Turkmenistan, Italy sign cooperation agreements
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday
Turkmenistan and Italy signed a number of bilateral cooperation agreements during Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov's visit on Wednesday.
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Turkmenistan: Influenzastan
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Has Turkmenistan come down with a bad case of the swine flu? Annasoltan investigates that in a series of post on Turkmen healthcare.
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Turkmenistan: Washington Finesses Study-Abroad Controversy
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
BY DEIRDRE TYNAN 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.
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Turkmenistan: Students Slapped with Five-Year Travel Ban
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Students prevented from studying at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and later prohibited from traveling to the American University of Bulgaria, reportedly have been placed on a five-year travel blacklist, an opposition news site is reporting.
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Turkmenistan: Environmental Advocate Freed
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
(New York) – Turkmenistan’s release of the environmental activist Andrei Zatoka from prison on November 6, 2009, is a welcome development, but reports that the authorities effectively forced him to leave the country and may have confiscated his apartment, having already brought false charges against him, are troubling, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
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Turkmenistan: Is Berdymukhamedov Spinning a Web Fantasy?
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In the hands of the Turkmen people, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov’s regime tends to view the Internet as a dangerous implement. Yet, kept under proper supervision, Berdymukhamedov evidently feels the web can make the Turkmen government more efficient.
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Turkmenistan: Free Environmental Activist
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
(New York) - Turkmenistan should immediately release a well known environmental and civil society activist who was sentenced to five years in prison today on bogus charges, Human Rights Watch said. The trial of the activist, Andrei Zatoka, violated international fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said. read more
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As US seeks closer ties with Turkmenistan, government cracks down on students
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Turkmenistan has prevented dozens of students from travelling abroad to study at a US-sponsored university, and has harassed some that have come home.
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Turkmenistan: Ashgabat Set to Silence Civic Activist
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
BY DEIRDRE TYNAN 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. Political and economic considerations make it unlikely that such outreach will be forthcoming, however.
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Turkmenistan: Trafficking in human beings
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Annasoltan writes about the problem of human trafficking in Turkmenistan against the background of persistent economic hardship, porous borders and the regime's attempts to demur and defer the issue.
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Turkmenistan: Government Puts Obstacles to Peace Corp
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Vlad reports that Turkmenistan has taken to barring entry to Peace Corps volunteers, for reasons that remain utterly baffling.
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Turkmenistan: Free Detained Activist
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
(Moscow) - Turkmen authorities should immediately release an activist arrested on what appears to be politically motivated grounds, Human Rights Watch said today. Andrei Zatoka, a well known environmental activist, was detained on October 20, 2009, in Dashoguz, Turkmenistan. read more
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Turkmenistan: Ashgabat Energy-Reserve Controversy Continues to Flare
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
BY REGIS GENTE Are Turkmenistan’s energy reserve figures fudged or not? Just over a week after allegations first surfaced that the Turkmen government’s claims are grossly hyped, the controversy over Ashgabat’s export capacity is still flaring. Representatives of the firm that conducted the original audit are vigorously defending their reputation for thoroughness. Meanwhile, a whistleblower...
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Turkmenistan: Investment Conference Highlights Slow Pace of Reform
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
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. Nevertheless, some business executives were not sold on the concept of Turkmenistan being an open economic environment.
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Turkmenistan to increase oil, gas production
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Turkmenistan's president announced on Monday that the former Soviet republic would increase oil and gas production.
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Almaty to host Kazakhstan–Turkmenistan: culture succession roundtable
gumir | 04/23/2008
Famous cinematographers, painters and leading specialists in the sphere of museum and librarianship of the two states will take part in Kazakhstan – Turkmenistan: cultures’ succession roundtable, Kazinform reports. The session will be held in the National Library of Kazakhstan on April 26 in Almaty. The roundtable will be organized within the frame of the Days of Turkmenistan culture in Kazakhstan
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Uzbekneftegaz, CNPC form Asia Trans Gas joint venture
gumir | 04/19/2008
Uzbekistans Uzbekneftegaz and China National Petroleum Corp. formed a 50-50 joint venture, to be called Asia Trans Gas, to build and operate the 530-km Uzbek section of the 1,830-km Turkmenistan-China natural gas pipeline. Construction of the Turkmen trunkline began in 2007, and CNPC has signed a similar JV agreement with Kazakhstan's Kazmunaigaz that covers the construction and operation of
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Indian Vice President flies to Almaty on Tuesday
gumir | 04/07/2008
Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari arrived here Sunday on the second and concluding leg of his week-long visit to the Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Senior officials of the Kazakhstan government received Ansari, who is accompanied by a high-level delegation that includes Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed and members of parliament Viplob Thakur, Vikay