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The monument in Ashgabat dismantled less than a month after installation

On 5 January the work to dismantle the monument Zemin (translated as the Earth), which had been grandly opened on 10 December, was launched.A decorative chiseled tower was installed at the intersection of Andalib and 10 yil Abadanchylyk avenues. Accord...
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High-Profile Trial Of Kazakh Journalist Gabdullin Starts In Astana

ASTANA -- Prominent Kazakh journalist Bigeldy Gabdullin has gone on trial in Astana on extortion charges.The prosecutor read out the charges against Gabdullin on January 17, alleging that he extorted cash from state officials by publishing or threateni...
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IranAir Takes Delivery Of First Airbus Passenger Jet

The head of IranAir has taken delivery in France of the first Western airliner under an international sanctions deal.The 189-seat A321 was handed over in a January 11 ceremony at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France."It's a new, magnificent chapter ...
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Obama, In Farewell Address, Hails America’s Strength, Rues Divisions

U.S. President Barack Obama, in a farewell address on January 10, said he leaves the nation stronger than before, but that Americans must work to overcome deep divisions that threaten to unravel America's unity of purpose and power.Obama hailed his nuc...
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Nazarbaev Sets Kazakhstan’s Priorities As UN Security Council Member

Kazakhstan will promote the interests of the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia during its 2017-18 stint in the UN Security Council, President Nursultan Nazarbaev says.On January 1, Kazakhstan became the first of the five countries -- which a...
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Residents flee the Turkmen paradise

<p></p><p>On 21 November at Turkmenistan's review by the UN Committee against Torture a member of the committee Mr Hani Abdelwahab asked a question to the official Turkmen delegation: If everything is so good in your country and there are no wars or man-made d...
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Kazakhstan Introduces Visa-Free Travel For EU, OECD Countries

Kazakhstan says it has lifted visa requirements for citizens of countries of the European Union (EU) and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as well as a number of other states.The Foreign Ministry said that starting January 1...
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Press Release

In the last days contradictory information started to circulate in the mass media of Iran and other states concerning Turkmen-Iranian relations in the gas sphere. Some of them allegedly state about unexpected and inconsistent with bilateral agreement ...
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Dushanbe Probing Claim Taliban Tanks Being Repaired In Tajikistan

Tajik authorities are looking into claims by an Afghan official that Taliban tanks and other heavy weapons are being repaired by Russian engineers in Tajikistan. Muhammadjon Ulughkhojaev, a spokesman for Tajikistan's border guard agency, said on Januar...
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