A complex of “twisted” high-rise buildings will be built in Shenzhen, which will become the new headquarters of the Chinese technology corporation Tencent. The project is being carried out by the architectural bureau of Ole Schieren.
In the period of November 27 - December 06, 2023, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a series of working meetings within the framework of the project “Developing a National Adaptation Planning Process in Turkmenistan” jointly implemented with the financial support of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in cooperation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan.
Inter-MFA consultations on the topic “On the interaction of CIS member states in the information sphere” were held on December 7–8 in the CIS Executive Committee. Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee took part in the event.
The Ministry of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan has come up with a project to amend the government decree regulating the calculation of time in the country. According to the draft document, Kazakhstan intends to apply the fifth time zone (UTC+05.00) uniformly throughout its territory, the press service of the ministry reported.
Ms. Ivana Živković, United Nations (UN) Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Europe and the CIS, will undertake her first official visit to Turkmenistan from December 10 to 12, 2023.
On 7 December 2023, the British Embassy in Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to continue joint work on the third phase of preparation and support of development of the draft of the National System of Inventory of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in Turkmenistan.
Ambassador of Zimbabwe Bright Kupemba presented his credentials to Chairman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, Dunyagozel Gulmanova, during a meeting in the national parliament on Thursday, December 7.
Chairman of the Mejlis Dunyagozel Gulmanova accepted the credentials from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Kuwait Bader Abdullah Almunayeh on Thursday, December 7.
Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held meetings with the new ambassadors of Kuwait and Zimbabwe, who presented copies of their credentials to Deputy Foreign Minister Berdiniyaz Matiyev.
The New York Times has published a list of the top 10 books – five fiction and five nonfiction – which, after much debate, according to New York Times staff, are the best for 2023.
Turkmenistan Airlines is launching flights from Kazan to Bangkok with a transit in Ashgabat. This is stated in the carrier's message. The route opens on December 22.
During the regular meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on December 5, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected to the Commission on Population and Development for the period 2024-2028. This is reported by the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations on its page.
The V World Media Summit, which opened on December 3 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province in southern China, completed the first part of its events, which were attended by representatives of 197 media outlets from more than 100 countries. The delegates held discussions on a wide range of topics, including the role of the media in global processes, advanced technologies in the media industry and mechanisms to strengthen media cooperation. At the summit, a joint statement was adopted by the participants on the fight against disinformation and cooperation in the field of new technologies.
As you know, on December 5 the whole world celebrates International Volunteer Day. On the occasion of the holiday, ORIENT talked with activists who make a personal contribution to the development of the volunteer movement. In this article, you will meet people who, without exaggeration, can be called outstanding. What motivated them to become volunteers and why do they promote this ideology? You will find out the answers to these questions in this article.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting with a delegation of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The parties at the talks on Tuesday, December 5, were headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Vepa Hajiyev and Deputy Director of the Department of Management and Tripartism of the ILO Kamran Fannizade.
