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Environmentalist Andrei Zatoka arrested in Turkmenistan

Environmentalist Andrei Zatoka arrested in Turkmenistan

20.12.2006 11:43 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

Local sources report the arrest of Andrei Lvovich Zatoka, environmentalist and member of the Council of the International Social-Environmental Union, in Tashauz airport in Turkmenistan on December 17. No information on Zatoka's current whereabouts is available.

The European Union is seeking contracts with Saparmurat Niyazov

The European Union is seeking contracts with Saparmurat Niyazov

20.12.2006 11:42 msk Business Turkmenistan

The European Union has taken another attempt to do away with Russian monopoly in gas deliveries from Central Asia. On December 18, President Saparmurat Niyazov met with EU Envoy in Central Asia Pier Morel and German Charge d'Affaires Astrid Wolf. Turkmen media outlets report that Morel commented on

Drug addicts and former inmates arrested in Turkmenistan

Drug addicts and former inmates arrested in Turkmenistan

18.12.2006 12:38 msk Turkmenistan

Law enforcement agencies of Turkmenistan are after suspected drug addicts and former inmates. The operation is under way in Ashkhabad and regional centers.

The population is paying for what is supposed to be free

The population is paying for what is supposed to be free

08.12.2006 14:09 msk Analytics Turkmenistan

The state program that makes the population entitled to free electric power, gas, running water, and salt will continue in Turkmenistan until 2020 as Ferghana.Ru has already reported. Gundogar reports indicate that all of that has to be paid for all the same, because of the size of state allowances.

Participants of an American exchange program in Turkmenistan threatened with expulsion

Participants of an American exchange program in Turkmenistan threatened with expulsion

07.12.2006 17:23 msk Turkmenistan

The 14th Contest within the framework of FSA/FLEX (Freedom Support Act) program of the US Department of State begins in Turkmenistan this month.

Scandal with the Czech military delegation's transit from Afghanistan via Turkmenistan fomented a diplomatic conflict between Ashkhabad and Prague

Scandal with the Czech military delegation's transit from Afghanistan via Turkmenistan fomented a diplomatic conflict between Ashkhabad and Prague

04.12.2006 13:28 msk Turkmenistan

The TU-154 with the Czech military delegation was returning from Afghanistan where several dozens servicemen of the Czech national army participate in the NATO peacekeeping mission. The plane needed a stopover in Ashkhabad, the capital of Turkmenistan, for refuelling. The Czechs even had a special p

Turkmenistan: new rules and procedures of travel abroad

Turkmenistan: new rules and procedures of travel abroad

22.11.2006 11:55 msk Turkmenistan

Boarding planes of the national air carrier Turkmenhovajollary, the Turkmens now are supposed to show border guards and customs officers documents issued by local structures of the Interior Ministry. These latter issue permits to applicants only after a thorough examination of their personal files.

The Turkmenbashi permitted the Chinese to develop Southern Iolotan

The Turkmenbashi permitted the Chinese to develop Southern Iolotan

21.11.2006 14:13 msk Business Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan.Ru reports that President Saparmurat Niyazov signed the document that endorsed the decision of the contest commission of the State Corporation Turkmengeology. This latter handled prospective investors' offers concerning development of Gunorta Yeloten or Southern Iolotan, a major oil and

The Turkmenbashi's personal doctor denies the rumors concerning deterioration of health

The Turkmenbashi's personal doctor denies the rumors concerning deterioration of health

25.10.2006 09:24 msk Turkmenistan

"The president of Turkmenistan is hale, energetic, and cheerful," cardiosurgeon Hans Meysner told Turkmen journalists this Monday. Meysner was in charge of the team that gave President Saparmurat Niyazov a complete medical checkup. "Despite the stresses of his job, the Turkmenbashi carries out morni

The Turkmenbashi confesses that the state of health does not permit him to keep fasts

The Turkmenbashi confesses that the state of health does not permit him to keep fasts

20.10.2006 16:34 msk Turkmenistan

"My assistants keep the uraza but I cannot. I take medicines after the heart attack. Life itself made it possible for me not to keep the uraza. I count on your understanding," President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov (the Turkmenbashi) said at the Turkmen World Congress in Ashkhabad.

The authorities of Turkmenistan break up mixed families and deport Uzbek women

The authorities of Turkmenistan break up mixed families and deport Uzbek women

20.10.2006 16:33 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

Photo by Тvnz.co.nz Women from the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan who married citizens of Turkmenistan after 1992 are sent back to their native country with the stamp "Deported" in their passports. Unofficial estimates indicate that nearly 50 young women, many of them with children, have been deported

The European Union severs economic ties with Ashkhabad

The European Union severs economic ties with Ashkhabad

09.10.2006 14:55 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

The European Parliament's Committee for International Trade put on hold ratification of the provisional trade accord between the EU and Turkmenistan. The European Union will sign trade and economic treaties with Ashkhabad only when the latter has made "apparent, discernible, and consistent progress

The European Parliament views Turkmen gas as more important than political prisoners

The European Parliament views Turkmen gas as more important than political prisoners

02.10.2006 14:32 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

Ogulsapar Muradova of RL Kyrgyz Service was arrested in Ashkhabad on June 18 when officers of the Turkmen National Security Service turned up at her door with the invitation for "a chat". Muradova, 58, never returned from the chat. Neither has she been seen alive, for that matter. Yelena Ovezova (41

Saparmurat Niyazov's former press secretary sentenced to 17 years imprisonment

Saparmurat Niyazov's former press secretary sentenced to 17 years imprisonment

16.08.2006 13:09 msk Turkmenistan

Kakamurad Ballyev, former press secretary of the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov, was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment. Ballyev's became the only trial in a whole series of trials of senior officials of the Turkmen state Tashkent kept under the lid. Nothing is even known about the cha

The Turkmenistan ordered no more purchases of medicines from CIS countries

The Turkmenistan ordered no more purchases of medicines from CIS countries

24.07.2006 14:16 msk Turkmenistan

The Turkmenbashi is out to do away with the sick and the unfit. What does the prosperous Turkmenistan need them for? Hence the order to make no more purchases of medicines from CIS countries.

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