From April 20, a visa regime to Turkey will begin to operate for citizens of Tajikistan, the state agency of Tajikistan “Khovar” reports with reference to the Ministry of foreign affairs of the republic.
As part of its efforts to boost tourism in the Kingdom, Saudi Arabia is embarking on construction of the world's largest airport in terms of passenger numbers.
On Saturday, April 6, petrochemical and light industry products of the country were sold during trading at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.
World Health Day, April 7, was celebrated in Turkmenistan with a mass bike ride with the participation of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
In Moscow, the museum and exhibition complex of the Russian Academy of Arts - Zurab Tsereteli Art Galleries, held a concert dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the classic of Turkmen poetry, philosopher and thinker of the East Magtymguly Fragi.
This week, representatives of the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan visited the Readiness Institute educational center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
On April 25, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan is holding an Open Day for high school students from Ashgabat secondary schools No. 21, 37, 68, 72, 76, assigned to the institute. The event starts at 15:00.
Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko on her anniversary and awarding her the title of Hero of Labor. The text of the congratulations was published by TASS.
Well, the illusory fanfare has died down and the imaginary red carpets have been rolled up after the award ceremony of the French language competition - Francophonie. Whether it went well or not is another question. We want to focus your attention on the essay competition. Perhaps this is the only Francophonie competition where, in addition to perfect knowledge of the French language, candidates also need to have creative abilities. In other words, it’s almost a literary competition, but in a small format.
The State Concern "Turkmenhimiya" is the leader in the growth of production indicators in the construction and industrial sector of the national economy. As follows from the report presented at the government meeting on Saturday, April 6, since the beginning of the year, the plan for the production of products and services by enterprises of the chemical concern has been fulfilled at the level of 152.8%.
The growth rate of liquefied natural gas production in Turkmenistan in January- March 2024 amounted to 109.4%. For other types of production in the divisions of the state concern Turkmennebit, the indicators correspond to the planned tasks or slightly exceed them.
In the first quarter of 2024, Turkmenistan's GDP growth remained at 6.3%. In the sectoral context of the GDP structure, the largest percentage growth compared to the period January-March 2023 was recorded in trade – 8.2. The service sector is also progressing – 7.6. This indicator in the transport and communications sector was 6.6, industry - 4.7, agriculture – 4.1.
The international beauty contest of Ahal-Teke horses, as well as contests among artists, sculptors, carpet makers, jewelers, photographers, publishing house employees, designers, videographers will be held on April 27 in the city of Arkadag. The order was signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the Turkmen State Television news outlet reported.
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have agreed to establish a joint venture between the railway administrations of the two countries to develop the Trans-Afghan railway route. The agreement was reached during the working visit of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Khiva, the press service of the administration of the Kazakh leader reports.
Uzbek pop stars, the charming duo Farhad and Shirin, recorded and performed a song based on Magtymguly’s poem “Habar ber – şeýledir”.
