August 2023: Palaw price plummets by 22%. Notable increase in prices of carrot by 52% In August 2023, the cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat averaged 68.2 Turkmen manat. This figure marked a significant year-on-year...
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...
On 8th of September, 2023 the second political dialogue on “Global Methane Pledge: World Experience and Kazakhstan” was held in Kazakhstan. The meeting, organized by the Committee on Ecology and Nature Management, the...
Turkmenistan operates on a two-tier banking system, with the State Central Bank as the primary tier and commercial banks as the secondary tier. As the dominant financial institution in the nation, the Central Bank was...
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...
Turkmen literature is largely unknown. Its poets wrote about different universal topics but few of them have stood the test of time and the region’s historical changes. One of such figures is Kemine. A satirical poet...
July 2023: Palaw price plummets by 21%. Notable downturn in rice prices In July 2023, the average cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat was 68.8 Turkmen manat, indicating a year-on-year (YoY) decrease of 20.6% compared to...
The report by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) estimates that Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan may lose anywhere from 15% – 50% of their water supply when the construction of Qosh Tepa irrigation canal...
