August 2022: The cost of palaw drops for the third month in a row The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 87 Turkmen manat in August 2022, which is 0.4% more expensive month-on-month (MoM) compared to the...
Progres.online’s recommendations for revising the State Youth policy Program in Turkmenistan On August 19, 2022 the state media shared the news that the council of the Youth Organization of Turkmenistan named after...
Turkmenistan’s economy and the labor market have been in a bad shape for a good decade now due to the volatility of the hydrocarbon prices (Al Jazeera), government mismanagement (Human Rights Watch) and corruption (GAN...
Young people and working age adults, especially women are the most likely group to emigrate from Turkmenistan in search for better educational and employment opportunities. Turkey and Russia are the top two destination...
July 2022: The cost of palaw drops for the second month in a row. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 86.6 Turkmen manat in July 2022, which is 1.1% more expensive month-on-month (MoM) compared to June...
Urgent agenda for the new U.S Ambassador to Turkmenistan. On August 3, 2022, President Biden announced his nominee Ms. Elizabeth Rood for the position of “Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkmenistan”...
Researchers from LUT University in Finland published a study titled “The Value of Fast Transitioning to a Fully Sustainable Energy System: The Case of Turkmenistan”, led by a researcher from Turkmenistan, that takes a...
Näme sebäpden gidip barýaň? What is your reason for travel? The law on paper entitles a citizen of Turkmenistan to freedom of movement: Law on Migration, Article 24: Every citizen of Turkmenistan has the right to leave...
Many Turkmens who live abroad are afraid to connect with other Turkmens. They would rather not reveal where they are from or become friends with Uzbek or Kyrgyz nationals than build a community of Turkmens. I have lived...
Serdar Berdimuhamedov did not make any promises during his election campaign in 2022. So, if we agree on this, then we can successfully say that he did fulfill his promises. However, on March 1, 2022 Progres published...
