The relevant committee of the European Parliament in Strasbourg approved the first set of rules for artificial intelligence, which prohibit face recognition by computer networks without the participation of people.
Turkmenistan is ready to expand international partnership in the field of green technologies and is taking practical steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, in particular methane. The country also intends to promote hydrogen energy and aims for active cooperation in this sector. These theses received detailed coverage during the round table held on Thursday, May 11, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and dedicated to the issues of green economy and digital transformation for sustainable development.
The status of a memorial was given to the Muslim spiritual and educational center, which opened in the ancient city of Volokolamsk in memory of the heroic deed of the heroes of the 8th Red Banner Guards Division of Panfilov, formed in Central Asia. This is reported by the Russian press with reference to the press service of the administration of the Volokolamsk district.
The Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN held the third meeting of the Group of Friends on Sustainable Transport in a virtual format on May 10.
More than 500 dishes will be featured on the dining menu at the Olympic Village in Paris, all tailored to specific diets, food habits and religious beliefs, according to a post published by Inside the Games.
The Chairman of the Turkmen parliament, Dunyagozel Gulmanova, signed a resolution on assigning the status of a settlement to a residential complex in the Kyarizek district of the city of Arkadag. The document also provides for the assignment of a new settlement named after Aba Annayev, TDH reports.
During her visit to the Balkan region on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the EU, Renata Vrubel, the First Adviser of the EU Delegation to Turkmenistan, got acquainted with the activities of the Human Rights Resource Center based at the branch of the International University of Oil and Gas named after Yagshigeldy Kakayev, and gave the cent the appropriate benefits.
As part of the events dedicated to the 20th anniversary, the Border Management Assistance Program in Central Asia (BOMCA 10) is launching a competition of women's success stories among civil servants from partner agencies of the Program. This is reported on the BOMCA website.
The branch of the International University of Oil and Gas named after Yagshigeldy Kakaev in Balkanabad hosted a tournament on the sports version of the "What? Where? When?" game. It was organized as part of the visit of the first adviser of the EU Delegation to Turkmenistan Renata Vrubel to the Coastal region on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the EU.
Turkmenistan has sent 125 tons of humanitarian cargo to Afghanistan — medicines and medical supplies, as well as food and textile products. Humanitarian aid was sent in accordance with the Order of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry reports.
The decree approving the "Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Turkmenistan, the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on the establishment of a joint Advisory Commission on customs cooperation" was signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Pakistan Atajan Movlamov met with the Rector of the Pakistan National University of Modern Languages (NUML) Muhammad Jafar, with whom he discussed Turkmen-Pakistani cooperation in the educational sphere.
Ambassador Aksoltan Atayeva met with Fergal Miten, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN at the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN.
The procession of the "Immortal Regiment" was held on Tuesday, May 9, in Ashgabat at the Joint Turkmen-Russian School named after A. S. Pushkin. The patriotic action, which has already become traditional, was attended by about 1,200 people. Schoolchildren and teachers with portraits of their grandfathers, great- grandparents, grandmothers, great-grandmothers and other relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War, marched around the school building.
On Victory Day, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ashgabat gave a festive reception, inviting veterans, diplomats, journalists from local and foreign media accredited in the country, and other guests.
