Since the beginning of this year, Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has handled more than 5,000 freight trains on China-Europe routes, up 15.6 percent year-on-year, local authorities said on Friday, Xinhua reports.
Consultations between the heads of departments of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Kingdom of Thailand were held via videoconferencing on Friday, December 15.
On December 13-14, 2023, as part of the joint project between UNDP and the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, “Partnering for SDG acceleration. Phase II", an international UNDP expert, Mr. Maxim Medvedkov, Advisor to the WTO Expertise Center, visited Ashgabat.
The Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries was held in Yerevan, Armenia, on December 14-15. The theme of the event is “Stimulating equal, affordable and inclusive transport links in the name of a stable and sustainable economy.” The meeting is a preparatory stage ahead of the Third Conference of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC), which will be held in the capital of Rwanda, Kigali, in June 2024.
Azerbaijan will host the 29th UN Global Climate Change Conference (COP29) in 2024, and Brazil will host COP30 in 2025.
Supply chains are the backbone of global trade, allowing businesses to efficiently source raw materials, manufacture goods, and distribute products to customers around the world. In recent years, the landscape of supply chains has been evolving with the advent of new technologies, changing consumer preferences, and geopolitical shifts. This has led to the emergence of new supply chain models that are redefining the way goods are produced and distributed. In this article, we will explore the concept of new supply chains and provide examples from leading exporting companies that are at the forefront of these developments.
American businessman, founder of SpaceX Elon Musk plans to establish his own university, Bloomberg reports.
Turkmen weightlifter Anamdzhan Rustamova won silver at the Grand Prix tournament in weightlifting, which was held from December 9 to 15, 2023 in the capital of Qatar, Doha.
On Thursday, December 14, during trading on the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan, petrochemical, agricultural and light industry products of the country were sold on the domestic and foreign markets.
A solemn meeting was held at the Moscow House of Nationalities with the participation of Turkmen citizens living in Russia, as well as Turkmen students studying at Moscow universities. The meeting took place on December 12 and was dedicated to the 28th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s neutrality celebrated on this day.
In Turkmenistan, on Thursday, December 14, festive events were held throughout the country in honor of the workers of the fuel and energy complex, the flagship industry of the Turkmen economy. The Day of Oil and Gas Industry and Geology Workers was celebrated in all regions of the country and in Ashgabat. A solemn meeting was held in the capital's oil and gas complex building, which was attended by members of the government, the leadership of the country's fuel and energy complex, and the leaders of multidisciplinary production.
The XI Turkmen-German Medical Forum is organized in the format of a videoconference – the meeting of colleagues from the two countries takes place remotely on December 14-15.
The exhibition of decorative, applied and mosaic art of Turkmenistan and Iran is taking place in Mary on December 14-15. The exposition was organized in the regional Museum of Local Lore, and representatives of the Iranian Embassy and the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan visited its opening. The cultural event is attended by masters of folk crafts of the two countries, as well as musicians and singers who accompanied the opening day with national melodies.
USAID's Safe Migration in Central Asia program, in collaboration with UNODC and the Women's Union of Turkmenistan, organized a two-day workshop on preventing human trafficking, domestic and gender-based violence, and drug use on December 14-15.
Key players in the digital industry, including Google, Meta, Qualcomm, have created a coalition of open digital ecosystems (Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems, CODE), Reuters reports.
