On Monday, January 27, the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan held trading sessions for petrochemical and light industry products.
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov congratulated President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on his election victory, the press service of the Belarusian leader reported
Tokyo hosted Turkmen-Japanese political consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries. The Turkmen delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Gurbanov, while the Japanese side was represented by Masaki Ishikawa, Special Representative of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Central Asia and the Caucasus
In January 2025, Chinwe Ogbonna officially assumed the position of UNFPA Representative in Kazakhstan and Country Director for Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan. The UNFPA Turkmenistan Country Office announced this news. Ogbonna brings over 20 years of experience at the global, regional, and national levels in adaptive leadership, intergovernmental relations, and strategic partnerships to achieve large-scale results
TURKSOY has published a report on the screening of the Turkmen-Uzbek film "Magtymguly Fragi" held on January 21st at the Turkish House in New York. Speaking at the event, TURKSOY Secretary-General Sultan Rayev said: "This film is a powerful symbol, strengthening not only the depth of cultural ties between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, but also a symbol of the unity of the Turkic world"
During a meeting between the foreign ministers of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Tashkent on January 27, two documents were signed aimed at strengthening political, economic, and cultural ties. In particular, the heads of the foreign ministries signed a cooperation program for 2025-2026 and a protocol on improving the treaty and legal framework
On January 27, Rashid Meredov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Today, an official reception organized by the Embassy of the Republic of India in Turkmenistan was held at the “Yyldyz” Hotel in the capital, dedicated to celebrating the 76th Republic Day. The event was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Nokerguly Atagulyyev, representatives of diplomatic missions, media workers, and other distinguished guests.
The Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Astana, Batyr Rejepov, met with the Rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Abil.
In 2024, geophysicists successfully conducted operations on 245 wells belonging to the State Concerns "Turkmengas", "Turkmennebit", and the State Corporation "Turkmengeology", as reported by the "Nebit-Gaz" newspaper of Turkmenistan's oil and gas complex.
The aerospace startup Natilus (California) has challenged its powerful competitors, Airbus and Boeing, by proposing the concept of the Horizon blended-wing passenger airliner. It would be an exaggeration to call it revolutionary, as it has existed since the 1920s and was partially embodied in the 1970s in the US Air Force's B-1 Lancer strategic bomber.
A Ferrari F430 Coupe sports car, which used to belong to Donald Trump, has been put up for auction in the United States. The current US president bought this model in 2007, immediately after it was released on the market. Information about the lot is posted on the Rockstar auction house website.
Last week, 17 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan. The total value of foreign currency transactions exceeded 18 million 21 thousand US dollars.
The Chinese startup DeepSeek has created a significant stir in the artificial intelligence market, surpassing OpenAI's ChatGPT in download numbers on the App Store. The "reasoning" model DeepSeek, known as R1, was developed in a record time of just two months with a budget of less than $6 million, a fraction of the costs incurred by OpenAI and Google to train comparable systems. This was made possible by the use of less powerful chips—2048 Nvidia H800 AI accelerators.
China invites both domestic and foreign journalists to cover the upcoming sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which will take place in March 2025. This was reported by Xinhua News Agency.
