A lifeline for many people in Turkmenistan is about to be cut off, as the family members of Turkmen migrant workers and prisoners will lose access to subsidized food amid growing poverty, inflation, ...

Authorities in Turkmenistan have quelled a protest over food shortages in the Central Asian country by handing out sacks of flour to the angry demonstrators. About three dozen women were protesting on ...

It is hard to believe that Turkmenistan could turn any further on itself, but that is what the latest data show. As the state news agency reported on June 6, exports volumes grew by 14 percent in the ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to invest US$1.9m in the establishment of a retail chain in Turkmenistan. The EBRD investment will support the development of one of the ...

State media in Turkmenistan talks a lot about food these days. Rysgal, a newspaper owned by the parastatal Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan, had a colorful spread on the topic ...

Turkmenistan's authoritarian government is failing to deal with serious food shortages and spiralling prices, exacerbated by the coronavirus, two rights groups said on Wednesday. The Barron's news ...