On the first day of the new year 2024, the BRICS interstate association was officially replenished with five participants at once. The new members are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Ethiopia.
On January 1, 2024, the 5th national Economic census officially began in China. This is reported by the Xinhua News Agency with reference to the State Statistical Office of the People's Republic of China.
On Friday, December 29, 2023, during trading on the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan, petrochemical products, light industry of the country and handmade Turkmen carpets were sold.
The Kremlin has published the concept of Russia's presidency in the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2024.
Thousands of satellites will be sent to the Celestial Empire. The first satellite of the G60 Starlink project has been launched in China, which will become part of the future Internet communication network. The G60 constellation will include about 12 thousand orbitals. Of these, the first 108 are planned to be launched this year.
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov expressed deep condolences to Emperor Naruhito and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in connection with the earthquake that occurred in the central region of the country, which led to casualties and injuries.
By the decision of the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS on June 8, 2023, the city of Tashkent was declared the Youth Capital of the CIS in 2024.
The Central Asia Youth Talks conference was held in Istanbul at the end of the last year, from December 18 to 22. Organized with the support of the World Bank and the OSCE, this meeting brought together 25 young leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The main goal of the conference was to exchange innovative ideas and develop solutions to global and regional issues on tracks such as gender equality, climate change, human capital and job creation.
About 15 percent of the population of our planet is exposed to moderate and strong magnetic storms, which negatively affect the health of elderly people, weather-sensitive people, as well as those with chronic diseases - they feel weakness, devastation, poor health, etc., which naturally affects their mood and work productivity.
So we lived the first day of the year, which ends the first quarter of the XXI century. And how did Turkmenistan's neighbors in the region celebrate the New Year's holiday?
Ras al Khaimah, an emirate in the north of the United Arab Emirates, celebrated the New Year with another record-breaking eight-minute fireworks and drone show, setting two new titles in the Guinness Book of Records in a stunning spectacle that lit up the sky on a 4.5-kilometer stretch of the waterfront of the regional capital.
Minister of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan Daniyar Amangeldiev on his social media page called on the citizens of the country to contribute to the development of tourism in Kyrgyzstan.
The parents of the first child born in Turkmenistan in the New Year, 2024, were presented with gifts on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the national leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
On the first day of the New Year, the pupils of the Döwletliler köşgi Palace were presented with gifts on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the national leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, this was reported in the news release of the Turkmen State Television.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark will abdicate the throne in January 2024. Her message was published on the official website of the Danish royal dynasty.
