Memories in our life are like precious pearls strung together in a necklace. And the more years have elapsed since fateful encounters or memorable events, the more cherished and treasured every detail, every episode and even seemingly insignificant moment are for us as we look back… A while ago, my friend Jemal Kerimova told me a wonderful story. It is both dramatic and life-affirming. When Jamal was a student at the Turkmen State Art College in 1970s, she often went to exhibitions of work...

What is one’s calling? According to a conventional definition, it is a special liking for something and a strong desire to do a particular type of work or pursue a particular career. What is more, it is a true talent and the power to follow one’s dream even though it is the cherished childhood dream. The craftswoman I would like to tell you about is Annabagt Tachmuradova, who has chosen to change her life to pursue her long-held childhood dream and devote herself entirely to the art of doll maki...

On August 17-18, 2020, the Chairwoman of Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan participated to the 13th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliaments which took place in online format in Vienna of the Republic of Austria.    The event was organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in cooperation with the Parliament of Austria and the United Nations.  The participants of the Summit found an opportunity to discuss the key aspects of the international agenda, including the expansion of empowerment of...

…The first issue of the oldest national newspaper Turkmenistan, which is published until our days, has been first released in Ashgabat (Poltoratzk this is how Turkmen capital was called back then) 100 years ago on July 29, 1920. 600 newspapers have been printed in Turkmen language and Arabic script, which was used in our country until 1929. It was two-page party magazine, which main goals were a political propaganda and cultural and educational mission on the background of historical events of t...

31 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businessmen from Russia, the US, the UAE, Oman, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan purchased aviation kerosene, hydrotreated diesel fuel and diesel fuel produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries, as well as polyethylene and high-density polyethylene produced by “Türkmengaz” State Concern. Moreover, businessmen of the Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan purchased denim...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the Resolution, authorizing the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection of Turkmenistan based on the contracts with agricultural workers together with velayat hyakimliks to launch 2021 wheat sowing campaign. In accordance with the document, in general in Turkmenistan it is planned to produce 1.400 million tons of wheat at 690,000 hectares.

resident Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held video conference session of the Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to outcomes of work of the Government for seven months. Having announced the agenda, the Head of Turkmenistan gave floor to Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers G.Mushikov who reported on macroeconomic indicators for January – July, which show stable growth in all branches. The growth of the GDP has been provided on the level of 5.7 percent for seven months of the year. Comparing w...