

Afghanistan appoints trade attaché in Turkmenistan
The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Afghanistan has appointed a trade attaché at the Afghan Embassy in Ashgabat.


The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Afghanistan has appointed a trade attaché at the Afghan Embassy in Ashgabat.


Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a new state award - the Order of Gagarin. The corresponding decree of the head of state was published on Saturday, TASS reports.


Experts from EastFruit, an information and analytical platform for the fruit and vegetable market in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, have already drawn attention to Turkmenistan's "incredibly rapid expansion" in the production and export of greenhouse vegetables, primarily greenhouse tomatoes.


The International Forum of Ministers of Education "Shaping the Future" will be held in Kazan from June 7 to 9, it will be attended by leaders of educational systems from more than 20 countries, including Turkmenistan. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.


A unique choreographic performance using digital and interactive technologies will be presented on stage for the first time in Ashgabat by European artists. Today it is one of the most fashionable and innovative areas of contemporary artistic creativity in Europe. The Representative Office of the European Union in Turkmenistan and the French Institute made such an original gift for the Turkmen viewers. The organizers dedicated the cultural event to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the EU.


On May 28, the Russian Ethnographic Museum in St. Petersburg will host a large-scale holiday "Carpet World" dedicated to the Day of the Turkmen Carpet, celebrated annually in Turkmenistan on the last Sunday of May.


The 216th session of the UNESCO Executive Board was held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from May 10 to 24, 2023, in which Turkmenistan also participated, according to a press release from the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.


UNESCO will take part in the celebration of 46 anniversaries in 2024-2025, initiated by Member States at the 216th session of the Organization's Executive Board. The list of memorable dates will also include the “300th anniversary of the birth of the poet Magtymguly Fragi”, presented by Turkmenistan. The proposal was supported by Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. This was reported on the website of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.


The Israeli startup for the development of electronic games Particula offers a "smart" GoChess chess board for duels with remote rivals or with artificial intelligence.


The next meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Georgian Commission on Economic Cooperation will be held in Tbilisi on June 5-6. This was announced at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Friday by Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Atdayev.


Wheat harvest will begin in Turkmenistan on June 2. On this day, the mass kosovitsa of bread will begin in the Ahal, Lebap and Mary regions. A week later, on June 9, the Balkan and Dashoguz regions will join them.


The new city of Arkadag is being prepared for opening, at present, a mayor's office and subdivisions of state bodies have been created here, and their functioning is being established in a regular mode.


Ashgabat hosted the fourth meeting in the format of Special Representatives of the European Union and Central Asia for Afghanistan and the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Terhi Hakala.


The delegation of the World Trade Organization will visit Ashgabat on May 29-31. The upcoming meeting was discussed in Geneva on Friday by Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva, Ambassador Atageldy Khaljanov and Director of the WTO Accession Department Maika Oshikawa, News Central Asia reports.


Days of Culture of Turkmenistan in Romania, which took place in the city of Constanta, ended on May 25, demonstrating the richest Turkmen culture, original world and unique folk flavor to the Romanian public.