In a fairly quiet news week one thing to note is that last week Turkmen president, Saparmurat Turkmenbashi, sacked a border officer for drug realated offences. According to BBC monitoring, and reported on state TV, …

In another denial the foreign ministry has also rubbished reports by Russia’s Interfax and the British Newspaper The Independent of the existence of a group active in Turkmenistan called The Islamic Movement of Turkmenistan. The …

The Turkmen Government has refuted reports from media outlets that Russian Gazprom had bought the rights to all Turkmen gas. A press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated:
Lately, media outlets of some …

It seems somebody has been telling porkpies to President Turkmenbashi. Despite an official announcement during the 16th Session of the Khalk Maslahaty from Muratberdy Sopiev, the chairman of the Farmers’ Union, that bread shortage would …

Both Watan and News Central Asia carry the story of Wednesday’s visit to Turkmenistan of Iranian Foreign minister, Manucher Mottaki. The main areas of discussion were cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector and settlement of Caspian …

Prior to the celebrations of Turkmenistan’s 14th year of independence the 16th session of the Khalk Maslahaty was convened (please see ‘Nothing is forever, nobody is forever post 25/10/05). During the session a new …

Yesterday saw the opening of the 16th session of the Khalk Maslahaty (People’s Council), the highest representative and legislative body of Turkmenistan. However, it was not all plain sailing. During one debate all members …

In conjunction with the celebration of the 14th anniversary since independence the Government has held inauguration ceremonies for two new facilities in Ashgabat. Two new white marble houses have been built at either end of …

Mahribanlarym, the new book written by president Niyazov, was released to the public last week. Its title translates as ‘dear people’. According to a press release posted at turkmenistan.ru, the main idea of the …

According to RIA Novosti Turkmenistan are demanding that Ukraine pay its natural gas debt by the end of the year. The demand came during a meeting between the Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister, the Board …