A month before his final exam Sergei Rachmaninoff, the then Moscow Conservatory student, had been commissioned to create an opera (the libretto by V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko based on A. S. Pushkin’s poem “The Gypsies”) as his graduation piece. It took the 19-year-old just seventeen days to compose it. A month before his final exam Guvanch Saparaliev, a student at the Turkmen National Music Conservatory, had been asked to stage a production of the opera Aleko for his graduation project. It has...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held extended session of the Cabinet of Ministers where important issues of the state life have been discussed. Having announced the agenda, Head of the State Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that pardoning of convicted persons is held prior to big celebrations and in honour of the Night of Power. In this regard, the Head of the State gave floor to the Prosecutor General, Chairman of the Committee for proposals on citizenship and pardoning under the Presi...

On May 29, 2019, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Resolution “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea.” The key officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, representatives of a number of higher educational institutions of the country, heads and represent...

On May 31, 2019, Ashgabat will host a regular meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States’ Heads of Government Council within the framework of Turkmenistan's chairmanship in the CIS this year.     Representative delegations from the CIS countries will arrive to the country to participate in this meeting.  As part of this event, meetings of the heads of delegations with the President of Turkmenistan are expected on 30 and 31 May. During the meeting, relevant issues of political, trade...

At the session of the Cabinet of Ministers on May 10, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution on the State Budget of Turkmenistan for 2020 and addressing the members of the Government, pointed out the necessity of thorough elaboration of all sections of the main financial document especially the enhancement of its social direction, in particular, having focused on the increment of financing of educational and health protection spheres. Recently on May 27, the Head of the Sta...

On the 28th of May 2019, the 85th plenary meeting of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly was held in the headquarters of the United Nations in New-York, USA with participation of plenipotentiary representatives of the Organizations’ member-states.  During the meeting, the Resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea” initiated by Turkmenistan was adopted by consensus. 21 countries joined the co-sponsorship of the...

The sixth round of the High-level Political and Security Dialogue between the European Union and the countries of Central Asia took place on 28 May 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries, as well as the Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan as the guest of honor.  The Turkmen delegation was headed by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan in the Kingdom of Belgium. From the European Union, the Deputy Secretary-General for Politi...