The trade turnover between Turkmenistan and China in the first six months of this year increased by 12.3% compared to the same indicator last year. The total volume of mutual trade between the countries amounted to about $5.55 billion, according to the General Customs Administration of China.
Turkmenistan's preparations for dialogue with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) were discussed during a working meeting held by the UN Development Program jointly with the Government of the country.
Young Turkmen citizens aged from 16 to 35 years, who have demonstrated significant successes and achievements in creative and labor activities over the past three years, have organizational skills and are elected by the staff of their enterprise or organization, will be able to become applicants for the Youth Prize of Turkmenistan.
In order to prevent dust drifts in the south of Tajikistan, the largest saxaul plantation is being divided into more than 300 hectares.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree approving the composition of the Turkmen part of the joint Turkmen-Uzbek intergovernmental commission on the delimitation and demarcation of the state border.
The President of Turkmenistan approved the structures of the central offices and regulations on the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Environmental Protection by signing the relevant documents.
A unique event took place in the world of cinema and literature - the world-famous American writer Stephen King sold Gulnara Ivanova, a student of the Tashkent branch of the S. A. Gerasimov ASIC, the right to film his story "The Man who did not Shake Hands" for a nominal fee of one dollar. This is reported by EurAsia Daily.
In the near future, it is planned to put into operation the tanker "Atamyrat Nyýazow". This vessel for the transportation of oil and petroleum products with a gross capacity of 4260 tons (GT) was built in 2001. The repair of this vessel was almost completely carried out by local specialists. The launch of this tanker will contribute to the growth of exports of domestic petroleum products.
Tigress Magda, an artist of the "Big Cat Show" of the Russian circus, who came to Turkmenistan on tour, gave birth to two cubs. The babies were born on July 28 at the Gerogly State Equestrian Circus of the new city of Arkadag.
A train loaded with more than 1,500 tons of goods such as mattresses, baby products, ceramic tiles, etc., recently departed from the international land port in Guiyang city of Guizhou Province in Southwest China, which marked the official opening of a direct freight rail link between this region of China and Central Asia, Xinhua reports.
On the official website, Turkmenistan Airlines announced the suspension of flights on the Ashgabat– Moscow–Ashgabat route operated by Turkmen Airlines from August 1, 2023. Flights to Russia will be carried out in the direction of Ashgabat – Kazan – Ashgabat. As noted in the airline's ticket offices, flights to Moscow will be suspended until August 22.
According to the satellite television operator Älem TV from the “Turkmentelecom” telecommunications company, new tariffs for channel packages have been introduced since August 1.
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexei Overchuk and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov discussed by telephone cooperation between the two countries in the fields of secondary and higher education and culture. This is reported by TASS, referring to the Telegram channel of the Russian government.
The recruitment of specialists from foreign Russian-language media has been opened for participation in the program of additional professional education “Technologies of journalism: methods of work in the modern international space”. This is reported by the Russian House in Ashgabat.
Shanghai hosted ChinaJoy, one of the world's largest gaming and digital entertainment exhibitions, shine.cn reports.
