The meeting of the Leningrad blockade runner Galina Mammedova with sixth grade students took place at the Russian House in Ashgabat. The meeting was timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade. On this occasion, a tablet exhibition of the Victory Museum "Salute over the Neva" was organized in the Russian House.

By his decree, the President of Turkmenistan dismissed the Adviser to Justice Ovezmammet Shihmamedov from the post of prosecutor of the city of Ashgabat.

Russian banks have started issuing payment cards for foreign tourists in a test mode. This was announced by Nikita Kondratiev, Director of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, writes TASS.

On Friday, February 2, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Shalar Geldynazarov, met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Tharaka Balasuriya.

Children participating in the program received $100.52 in special accounts for 2023, Tengrinews.kz reports.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, on behalf of the people, the government of the country and on his own behalf, congratulated Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on the occasion of his oath of office as the new King of Malaysia.

At Ashgabat International Airport, passenger commercial flights are carried out on a regular basis by such foreign airlines as Turkish Airlines, Siberian Airlines, China Southern, and Flydubai, as well as cargo flights by the Luxembourg airline Cargolux. In total, in 2023, 1,088 technical landings and 860 commercial landings were performed at Ashgabat International Airport, reports «Turkmenaragatnashyk» agency.

Airports in some European countries are beginning to lift restrictions on carrying liquids of no more than 100 ml in hand luggage, Euronews reports.

On January 31, the Central Office of the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan held an information and educational event in a hybrid format with the participation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Central Asia, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Turkmenistan.

A meeting of the Council of Elders under the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan and the Council of Elders under the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charitable Foundation to assist children in need of care was held on Wednesday, January 31, at the capital's Palace of Congresses.