The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) marked the successful completion of its five-year, regional Competitiveness, Trade, and Jobs activity. The activity facilitated Central Asian exports and increased employment in horticulture, transport and logistics services, and tourism industries. The activity successfully increased competitiveness and expanded trade in these sectors within the region and beyond.

An information center on sports and youth policy will be created in Turkmenistan to promote this sphere of the country's life in the international media space. Deputy Prime Minister Sapardurdy Toylyev spoke about the organization of such a structure at a government meeting on Friday.

The new year started for UNICEF Turkmenistan with a renewal of an important partnership with the Non-Profit Organization “Center of Development of Innovative Social Services - Partnership for Every Child” (P4EC) from Russian Federation.

Green technologies and digitalization of the social sphere - such vectors for the development of the urban economy were outlined by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during his visit to the construction site of the largest residential area Ashgabat City. It will join the Turkmen capital from the north and should become an innovative point of growth in urban development.

Export of Turkmenistan to Turkey for 11 months of 2021 increased by 50%, amounting to more than 49 million dollars. Turkey's exports to Turkmenistan during this period increased by 27.2%, and the total trade turnover between the two countries during this time is equal to 1 billion 911 million dollars.

On Tuesday, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the construction site of a new administrative center of the Akhal region, where he got acquainted with the progress of work and models of architectural complexes, individual buildings and structures under construction. Heads of responsible structures and contractors reported to the head of state.

The state association "Turkmen horses" will receive funds for the modernization of the horse breeding and breeding activities, as well as for the development of equestrian sports and the improvement of the social conditions of horse breeders.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who heads the upper House of the Turkmen Parliament (Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh), signed a resolution on its extraordinary meeting on February 11.

Understanding, foreseeing and managing demographic processes is necessary to ensure the sustainable development of the country in the future. The only reliable source of data on the size and spatial distribution of the population and its characteristics is the census.

The President of Turkmenistan signed a resolution at a government meeting on Friday, ratifying a number of international documents. Among them is the intergovernmental agreement between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan on cooperation in the field of civil defense, prevention and elimination of emergency situations, signed in Ashgabat on October 25, 2021.