Effendi is a prototype of a witty joker, Hodja Nasreddin, well known in the East and beyond. According to the legends that have survived to our days, not all people were happy to encounter him. Pretentious noblemen, for instance, felt uneasy about his ironic jokes and witty tricks. However, Hodja Nasreddin had a kind and fair heart. By ridiculing rich men, Nasreddin managed to win people’s love.  Creative team of the Alp Arslan Drama Theater staged a play based on Who Are You, Effendi? by a T...

The height of the main New Year tree of the country, which is placed at the square of Älem Cultural and Entertainment Centre, together with octagonal star, is 38 meters height. This is the tallest New Year tree in the CIS. New Year trees in the capitals of Azerbaijan and Armenia are one meter shorter. In Uzbekistan, New Year symbol is shorter by 3 meters, in Belarus by 8 meters, in Tajikistan by 10 meters, in Russia by 11 meters, in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Georgia by 13 meters. New Year tr...

Ashgabat hosted the honouring ceremony of the winners of special children Gulbaba Award. The prize was awarded to 56 talented children from all regions of the country – winners of intellectual, art and school contests, sport competitions of regional and international scale. They were presented with special certificated and valuable prizes in ceremonial atmosphere in the Exhibition Centre of the Trade and Industry Chamber. Talented boys and girls were greeted by numerous relatives and friends...

By the Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbansoltan Amanova was appointed as the Deputy Hyakim of Balkanabat, Balkan Velayat.

13 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from Afghanistan bought gasoline produced by Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex. In addition, vehicles, colourless glass and cotton fibre were sold to United Arab Emirates, Ireland and Afghanistan. Total amount of transactions exceeded 32,493,000 US dollars.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held first session of the Government in 2019 where current issues of the state life have been discussed. Having announced the agenda, the President gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G. Myradov who reported on the situation in the structure under his supervision as well as on the fulfilment of the assignments given by the Head of the State earlier. It was informed that at present time, the facilities under his supervis...

109 paintings from museums of Dazhoguz and Ahal provinces augmented the Fund of the Museum of Fine Arts. For many years, says the director of the museum, the merited arts worker of Turkmenistan, Saparmamed Meredov, we worked towards bringing fine arts closer to villagers. To that end, painters conducted trips to rural areas to depict rustic life, to paint portraits of rural workers and landscapes. The majority of works were left in the countryside, unfortunately, in conditions not quite appro...