A new transit agreement reached earlier this month between the Georgian government and Russia’s Gazprom on how Georgia will be compensated for the transit of Russian natural gas across its territory to Armenia has incurred widespread criticism. Even th…
Meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan
On January 25, 2017 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan received a delegation of Uzbekistan headed by the First Vice-Premier of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Chairman of the Board of JSC “Uzbekistan Temir Yullari” Mr. Achilbai Ramatov, who ar…
Russia Says Lavrov To Meet Syrian Opposition This Week
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to meet with Syrian opposition representatives in Moscow on January 27, the Foreign Ministry says.The January 25 announcement comes after Russia, Iran, and Turkey said they would jointly enforce a fragile t…
Populism Is Wrong Medicine To Fight Corruption, Watchdog Warns
Corruption and social inequality are reinforcing each other around the world, leading to popular disenchantment with political establishments, an anticorruption watchdog group said on January 25 as it released its annual corruption index.More than two-…
Iranian Director Nominated For Second Oscar Says He’s Not Been Censored
Iran returned to the race for a prestigious Oscar award on January 24 with the psychological thriller The Salesman.The Farsi-language film is by director Asghar Farhadi, who in 2012 earned for Iran its first-ever Academy Award with A Separation.In The …
Dashoguz soccer team cash-strapped again
In 2012 the Dashoguz soccer team Turan had already been excluded from participating in Turkmenistan’s national soccer championship since it failed to secure funding. Later the local authorities obliged major organizations and entrepreneurs to dip into …
Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan presented copies of his credentials
On January 24, 2017 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan met with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to Turkmenistan Mr. Farrukh Homiddin Sharifzoda.At the beginning of the meeting the Ambassador p…
The Morning Vertical, January 24, 2017
ON MY MINDThe European Union’s rejection of a Russian proposal to involve Russia in a review of the bloc’s Association Agreement with Moldova is a welcome sign. So are the European Parliament’s recent moves to expedite visa-free travel for Georgians an…