On May 9-10, 2018, a Coordination Meeting of the Executive Committee of IFAS with international partners on development of programs related to solving the problems of the Aral Sea Basin took place in the conference hall of the hotel "Archabil" in Ashgabat. The main goal of the meeting was to discuss new forms of cooperation between EC IFAS and international partners on development, as well as to establish contacts and intensify the interaction aimed at solving the problems of the Aral Sea Bas...

“I cordially congratulate you on the Day of Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War - a significant date that occupies a special place in the world history”, said President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressing the people of Turkmenistan. “The Victory Day expresses the people’s aspiration for peace, friendship, humanity, unity and cohesion, and this is the deep meaning of this holiday. The openness, peacefulness, patriotism, fearlessness, courage are the traits inherent in the national me...

On May 8, 2018, OSCE Human Dimension Committee meeting on "Gender Equality" took place in Vienna. The Ombudsman of Turkmenistan Y.Gurbannazarova attended this meeting and presented a report on the gender situation in the country. In her speech, Y.Gurbannazarova informed the meeting about the gender policy of Turkmenistan, equal participation of women in all spheres of socio-political, economic, social and cultural life of the country. In particular, she noted that within the framework of the...

In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, Chief Pilot of Aeroflot Alexander Golovanov addressed the Supreme Command Headquarter with the proposal to staff the long-range aviation with the pilots of civil aviation fleet. They did not require any additional training. The initiative of Golovanov was approved and shortly after that he was appointed as the commander of long-range aviation. By the end of war, in August 1944, Alexander Golovanov became the Air Chief Marshall. The war required th...

16 transactions were registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from Afghanistan bought gasoline produced at Seydi Refinery. In addition, for foreign currency Russia, Turkey and Serbia purchased cotton fabrics and yarn, dry extract of licorice root, clear sheet glass and Portland cement. Total amount of transactions exceeded 41,662,000 US dollars. For manats, businessmen for United Arab Emirates a...

The works on the establishment of the Olympic sports faculty, which will enter the structure of the National Institute of Sports and Tourism start on Turkmenbashi Avenue. On an area of more than ten hectares - from the southern wing of the university building to the crossing with Oguzkhan Street will be formed an administrative and educational cluster. The project, which will be implemented by the company “Ajayip gurlushik”, provides the reconstruction of the eight-story office building of th...

During the session of the Cabinet of Ministers, Deputy Chairman D. Amangeldiyev informed on the work for construction of boundary automobile road Turkmenbashy – Garabogaz – Kazakhstan. In this regard, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted that at present time, comfortable and safe international transport corridors with the involvement of all modes of transport were created in the country what provides stable development in the region and improvement of political and cultural coopera...