Lyudmila Renne, Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Projects and International Cooperation of Russian Railways, spoke in favor of reviving the previously popular Moscow-Ashgabat passenger railway. This is what TASS writes about.

Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Turkmenistan Ahmet Demirok spoke about the state and prospects of relations between the two countries in the field of culture and tourism. Speaking at a reception at the Turkish Cultural Center in Ashgabat, organized in the format of a photo exhibition, on Tuesday, April 16, on the occasion of Tourism Week in Turkey, the Ambassador noted the growing interest of Turkmen citizens in traveling around Turkey.

On April 16, 2024, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan M.Byashimova and the UN-Habitat delegation led by the Acting Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme Michal Mlynár.

The Russian public-private airline Aeroflot has introduced a service for transporting animals in the next passenger seat.

The Mejlis of Turkmenistan delegated its representative to the 8th International Conference of Parliamentarians on the Implementation of the Program of Action on Population and Development (IPCI/ICPD), which was held on April 10-12 in Oslo, Norway.

Best practices of the OSCE participating States in establishing business ombudsperson institutions and protecting the rights and legitimate interests of business entities were shared during an OSCE-organized seminar that took place on 15 April 2024 in Ashgabat.

The newspaper “Türkmen dünýäsi” together with the Nature Conservation Society of Turkmenistan is holding a creative competition in honor of the 300th anniversary of Magtymguly Fragi.

On April 15-20, 2024, the II Open International Olympiad in Computer Science among students of higher educational institutions of Turkmenistan and foreign countries will be held in Ashgabat with the organization of the Yagshygeldi Kakayev International University of Oil and Gas (MUNG).

The competition "My Star Family - 2024" was held at the Turkmen-Russian Pushkin School. The organizers threw a shout, and immediately a queue formed of those who wanted to take part in this competition. More than 20 family groups, which included two or even three generations, volunteered to compete. They were registered under the original names, which for obvious reasons, one way or another, were associated with family names or with the composition of the teams. For example, the collective "Three ku" (this trio consists of famous musicologists and figures of Turkmen culture Jamili and Myrat Kurbanov, who are also grandparents, and their granddaughters Aina), "There are two of us" (Baymyradov Batyr and Guvanch - dad and son) or "Double Shire" (a duet of mom and son the Shirovs' daughters).

From April 9 to 14, 2024, the 18th SEEMOUS Student Olympiad in Mathematics (mathematical Olympiad for students of universities in Southeastern Europe) was held in the city of Iasi, Romania.