RFE/RL's Turkmen Service is the only international Turkmen-language media reporting independently on political, economic, cultural, and security issues from inside one of the world’s most reclusive countries.
The Afghan, Tajik, and Turkmen presidents officially inaugurate the construction of a new railway connecting the three nations.
A Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) correspondent based in Turkmenistan has been freed after being detained by police earlier this month.
An RFE/RL correspondent based in Turkmenistan's northeastern city of Turkmenabat has been detained by local police.
Ashgabat's efforts to transform itself quickly into a modern city come with a human cost. Many residents of the capital are forced to vacate their family homes at short notice, with inadequate compensation.
A human rights group says that two Turkmen activists convicted on what it maintains were politically-motivated charges have been freed after serving out their prison terms.
An unknown farmer from Turkmenistan's northern Dashoghuz Province has been elected vice president of the country's Council of Elders.
A former senior official in Turkmenistan who became a vocal critic of the current government has been arrested.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has used an appearance at a conference in Turkmenistan to urge member states not to block Internet resources from public access.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has ordered state institutions to establish their own ice hockey teams.
A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has visited prisons in Turkmenistan.
Authorities in Turkmenistan have pledged that two new political parties will be established "soon" -- a move aimed at bringing an end to the country’s current one-party system.
The Turkmen government has accused correspondents of RFE/RL's Turkmen Service of working in the country without proper accreditation.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has won a new five-year term in office following a landslide election victory.
