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Austrian industrialist: about plans in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat City and market prospects

ORIENT interviewed a prominent representative of European business — Mr. Johann Sischka, a member of the Turkmen-Austrian Society and director of a large Austrian company for the production of high-strength steel and glass Waagner Biro steel and glass, which has extensive experience in construction, the use of high technologies in manufacturing and architecture. He told us about the company's plans in the Turkmen market, shared his vision of future cooperation and evaluated the projects of the city of Arkadag, as well as the planned Ashgabat City.

19:38 July 02, 2023

A friend of Allah Ibrahim... or a Reminder of the values of belief

The three–day celebration of Eid al-Adha, one of the most important holidays in the Muslim calendar, has ended in Turkmenistan. June 28, 29 and 30 in the country, according to the decree of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, were declared non-working so that people could devote this time to performing rituals and customs, communicating with relatives and friends, joint meals and charity.

04:20 July 02, 2023

A story about a couturier's dress and a French composer – what connects them with Turkmenistan

The story happened 15 years ago in Tashkent, where two married couples met by chance – the newlyweds Govher and Romain Gouvernet, who came to the Uzbek capital from Ashgabat for work, and the famous composer Pierre Tilua and his wife Greta Komur, who found themselves in Uzbekistan as part of the Bukhara Violin music project.

22:10 July 01, 2023

National leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov — a reformer who changed the image of Turkmenistan

The first Turkmen communications satellite, the largest resort city on the Caspian Sea, the longest gas pipeline in the world, the most beautiful Central Asian policy, 16 UN resolutions, GDP growth of more than 6% — all this is about the implemented initiatives of one of the most successful politicians in modern history: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the second president of Turkmenistan, the national leader of the Turkmen the people and the head of the supreme body of representative power — Halk Maslahaty.

03:47 June 29, 2023

French composer Pierre Tilois ― visiting the Turkmen Conservatory

These days, French composer Pierre Tilois is in Turkmenistan, the owner of the most prestigious music awards in France, Germany, the United States, the author of about 300 works, including several operas, dozens of symphonies, concertos for a soloist and orchestra, symphonic poems, oratorios, quartets, music for cinema and more. For about ten years, Pierre Tilois has been the organizer of music festivals among composers, the founder of a number of creative teams, he is also actively involved in social activities.

01:09 June 29, 2023

Listen to the Camerata and recharge: what is the musical magnetism of the young ensemble

To get to the concert of the "Ashgabat Camerata" and the ability to get a ticket for the performance of musicians – for fans this has already become something like passing an exciting quest. As soon as the artists put up a poster of the upcoming concert program, music lovers and fans literally open the "hunting season" for invitations and tickets, having obtained which, then they wait with a sense of the winner and count the hours until the cherished day. The audience expects and anticipates new and fresh musical impressions, with which it charges and "nourishes" itself until the next concert of the young metropolitan group.

20:12 June 27, 2023

Generals of coffee quarries, or All roads lead to CoffeeHub

Before I entered my favorite coffee shop, a smiling barista greeted me and started preparing coffee with the words: “Are you as always or as usual?”. Aesthetic coffee lovers and hedonists will understand what a special pleasure it is when you can come to your familiar corner, sit by the window with a cup of an invigorating drink and just look at the pedestrians outside the window.

23:41 June 26, 2023

Expulsion from school, surgery and a named museum: 7 interesting facts about Ronaldo's life

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest footballers of all time. You can talk endlessly about the Portuguese striker's records and awards.

00:11 June 26, 2023

Turkmenistan's Permanent Representative to the UN – about women in diplomacy, compromises and empathy

Since 1995, the number of women permanent representatives to the UN has grown from 7 to 38. "There is still slow progress," said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Aksoltan Atayeva, who has represented Turkmenistan at the UN for 28 years and is the doyen of the diplomatic corps in New York. UN News Service published an interview with Aksoltan Torayevna on the occasion of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, which is celebrated on June 24.

02:22 June 25, 2023

The world of childhood in the music of Nury Halmamedov: so beautiful and so vulnerable!

Among the manuscripts of Nury Halmamedov there is a page entitled "Works in cinematography", in the lower right corner the date and place of recording are indicated: "12.III.83. Ashgabat, hospital, ward 8, polyclinic 4". Nuri knew he was leaving. He summed up the results and started with film music.

23:48 June 20, 2023

Turkmen Orpheus-a phenomenon of Nury Khalmamedov. To the 85th anniversary of the composer

On June 20, 2023, Nury Khalmamedov (1938-1983) would have turned 85 years old, he lived and worked in the 20th century, but his legacy not only continues to be relevant - Halmamedov has retained the status of the most performed Turkmen composer in the world for many decades.

23:37 June 20, 2023

Captivating plein air: dialogue in art brings peoples closer

An exhibition of students of the higher creative school, who worked with the American artist Aimee Erickson on the technique of the plein air, opened in the gallery of the State Academy of Arts of Turkmenistan on Tuesday. The week-long workshops were held as part of the arts exchange program implemented with the participation of the U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan. The exposition brought together artists, employees of diplomatic missions and international organizations, as well as students of the State Academy of Arts.

23:20 June 20, 2023

The history of one exhibit: a unique tea house "Cosmonaut Family"

Recently, the 60th anniversary of the flight of the first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was celebrated, which became a grandiose historical event not only for the USSR, but also for all mankind.

14:27 June 19, 2023

The play of the Turkmen composer has received a new life in Russia

This harmonious melody resonates in the soul of Ivanovo musicians with special warmth. Its author, the famous Turkmen composer Nury Halmamedov, repeatedly came to Ivanovo in the Soviet years, stayed at the House of Composers' Creativity. And a small composition, which opens the collection of children's piano pieces "Fleeting", he called "In Ivanovo".

23:32 June 17, 2023

Per aspera ad astra: Turkmen girls in the semifinals of the international project

For the second year, the Technovation Girls project has been operating in Turkmenistan — a global initiative that encourages creative girls from all over the world to create innovations and improve the life of society.

02:35 June 14, 2023

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