FILE - In this handout photo released by Turkmenistan Presidential Press Service, Turkmenistan's President-elect Serdar Berdymukhamedov, 40-year old son of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly ...

ARKADAG, Turkmenistan (Reuters) - Turkmenistan opened a new, futuristic "smart" city on Thursday dedicated to its former president Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. The city is named Arkadag, or protector, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s ...

The opening of Turkmenistan’s newest city, Arkadag, was performed with the requisite fanfare on June 29. As state media has tirelessly reminded the public, this roughly $5 billion-plus bauble is a ...

Turkmenistan’s vision for a trans-Afghan gas pipeline to Pakistan and India may be given a fillip in the most convoluted of manners. With Europe steadily drawing down its purchases of Russian gas, ...

The president of Turkmenistan on Thursday officially inaugurated a vast, multibillion-dollar development hailed as the country’s first “smart city” and named after the president’s father, who ...

ASHGABAT, TurkmenistanASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Turkmenistan’s president allocated $1.5 billion to build a new city as the government cuts social spending and the country’s economy is weakened by low ...