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30.03.2007 15:50 msk Politics Turkmenistan
President Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov was elected the head of the People's Council (Halk Maslahaty), the supreme legislative body in Turkmenistan.
28.03.2007 10:51 msk Business Turkmenistan
Construction of a network of high-voltage lines is under way on the right-hand bank of the Amudarja, the area of the future pipeline from Turkmenistan to China. Project cost is estimated at over $27 million, Turkmenenergostoi is the contractor. The oil and gas accord President Saparmurat Niyazov and
27.03.2007 13:41 msk Arts Turkmenistan
The I International Festival of Folklore and Theater will take place in Turkmen cities between April 1 and 7. Eighteen troupes from fifteen countries are expected. The guest list includes Hunan Opera and Ballet Theater (China), Istanbul and Dijarbekir theaters (Turkey), Michurin and Chita theaters (
14.03.2007 16:00 msk Business Turkmenistan
RusEnergy reports that foreign companies drew the conclusion that it is possible to make a profit in Tajikistan refining oil and not just developing oil and gas fields and exporting raw materials.
06.03.2007 08:41 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan
Sources in the capital of Turkmenistan say that the Supreme Court sentenced Ovezgeldy Atayev, former chairman of the Mejlis dismissed when President Saparmurat Niyazov passed away, to five years imprisonment. The Supreme Court met to discuss the matter behind the closed doors.
26.02.2007 17:05 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan
Sources in Ashkhabad report that police checkpoints manning the Ashkhabad - Nebit-Dag (Balkanabat) road these last several years have finally been removed. (The checkpoints logged every vehicle and every passenger passing them.)
21.02.2007 12:11 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan
Annadurdy Hajiev, member of the Executive Council of the Sociopolitical Movement Watan and ex-deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, was arrested in Bulgaria on February 21. Watan issued a statement demanding his release.
16.02.2007 21:52 msk Analytics Turkmenistan
Successor to the Turkmenbashi is already keeping his promises to voters. President Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov signed the decree "On the system of education in Turkmenistan" on February 16. Secondary schools will revert to a ten-year curriculum on September 1, 2007 again (it was eight-year long under
14.02.2007 21:28 msk Interview Turkmenistan
Bairam Shikhmuradov The People's Council of Turkmenistan will name the new head of state on February 14. That Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov will be the new president is a foregone conclusion. Here is an interview with Bairam Shihmuradov, one of the leaders of the oppositionist Republican Party, on Berd
12.02.2007 13:42 msk Analytics Turkmenistan
Gurbankuly M. Berdymuhammedov's victory is no longer to be doubted. In the meantime, it is certain nuances of what is happening in post-Niyazov Turkmenistan that are particularly interesting.
12.02.2007 10:14 msk Analytics Turkmenistan
Is there life in Turkmenistan after the death of the Father of all Turkmens Saparmurat Niyazov? Answer to the question is more important than that to the question of whether or not there is life on Planet Mars. Moreover, Turkmenistan (also unlike Mars) is now in the focus of attention of its neighbo
12.02.2007 10:12 msk Politics Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan elected its president yesterday, for the first time in this century. The only previous such event took place in 1991 when Saparmurat Niyazov was elected the head of state. He eventually became known as Turkmenbashi the Great and passed away on December 21, 2006.
09.02.2007 14:25 msk Politics Turkmenistan
Turkmen voters will be electing their president the day after tomorrow. Nothing extraordinary is required or expected from them. They only have to visit their respective polling stations and underline the name of Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov in voting bulletins. (Berdymuhammedov is the man who has bee
07.02.2007 10:59 msk Politics Turkmenistan
Acting president and candidate for Turkmenistan presidency Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov set out to dismantle the Turkmenbashi's totalitarian regime without waiting for the outcome of the Sunday election. The latest reports from Ashkhabad indicate that several ex-senior officials were released from pri
05.02.2007 12:36 msk Analytics Turkmenistan
The first presidential election is about to take place in Turkmenistan. Moscow will remain number one partner.
02.02.2007 17:19 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan
Turkmenbashi's Ovadan-Depe. Photo from Dogryyol
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