Every four years we have February 29th – except for those that fall at the turn of the century, unless the year is divided by 400. One of these confusing stories about how leap years work was told by the BBC.

On February 27, Kazan hosted a significant meeting of the rectors of two leading universities: the Oguz Han University of Engineering Technologies of Turkmenistan (UET) and the Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU-KSTU). The meeting was held with the participation of the Consul General of Turkmenistan in Kazan, Guych Garayev. This is reported on the website of the Consulate General of Turkmenistan in Kazan.

Schoolchildren from Turkmenistan won at the Teeneagle International English Olympiad, which took place from February 18 to February 25 in the capital of Malaysia, the city of Kuala Lumpur.

On February 27-28, a training seminar on ethical reporting by journalists of issues related to global challenges was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Safe Migration in Central Asia program and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

At the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Romania, it was held a meeting with the co- chairman of the interparliamentary Turkmen-Romanian friendship group, deputy Anquetillier-Karoly Kolchar.

The leading financial newspaper in Luxembourg, Agefi Luxembourg, published on Tuesday, February 27, an article “Turkmenistan’s priorities for 2024.” The publication referred to a briefing that took place on February 12 at the Turkmen embassy in Brussels, where the head of the diplomatic mission informed representatives of European media and think tanks about the key priorities of Turkmenistan’s foreign and domestic policy and the main areas of cooperation with the EU.

Elon Musk may launch an email service with the code name XMail. This news comes amid rumors about the closure of Google's email service Gmail.

The delegation of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan took part in the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which was held on February 22–23 in Vienna, Austria.

The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Brussels launched a poetry challenge in honor of the 300th anniversary of Magtymguly, inviting local residents of different nationalities, as well as tourists to read the poem "Turkmenistan" ("The Future of Turkmenistan").

A Chinese commercial transport company paid nearly $28,000 to transport tens of tons of snow from the frozen northern city of Harbin to a school for special needs children in the tropical southern metropolis of Guangzhou.