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Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 29 April 2008 (nCa) --- It was six years ago this month that I posed a joint question to Presidents Kharami and Niyazov: “Every time there is some progress on TAP or IPI, the ...

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 ...

nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 22 April 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan is trying to bridge the gap between the bank and open market exchange rates of Manat versus US Dollar. For a long period, the ...

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 ...

Ben Tanosborn Where are your friends when you really need them?  Isn't that time of need when true friends really surface, sharing their buoyancy as they try to help keep you afloat?  Well, we really haven't seen many of ...

nCa Report Ashgabat, 14April 2008 (nCa) --- The withered seed of EU-Central Asia energy cooperation finally showed some signs of germination on conclusion of the EU Troika-Central Asia forum 10 April in Ashgabat. The ...

nCa Exclusive Ashgabat, 10 April 2008 (nCa) --- Foreign Minister of France, Bernard Kouchner, is in Ashgabat to participate in the second EU-Central Asia troika. Here is the complete text of Kouchner’s exclusive ...