President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Decree, authorizing: 1. To abolish the Turkmen State Institute of Transport and Communications and to establish the Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies of Turkmenistan. 2. To place the Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies of Turkmenistan under the purview of the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan. 3. To determine the Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies of Turkmenis...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Cordially greeting the colleague, the President of Turkmenistan congratulated Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the election as the President of Kazakhstan and wished him good health, prosperity and great success in his work at the highest political office. Thanking for the kind words and wishes, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev underlined that the Repu...

As the winter wheat harvest is gathering pace in Turkmenistan, farmers in Dashoguz and Balkan velayats started harvesting operations on June 12. With the total area under wheat in Dashoguz velayat reaching 157,000 hectares, farmers are aiming to produce 300,000 tons of grain. Local growers tend to favor high-yielding wheat varieties well adapted to the region’s soil and climatic conditions. 380 farm machines, mostly John Deere (USA) and CLAAS (Germany) combine harvesters, will be working i...

On the occasion of Science Day, an awards ceremony has been held in a conference hall at Magtymguly Turkmen State University to honor the Young Scientists Competition winners. The contest was co-organized by the Academy of Sciences and the Central Council of the Magtymguly Youth Organization. Established by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the annual showcase of research projects serves to advance Turkmen science, to promote young scientists’ research activities and to increase their cont...

On the 12th of June 2019, the International scientific conference “Science, technology and innovative technologies in an Epoch of power and happiness” dedicated to the annually, widely celebrated Day of Science of Turkmenistan was held at the Engineering-technology University named after Oguz Khan.    The representatives of the ministries, profile departments, Academy of Sciences, foreign scientists and specialists, professors and students of the higher educational institutions, as well as th...

An OSCE-supported seminar on best practices in anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) in the sector of designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBP) took place in Ashgabat from 10 to 11 June 2019. The event was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, jointly with the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan and its Financial Monitoring Service. The aim of the seminar was to enhance the participants’ understanding of international...

On June 12, 2019 a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania in Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku) Valdas Lastauskas, who completes his diplomatic mission. During the meeting the sides exchanged their views on the results of the work performed in order to strengthen bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and Lithuania, including within the framework of the dialogue Turkmenistan -...