George Kourounis became the first person to set a foot on the bottom of the fiery gas crater Darvaza, located in the center of the Turkmen Karakum desert. That was eight years ago, in 2013.
At the auction of the State Commodity Exchange (SCRMET), entrepreneurs from India and Kazakhstan concluded deals for the supply of various types of cotton yarn.
The Central Bank of Turkmenistan has developed a procedure for issuing preferential loans to small and medium-sized enterprises for the development of their own software.
On Monday, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the head of the China National Petroleum Corporation - CNPC Hou Qijun. The topic of their conversation was the prospects for cooperation in the fuel and energy sector.
Turkmenistan is preparing to take part in the main industrial show of Russia, which is held annually in Yekaterinburg – the XII International Industrial Exhibition "Innoprom".
The Foreign Ministers of Turkmenistan and Iran in a telephone conversation on Monday discussed preparations for the upcoming summit of the heads of the Caspian states in Ashgabat. Rashid Meredov and Hossein Amir Abdollahian also considered the implementation of bilateral agreements and some regional issues.
Chairman of the Upper House of the Turkmen Parliament, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, supported the wishes to build a modern mosque in the new administrative center of Akhal.
Chairman of the Upper House of the Turkmen Parliament, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, proposed to provide electric buses and electric taxi services in the new administrative center of Akhal.
Employees of the Road Supervision Department of the Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan received orders to monitor compliance with the updated requirements of the Ministry of Health on wearing masks, sources in the ministerial structures told ORIENT.
24 deals totaling $23.1 million and 8 million Turkmen manats were concluded at the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange (SCRMET).
The sending of letters, parcels, parcels and postal goods abroad and within the country is available to residents of Turkmenistan in the new branch of the Turkmenmail postal communication company, which opened in the cargo terminal of the Ashgabat International Airport.
The duty on oil exports from Russia will increase from July 1 by $10.4-to $55.2 per ton. This is reported by the media with reference to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. Currently, the export duty on oil is $44.8 per ton.
The first container train on the route Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Turkey, loaded with Kazakh sulfur, arrived in Tehran today. Just at this time, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is here, whose visit to the Iranian capital takes place a few days after the visit of Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held an expanded meeting of the government on Saturday following the results of his working trips to Mary and Lebap regions, during which he got acquainted with the situation on the ground, including the progress of the grain harvest, and took part in the opening of new facilities.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov made a trip to the Lebap region on Saturday, where he opened a new gas-collecting station, and before that he visited farmers.
