President claims he wants to make country more democratic Turkmenistan's leader has said he wants to overhaul the gas producer's constitution to reflect its commitment to market economics, democracy, and human rights. The new...
While the Turkmen government appears to recognise the need for farming reforms, there are certain obstacles to success it must clear out of the way first, not least by allowing farmers to grow what they want, say local...
By Jonny Flame: . Turkmenistan to launch ‘prioritized’ Caspian gas pipeline in 2010 (Turkmenistan, July 17, 2008-issue 521) ASHGABAT (TCA combined report) — Turkmenistan has stressed the “priority of the Caspian gas pipeline...
By Zaphodsky: Not quite our area of the country, but positive nevertheless: Gas pipeline gigantism By Robert M Cutler 17 Jul 08 MONTREAL - Ground was broken in Kazakhstan last week for construction of that country's segment of...
A winter of hardship has given way to the summer of pestilence in Central Asia. Contagious diseases, such as anthrax and typhoid, are stoking public health crises in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. Numerous cases of...
That is, life. To dismantle the biggest of the hundreds of monuments to his deranged predecessor – a golden statue of Sappy that revolves like a restaurant, so that its face always faces the sun. As soon as the sky-scraping...
Budapest (Platts) --10 Jul 2008 -- [Natural Gas] Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has called for a summit of top-level leaders of countries that will participate in the Nabucco gas pipeline project, government...
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Caspian countries offer sole alternative to the EU and US to a Russian monopoly over energy security As leaders of the G8 nations discuss the environment and the global financial crisis with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev...
ASHGABAT (Thomson Financial) - Turkmenistan has proposed to South Korea that a consortium from the Asian nation explore three areas of the Caspian Sea for oil, the country's official newspaper announced on Monday. The proposal...