Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Maia Sandu officially took the oath and assumed the office of President of Moldova. This marks her second term after being re-elected in the general elections held in November of this year.

On Tuesday, December 24th, transactions involving petrochemical products, light industry goods, and construction materials were conducted during trading sessions at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

In the upcoming seventh presidential elections in Belarus, scheduled for January 26, 2025, new technologies will be introduced.

For the first time in the history of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the United Nations (UN), a high-level joint event will take place during the UN General Assembly. This was reported by the National Information Agency of Tajikistan, "Khovar".

On Monday, December 23rd, petrochemical products were sold during trading sessions at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan conducted a final seminar under the project "Strengthening National Capacity for Seismic Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Response to Potential Earthquakes," jointly implemented by UNDP and the Institute of Seismology and Atmospheric Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan. The event was held at the UN House in Ashgabat.

A new building of the Consulate of Kazakhstan has opened in the city of Turkmenbashy. The grand opening ceremony was attended by the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan, Nurlan Nogaev, as reported on the website of the Kazakh Embassy in Turkmenistan.

Last week, 15 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

Today, the ORIENT website is visited by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to Turkmenistan Vafo Niyatbekzoda