In Turkey, the revenues of the tourism industry in 2022 amounted to more than $46 billion, which is 53.4% more than in 2021. This is a new record for Turkey in the field of tourism, according to official Turkish media, citing data from the Institute of Statistics of Turkey.
US artists Kate Bass and Aaron Young will perform on the Ashgabat stage as part of a 10-day cultural program, according to a press release from the US Embassy in Turkmenistan.
At a meeting on the development of Astana, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to develop a new general plan of the city, Tengrinews reports.
The Highest League of the Women's Chess Championship of Turkmenistan has started in Ashgabat. The tournament, held in a round-robin system, brought together 14 of the country's strongest chess players to date, each of whom will meet at the board with all the other participants. The girls were selected from various qualifying competitions, including the first league, the championship among girls under 20 and the previous top league.
On Tuesday, a meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of the CIS Member States to the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz Republic was held at the CIS headquarters in Minsk on Tuesday.
Former forward of the St. Petersburg football club Zenit, Iranian footballer of Turkmen origin Serdar Azmoun, who now plays for the German Bayer, may continue his career in the French Marseille, reports L'Equipe.
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have increased the mutual period of stay of their citizens in the territory of the two countries from five to 30 days, the press service of the Uzbek Agency for External Migration reported on Tuesday.
Congratulatory letters were sent to the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov in honor of the new year, the letter says:
The schedule of matches of the youth women's team of Turkmenistan (under 20) in the first round of the qualifying tournament of the Asian Cup-2024 on football has become known.
Young representatives of the communications sector of Turkmenistan were awarded prizes of the Magtymguly Youth Organization of the country. The awarding ceremony took place within the framework of the VIII Congress of the Youth Organization, the "Turkmenaragatnashyk" agency informed ORIENT.
The UNICEF representative office in Turkmenistan, together with the Ministry of Education and the National Institute of Education of the country, presented methodological manuals on adaptation to climate change for secondary school teachers. This is reported in a distributed press release of the organization.
Turkmenistan has approved the procedure for issuing electronic tickets for passenger trains, according to which travelers can purchase virtual tickets on the Internet or at ticket sales terminals, as well as at passenger service stations, the official website of JSC "Turkmendemirellary"reports.
The Gas Summit in Istanbul with the participation of representatives of the exporting countries of natural gas from Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea (Istanbul Gas Summit) is scheduled to be held on February 14-15.
Speaking in the Parliament of Turkmenistan (Mejlis) during his visit to Ashgabat, the speaker of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin noted the importance of creating a parliamentary dimension of the "Caspian Five", RIA Novosti reports.
Judoists from Turkmenistan will demonstrate their skills at the international Grand Slam tournament, which will be held in Paris in early February. ORIENT was informed about this by the National Judo Federation.
