Regional News

Ashgabat, 24 April 2008 (nCa) --- In deference to popular demand, the parliament of Turkmenistan is debating a bill to revert to the conventional names of months, undoing the novelty introduced during Niyazov era. Ms. Akja Nurberdiyeva, ...

Ashgabat, 24 April 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan and Lithuania signed Wednesday a memorandum of understanding for intergovernmental cooperation. The signing took place at the culmination of the session of the joint Turkmen-Lithuanian forum and bilateral meeting between ...

Ashgabat, 24 April 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan will introduce major amendments to its constitution in September 2008 during a special session of Khalk Maslahaty (Peoples Council). The announcement came Wednesday when President Berdymuhamedov chaired an expanded ...

Ashgabat, 21 April 2008 – Today the Regional trade facilitation seminar gathered Government officials and donor agencies’ representatives to discuss trade and transport facilitation, trade information exchange standards, border crossing facilitation and other related issues. Some ...

Ashgabat, 15 April 2008 (nCa) --- It was the first time that both the floors of the exhibition hall were full to the capacity. People were packed like sardines and there was just no space to walk around. Dozens ...

Ashgabat, 5 April 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan and India signed Saturday a framework memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the oil and gas sector, creating a wide channel for Indian companies to enter the hydrocarbon sector of Turkmenistan. ...

nCa News and Commentary Ashgabat, 12 March 2008 (nCa) --- Starting next year, Central Asian gas producers will sell their gas at European prices, says a press release of Gazprom. The decision came after ...

Washington D.C., 4 March 2008 --- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced today that it has invested in the Aureos Central Asia Fund, a private equity fund that will finance small and medium enterprises in Central Asia ...