Turkmenistan

The untapped energy riches of Uzbekistan

With a population of 27 million, Uzbekistan is Central Asia's most populous and dominant power. Since the global recession that began a year ago, however, Uzbekistan's fiscal conservatism, previously dismissed by the foreign...

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Power Struggle Threatens Central Asian Electricity Grid

Defections from regiona distribution network may destroy Soviet-era effort to ensure equitable sharing of electricity. By Gulnura Toralieva in London (RCA No. 596, 20-Nov-09) Kazakstan’s decision to withdraw from the Central...

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[monochrom] Paying Off the Warlords: Anatomy of an Afghan Culture of Corruption

Kabul, Afghanistan -- Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul....

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Telephone hotline created between Ukrainian, Turkmen foreign ministries

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko and Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov agreed to create a hotline between the two ministries to settle the pressing matters of bilateral relations.

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Re: Turkmenistan says can ship 10 bcm/yr via...

"Malaysia's state-owned Petronas [PETRA.UL] is developing a Turkmen offshore block and analysts say its installations are well positioned to connect to Azeri offshore rigs, allowing for the shortest connection to Nabucco." Not...

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Turkmenistan seen as top gas supplier for Nabucco

Energy-rich Turkmenistan could become a top supplier to fill a Western-backed natural gas pipeline aimed at reducing Europe’s dependency on Russian gas, a top executive on the project said Thursday. The planned7.9 billion euros...

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NCB Update: reject the bid

Details of Scheme of Arrangement, Strategic background • Dragon published yesterday the details of the Scheme of Arrangement for the offer at 455p announced on 2 December. The critical step is the Court Meeting and EGM of...

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Turkmenistan says can ship 10 bcm/yr via Nabucco

By Marat Gurt ASHGABAT, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan is ready to export up to a third of natural gas required to fill the EU-backed Nabucco pipeline as soon as it comes on stream, a Turkmen government source told Reuters on...

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Afghanistan at a glance

By The Associated Press (AP) - Some basic facts and figures about Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday to a second five-year term: GEOGRAPHY: Mountainous and landlocked. Borders Iran, Pakistan,...

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Chinese woman teething again at 107

Turkmenistan News.Net Wednesday 18th November, 2009 (IANS) A 107-year-old woman shocked her neighbours in Yichuan county in eastern China when she recently started teething again. Jiao Zhenwa frequently shows off her two new...

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