Turkmenistan News News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan’s Iran war balancing act
The last thing the former Soviet republic wants to see is the expansion of the Iran and Ukraine wars into the Caspian Sea.
News Turkmenistan: A gas crater in Turkmenistan has burned nonstop since 1971
In the middle of Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert, a wide pit of collapsed rock has been glowing orange around the clock for more than five decades. Locals call it the Door to Hell. Geologists call it ...
News Turkmenistan: How Turkmenistan's "Door To Hell" Has Been Burning For Over 50 Years
In the middle of Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert, there is a sight that feels more like a science-fiction film than the real world. A giant pit glows with intense orange flames day and night, and it ...
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan Moves to Tackle Major Methane Leaks
Turkmenistan is repairing major methane leaks as it modernizes its gas industry and cautiously deepens economic ties with the outside world.
News Turkmenistan: Could a New President in Turkmenistan Provide an Opportunity for the US to Promote Reform?
The son of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, then-Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Serdar Berdimuhamedov looks on during Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries council of ...
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 ...
News Turkmenistan: Fr. Madej on 30 years among Muslims: 'I never felt like an outsider'
After nearly 30 years of ministry in Turkmenistan as a missionary, Fr. Andrzej Madej, OMI, tells Vatican News that his goal was to build relationships ...
News Turkmenistan: Signs That Turkmenistan's Gas Sector Is In Crisis
Turkmenistan is apparently having enormous economic problems. The country's system is so opaque that it is always difficult to know much about what is going on there. But the recent decision to scrap ...
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan: Desperately Seeking Diversification
Turkmenistan has the fourth-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and during the last nearly quarter of a century has never been able to sell more than a fraction of this hydrocarbon wealth. In ...
News Turkmenistan: Russia’s Security Inroads With Turkmenistan
On October 2, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a landmark strategic partnership agreement. This agreement formalized Russia and ...
News Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan now has a national holiday in honor of its ‘wolf-crusher’ dogs
Turkmenistan celebrated the first national holiday in honor of its native dog breed on Sunday, with its canine-loving president awarding a best-in-show prize at a ceremony in the capital, Ashgabat.
News Turkmenistan: A Small Church Grows in Turkmenistan
A Church born almost from nothing, without major structures, schools, or institutions, in a country with an overwhelming Muslim majority. In Turkmenistan, Catholicism began to take root ...