First sessions of medical, technical, coach and executive committees of 2018 World Weightlifting Championship, which opening ceremony to take place on November 1, were held in the Sport Hotel of the capital Olympic village.  Representatives of International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and hosts of the tournament discussed the readiness of all support services and facilities to high-level conduct of the competitions, which would last until November 10, 2018. One of the objectives of the abo...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan published another edition of quarterly, scientific-practical magazine “Foreign policy and diplomacy of Turkmenistan”. The magazine introduces the statements of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly and at the session of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan. Then it proceeds with the information on high level meetings with President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President...

27 transactions were registered past week at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.  Businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Afghanistan and others purchased, in foreign currency, hydrotreated diesel fuel and petroleum coke produced at the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries. Businessmen from the UAE bought heavy vacuum gas oil from the Seydi Oil Refinery, and carbamide (Turkmenhimiya State Concern). The latter was also purchased by the representatives o...

Final match for the second important Asian football trophy was held between the Champion of Turkmenistan for the last four years Altyn Asyr and existing owner of the AFC Cup Iraqi Club Al Kuva from Basra.  Both teams have deserved the right to play in the final. On the way to the final, Al Kuva was qualified from the group tournament where Al Jazeers (Jordan), Malkia (Bahrein) and Al Suvaik (Oman0 played. After, it won Lebanese Al Ahed by the result of two matches (3:1 at home and 2:2 out) in...

Farmers of Hojambaz etrap, who reported on the fulfilment of the state order, having delivered 21,210 tons of raw cotton, are among the leaders of cotton harvest campaign in Lebap Velayat.  Territory under cotton occupies 120 thousand hectares in Lebap velayat, which are sown with high productive species of cotton adapted to soil and climate conditions of the region. 235 thousand tons of the this valuable technical crop have been already produced in Amudarya Valley, which makes almost 78 perc...

Ashgabat hosted mass cycling raid, which became another evidence of the commitment of Turkmenistan citizens to healthy life style and actively developing physical training and sport movement.  Recently, during working trip around the capital on October 24, the President of Turkmenistan familiarized with the project of the monument of the World Bicycle Day, which would be built on the intersection of Canhdybil and Bikrova Avenues. On the same day, the Head of the State approved the proposal on...

On October 27, 2018, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the German delegation, which arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit under the leadership of the head of the Inter-Parliamentary Group for Central Asia of the Bundestag (Parliament) of the Federal Republic of Germany Manfred Grund. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties, noting the progress in the successful development of Turkmen-German cooperation, expressed their commitment to intensify i...