News: Turkmenistan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Turkmenistan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Turkmenistan – overview

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• October 30th 2009 – May 3rd 2008
• April 14th 2008 – December 28th 2006
• December 26th 2006 – September 5th 2006
• June 21st 2006 – April 3rd 2006

Turkmenistan: news

Release of Turkmen activist urged

Friday, October 30th 2009, 12:20

An environmentalist sentenced to prison in Turkmenistan was jailed on trumped-up charges, human rights campaigners say.
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Turkmen leader operates on patient

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 11:49

Turkmenistan's president opens a new cancer hospital by performing the clinic's first operation himself.
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Turkmenistan to create desert sea

Thursday, July 16th 2009, 19:27

Turkmenistan starts work on the latest phase of its massive project to create a vast artificial sea in the desert.
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Russia blamed for Turkmen pipeline blast

Friday, April 10th 2009, 13:29
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

Turkmenistan blames Russia for causing an explosion on a gas pipeline, saying Moscow cut its imports without notice.
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Turkmen-Russia gas supply halted

Thursday, April 9th 2009, 12:21
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

Gas supplies from Turkmenistan to Russia are halted after a pipeline explosion, but Moscow says its customers will not be affected.
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Turkmens hold parliamentary poll

Sunday, December 14th 2008, 15:42

Polls close in Turkmenistan in the first parliamentary election since the adoption of a new constitution earlier this year.
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Turkmenistan amends national anthem glorifying ex-leader

Monday, December 8th 2008, 19:06

The government of Turkmenistan is amending the national anthem to remove repeated references to late President Saparmurat Niyazov.
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Turkmenistan takes reformist step

Friday, September 26th 2008, 15:11

Turkmenistan approves a new constitution that supporters say will promote multi-party politics and the market economy.
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Turkmen violence 'drug related'

Sunday, September 14th 2008, 12:07
related places: Ashgabat

Turkmenistan says gun battles in the capital involved drug traffickers and not Islamic militants, as some reports claim.
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Turkmen capital to lose landmark

Saturday, May 3rd 2008, 22:51
related places: Ashgabat

The president of Turkmenistan orders the removal of a giant statue of his predecessor from central Ashgabat.
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October 30th 2009 – May 3rd 2008April 14th 2008 – December 28th 2006December 26th 2006 – September 5th 2006June 21st 2006 – April 3rd 2006