Turkmenistan is preparing a second Voluntary National Review on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The draft document was considered at a meeting of the Working Group on SDGs, according to the UN Office in Turkmenistan's Instagram page.
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree appointing Toyguly Nurov as the new Minister of Industry and Construction Production, TDH reports.
Applications for admission to Russian universities via the quota have been extended until March 20, 2023, the Russian House in Ashgabat reports on its Instagram page.
The Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan Serdar Jorayev discussed on Thursday with the UN Permanent Coordinator in Turkmenistan Dmitry Shlapachenko financing of joint projects.
World Bank President David Malpass plans to leave his post less than a year before the end of his term. He did not give specific reasons for his departure.
China's Lenovo Group Ltd reported a 24% drop in sales revenue in the third quarter, reflecting a continued drop in global demand for smartphones and computers.
One more humanitarian cargo was sent from Turkmenistan to Turkey, which suffered from powerful earthquakes, Turkish Ambassador to Turkmenistan Togan Oral said on his Twitter account.
The cosmonauts of the next long-term Russian expedition to the ISS, which will be headed by our countryman Oleg Kononenko, continue to prepare for the flight. Last time we worked out emergency situations, but now we trained to control the approach and docking of unmanned objects to the station.
The Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Austria appreciated the active work of the Turkmen-Austrian Society and its role in the cultural dialogue of the two countries during video talks on Thursday. The diplomats noted that with the participation of the Society, cross-cultural Days and performances of the joint symphony orchestra "Galkynysh" are regularly held in Ashgabat and Vienna. The Viennese balls in the Turkmen capital were also called illustrative examples of this interaction.
Today, on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the Chairman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan Gulshat Mammedova received credentials from the newly appointed extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors of a number of foreign states: the Kingdom of Sweden - Thomas Danestad, the Kingdom of the Netherlands – Andre Karstens and Mongolia – Dorzhiin Bayarhuu.
The international scientific-practical conference “Makhtumkuli-Pragy - an outstanding poet of world literature” was held on Wednesday in the capital of Azerbaijan with the participation of representatives of the scientific and creative intelligentsia, the media, as well as fans of the work of the great thinker of the East of the XVIII century.
By the end of February, an electronic queue will be introduced at checkpoints on the state borders of Kazakhstan by Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Among them are the checkpoints "Temir-Baba" - from February 22 and "Tazhen" – from February 27. Both checkpoints are located in the Mangystau region. The first is on the border with Turkmenistan, the second is with Uzbekistan. This is reported by Kazinform with reference to the press service of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Today, the capital hosted the signing ceremony of the Agreements with the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture on the establishment of UNESCO Chairs at the Turkmen State University named after Magtymguly "Cultural Heritage: from the Past to the Future" and at the Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named after Seyitnazar Seydi "Environmental Education for sustainable development”.
UNESCO Chairs will be opened at once in two higher educational institutions of Turkmenistan within the framework of bilateral agreements signed on Thursday in Ashgabat. The paperwork ceremony was held at the Turkmen Foreign Ministry, on which website a press release of the meeting was published.
Today, on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Chairwoman of the Mejlis G. Mammedova received credentials from the newly appointed Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of a number of states: the Kingdom of Sweden - Thomas Danestad, the Kingdom of the Netherlands - Andre Carstens, Mongolia - Dorjiin Bayarkhuu.
