7 January 2004 -- Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov has sacked two deputy prime ministers for allegedly embezzling or mismanaging funds.
3 January 2005 -- Turkmenistan and Ukraine have signed a new one-year contract for the supply of Turkmen gas to Ukraine.
2 January 2005 -- Turkmenistan has carried out its threat to cut off gas shipments to Ukraine and Russian, but has maintained the supplies will be renewed quickly if both countries agree to pay the higher prices Turkmenistan has set.
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(file photo) 31 December 2004 -- Ukrainian officials were in urgent talks with Turkmenistan today in a bid to prevent a threatened cut-off of gas supplies at midnight tonight.
30 December 2004 -- Turkmenistan says it will cut gas supplies to Russia tomorrow for a week and will halt deliveries to Ukraine until a new contract is agreed upon.
The UN Security Council (file photo) United Nations, 21 December 2004 (RFE/RL) -- The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution calling on Turkmenistan to end a range of abusive human rights practices, and also passed a resolution calling on Iran to carry out reforms to curb abuses.
Authorities in Ashgabat have declared Turkmenistan's 19 December parliamentary elections valid, but independent observers have denounced them as a sham. The surprise was the relatively low official turnout figure. Officials say "just" 77 percent of eligible voters cast ballots for the 50 seats in the Mejlis - a lower figure than in previous elections.
20 December 2004 -- Authorities in Turkmenistan have declared valid the elections to the country's mainly symbolic parliament.
The parliament is wholly loyal to President Niyazov (file photo) Ashgabat, 19 December 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Voters in Turkmenistan elected a new parliament today. Official figures say 77 percent of the electorate cast ballots.
Saparmurat Niyazov (file photo) Turkmenistan is holding parliamentary elections on 19 December. Some 140 candidates are running for 50 seats in the Turkmen parliament, or Mejlis. Turkmen officials say the elections will be free and fair, but foreign observers and members of the opposition believe that is highly unlikely. President Saparmurat Niyazov makes all political decisions in the country, and only one political party, the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, is allowed to function.
President Niyazov (file photo) 16 December 2004 -- Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov says he's confident that Sunday's (19 December) parliamentary elections will meet democratic standards.
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