Commonwealth of Independent States election observation mission, arrived on invitation of Turkmenistan for the Mejlis Deputies election, and its Headquarters started monitoring of the election campaign. Under the meeting with the First Deputy Chairman of CIS Executive Committee – CIS Executive Secretary Victor Guminskiy, held in the Central Commission for Election and Referenda of Turkmenistan, there were considered the issues, connected with preparations for the upcoming parliamentary electi...

On March 5, 2018, Ashgabat hosted the meeting of the High-Level Group on Trade and Investment Promotion, acting under the aegis of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission on economic cooperation. The main goal of the two-day meeting, organized in compliance with the agreements achieved at the government level is to identify the new vectors of the efficient cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation and to widen the bilateral relations between the business structures....

On March 5, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular vide conference session with the participation of the Chairperson of the Mejlis, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, hyakims of the velayats and the capital. Different matters of the state life, development of the regions as well as the course of agricultural works have been reviewed at the session. Hyakim of Ashgabat Sh. Durdiliyev reported on the situation in the capital and updated on the course of construction pro...

On March 4, 2018, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov went out to Karakum Desert by sport vehicle. His son Serdar – the deputy of the Mejlis and Honoured Coach of the country, accompanied him in the ride. In the last years, Turkmen sportsmen actively participate in international competitions and win the prizes. Triumphant performance of our athletes at V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games was a bright evidence to this. Most of the medals of Turkmenistan National team at Ashgabat 2017 Games w...

On March 3, 2018, The Central Officers’ Club of the Ministry of Defense hosted a ceremony where state awards were conferred on defenders of Motherland and publication of “The Doctrine of Arkadag – a Basis of Health and Inspiration”, a new book dedicated to the multifaceted work of the head of state, was celebrated. The ceremony to recognize the servicemen and employees of military and law enforcement authorities, who, by Decree of the President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the country’s Arm...

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...