To investigate the origin and ancestral source of the Akhal-Teke horse eight scientists from the Gansu Agricultural University in Lanzhou, China used genome-wide data from 22 breeds (481 horses) and mitochondrial...
Civic freedoms are being curtailed in a growing number of countries. Turkmenistan is the 6th most closed country in the world by the CIVICUS Monitor. The CIVICUS Monitor assesses the enabling conditions for civil...
Turkmenistan conducted its third population and housing census on December 17-27, 2022 with door-to-door visits using tablets for data collection. Since the results of the previous 2012 census have never been made...
The Aarhus Convention, formally known as the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, is an international treaty adopted in 1998 under...
Under the reporting requirements of the Paris Agreement, nations that are signatories are required annually submit estimates of their greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide and methane. Recently published...
There have been conflicting reports on the number of first graders attending school in Turkmenistan in 2023. The national media, Orient, first shared that 76,600 first graders will be attending school in Turkmenistan in...
Turkmenistan has been recognized for its reported 100% electricity accessibility according to international statistics, including data from the World Bank and UN in Turkmenistan. The Voluntary National Review of...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) published a “Turkmenistan 2023 IFRC network country plan” on 12 July 2023. The plan aims to reach up to 450,000 people in Turkmenistan in areas...
In preparation for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for Turkmenistan several civil society organisations have raised concerns about Turkmen government’s failure to respect and protect the rights of its citizens...
On August 2, 2023 Ivan Volynkin, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan gave an interview to the information agency TASS. The Ambassador stated that the Russian language remains in high...
