A production of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci (The Traveling Players’) premiered at the Magtymguly Turkmen Music and Drama Theater has been a great success. Among those, who came to listen to the opera, were participants of the Third International Theater Festival. ... The opera opens with the famous Prologue. As the curtain goes up, the stage set recreates a small Italian village, where a troupe of traveling comedians has noisily arrived in a cart. A group of villagers heartily welco...

The grand opening of the III International Theatre Festival took place in Ashgabat. The festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, brought together 14 theatre groups representing 12 states, including Afghanistan, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, the United States of America, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Estonia. Our country is represented by drama groups of leading theatres. The venue for the opening ceremony was the Main Drama Theatre of Turkmen...

“We are happy to greet you at the festival of the world best works of theatrical art held on the hospitable Turkmen land,” says President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, addressing participants of the III International Theatre Festival in Ashgabat. “A grandiose creative forum with the participation of the representatives of dozens of states is aimed at contributing to understand the subtleties of the art of our countries and exchange experience. I belief that the festival, which reflects the acces...

Государственный русский драматический театр имени А.С. Пушкина представит свои лучшие спектакли в Волгограде (23 и 24 ноября) и Астрахани (26 и 27 ноября). Российские зрители увидят одну из ярких работ театра - «Мы обязательно встретимся». Спектакль поставлен Аширмухамметом Рахмановым по пьесе Говшутгельды Данатарова и Сердара Непесова «Перенгли» («Европеец»). Драматурги взяли за основу повесть Атаджана Таганова «Чужой», в которой описаны реальные события середины XIX века. Главный посыл прои...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held video conference working session with participation of the hyakims of the velayats and Ashgabat. The agenda included issues of social and economic development and seasonal agricultural works. Opening the session, the Head of the State called Hyakim of Ashgabat Sh. Durdiliyev who reported on the current situation in the capital, work for uninterrupted provision of the population with drinking water, electricity and gas as well as on preparation to comin...

On November 18, 2019, the meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Regional Coordinator of the International Organization for Migration, Chief of IOM Missions in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Mr. Zeynal Hajiyev. During the talks, the parties discussed the priority vectors of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the International Organization for Migration, including the implementation of joint plans and preparation of the programs for...

On November 18, 2019, the meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba in Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku) Alfredo Nieves Portuondo was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  During the meeting that was held in warm and friendly atmosphere, the parties discussed the current state of affairs of Turkmen-Cuban relations in political-diplomatic, economic and humanitarian fields.  The parties discussed the collaboration in the framew...