Stories about Turkmenistan from April, 2006
Turkmenistan: 30K Buckets
Peter writes at neweurasia about the televised confession of Turkmenistan's former General Prosecutor Gurbanbiby Atajanova who was, until recently, the only public official with considerable stature besides the president.
Central Asia: Beer
Registan.net discusses the rapid rise in beer consumption in Central Asia.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Zhenkov Cathedral, Almaty, Kazakhstan Welcome to the latest roundup from the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you (almost) bi-weekly by neweurasia's Ben, James, Peter and Luke. As usual, we take you through the countries alphabetically. Unfortunately, the Azeri blogosphere is still underrepresented in our roundup – so if...
Turkmenistan: Transport
neweurasia reports on Turkmenistan's efforts to increase gas exports, saying that it is unlikely it will be able to meet its contractual obligations for selling gas anytime soon.
Turkmenistan: Opposition Catch 22
Rico of neweurasia says that Turkmenistan's opposition parties, which plan to participate in upcoming local elections are in a catch 22.
Turkmenistan: EU Trade Deal?
Peter of neweurasia discusses reactions to the news that the EU is considering a special trade deal with Turkmenistan.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
(c) Christopher Herwig – Impressions from Turkmenistan – reproduced with permission Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. As usual, we take you through the countries alphabetically. Armenia: Onnik Krikorian has the latest from the Armenian blogosphere on Oneworld....
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan: State Visits
neweurasia covers important diplomatic visits between Turkmenistan and China and Kazakhstan and Russia.