From March 1, Hong Kong residents will be able to be on the street, in public transport and indoors without medical masks for the first time in 2.5 years. Restrictions will remain only for medical institutions. This was announced by the head of the megapolis administration Li Jiachao.
The Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus will operate in St. Petersburg from July 1, BelTA reports. This decision is stipulated by the resolution of the Council of Ministers of February 23, 2023, published on the National Internet Portal.
In the match of the 14th round of the Turkish Super League between the "Besiktas" — "Antalyaspor" teams (0:0), fans held a campaign in support of children who suffered from earthquakes in the country, Sports.ru reports.
Young Turkmen athletes competing at the II Winter Games "Children of Asia" take part in the educational program named "Path to Olympus". ORIENT was informed about this by a representative of the country's NOC.
Turkmenistan, together with the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), is implementing a project to phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbons, the UN press service in Turkmenistan reports.
There are only a couple of days left before the end of the calendar winter - spring will come into its own on Wednesday. The cold air mass, which caused a short-term cooling at the end of last week, is rapidly retreating from the territory of Turkmenistan. The weather is already warm and very spring, and by the weekend the air temperature will warm up to +27 degrees, forecasters report.
27 February the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and “Turkmenaragatnashyk” Agency under the Agency for Transport and Communications of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan signed a new project “Assistance in the implementation of a pilot system of interdepartmental electronic information exchange in Turkmenistan”.
27 February the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan signed new projects on health to improve access to treatment of the noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and enhance national capacity for clinical laboratory diagnostics.
The first Olympiad in the Russian language among students of grades 9-11 of secondary schools of Turkmenistan will start on March 15. The tournament will be held in two stages, organized by the Turkmen National Institute of World Languages named after D. Azadi.
The men's and women's national 3x3 basketball teams of Turkmenistan are holding training camps in the Lithuanian city of Druskininkai.
Turkmen karate player Erkin Taganov won the bronze medal of the first stage of the Karate Youth League 1, which was held from February 23 to 26 in Fujairah (UAE).
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday went on a visit to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and India. In his official Twitter account, Blinken stated that he would take part in the G20 ministerial meeting in India, and also noted that he hopes to develop partnerships in Central Asia.
On February 27th, on the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the Chairwoman of the Mejlis accepted the credentials of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guatemala, Hairo David Estrada Barrios.
Hakims reported on the implementation of seasonal agricultural works in the fields of the velayat, as well as on the implementation of the tasks arising from the national program of the President of Turkmenistan on reforming the living conditions of the population of villages, towns, cities in etraps and etrap centers for the period up to 2028. For this year's cotton harvest, the work of leveling and raking of cotton fields is continuing, and livestock farms of the velayat are preparing for the lambing season. Cultivation of potato, onion and other vegetable and garden crops continues in the velayat. Also, appropriate work is carried out to prepare the plots of the gardens to be planted in the spring planting season.
Today, on February 27, 2023, the ceremony of signing documents between the ministries, state agencies, public organizations of Turkmenistan and the representative offices of the structural divisions of the United Nations in Turkmenistan - UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
