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Turkmenistan - Level 4: Do Not Travel
Do not travel to Turkmenistan due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related preventative measures. Reconsider travel to Turkmenistan due to Embassy Ashgabat?s limited capacity to provide support to U.S. citizens.

Turkmenistan is a Central Asian nation roughly the size of California. It shares borders with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. Turkmenistan gained its independence in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Primarily a desert country, it has a population of around six million people. Tourist facilities, especially outside of the capital city of Ashgabat, are not highly developed. Many of the goods and services taken for granted in North American and Western European countries are not yet available. Travel within the country can be difficult due to limited infrastructure and government-imposed internal travel restrictions.

87 Afghan Refugees Rescued by Israelis Meet Their Rescuers, Begin Canadian Asylum Process
Dozens of refugees evacuated from Afghanistan by IsraAID granted permission to apply for resettlement in Canada.
Publ.Date : Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:49:00 GMT

Turkmenistan wants to close \'Gates of Hell\' gas crater
Turkmenistan's president has said he wants to close a popular tourist attraction known as the "Gates of Hell." The site is a spectacular natural gas crater that has burned for decades. Decades ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 08 Jan 2022 12:02:00 GMT

Turkmenistan plans to close its \'Gateway to Hell\'
Turkmenistan's strongman leader has ordered experts to find a way to finally extinguish a massive five-decade old fire in a giant natural gas crater in the Central Asian country, dubbed the ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 08 Jan 2022 10:03:00 GMT

Staying could mean death. The escape nearly killed her. How one woman fled Afghanistan for freedom.
It seems impossible that civilization can regress decades, that your life can collapse before lunch. But it can, and it did as the Taliban took Kabul.
Publ.Date : Tue, 28 Dec 2021 10:53:00 GMT

87 Afghan refugees rescued by IsraAid finally meet their rescuers
© (photo credit: ISRAAID) Afghan refugees meet Alexander Machkevitch, Honorary President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), and EAJC Chairman Aaron G. Frenkel ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:44:00 GMT

France sees 100,000 daily COVID cases for first time
The English rugby Premiership match between Newcastle ... and resolve in all of you who heal, comfort, teach, and protect and serve in ways big and small?. ?You show there is much to gain ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:11:00 GMT

Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosts Deputy PM of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov
Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan, has arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit, Trend reports citing Kun.uz . President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the guest in Tashkent.
Publ.Date : Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:12:00 GMT

SOCAR getting ready to receive gas near Astara under swap deal with Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan is receiving gas under the agreement signed with Turkmenistan, Ibrahim Ahmadov, deputy head of the public relations and events department at the country's state oil company SOCAR told Trend ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 05 Jan 2022 05:17:00 GMT

World Bank in Central Asia
The Central Asia region (CA) comprises the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It is a diverse region with a mix of upper middle and low income ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:41:00 GMT

Austria makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, offers incentives for inoculated
Austria will join a select group - including Ecuador, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan ... a noisy protest near parliament on Thursday morning. Teacher Kerstin said she felt the law ran against the ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:05:00 GMT