Turkmenistan Airlines routes to the UK have been suspended to the UK in a decision enacted with immediate effect. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has taken away the firm’s right to operate across the European Union, including from terminals in Birmingham and London’s Heathrow. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority told how its chartered routes […]
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What’s it like to vacation in authoritarian Turkmenistan?
But given the context, it soon comes to feel like a simulation of normalcy. One evening, we wander along Independence Square, lined with marble ministries and the presidential palace, and home to marble statues, timed fountains, and flashing lights that change color. Security guards wave us away from an enormous LED screen showing a group […]
Turkmenistan Reportedly Bans Women from Driving
– Turkmenistan, continuing its authoritarian regime’s strange automotive proclamations, is making life difficult for women drivers. Specifically, it has reportedly banned them from the road. – – – According to the Chronicles of Turkmenistan, a human rights group based in Vienna, police are telephoning women to “re-sit the driving test” shortly after they began stopping […]
None Black: Turkmenistan Is Reportedly Banning Black Cars
– In Turkmenistan, drivers don’t get to choose the color of their cars. Their president chooses for them. Well, he at least limits which hues are available. After first implementing a stop on importation of black cars into Turkmenistan in 2015, President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has reportedly now banned all black cars throughout the country’s capital, Ashgabat, from January […]
Turkmen drift: President filmed burning tires at racetrack in Turkmenistan (VIDEO)
Published time: 25 Nov, 2017 01:41 Edited time: 25 Nov, 2017 01:42 The long-serving Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov apparently decided to add extreme driving to his already long list of his talents. The Central Asian country’s leader was filmed drifting a BMW M3 on a racetrack. A video published by a local Turkmen news agency […]