Ukraine, Turkmens sign tentative natural gas deal
Ukraine reached a tentative agreement with Turkmenistan on Wednesday to resume imports of natural gas from the energy-rich Central Asian nation. Full story
Secretive Turkmenistan reveals privatization plans
The secretive Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan has unveiled a list of state-owned assets it plans to privatize in a bid to promote free enterprise in the government-dominated economy. Full story
Turkmenistan promises new gas-fuelled era of prosperity
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan (Reuters) - The president of gas-rich Turkmenistan on Tuesday promised to raise salaries and pensions and to transform the former Soviet republic from an agrarian nation into an industrial one, heralding what he called "The Happiness and Might Epoch". Full story
Turkmenistan sees oil investment up at $3.8 billion
ASHGABAT (Reuters) - Hydrocarbon-rich Turkmenistan will attract this year $3.8 billion in investments from its production sharing agreements (PSAs) with foreign firms developing oilfields in the Caspian, a senior state official said on Thursday. Full story
Turkmenistan to start building gas pipeline to South Asia 2017: minister
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Turkmenistan, holder of the world's fourth-largest natural gas reserves, expects to start constructing a pipeline to export gas to South Asian nations in 2017, a senior government official said on Sunday. Full story
Despite reform, Turkmens told to exalt late autocrat's book
ASHGABAT (Reuters Life!) - The president of the Central Asian state of Turkmenistan on Wednesday suggested there were limits to his desire to reform, urging the nation to honor a book written by his predecessor, one of the world's most eccentric autocrats. Full story
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