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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Turkmen State Committee for Nature Protection and Land Management promote sustainable urban development in Turkmenistan. The topic is important as the country is actively developing its urban infrastructure, which is one of the sustainable development goals. In Turkmenistan, the number of urban population exceeded rural in 2014, and this trend is accelerating, Mark Chao, UNDP International Expert on Energy, Environment and Climate Change, said in an interview with UNDP Turkmenistan. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan on September 17 opened a new $2.3 billion air terminal at Ashgabat International Airport as the country tries to become an international transport hub in Central Asia, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — Many tend to agree that the story of Kyrgyzstan in post-Soviet times is the most interesting, that of Tajikistan the most hopeless and that of Turkmenistan, “the world’s last aristocracy”, the most boring. What they have in common is historic evidence that the availability of local resources does not generate overall domestic prosperity, and that elite, clan and corruption all have their own agenda. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — As state power succession remains a very relevant issue in Central Asia’s post-Soviet countries including Turkmenistan, we are republishing the following article originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — A delegation of three American professors from New Mexico visited Turkmenistan between March 14 and 16 to seek opportunities for future partnerships between colleges and universities in Albuquerque and Ashgabat, the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat said. Continue reading
