Turkmenistan
New Energy Venture to Target Turkmen Gas for Nabucco Project
January 08, 2009by Vladimir Socor On December 23 Austria’s OMV energy conglomerate and Germany’s leading power producer RWE (Rheinisch-Westfaelische Elektrizitaetswerke) announced an initiative to create a joint company for gas transportation from the...
U.S. Navy and Turkmenistan officials meet
October 05, 2007A U.S. military commander recently met with Turkmenistan officials over engagement opportunities for the United States in the Caspian Sea region. Vice Adm. Kevin J. Cosgriff, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command U.S. 5th Fleet, with other...
Turkmenistan parliament sets February 11 election date
December 26, 2006Moscow/Ashgabad (dpa) - Turkmenistan has set February as the date for elections to replace late President Saparmurad Niyasov, the Turkmen electoral commission said reporting on the session of the country's People's Council. According to the Interfax...
Turkmenistan president Niyazov dies of heart failure
December 21, 2006Moscow (dpa) - Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled the gas-rich Central Asian country for two decades, died early Thursday of heart failure, the Russian Interfax agency reported. He was 66. The man who had been titled "Turkmenbashi...