The ORIENT website of the Media-Turkmen news agency and the largest daily newspaper in Qatar - Al Sharq signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the exchange of news materials. The signing ceremony took place in Doha on Monday, March 18, during a meeting between the heads of the two media outlets.

From April this year, the Japanese government will increase the number of students eligible to receive scholarships.

The turnout for the Russian presidential elections in Turkmenistan at the time the polls closed at 20:00 local time was 2,750 people. TASS reported this, citing the press service of the Russian Embassy in Ashgabat.

A new shopping and entertainment center “Arkach” has opened in Ashgabat. On Sunday evening, shining with festive lights, it received its first visitors, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time - after all, a noticeable new building on Magtymguly Avenue, diagonally from the park with the Kemine monument, attracted more and more attention as it approached completion.

On Saturday, March 16, 594,892 seedlings of deciduous, coniferous, fruit trees and grapes were planted in Turkmenistan during a landscaping campaign. During the event, work was carried out to take care of existing plantings, in particular, attention was paid to 2 million 376 thousand 204 trees. This was reported in the news release of the Turkmen State Television.

The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Ukraine, held a meeting with students of the Kyiv Trade and Economic University - future specialists in the field of economic diplomacy.

The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Industry Azat Ovezov took part in the Medical Korea Forum, the 14th Global Conference on Healthcare and Medical Tourism, which was held in Seoul on March 14-15.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on the retirement of conscripted military personnel from the Armed Forces, other troops and military bodies of Turkmenistan and the regular conscription of citizens for military service.

Aviation security training was organized in Bishkek for specialists in the aviation industry of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, Kabar agency reports.

Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Australia, Atadurdy Bayramov, who took up his duties, held a number of working meetings with senior representatives of the Australian government.