Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 11 transactions were registered. For the foreign currency businessmen from Switzerland bought illuminating oil made at Turkmenbashi oil refineries complex. Technical sulphur (SC "Turkmengaz") became an item of transactions of representatives of business circles of Turkey. Besides it, for the foreign currency colourless sheet glass, cotton yarn, textile waste, cotton fibre was realised. The countries-bu...

As reported at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan that reviewed the results of the two months of 2018, the GDP increased by 6.2 percent, with a 4.8 percent growth in the industrial sector, 10.4 percent in transport and communication, 8.4 percent in trade, 3.4 percent in agriculture and 10.1 percent in services. Production of goods increased by 4 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Retail trade turnover grew by 18.1percent compared to the similar period in 2017...

On March 2, 2018, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the Cabinet of Ministers where outcomes of work of the branches of national economy for the past two months have been summed up, reports of relative leaders have been listened to and number of urgent issues of the state life has been reviewed. Having announced the agenda, the Head of the State gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Myradov who reported on macroeconomic indicator...

On March 1-2, 2018, the 14th meeting of the joint Turkmen-Uzbek commission for trade- economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation was held in Tashkent. To participate in the work of the commission, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers B.Annameredov arrived to the Republic of Uzbekistan. Heads and representatives of the ministries and departments of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan took part in the meeting. During the m...

On March 1, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has received Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Shariatmadari, who arrived in the Turkmen capital as a head of his country’s delegation to attend the 14th specialized exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Truly grateful for the audience, the guest passed warm greetings on to the head of state from President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani, who had wished well-being and prosper...

On March 1, 2018, President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the State Security Council where outcomes of the activity of military and law enforcement agencies for two months of the year for the improvement of equipment and facilities base of different divisions of security forces have been reviewed and future objectives have been outlined. First, the floor was given to Secretary of the State S...

In Turkmenistan, the most important stage of the preparatory work was completed, which was deployed everywhere in connection with March 25 elections of the deputies of the Mejlis, members of the Khalk Maslakhaty and Gengeshes. A total of 284 candidates have been nominated to the deputies of the national parliament, members of the Khalk Maslakhaty: velayat - 489, etrap and urban - 2570, and Gengeshes - 13215. Qualified specialists of all sectors of the economy, representatives of various profe...