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...

The President of Turkmenistan signed an Order prescribing ministries and sectoral agencies of the transport and communications field and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convene and ensure the high standards for hosting an international transport conference in Avaza National Tourist Zone on 28 November.  According to the document, relevant ministries and sectoral agencies will be required to assist ministries and sectoral agencies of the transport and communications field and the Ministry o...

Targeted work for improvement of national tourism industry is carried out. At present, the State Committee for Tourism supervises seven government and 16 private tourist agencies, which activity is aimed at the introduction of national values and tourism capabilities of the country to Turkmenistan citizens and foreign guests.  Internet resources especially the websites of the State Committee for Tourism, government and private travel agencies are widely used for the popularization of tourist...

Turkmenistan increases production capacities in the import substitutive sphere. Representatives of private sector of national economy take active part in this process. Members of the UIET, , «Gündogar akymy» and «Kämilligiň gözbaşy» business entities build the plants for production of sunflower oil. In combination, these facilities will produce 24,000 tons of this product per year. Opening of the industrial facilities is planned in the next year.

The “Bereketli Karakum” reserve (the Grace of the Karakum) was established in the north of the Akhal region in 2013 in order to preserve desert forests in the Central Karakum desert. The new nature reserve has become the ninth state natural reserve of the country, the first created in the years of independence. Its total area together with the Minara reserve is 85.5 thousand hectares. One site is located 240 km from Ashkhabad on the territory of the Dervezinsky and Tedzhensky etraps of the Ak...

On November 23, 2018, a round table discussion was held in Ashgabat on the publications of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) regarding the Ljubljana recommendations on the integration of diverse societies. The event was attended by members of the OSCE HCNM delegation, representatives of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, ministries and relevant institutions, law enforcement agencies and public organizations o...