What does AUBG stand for?

Over the past few months, Turkmenistan has stopped hundreds of students from leaving the country to take up courses at the American University of Central Asia, in Kyrgyzstan, and the American University in Bulgaria.

I would mention institutions like the American University in Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad, the American College of Sofia, as well as the Anglo-American School which is slightly different but I would still put it in that category; these are institutions that are the premier educational institutions in this country, that we set up to help Bulgaria and help Bulgarians, and really is touching their lives.

Crombois is Assistant Professor of European Studies at the American University in Bulgaria.

Kazimierz Dadak is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.

The school, housed in a former communist headquarters building, is The American University in Bulgaria.

BIOGRAPHIES OF PARTICIPANTS Stanko Stankov (Bulgaria) Stanko Stankov graduated from the American University in Bulgaria earlier this year with a degree in business.

But "despite stating multiple times that it did not oppose the students transferring from the American University of Central Asia and traveling to the American University in Bulgaria, Turkmenistan denied the students exit on Friday," the embassy's statement said.

The 36-year-old Ivanov has studied engineering chemistry in Toulouse and has an MBA from the American University in Bulgaria.