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Travel: The World’s Most Surprising Entry Requirements
Tunisie Numerique
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June 30, 2025
Crossing borders is never a trivial matter—especially when entering countries whose entry requirements can verge on the bizarre. The renowned British magazine The Telegraph has compiled a list of the most unusual visa and entry conditions still in...
Israel-US aggression against Iran llegal and unjust :FM
Mehr News Agency
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June 24, 2025
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has stressed the unjust and illegal nature of Israeli-American aggression against Iran. Speaking in a meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov in Ashgabat late on Monday, Araqchi said elaborated on the...
Eni Launches Services Firm for Oil Drilling Industry
Offshore Engineer News
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July 1, 2025
Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has set out plans to transfer its Oilfield Chemicals business unit into the newly established company Versalis Oilfield Solutions. As of July 1, 2025, Eni has consolidated Versalis’ position in the oilfield...
News of the Weird: Wait, what?
Greenville Journal - South Carolina
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June 18, 2025
Turkmenistan’s top tourist attraction is the Gateway to Hell, a huge gas leak that has been burning since 1971 in the Karakum Desert, Yahoo! News reported on June 5. The fire started when Soviet scientists accidentally drilled into an underground...
Daewoo E&C builds bridges, growth foundation abroad
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 25, 2025
Published: 25 Jun. 2025, 17:28 Daewoo E&C Chairman Jung Won-ju, left and Hanoi People's Committee Chairman Tran Sy Thanh meet in the Vietnamese capital in March. [DAEWOO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION] Riding a wave of successful entries into overseas...
China And Trump’s Abraham Accords Remake Middle Eastern Energy
Forbes
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The signing of the Abraham Accords during the first term of President Donald Trump marked a turning ... More point in America's Middle Eastern Policy as well as regional prospects.Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s teasing about the...
China + Trump’s Abraham Accords Remake Middle Eastern Energy
Forbes
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The signing of the Abraham Accords during the first term of President Donald Trump marked a turning ... More point in America's Middle Eastern Policy as well as regional prospects.Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s teasing about the...
Central Asia -China: strengthening cooperation in the field of mass media
Turkmenistan Golden Age
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June 23, 2025
On June 22” the delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the Forum on the Development of Cooperation between China and Central Asia and the Third "Silk Road" International Communication Conference. The event, organized by the largest news agency of...
Astana Declaration of the Second Central Asia-China Summit
News Central Asia
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June 20, 2025
The second China-Central Asia Summit was held in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, on June 17, 2025. The full text of the Astana Declaration of the Second Central Asia-China Summit is given below. Astana Declaration of the Second Central Asia-China...
Canadian School in Astana Hosts First Cohort Graduation
The Astana Times
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July 1, 2025
ASTANA – The first graduation of Canadian International School – Astana (CIS) took place at the National Museum on June 20. Kazakh students graduated with government-certified diplomas of education from both Canada and Kazakhstan within the...
Freedoms under Threat as Uzbekistan Continues to Put Pressure on Journalists and Human Rights Defenders
International Partnership for Human Rights
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This report, prepared for the CIVICUS Monitor by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA), provides an overview of key developments affecting freedoms of expression, association...
The evolution of Kazakhstan’s new “blue” foreign policy
Diplomatic Courier
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ater has become the new gold due to droughts, flooding, desertification, the effect of climate change on these natural disasters, population growth, and water mismanagement. Accordingly, water sharing among countries is a sensitive topic. In...
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Moving Central Asia Toward Regional Integration
The Diplomat
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June 23, 2025
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newly independent states of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – focused on state building and protecting their own individual national interests....
How the Shallowing of the Caspian Sea Will Affect Kazakhstan’s Ecology and Economy
Times of Central Asia
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June 9, 2025
Environmentalists are raising the alarm as the level of the Caspian Sea approaches a historic low. A recent review by Energyprom.kz highlights the growing environmental and economic risks facing Kazakhstan. Sea Level Dynamics and Causes of Decline...
Kazakhstan Aims to Revive Investment Appeal Amid Global Headwinds
Times of Central Asia
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June 24, 2025
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has convened the 37th plenary session of the Foreign Investors Council, reaffirming its strategic role in ensuring the country’s economic sustainability and attracting international capital. Operating...
Open summer with Katmer: signature desserts and hot dishes
Turkmenportal
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Katmer cafe invites residents and guests of Ashgabat to spend cozy summer evenings in a pleasant atmosphere. This is a great time to discover new tastes and enjoy culinary delights. Katmer offers a wide range of dishes to satisfy any taste....
Discover Iraq: Karbala, where memory breathes and future beckons
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News Few places wear their history as openly as Iraq’s Karbala. Each year, during Ashura and Arbaeen, the city fills with black-clad pilgrims mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, who was killed...
Italian cooperation engaged in regeneration of the Aral Sea
ANSA
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June 16, 2025
The Italian Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Luigi Ferrari, met in Asghabat with the representatives of AICS Sogesid, Gabriella Rossi Crespi, Giorgia Scopece and Giancarlo Gusmaroli, who are involved in an Italian Cooperation project for the...
Second China-Central Asia summit draws new blueprint for cooperation
Beijing Review
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (third left), Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (third right), Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov (second left), Tajik President Emomali Rahmon (first left), Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov (second right) and...
'I've been to 193 countries and my favourite was so good I quit job and moved there'
Daily Star
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June 30, 2025
A globetrotter who has set foot in every nation on Earth revealed that naming his number one destination was "easy", as it spurred him to resign from his job and settle there permanently. Travel blogger Randy Williams marked an end to his...