Dominated by government-supported NGOs (GONGOs), Turkmenistan’s legal and political environment is antagonistic to the independent civic actors, who experience constant state-directed harassment, intimidation, and even...
Serdar Berdimuhamedov assumed the presidency of Turkmenistan on March 19, 2022. As of March 2024, he commemorated the two-year anniversary of his presidency. The Progres.online team examines the fluctuations in the...
On November 23, 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) published a brief on civil society in Turkmenistan, titled “Civil Society Brief: Turkmenistan”, covering its development since independence and focusing on key...
The latest Transition Report (2023-24) from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Turkmenistan, released in November 2023, reveals notable changes compared to the previous year’s report...
An article by Dimitris Symeonidis in the journal of Geopolitical Report and another one by Eldaniz Gusseinov and Abakhon Sultonnazarov in the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) discuss the...
A Swiss air quality technology company IQAir has released its annual World Air Quality Report for 2023. The report is compiled using data from more than 30 thousand air quality monitoring stations across 7812 locations...
The Coordinating Committee on Hydrometeorology of the Caspian Sea (CASPCOM) releases data sheets on the sea level of the Caspian Sea twice a year. Data sheets are prepared by the coordinated work of hydrometeorological...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its annual Global Methane Tracker 2024 report in March, 2024. The report provides the latest estimates of methane emissions from the energy sector. This article...
Turkmenistan has gained prominence due to significant methane releases and super-emitter events identified at its oil and gas fields, detected through satellite monitoring. Turkmenistan is not the only country with...
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington has revealed a significant increase in methane emissions from Turkmenistan following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Upon analyzing images obtained from...
