A seminar on Turkmenistan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and trade protection measures was held in Ashgabat from November 27 to 30 at the Yildiz Hotel. The event is organized by the Central Asia Trade Program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the support of the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan.
The UAE Central Bank has issued a new polymer Dh500 banknote to mark the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) kicking off in Dubai and the country's National Day celebrations.
An informal meeting of the heads of state of the CIS member countries will take place on December 26 in St. Petersburg. This was announced by CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev.
Trade turnover between Russia and Turkmenistan this year increased by 11.6%, this is a huge breakthrough, Mikhail Rumyantsev, executive director of the Russian-Turkmen Business Council says. According to him, the growth of this indicator is affected by the increase in transportation - by 125.8% - through Turkmenistan from Iran to different regions of Russia, and there is huge potential for increasing the indicator. He spoke about this at the 4th International Foreign Economic Forum “Challenges and Solutions for Business: Synergy of Competencies”, organized by the Russian Economic University. G.V. Plekhanov, dedicated to the international transport corridor North - South, Russian Railways Partner writes.
Belarus has completed the ratification of the memorandum of obligations on obtaining the status of a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), RIA Novosti reports.
Turkmen chess players won one silver and one bronze medal on the first gaming day (November 29) of the Western Asian Championship for boys and girls under 20, which takes place in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
In the near future, the tax free system for tourists will be introduced in all 11 international airports of Uzbekistan. This was reported by the press service of Uzbekistan airports JSC.
A traffic warden dressed as Santa Claus ahead of the festive season works at a busy intersection, managing traffic flow in the Philippine capital Manila, known for its long traffic jams.
On Wednesday, November 29, petrochemicals, agriculture, light industry and handmade carpets were sold on the foreign and domestic markets during trading on the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan.
The four members of the South Korean group BTS - RM (Kim Namjoon), Jimin, V (aka Kim Taehyung) and Jungkook - have initiated the process of fulfilling their military service obligations. BIGHIT MUSIC's agency confirmed the news in an official statement on the Weverse platform.
The Turkmenbashi International Seaport futsal team “Denizchi” became the winner of the Turkmenistan Futsal Premier League.
The Turkmen delegation headed by the Authorized Representative for Human Rights in Turkmenistan, Yazdursun Gurbannazarova, was on a working visit to Georgia on November 29-30.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received on Wednesday a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, First Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Ding Xuexiang, who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the 6th meeting of the Turkmen-Chinese Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee.
The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Pakistan together with the Islamabad Institute for Peace Studies and Diplomacy held a scientific and practical conference "Magtymguly Pyragy and friendship of peoples in the modern world" dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the great thinker and classic poet of the East Magtymguly Pyragy.
The Energy Investment Forum within the framework of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program was held in Tbilisi on November 28-29. The event is organized jointly by the Government of Georgia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The forum was attended by a delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by Deputy Minister of Energy Serdar Saparov.
