Open ArticleUN: Half a million stateless people got citizenship in past decadeBy Trans Asia NewsWorldThe UN said Friday that in the decade since it launched a campaign to end the limbo of statelessness, over half a million people without a nationality had acquired citizenship.
Open ArticleTurkmenistan to hold early presidential election on March 12By Trans Asia NewsCentral AsiaTurkmenistan will hold an early presidential election on March 12, a Central Election Commission official said after President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov hinted he planned to resign.
Open ArticleRussia, Iran, and ex-Soviet nations clinch Caspian dealBy Trans Asia NewsBusinessRussia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan signed a landmark convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea in the Kazakh city of Aktau on Sunday, after over two decades of negotiations
Open ArticleWork on TAPI pipeline to kick off in Pakistan this monthBy TANSBusinessWork on the long-awaited Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline will kick off in Pakistan this month as Tapi Company, which has the mandate to run the pipeline.