President, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan, Army General Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular session of the State security Council where outcomes of work of military and law enforcement agencies for two months of the year have been reviewed as well as improvement of activity of security forces and solution of social issues have been discussed. Having opened the session, the Head of the State gave floor to Minister of Defence B. Gundogdiyev who reported on results of a...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held working session with participation of Advisor of the President of Turkmenistan on Oil and Gas Affirs Ya. Kakayev and Chairman of the State Concern Türkmengaz M. Archayev, during which issues related to successful solution of objectives of development of fuel and energy complex of the country have been discussed. It includes improvement of investment activity, modernization and diversification of the leading branch of the economy, improvement of activit...

An exhibition entitled ‘A Celebration of Beauty’ is currently on view at the Dashoguz Velayat Local History Museum. Co-organized by the Regional Department of the Union of Artists, the Regional Department of Culture, and staff members of the Museum, and held as part of the Year designated as “Turkmenistan: A Land of Neutrality”, it marks International Women’s Day. The themed exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures, arts and crafts with one of its sections showcasing works by students...

People’s Artist of Turkmenistan and the Soviet Union Medeniet (Maya) Shakhberdyeva was nicknamed the ‘nightingale’. Where did that nickname come from? We have always had many opera singers with beautiful powerful voices! However, only one of them was immortalized in the history of national opera as the Turkmen nightingale! Medeniet was brought up in a children’s home in the city of Mary. By some quirk of fate, the musically talented girl was admitted to the Republican Music Boarding School, t...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held regular video conference session with participation of Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, who supervise the capital and regions, heads of some ministries, hyakims of velayats and Ashgabat. The session included subjects related to social and economic reforms in the main city of the country and velayats, completion of seasonal agricultural works, preparation to national holidays, construction of production, social and cultural facilities, which...

On the 3rd of March 2020, a two-day seminar on the effective collaboration skills between the government authorities and mass media has started in the hotel “Yildiz” of Ashgabat. The seminar was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat.    The heads and representatives of the OSCE, Parliament (Mejlis), as well as the relevant ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, including the representatives of the State News Agency of Turkmenistan (TDH), the State Committee for Television, Radio Broad...

On February 29, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Romania together with diplomatic missions of CIS countries organized the annual festival "Meet the Spring". The event was held in Bucharest, in the building of the Russian Center for Science and Culture, where each of the participating countries exhibited its national stand. Among the guests to the festival were the representatives of various Romanian departments and the diplomatic corps, as well as public figures, residents of Bucharest, media r...