Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
ASHGABAT, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - Trade between Russian and the Central Asian Republic of Turkmenistan has reached around $4 billion in the past 18 months, a senior Russian official said on Wednesda...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
"Of course, fuel and energy structures remain a key sphere of our cooperation but Russia increasingly supplies tools, construction equipment and cars to Turkmenistan," Sergei Naryshkin, head of the Russian president administration, said at a meeting with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov.
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
OXFORD ANALYTICA This weekend, government and industry representatives from all five Caspian Sea littoral states -- Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan -- will meet in Astrakhan to discuss the sea’s “economic development” prospects. The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, which will host the conference, has portrayed the event as an unprecedented step forward in addressing...
Democracy Resource Center Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
URL: http://www.eurasianet.org . This website focuses on educational, social, and legal reform in the countries of Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Individual countries have pages with links ranging from history, arts, and culture to current news and human rights. Also includes photo essays, recaps of expert meetings...
cryptogon.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Via: Guardian: Iceland is on the brink of collapse. Inflation and interest rates are raging upwards. The krona, Iceland’s currency, is in freefall and is rated just above those of Zimbabwe and Turkmenistan. One of the country’s three independent banks has been nationalised, another is asking customers for money, and the discredited government and officials from [...]
Google Sightseeing (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Here in the deserts of Turkmenistan the satellite imagery has captured an amazing shot of a 200-metre wide churning pool that is spouting a pillar of smoke and flames. These are the Korpedje oil fields, and this is an active upwelling of oil that has been abandoned since 2002, which may have been when it started [...]
Karmabanque Radio (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
There is a serious crisis erupting in Iceland: Iceland is on the brink of collapse. Inflation and interest rates are raging upwards. The krona, Iceland’s currency, is in freefall and is rated just above those of Zimbabwe and Turkmenistan. One of the country’s three independent banks has been nationalised, another is asking customers for money, and [...]
UK Libertarian Party (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
From the Guardian : Iceland is on the brink of collapse. Inflation and interest rates are raging upwards. The krona, Iceland's currency, is in freefall and is rated just above those of Zimbabwe and Turkmenistan . One of the country's three independent banks has been nationalised, another is asking customers for money, and the discredited government and officials from the central bank have been huddled...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is visiting Turkmenistan said he had cancelled a planned trip to Mongolia after being informed of a rebel attack onTurkish soldiers, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Saturday. Addressing Turkish citizens living in Ashkabat, Erdogan said hewas saddened by the death of 15 Turkish soldiers and wounding of 20 others in the assault staged by...
Kinshasa On The Potomac (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A Turkish military outpost (and keep in mind they are our allies in NATO) was hit yesterday by a PKK assualt. At least 15 are dead. This from VOA; Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is visiting Turkmenistan gave more details of the attack. Erdogan said he was saddened to learn that 15 soldiers were killed and 20 others were wounded in an assault by the PKK terrorists. He said two soldiers...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
I am a bit behind with this journal as Turkmenistan was pretty tight with internet access. I couldn't get phone access as well. After Bukhara we went to Khiva wandered around more amazing buildings and bazaars. From there we travelled across the border into Turkmenistan. The Border towns had not seen many tourists so we had a lot of attention as we were changing money and shopping in the bazaar.
Reporters sans frontières (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Turkmenistan1 October 2008Incomprehension at UN Human Rights Council’s refusal to name special rapporteur for TurkmenistanReporters Without Borders is baffled by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s rejection on 23 September of a draft resolution for the appointment of a special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Turkmenistan. The resolution was proposed by the European Union, Canada,...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
[JURIST] The 2500-member People's Council of Turkmenistan Friday adopted a new constitution for Turkmenistan envisioning a new multi-party political process and providing for limits on presidential power two years after the death of longtime autocrat Saparmurat Niyazov. Turkmen leaders are hopeful that the changes in the country's charter would encourage investment in the Central Asian state, a leading...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in the central Asian country of Turkmenistan have unanimously adopted a new constitution, officials said. Supporters say the document approved by the People's Council will promote multi-party politics, as well as a market economy, the BBC reported Saturday. After elections in December, the People's Council, a group of 2,500 tribal elders and local...
Registan.net (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
The Battle of Ashgabat, discussed here and here, might have a new twist: But Nurmammedov’s version of why the fighting started differs greatly from the government’s story. He says that at the center of the conflict was a man named Khudaiberdy Amandurdyyev, known as “Ajdar.” “According to witnesses, the incident started in early September, when Ramadan began. [...]
