In the past, Shakespeare famously wrote in his play Henry VI that the first step for those seeking power was to "kill off the lawyers". Today, the first step taken by those seeking power is to hide ...

Turkmenistan is a country that defies expectations—and explanation. Isolated from the world and ruled by a bizarre cult of personality, it’s a place where gold statues of presidents, empty marble ...

A Soviet drilling accident, a never-ending inferno, and a government desperate to put it out. How did Turkmenistan’s burning ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, May 23. Rahimberdi Jepbarov, Chairman of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan, ...

In his address at the opening of the ToT course, John MacGregor, Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, said: "There are a ...

The Cotton Campaign has asked the Turkmenistan government to intensify actions against forced labour in its cotton supply ...

Georgia’s total purchases of oil and petroleum products reached 526,600 tons in January-April worth $396.5 mln ...

A new gas deal is bringing the governments of Turkey and Turkmenistan closer together. That’s making Turkmen living in Turkey nervous, as they fear a rise in deportations of people who criticize their ...

A Telegram channel run by the Ukrainian government published the names of 39 Cuban citizens who died while serving in the ...

Western media have historically neglected Central Asia as a region, and it is even hard to find information on female ...

“Turkmenistan tolerates no public criticism and does not spare those who openly criticize the government and its policies,” said Rachel Denber, deputy Europe and Central Asia director at Human ...