Despite the grandeur, the city centre is often deserted, and the imposition of restrictions discourages pedestrian presence. Ashgabat, while boasting of cleanliness and modern amenities, raises ...

At first glance, it almost does not look real. Giant white marble buildings dominate the skyline, huge roads appear to be spotless, and huge monuments stand tall amidst surprisingly vacant roads. It ...

OCA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah delivered a speech as part of the Ashgabat 2017 Closing Ceremony ©Uwimanaclarisse/Twitter Berdimuhamedow was invited to bring the curtain down on Ashgabat ...

To outsiders, Turkmenistan's capital has long had a reputation as a difficult-to-reach destination. But it's also gotten tougher lately for many of the country's own citizens. The website Hronika ...

For the past few years, the Christmas symbol has been installed in the central part of the capital of Turkmenistan on New Year's Eve, drawing more and more street kids, a sign of the contradictions of ...

On the night of September 12-13, there were numerous witness reports from the Turkmen capital of gunfire, and talk of many dead in a battle between police and an armed group. The Turkmen government ...

This essay is part of a series by American diplomats sharing their impressions of the dramatic early years of Central Asia's independence from the Soviet Union. These memoirs were written at the ...

Francisco Negrin is the creative director of Balich Worldwide Shows, which is producing the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for Ashgabat 2017 ©Ashgabat 2017 The ceremony is being produced by ...

Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat has overtaken Hong Kong as the world's most expensive city for foreign workers, a survey showed on Tuesday. Beirut jumped to third place in the 2021 Mercer survey from ...

(ATR) It was as close as Ashgabat, Turkmenistan will get to staging an Olympic opening ceremony any time soon -- a big bash Friday night to celebrate the launch of construction for a $5 billion ...