News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan power project to enable 800MW electricity supply to Afghanistan
KABUL (Pajhwok): Completion of the Kerki-Kabul power transmission project will enable the supply of up to 800 megawatts of electricity to Afghanistan, a Turkmenistan Ministry
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan president's son promoted to key government job
FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 file photo, Serdar Berdymukhamedov, son of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, stands at a polling station in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan's ...
News Turkmenistan: Central Asia’s Leaders Gather in Turkmenistan for 8th Consultative Meeting
Grand outcomes aren’t necessary at every meeting to prove the value of a format. But at a certain point, the lowest hanging fruit has been picked.
News Turkmenistan: Putin pledges Russia’s support to end US-led war on Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that Russia will “do everything” to help end the United States-led war on Iran, Russian news agencies reported. The two ...
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan Tightens Religion Law
Violators of new law to be punished by fines or corrective labor. Turkmenistan is making life miserable for religious minorities. On November 10 last year, the government in the former Soviet Central ...
News Turkmenistan: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan establish Supreme Council of Strategic Partnership
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement establishing a Supreme Council of Strategic Partnership to deepen political dialogue and cooperation.
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan At 25 -- What Went Wrong And Why?
Turkmenistan marked its 25th year of independence on October 27 and -- while life has always been hard for the some 5 million people in the isolationist, authoritarian state -- this year’s anniversary was marked amid declining economic conditions the likes of which the country has never seen.
News Turkmenistan: EU Ambassador to Turkmenistan visits Lebap velayat
On 30-31 March 2023, the European Union Ambassador to Turkmenistan Diego Ruis Alonso paid a working visit to Turkmenabad in Lebap velayat. Mr Ambassador met with representatives of the local administration, the private sector and NGOs. Image Mr Alonso met with the hyakims of Lebap velayat and city
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan’s Lebap region sees sharp rise in LPG production in 4M2026
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, May 29. Production of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Turkmenistan’s Lebap region more than doubled over the first four months of this year, Trend reports via Turkmennebit ...
News Turkmenistan: Enterprises of Turkmenistan's Lebap region double export of industrial products
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2. Private enterprises located in the Lebap region in the east of Turkmenistan exported industrial goods worth more than $4.5 million abroad from January through May 2023, Trend ...
News Turkmenistan: Afghan Chamber delegation attends Turkmenistan’s 3rd investment forum
A delegation from the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) attended Turkmenistan’s 3rd International Investment Forum, where participants discussed investment opportunities, economic potential and ways to expand trade cooperation.
News Turkmenistan: Iran-Turkmenistan daily truck traffic to soar
Speaking at a meeting in Tehran with Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi welcomed the idea of forming a joint ...
News Turkmenistan: The head of state announced key economic targets of Turkmenistan at a meeting of the Halk Maslahaty
Speaking at a meeting of the Halk Maslahaty in Ashgabat on the 23rd of September, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov outlined key socioeconomic development objectives of the country for the coming years.
News Turkmenistan: The volume of investments in the economy of Turkmenistan in 2026 will exceed 41.2 billion manats
On the 23rd of September, at a meeting of the Halk Maslahaty in Ashgabat, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov announced that the volume of capital investments in the economy of the country by the end of 2026 will amount to over 41 billion 2...
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan Gets Low Scores For Olympic-Sized Sports-Infrastructure Investment
Turkmenistan has spent billions in an effort to put itself on the sporting map, and will be showing off the results when it hosts a major international event in September. Critics, however, fear Ashgabat has built another white elephant, and say the money could have been better used elsewhere.
News Turkmenistan: Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan to visit Turkmenistan
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will pay a working visit to Turkmenistan, Armenian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Arsen Avagyan said at an event marking the 35th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, according to Turkmenportal.
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan’s multi-alignment drive faces China test
Turkmenistan is hedging between China, Azerbaijan and regional ambitions, but may encounter the limits of neutrality.
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan Orders Cultural Performers To Lose Weight -- Or Their Jobs
Authorities in Turkmenistan’s Balkan region have ordered “overweight” actors, dancers, and everyone else who is employed in the culture sector to lose weight by September 27, the Independence Day. Officials have threatened that those who fail to get slim, will be “banished” from the sector.
