Turkmen President Niyazov (file photo) (AFP) Turkmenistan's importance as a source of gas was underlined in the New Year when Russia and Ukraine ended their highly controversial dispute with a deal ...

The return of the Taliban in Kabul looked fatal for the fortunes of Turkmenistan’s dream to build a trans-Afghan natural gas pipeline. With an internationally proscribed militant group in charge of ...

The choreographed handover of power is almost complete in Turkmenistan. Vote officials issued a statement on March 15, three days after the presidential election took place, to announce that Serdar ...

Maciula considers reports that open-air market in Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan, is to be replaced with a modern trade centre by 2010. He also posts some pictures of the current ...

Turkmenistan's rubberstamp parliament is about to lose its rubber stamp, again. In his inauguration address on February 17, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov said he would raise the status ...