Information about the Turkmen democratic opposition, whose leaders live in the West, appear very rarely these days. The oppositionists’ activity has risen following Saparmurat Niyazov’s death, as they expected the new government to commence at least a basic dialogue. They also hoped for internal reforms to be launched in Turkmenistan, but their hopes very […]

The NATO summit in Bucharest was completed a few days ago. For the first time, president of Turkmenistan participated in the event. During the summit, the Turkmen leader talked eye to eye to president George W. Bush. This is an undoubted success of Berdymukhammedov, first of all, in the propaganda sphere. Events such as […]

Below is the translation of Abdulgamid’s post from the Russian-language blog.
Today we’ve learnt a very sad and thought-provoking news. Turkmenistan.ru is authorized to state that:
After 46 days of forced standstill, caused by abnormally cold and lengthy winter, the floating pontoon bridge between Turkmenabat and Farab has been again put into […]

Information agencies have recently observed increased German activity in Turkmenistan. Its most recent manifestation was the Turkmen-German Economic Forum held in Ashgabat on February 26.
The delegation consisted of representatives of Germany’s big banks and well-known companies, including Siemens AG, Mannesmann Fuchs Rohr GmbH, Wintershall Holding AG, MAN Ferrostaal AG, Wirtgen International GmbH, LEMKEN GmbH […]

I’ve just read an article written by a Russian daily’s Vremya Novostey journalist Arkadiy Dubnov entitled „The Turkmen issue in Europe” with an excellent subheading: “Western human rights activists look like Russia’s allies”. The author writes about the European Parliament’s repeated rejection of a temporary commercial agreement to be signed between the EU and […]

The Voice of Freedom analytical bulletin of 18 January published an interesting article about Turkmen students studying in Kyrgyzstan who are afraid of tell the truth about the situation in their homeland.
Khalyk Dustyyev (which is not the true name of the author), a Turkmen student and a journalist based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, lists a […]

Last week, the Western, Russian and, obviously, also Turkmen media informed about the positive changes taking place in Turkmenistan. What are the changes? The president has abolished the ban on opera and circus performances introduced by his late predecessor, and endorsed the list of official state holidays which does not include… Turkmenbashi’s birthday. He […]

The Radio Free Europe 5th November service published Gulnoza Saidazimova’s article entitled “Turkmenistan: A New Obstacle for Access to the Airwaves”. Unlike what the title suggests, the text is not just about President Berdymukhammedov’s last speech in which he ordered that satellite dishes be removed from all Ashgabat houses. The article also contains a broader […]

A very interesting press release issued by the FreedomForSale.org international human rights organization was republished by the Turkmen oppositionist website www.chrono-tm.org. The organization’s website tells us more about its activity:
FreedomForSale website highlights grievances in human rights and free speech issues in different countries. At the same time the website describes, questions and monitors international […]

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 “contribution to the fostering of peace in the region and in the world, raising Turkmenistan’s international prestige and for […]