According to the information provided by the semi-official Turkmen Internet site turkmenistan.ru:
The official ceremony …

The Reuters News Agency informed on 30 November that the Turkmen authorities established a new order named after Tukmenbashi, who died almost a year ago. It is to be awarded to foreign politicians for their …

Gazprom’s CEO Alexey Miller, following his visit to Ashgabat with Russian PM Victor Zubkov, announced on 27 November that Russia had agreed to pay more for Turkmen gas. So far, Russians have paid $ 100 …

When travelling to Turkmenistan, one naturally expects to see the desert, however in reality it looks very much different from what we imagine it to look like. The first thing that strikes us is the …

The independent www.ferghana.ru website informs that 25 November marks the 5th anniversary of the failed assassination attempt on President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov.
According to the official records, on that Monday morning, the presidential motorcade was …

On 19 November, the Azerbaijani governmental delegation headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister Halaf Halafov came to Ashgabat to participate in the subsequent round of Turkmen-Azerbaijani talks on cooperation in the field of oil and …

Cigarette smoke is an inseparable companion of anyone traveling across countries of the former Soviet Union. Everyone smokes everywhere: on the streets, in restaurants, internet caffés, government buildings and private offices, even on public transport. …

As the Turkmen State News Service reports a session of the Turkmenistan Security Council devoted to issues of national defense was held on 19 November. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov, who presided over the meeting, …

On 12 May, when presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan gathered in the port of Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk) to sign a joint declaration on the construction of the gas pipeline along the Caspian Sea coast …

It was clear from the foreign activity of Kurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, who is apparently trying to abandon the isolationist policy of his predecessor, that he would finally travel to Iran. His two-day visit (15-17 June) was …