On the 11th of June 2019, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the delegation of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (Turkic Council) headed by the Secretary General B.Amreyev.   During the meeting, the parties noted the significance of Turkic Council in the process of strengthening the friendly ties between the countries and nations which positively affects the development of economic and cultural-humanitarian relations in the whole region....

On the 10th of June 2019, the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference has started in the Palace of Nations in Geneva. During the plenary session, the addresses of more than 40 heads of states and governments of the ILO Member States are awaited.  During the plenary session, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population will give a speech highlighting the main achievements of the country for the past 25 years of Turkmenistan’s...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held video conference working session with participation of hyakims of velayats and Ashgabat where issues of social and economic development of the capital and regions as well as course of seasonal field works have been reviewed. First, the Head of the State called Hyakim of Ashgabat Sh. Durdiliyev who reported on the situation in the capital. The Hyakim also informed about the rates of construction of big facilities, activities for provision of their timel...

On 5-6 June 2019 the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized a seminar on the topic “Funding models for television in the 21st century.” The seminar was delivered by international experts from the United Kingdom and Ukraine who presented fundamental principles of public service broadcasting and traditional funding models for state, commercial and public service television. Representatives of Turkmenistan’s State Committee for TV, Radiobroadcasting and Cinematography, the Mejlis (the parliament), th...

Turkmen National Music Conservatory students and alumni, taught by Honored Art Worker of Turkmenistan Nikolay Amiyants, have organized a violin concert to celebrate the maestro’s 85th birthday. Friends and admirers of Nikolay Artemievich’s talent gathered in the Conservatory’s Big Hall to share such a joyous occasion with the luminary of the national school of violin playing and to say once again in unison, ‘Viva, Maestro!’. The evening of music opened with the robust and colorful ‘Hora Stacc...

Sixth session of the Mejlis of the sixth convocation where number of new laws and regulatory and legal act has been adopted took place. Heads of some ministries and departments, representatives of mass media were invited to participate in the session. Draft Laws on Trademarks and Appellation of Origin of Goods have been presented to deputies for review. The participants noted that large-scale programmes of modernization and diversification of national economy, rapid industrialization of the r...

The Mejlis of Turkmenistan adopted the Resolutions on Ratification of the Agreement of Strategic Partnership between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, on Joining the Convention of International Labour Organization No. 144 from 1976 concerning Tripartite Consultations to Promote the Implementation of International Labour Standards, on Ratification of the Protocol on Amendments of the Convention between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Korea...