It’s soooo long since we had a round-up of news stories coming out of Turkmenistan. As you may recall, the President-For-Life, Saparmurat Niyazov, is completely barking mad. Who could forget when he renamed the days of the week and months of the year after himself (first reported here), or when he decreed that youth lasted until the age of 37 (here). So, to bring you up to date on the latest mad happens in Turkmenistan, I present a Niyaozov News Update:
- "Those of you whose teeth have fallen out did not gnaw on bones. This is my advice."
- Midwives and nurses to be replaced by army conscripts.
- Turkmen leader inspires love towards watermelon.
- Turkmen leader hands out free Mercedes cars
- Man makes giant shoe in honour of Turkmen leader
You can catch up on all the "latest" news from Turkmenistan through the official Turkmen news agency – shame there hasn’t been any news since October.
He must be mad – you wouldn’t get that happening here in our fair democracy!
I really wish that the President of Turkmenistan had his own weblog.