As is known, the soil extracted during the construction of International Seaport was used to make artificial island in the bay next to Turkmenbashy. This island with area of 170 hectares became the place of habitation, nesting and hibernation of water birds. Group of scientists of the Academy of Science of Turkmenistan, State Committee for Natural Protection and Land Resources and Agricultural University visited the island to evaluate the condition of the island before winter season.  Leading...

On November 23, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan took part in the 14th Ministerial Meeting "European Union - Central Asia" at the level of heads of foreign ministries of Central Asia and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Ms. F.Mogherini. During the meeting, the sides discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest, including the further development of relations between the EU and the countries of...

26 November is the 105th birthday of Fruma Abramovna Arest, the famous geophysicist and specialist in the sphere of gravimetric cartography and one of the founders of Turkmen geological survey.  Exploration and development of colossal hydrocarbon reserves have started in the 30s of the last century together with gradual study of geological structure of Turkmenistan. The study resulted in forecasts and later on, oil and gas deposits have been discovered. Number of talented geologists and geoph...

35 transactions were registered past week at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.  Businessmen from Afghanistan purchased, in foreign currency, hydrotreated diesel fuel and base oil produced at the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries. High-density polyethylene, clear sheet glass, cotton yarn and road transport were also sold in foreign currency. The Russian Federation, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan wer...

Turkmen National team performed successfully at the Western Asia Junior Championship in Tashkent of November 16 – 23. Around 300 junior chess players from 11 countries contested for the medals of the tournament in the age categories of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 18 and 20 years. The medals were contested in three disciplines – classic, rapid and blitz.  Our team has won five medals – 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze. 9th grade student of Ashgabat School No. 50 Azat Nurmamedov won three medals in the...

According to the Concept of improvement of teaching of foreign languages, the network of specialized comprehensive schools is expanding in the northern region. School No. 19 of Dashoguz received the status of such school. Starting from new academic year, the programme of education will include Persian language (Farsi) in addition to the main English language from the fifth grade. The classes are conducted by young specialists who graduated from profile Turkmen universities.  There are 525 sec...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the Cabinet of Ministers where implementation of national programmes of social and economic development and other topical issues of the state life have been reviewed.  Having announced the agenda, the President gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Myradov who reported on the work for Joint Action Plan of the Government of Turkmenistan and the UNDP on development of Voluntary National Review of the achievement...