Turkmenistan's trade, economic and investment cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is acquiring a strategic focus in the field of forming a transport and logistics system.
Hungary has expressed interest in importing natural gas from Turkmenistan, Trend reports, referring to a statement by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjarto.
The ceremony of lighting the flame of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is to take place in the Greek Olympia on April 16 next year — 101 days before the opening ceremony of the competitions themselves in the French capital. This is reported by the Olympic news site Insidethegames.
The income tax rate in Turkmenistan for youth enterprises has now been reduced by 50% in the first and 25% in the second and third tax years. This follows from the amendments to the Tax Code of Turkmenistan, published on June 9 in the official Turkmen press.
The youth national team of Turkmenistan won silver medals for the first time in history at the Central Asian Tennis Championship (U-12), which ended in Ashgabat.
At the Rapid World Chess Championship, which ended on Thursday, June 8, in the Georgian city of Batumi, a schoolgirl from the Lebap region, Leyla Shohradova, finished in third place in the category of girls under 16. Having the title of a candidate for the FIDE master among women, Leila scored 8 points out of 11 possible, only a point behind the winner Alexandra Shvedova (Russia) and half a point behind the silver medalist Ksenia Norman (Belarus).
The national team of Turkmenistan beat the team of Uzbekistan in the fourth round of the Central Asian Championship among boys and girls under 12 years old, which started in Ashgabat on June 5.
Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met on Thursday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who arrived in Ashgabat on an official visit.
On Thursday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held a videoconference with the heads of the representative offices of the UN structures in Turkmenistan and regional UN agencies.
Ensuring stability at the state borders of the CIS countries was discussed in Baku. The 86th meeting of the Council of Commanders of the Border Troops of the Commonwealth countries was held in the Azerbaijani capital, Sputnik Azerbaijan informs.
Three major mountain resorts - Sochi's “Rosa Khutor”, Kazakhstan's “Shymbulak” and Uzbek's “Amirsoy” - signed a memorandum on the establishment of the Eurasian Alliance of Mountain Resorts headquartered in Almaty, RIA Novosti reports.
Kyrgyzstan proposes to hold a forum of young businessmen from the CIS countries and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Such a step will strengthen Eurasian integration, First Deputy Chairman of the Kyrgyz Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev said at a meeting with young people from the Commonwealth and the EAEU in Sochi. This was reported by the press service of the government of Kyrgyzstan.
President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, called on the countries of Central Asia to solve the problem of water security together, speaking at the “Astana” International Forum. The largest congress in the region is taking place in the capital of the republic. The Congress Center received about a thousand foreign delegates on Thursday, Akorda reports.
The next meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States will be held in Bishkek on October 27, 2023. Akylbek Zhaparov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, announced this at an expanded meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS, which took place in Sochi on June 8, “Kabar” agency reports.
At a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States, held on Thursday in Sochi, the Youth Capitals of the CIS for the next three years were approved. Tashkent (Uzbekistan) will receive this status in 2024, Gabala (Azerbaijan) in 2025, and Kapan (Armenia) in 2026, the press service of the CIS Executive Committee reports.
