Russia and Turkey have already begun to work on the implementation of the project to create a gas hub in Turkey, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said at a pre-New Year's conference call on December 28. He noted that the Russian offshore gas pipelines "Turkish Stream" and "Blue Stream" are now working confidently.
Russia is discussing the growth of gas supplies for the domestic markets of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan against the backdrop of an increase in their consumption of this type of fuel, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with TASS.
On December 27, the French government began issuing coupons for firewood to heat their homes to residents of some parts of the country. According to Ouest France, the authorities were forced to take such a measure due to the energy crisis in Europe and the sharp rise in electricity prices at the beginning of winter.
The tasks to accelerate the launch of the Uzbek-Turkmen border trade zone were assigned to responsible managers at a meeting at the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan, which took place on Wednesday, the press service of the department said.
Turkmenistan has completed a continuous population and housing census in 2022, which was conducted from December 17 to 27 to obtain comprehensive data on the number, demographic composition and social living conditions of the country's population.
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.
Singer JONY said he would be happy if he could write a joint song with Chairman of the upper house of the Turkmen parliament Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in an interview with Turkmen television.
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.
The Turkmenbashi International Seaport has transported 91 containers of copper concentrate to the Baku International Seaport as part of the multimodal route "Countries of the Asia-Pacific region – China – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan – Turkmenistan – Azerbaijan – Georgia – Turkey – Europe", Azerbaijani Railways reports.
On the eve of the New Year in the administrative center of the Lebap region, the city of Turkmenabad, after reconstruction, the central bazaar was opened, the Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
Competitions for the Turkmenistan Lawn Tennis Cup have ended in Ashgabat. The tournament brought together girls and boys aged 12 and older, who are in leading positions in the national ranking, the country's Tennis Federation told ORIENT.
Turkmenistan Airlines has resumed regular passenger flights between Ashgabat and Abu Dhabi (UAE) and on December 23 carried out the first flight between the cities, ORIENT was told at the International Airport of the Turkmen capital.
On Tuesday, December 27, 8 deals totaling $1 million and 8.9 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
Turkmen schoolchildren became winners of the II Open Internet Olympiad in biology and chemistry among students of specialized schools in the country, the results of which were summed up on December 28. Prize-winners in biology - 50 best students of grades 10-11, in chemistry - 49 clever boys and clever girls from different schools became medalists.
The premiere of the film "Red Apple" took place in the Turkmen capital at the cinema "Ashgabat" on New Year's Eve. The new picture with a lyrical plot has become a kind of gift for the audience from the Oguzkhan film studio "Turkmenfilm".
