On 25 April 2023 UNICEF and the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan discussed ways to strengthen the child care and family protection systems in Turkmenistan. Later in June representatives of the government, UNDP and...
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published its 2023 Special 301 Report evaluating the state of intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement in U.S. trading partners around the world...
Turkmenistan faces serious challenges with water availability and the country has finally started talking about these issues. On October 22, 2023 the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign...
Business as usual will not help the people or the climate in Turkmenistan. In June 2023, several highly regarded international media outlets, including Bloomberg and the Guardian, reported ongoing negotiations between...
American think-tank the Heritage Foundation computes the “Index of Economic Freedom” on an annual basis. The foundation’s report for 2023 includes a short chapter on Turkmenistan’s performance with regards to economic...
The book “Climate Change in Central Asia: Decarbonization, Energy Transition, and Climate Policy” (2023) gives an overview of climate change research in Central Asia, focusing on the impact on the region and...
The article Potential of Landsat 8 OLI for mapping and monitoring of soil salinity in an arid region: A case study in Dushak, Turkmenistan written in 2021 examines the effectiveness of remote sensing technology for...
The article The Role of the Horse Among the Turkmen, written in 2017 by Alexander A. Kim and Ogulgerek Dzh. Nazarova, discusses the key role that the horse has served in Turkmen history and how it continues to be an...
April 2023: the cost of palaw keeps dropping. Onion prices began to decrease amid the new harvest in April. Sunflower oil saw a major drop in price. The average cost for preparing palaw in Ashgabat was 75.0 Turkmen...
The number of cards issued by the banks in Turkmenistan has been growing over the last five years. According to the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, the total number of cards issued by banks increased from 3,190,819 units...