

Turkmen sambo wrestlers won five medals at the World Cup in Kyrgyzstan
Five medals - one silver and four bronze - were won by Turkmen sambo wrestlers at the event held on August 21-24 in Cholpon-Ata (Kyrgyzstan) The World Cup.


Five medals - one silver and four bronze - were won by Turkmen sambo wrestlers at the event held on August 21-24 in Cholpon-Ata (Kyrgyzstan) The World Cup.


Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine Riyad al-Maliki on Thursday.


The opening of one of the largest academic music festivals in Georgia - Tsinandali Festival, will take place on August 31 at the historical estate of Prince Chavchavadze in Tsinandali (Kakheti). The fifth anniversary festival is also attended by seven young Turkmen musicians from the State Symphony Orchestra of Turkmenistan under the direction of conductor Rasul Klychev. Some of them came to Georgia for the second time and there are debutants among them, who in February of this year passed the most difficult selection audition, which was conducted in Ashgabat by Claudio Vandelli, one of the most promising Italian conductors of the new generation and co-author of the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra.


Political consultations with the State of Palestine were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on Thursday. Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov headed the delegation of Turkmenistan, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad Al-Maliki headed the delegation of Palestine.


Rock music legends The Rolling Stones seem to have announced a new album by placing an advertisement in a small local newspaper.


Turkmenistan's national football team plans to hold friendly matches with the teams of Indonesia and Bahrain. This was reported to the ORIENT correspondent by representatives of this sport of the country.


The current champions of the country among boys and girls under 14 Myahri Agamuradova and Gurbanmurat Rustemov represent Turkmenistan at the international chess tournament "ACF Cup in memory of M.M. Botvinnik", which takes place from August 23 to 28 in Moscow.


The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs in the Government of Afghanistan reported that efforts are being made to resume practical work on major transit and energy projects between Central Asia and South Asia through Afghanistan.


OPEC member Iraq announced on Thursday that it had reached an initial agreement with Turkmenistan to import gas to run its power plants.


Turkmen "Ahal" recognized their rivals in group A in the Asian Champions League season 2023/24. They were the Uzbek "Pakhtakor", the Saudi "Al-Feiha" and "Al-Ain" from the UAE. The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur.


Kazakhstan will use the existing sports facilities in the capital for the fifth World Nomad Games, scheduled for September next year, and does not plan to build additional facilities, it was reported on August 23 at a meeting of the organizing committee of the games, dedicated to the readiness of sports facilities in Astana.


The relocation of many world football stars from Europe to Asia, in particular to Saudi Arabia, lowered the level of European leagues, but contributed to the development of football in the Asian region.


Plans for the organization of mutual touring activities and the participation of artists of the Astrakhan region and Turkmenistan in significant cultural events of each other next year, 2024, were considered at a meeting at the Ministry of External Relations of the JSC on Wednesday.


The Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin and khyakim of the Balkan region Hojamyrat Ashyrmyradov held an online meeting during which they discussed promising areas of cooperation.


For the first time in the Earth's space history, the Indian “Vikram” spacecraft made a soft landing on the Moon near the South Pole and delivered a wheeled vehicle there. Thus, India became the fourth "lunar power" after the USSR, the USA and China. But most importantly, this country was the first to land in the polar region of the Moon!