Turkmen wishing to quit jobs in hospitals face treason charges. Doctors and nurses must buy their own protective equipment. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing …
Turkmenistan Squeezes Students Abroad, Pressuring Them To Return Home
The government of Turkmenistan is increasingly making it difficult for families to send money to students who are stuck abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, often leaving them without money for …
COVID-19, Hot Winds, or Dust? Turkmenistan Lashes out Over Tajik Weather Report
The Turkmen government is reaching new levels of absurdity, this week lashing out at a Russia-based TV channel for mentioning a coming heatwave borne by hot winds blowing from Iran and Turkmenistan …
Hot With A Chance Of COVID: Tajik Weather Forecast Irks Turkmenistan
A weather forecast in Tajikistan warning of a coming heatwave has irked Ashgabat because it mentions Turkmenistan, which feels it implied the coronavirus would be carried into its neighbor by the …
West should designate Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organisation
Despite receiving a strong financial and moral support from Qatar … Starting from Bahrain, Syria, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan up until Uzbekistan, all have designated the Ikhwan as …
Coronavirus Deceit And Death In Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan’s hospitals are filled to capacity with more patients on the way. But Ashgabat says none of this has anything to do with the coronavirus.
Analysis: Coronavirus Deceit And Death In Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan’s hospitals are filled to capacity with more patients on the way. But Ashgabat says none of this has anything to do with the coronavirus.
Turkmenistan granted WTO observer status
Turkmenistan was granted the observer status in the World Trade Organization (WTO) at a meeting of the WTO General Council in Geneva on Wednesday, the press service of the Turkmenistan’s foreign …
Citizens Frightened As Turkmenistan Sprays Disinfectants From Planes To Fight Coronavirus
Indiscriminately spraying disinfectants from the air is raising concern that authorities may be creating larger health and environmental problems.
COVID-19: Turkmenistan Imposes Restrictions ‘To Prevent’ Outbreak
Here’s a roundup of COVID-19 developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast regions. Turkmenistan, the only country in Central Asia that has not confirmed a single coronavirus case within its borders, has imposed …