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By Nick, February 18, 2012 8:02 pm

Turkmenistan marks its national Flag Day holiday on February 19 View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

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By Nick, February 16, 2012 9:41 pm

Turkmenistan is holding an inauguration ceremony to officially start President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov’s second term in office on February 17.

Berdymukhammedov won the February 12 presidential elections after receiving, according to Turkmen election officials, 97.14 percent of the vote in a race against seven challengers.

The ceremony is taking place in the newly built Palace of Congress that holds some 3,000 people.

Berdymukhammedov was first elected in … View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

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By Nick, February 12, 2012 4:04 am

Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov predicted to win vote with critics branding rival candidates as token challengers. View full post on AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)

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By Nick, February 12, 2012 1:46 am

Voting has begun in Turkmenistan, where incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is nearly certain to defeat the seven relatively unknown candidates running against him. View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

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By Nick, February 11, 2012 9:33 pm

Presidential elections have started in Turkmenistan where incumbent Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is nearly certain to win View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

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By Nick, February 2, 2012 11:15 pm

Incumbent Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has visited the northern Dashoguz Province and used a visit to hydroelectric workers there to do some campaigning for a second term in office. View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

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By Nick, November 28, 2011 6:09 pm

The small number of internet users in Turkmenistan makes it easy for the authorities to monitor and control access, a leading expert on web security issues in this isolated country says.

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By Nick, October 21, 2011 3:37 pm

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has called on neighboring Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to join a new regional economic body linking Turkic-speaking countries. View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

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By Nick, October 19, 2011 10:52 am

Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry has released a statement criticizing Russia for its position on Turkmenistan’s cooperation with the European Union. View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

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By Nick, October 14, 2011 12:12 am

Four senior U.S. senators, including the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have written to Turkmenistan’s ambassador in Washington to express “concern” over the case of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Turkmen service correspondent Dovletmyrat Yazkuliyev.
 

Yazkuliyev, a correspondent for Radio Azatlyk, RFE/RL’s Turkmen language service, was sentenced to 5 years in prison last week in what his supporters describe as punishment … View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty