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Eight candidates are registered to compete in the presidential election in this isolated, energy-rich Central Asian nation, but the all-powerful incumbent's victory is so predictable his opponents are praising him.
Energy-rich Turkmenistan lashed out Wednesday at what it says is a Russian attempt to stymie the creation of a natural gas supply route to Europe.
The Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan is sitting on top of the second-largest natural gas field in the world, according to figures unveiled Tuesday by an independent British auditor.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych traveled Monday to energy-rich fellow former Soviet nation Turkmenistan in search of a new source of natural gas supplies as his country's relations with traditional provider Russia continue to sour.
Malaysia's national energy company Petronas has drawn its first natural gas from a field off the coast of the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan.
Residents have began trickling back to their homes in a town in Turkmenistan hit by massive blasts that authorities say happened in a fireworks warehouse.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai traveled to neighboring energy-rich Turkmenistan on Saturday on a trip aimed at drumming up regional support for his struggling nation's economic future.
To the accompaniment of deafening traditional music and trailed by a crowd of hundreds, Turkmenistan's president inaugurated his lavish new palace in the heart of the Central Asian nation's gleaming capital Wednesday.
Education authorities in the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan have abolished the requirement for school-leavers to take an exam on the rambling spiritual guide written by the country's late president.
Wearing a blue caftan and shaggy sheepskin hat, Turkmenistan's president looked every part the accomplished horse-riding tribesman as he effortlessly cantered on his jewel-adorned stallion before cheering crowds. The crowning touch came when a white dove gracefully landed on his right shoulder.
Energy-hungry China is set to sign an agreement with the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan later this year to boost its future annual natural gas purchases by 20 billion cubic meters, state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan reported Wednesday.
Even for Turkmenistan's sports-mad leader, spending billions of dollars on a sprawling "Olympic" town is a bold extravagance.
Energy-rich Turkmenistan is reaching out to China for a $4.1 billion loan to develop one of the world's largest natural gas fields, state media reported Friday.
Turkmenistan on Monday started work on a $2 billion gas pipeline that aims to boost its export capacity and increase the reclusive nation's economic and political clout in the global gas market.
Turkmenistan is set to allow the creation of a second political party this year, breaking up the one-party system that has been in place since the Central Asian nation gained independence, state media reported Friday.
Turkmenistan will take down a tower topped by a golden statue of the Central Asian nation's former dictator — the latest attempt to dismantle the late leader's personality cult.
Turkmenistan will establish a naval base on the Caspian Sea, the Central Asian nation's president said Monday — a move that could inflame disputes over the area's lucrative hydrocarbon fields.
China will lend energy-rich Turkmenistan $3 billion to develop its vast South Yolotan natural gas field, Turkmen state media reported Saturday.
A recent crippling gas pipeline blast in Turkmenistan, which the government blamed on Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom, is proof that energy-rich Central Asian nations need to diversify their export routes, a senior U.S. diplomat said Friday.
A Russian-dominated group on Monday called Turkmenistan's parliamentary election free and open, but critics said the vote in the Central Asian nation was a sham and disputed the official turnout figure.
An audit has found that Turkmenistan may hold the world's fourth-largest natural gas field, state-run media reported Tuesday.
Turkmenistan's highest legislative body unanimously approved a new constitution Friday that increased the president's powers but also broadened the role of parliament.
Authorities on Monday dedicated a new park in the home village of the late president, Saparmurat Niyazov, part of lavish birthday celebrations for the self-proclaimed "Father of All Turkmen."
Turkmenistan is planning to open its first public Internet cafes, a state official said Monday, signaling at least some liberalization under the presumed winner of its presidential election, although political opponents are still not allowed back into the country.
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