Azerbaijan has become the first Shiite Muslim country to appoint its ambassador to Israel two months after announcing the opening of an embassy in Tel Aviv, The Times of Israel reports.
The grandson of the chairman of the upper house of the Turkmen parliament Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Kerimguly Berdimuhamedov wrote a song for his grandfather's new poem "Dowam Bolsun!" (Let the peace be endless).
Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan will cooperate in organizing and conducting joint macroseismic studies of the consequences of earthquakes that occurred in transboundary territories, training specialized specialists in educational institutions, and will also exchange interns, teachers, scientists and specialists, zakon.kz reports.
The outgoing year 2022 was full of events that in many ways shaped a new reality and radically changed our world. The coming year 2023 will also bring with it a lot of surprises, and will reveal many questions to which answers have to be found.
From January 2023, China will resume providing services for applying for visas, temporary residence permits and residence permits for foreign citizens, the Xinhua news agency reports.
On Wednesday, in the capital's residential complex "Gurtly", the grand opening of a number of new facilities - residential buildings, a complex of buildings for economic and cultural purposes took place, - Orient source says.
Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (Parliament) Mustafa Shentop said that he had nominated President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Star newspaper.
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov left for Russia on Monday to participate in an informal summit of CIS leaders, TDH reports.
Members of the working group on the implementation of the Joint Action Plan between the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan and the Federal Customs Service of Russia discussed the issue of signing a Memorandum of cooperation in the field of personnel training, according to the website of the Turkmen Customs Department.
A strong winter storm has brought the coldest Christmas weather in the United States in the last 40 years. A powerful wind blew down power lines, more than one and a half million residents were left without electricity. In some states, the temperature dropped below 40 degrees. This is reported by the US National Weather Service.
The heads of the CIS countries received "Club rings" with New Year's greetings as a gift at an informal summit in St. Petersburg, the telegram channel "Pool of the First" reports.
Informality in Russian is what the Russian media called a working breakfast hosted by Vladimir Putin for the CIS heads of state at the Museum of St. Petersburg. The menu of treats of the Russian president included several types of cereals, fresh cottage cheese with berries, draniki with crab and poached egg and cheesecakes with sour cream. Everyone could choose a dish to their liking.
President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced reforms to strengthen the executive power in the country next year, Anadolu agency reports.
The State Council of Tatarstan has adopted a draft amendment to the constitution, which provides for renaming the position of the head of the region from "president" to "rais of the republic" (head), TASS reports.
An informal meeting of the leaders of the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States took place at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in St. Petersburg.
