More than half of the civil officials in the Indonesian capital have started working from home. Jakarta authorities have taken such unusual measures to reduce traffic jams on city roads and, accordingly, reduce severe air pollution, CNN reports.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine, Riyad Al- Malik, during his visit to Ashgabat, met on Friday with Speaker of the Turkmen Parliament Dunyagozel Gulmanova and Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov.
What needs to be done to make your voice heard in a world that is saturated and overloaded with the flow of information, background noise and people? In an era when everyone is reducing the amount of attention, how to tell a story that can "hook" others and make you think and be inspired to change your life? These topics were discussed by a team of various specialists, including national media, young freelance journalists and opinion leaders in social networks at a three-day seminar on multiplatform digital storytelling organized in Ashgabat by the UNICEF Office in Turkmenistan.
The concert-presentation of the musical collection of works by Nury Halmamedov for soprano and piano will take place this autumn in the Russian capital as part of the VII Moscow International Festival of Arts “Sounds of the Dutar”, which is named after the great Turkmen composer.
The World Championship in horseracing started on Friday at the historical breeding circle of the Center of National Equestrian Traditions of the Moscow VDNH. Riders from 9 countries participate in the two- day tournament - Russia, Belarus, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and France. From each of them, a team of three people or one representative in a personal competition will enter the battlefield, the press center of VDNH says.
The flag of Turkmenistan was unfurled by climbers on the mountain peak Chogori (8611 meters), which is the second highest mountain in the world after Everest. Among climbers, this height is known as K2 and is located in the Karakoram mountain system on the border of China and Pakistan.
“UzGazTrade” and “Turkmengaz” signed a short-term contract for the supply of up to 2 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas to Uzbekistan. This was stated by the Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov at the end of in Ashgabat with Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan for the fuel and energy complex Batyr Amanov.
The calendar of matches of "Ahal" in the AFC Champions League has been determined. The Turkmen team formed group "A" together with Uzbek "Pakhtakor", Saudi "Al-Fah" and "Al-Ain" from the UAE.
The delegation of Turkmenistan, together with specialists from other countries of Central Asia, took part in a technical meeting on the exchange of experience in the field of maternal health. This was reported by the representative office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Turkmenistan.
More than 150 officials, experts, scientists and entrepreneurs from around the world, including Turkmenistan, took part in the two-day forum "Introduction of Digital Technologies for Sustainable Economic Development", held in the Chinese city of Urumqi.
A special transport with humanitarian aid from Turkmenistan arrives in the Primorsky Territory of the Russian Federation on Friday, August 25. 40 tons of cargo are intended for residents of the region affected by floods. On the eve of this, the First Vice-Governor – Chairman of the Government of the region Vera Shcherbin met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Russia Batyr Niyazliyev in Vladivostok.
The Association of Composers of the Caspian countries, which will constantly interact with the composer communities of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan, decided to create in 2024. This decision was made by the participants of the First International Forum of Composers of the Caspian Sea, taking place these days in Astrakhan as part of the festival of classical art "Caspian Seasons - 2023". Mikhail Golikov, artistic director and conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Caspian States, told TASS about this in an interview.
Pakistan and Turkmenistan have agreed to promote work on the Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project.
The judoka of the national team of Turkmenistan Dilara Kandymova became the owner of the bronze medal of the junior World Championship, which takes place from August 23 to 27 in Zagreb (Croatia).
Intertwining white lines in the form of an intricate road marker appeared in France on some roads so that reckless drivers would not exceed the speed limit. Such an experimental project was launched by the Mayor's office of the city of Bon in the north-east of the country.
