Songs by Sting and Julio Iglesias have apparently been banned from radio play in Uzbekistan, an opposition website is reporting.
Sting has been embroiled in controversy in his native Britain for his decision to give a concert in 2009 in Uzbekistan, which features one of the world's most repressive governments.
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has assured Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that there will "always" be enough gas for Russia.
Turkmenistan views Russia as a "strategic partner," Lavrov said on March 16 upon wrapping up a two-day visit to Ashgabat Lavrov's meeting with Berdymukhammedov came just weeks after RWE, a partner in the Nabucco gas pipeline with holdings in Turkme
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan has formally revoked the license of Alp Jamol Bank.
"The Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan withdrew the license to conduct banking transactions and the general license to conduct transactions in foreign currencies [of] private-public joint stock commercial bank Alp Jamol Bank," the Central Bank said in a statement published on its website on Marc
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, is in Ashgabat in an attempt to steer the Turkmen government away from participating in the European Union-backed Nabucco natural gas pipeline, a Russian newspaper report suggests.
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has tried to make amends with Turkey for the Swedish parliament's decision to term the 1915 massacre of ethnic Armenians a genocide, Turkish officials say.
Hundreds of unauthorized homes in Ashgabat are slated for demolition after they were spied by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov as he toured the capital by helicopter.
The President is also displeased with the amount of garbage in the city's suburbs, and with the poor condition of many roads, the semi-official Turkmenistan.ru reported on March 15.
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is scheduled to travel to Tajikistan for a two-day visit on March 18.
The Turkmen president will meet with Tajik President Imomali Rahmon to discuss "priority projects of economic cooperation," the news website CA-News.org reported on March 15.
Bilateral trade between the two states fell by more than 8 percent over the course of 2008-2009
Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Stockholm after the Swedish parliament voted to classify as genocide the World War I-era mass killings of ethnic Armenians by Ottoman Turkey.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to meet Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in Ashgabat on March 15.
