On 20-25 April, Turkmen energy minister Baimyrat Khodzamuhammedov visited Islamabad where he took part in the 10th meeting of steering committee of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. Apart from him, the meeting gathered Indian, Pakistani and Afghan officials. Few days later, on April 28th Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov traveled to Kabul (first time in independent […]

Below is the translated Abdulgamid’s post from the Russian part of our blog.

Ashgabat-Mary-Turkmenabat highway is one of the longest and busiest traffic arteries in Turkmenistan. Tens of thousands cars drive daily on this highway connecting three largest Turkmen cities. Unfortunately not all of the get to the point of their destination. Every 2 or […]

Rising petrol prices have been the number one subject in Turkmenistan for several days now. Abdulagamid has also written about it in one of his recent posts. To ordinary Turkmen people it is certainly a much more serious problem than the recently celebrated anniversary of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov’s presidency (on February 11).
The News Central Asia […]

Hot on the heels of Turkmenistan’s self-proclaimed international reputation make-over comes news that Turkmenistan is sending humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
According to the Journal of Turkish Weekly,
The friendship caravan, put together by the government and people of Turkmenistan, is carrying 1000 tons of wheat flour, 500 tons of diesel oil and 9000 tons of clothing […]

Hardly anyone doubts that Turkmenistan is one of the most isolated countries in the world. In order to travel abroad, Turkmen citizens have to obtain not only the visa of the country they plan to visit, but also a so-called exit visa. This isolation applies also to information. Satellite TV remains the only independent […]

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 ferghana.ru website informs that the Neutralny Turkmenistan (Neutral Turkmenistan) daily of January 18 published an article regarding president Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov’s recent decree on home loans, that amends the previous law introduced by the late Saparmurat Niyazov. The author of the article reminds:
The Turkmen leader has signed a special decree just before the New Year […]

The end of the past year was marked by an important event in Moscow which has slipped our attention because of the forthcoming Christmas and New Year. However, it is worth reminding about. On 20 December 2007, President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, paid a visit to the Russian capital. As a result of the talks […]

 This post is part of the crossblog survey “2007 in retrospect”. You can also vote on the most important event of 2007 in our online poll. 
Exactly one year ago, on 21 December 2006, the world learnt about the death of Saparmurat Niyazov. Long forgotten by the international media and isolated on the international stage […]

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 […]