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20/08/26 [NDTV] > How Turkmenistan's "Door To Hell" Has Been Burning For Over 50 Years : In the middle of Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert, there is a sight that feels more like a science-fiction film than the real world. A giant pit glows with intense orange flames day and night, and it ...
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19/08/26 [Morning Overview on MSN] > A fiery pit in the Turkmenistan desert has burned nonstop for over 50 years : In the middle of Turkmenistan’s vast Karakum Desert, a wide pit in the ground glows with hundreds of flames that have burned without pause for more than half a century. By night the crater throws an ...
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18/08/26 [Morning Overview on MSN] > Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell gas crater has been burning nonstop since 1971 : In the middle of Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert, a pit roughly the width of a football field has been on fire for more than half a century. Known to travelers as the Door to Hell, the flaming crater ...
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01/01/26 [Yahoo Finance] > Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most closed nations, legalizes crypto mining and exchanges : ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan, one of the world's most isolated nations, officially legalized mining and exchanging cryptocurrency on Thursday in a major shift for the country's tightly ...
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18/02/22 [The Diplomat] > Could a New President in Turkmenistan Provide an Opportunity for the US to Promote Reform? : It may turn out that Serdar is just like his father, and nothing will change in Turkmenistan. But new opportunities for engagement amid leadership change are worth exploring. The son of Turkmenistan ...
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27/09/21 [Yahoo] > Turkmenistan marks independence anniversary with big parade : ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan marked the 30th anniversary of its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union with a military parade Monday that involved thousands of people and ...
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26/04/21 [CNN] > Turkmenistan now has a national holiday in honor of its ‘wolf-crusher’ dogs : Turkmenistan celebrated the first national holiday in honor of its native dog breed on Sunday, with its canine-loving president awarding a best-in-show prize at a ceremony in the capital, Ashgabat.
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12/08/19 [Mashable] > John Oliver's deep dive into the president of Turkmenistan gets very weird, very fast : John Oliver laid it all out during Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight. To give you an idea of just how strange things get, the episode culminates in Oliver presenting a record-breaking marble cake ...
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31/10/16 [Rferl.org] > Turkmenistan At 25 -- What Went Wrong And Why? : Turkmenistan marked its 25th year of independence on October 27 and -- while life has always been hard for the some 5 million people in the isolationist, authoritarian state -- this year’s anniversary ...
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24/07/16 [Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty] > Signs That Turkmenistan's Gas Sector Is In Crisis : Turkmenistan is apparently having enormous economic problems. The country's system is so opaque that it is always difficult to know much about what is going on there. But the recent decision to scrap ...