On the initiative of the employees of the Department of Intangible Values of the Ministry of Culture, the State Museum of the State Cultural Center hosted a scientific-practical conference “Felt is an example of the perfect artistic creativity of Turkmens”. A kind of prelude to it was an exhibition of products made of felt, which are stored in the storerooms of the museum. Each exhibition of art values is considered successful if it surprises visitors with its sights. This exhibition turned o...

At the mention of the word Karakum, a wide steppe, like a Turkmen soul, comes to life before your eyes with its unique flora. The Karakum steppe is a natural heritage of our country. There are forests of low-growing trees and shrubs in the Karakum Desert. There are 300-600 such trees and shrubs per hectare. The main plant of these forests is saxaul. This coniferous tree is of two types - white saxaul and black saxaul. Branches of white saxaul are rare and short, black saxaul are thick and lon...

Today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made a working trip around the capital, having been acquainted with the progress of work on the further development of urban infrastructure, as well as the start of construction of the next stage of the Ashgabat-Turkmenabat high-speed autobahn. In the early morning, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took a helicopter to the construction site of the next stage of the Ashgabat-Turkmenabat high-speed highway, which started from the territory of the Ba...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed Ebrahim Raisi and all the people of the country on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Over the past period, important work has been done to expand bilateral relations based on the principles of mutual respect, understanding, equality and openness, the leade...

The laboratory of the Technology Center of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan conducts a complex of interdisciplinary research, including in the field of bioinformatics technologies. The work of the laboratory is aimed primarily at the food security of the country. We managed to communicate with specialists in the field of pharmacognosy and understand how the result of modern pharmacognostic research has expanded the range of medicinal plants and drugs derived from them. Also, our attention...

On February 16-17, 2022, sports competitions dedicated to the Day of Diplomatic Workers of Turkmenistan were held with the participation of teams from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and diplomatic missions of foreign countries, representative offices of international organizations accredited in Ashgabat. Competitions were organized in four sports: tennis, table tennis, billiards and volleyball. In the billiards game "Russian Pyramid", a representative of the US Embassy won...

Today, on February 17, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov met with Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat R.Kastberg. During the meeting, the current state and prospects of Turkmenistan's partnership with the OSCE were considered. The main topic of discussion was the issues of preparation for the forthcoming presidential elections in Turkmenistan on March 12 this year. In this context, the parties considered the forms of cooperation between the Turk...