Social and Cultural Centre of the Olympic village hosted the closing ceremony of the World Weightlifting Championship and the award ceremony of the winning men and women teams.  The event was forestalled by official ceremony of the flag of International Weightlifting Federation conferment to representative of the country, which would host the world tournament in 2019 – the Kingdom of Thailand. As it was said it would be difficult to surpass Turkmenistan by the level of organization of the cha...

The programme of the Japanese Film Festival, held in the cinema theatre in the Berkarar Shopping and Entertainment Centre in Ashgabat, includes five fictional and one animation films.  The representatives of the Embassy of Japan in Turkmenistan, the specialists of the Ministry of Culture, the masters of arts, students, residents and guests to Ashgabat, who are interested in the culture of the Land of the Rising Sun and study its language, attended the festival opening ceremony.  The films,...

On November 9, 2018, the meeting was held with the delegation headed by Mr. Mevlut Chavushoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit. During the meeting, the parties noted high level of bilateral relations and the importance of the visits paid by the Heads of States to each other’s countries. Futhermore, the heads of delegations discussed issues with regard to expanding cooperation in trade-economic, transport, energy, cultural- h...

Weightlifter from Armenia Simon Martirosyan became the leaders and world champion in the amount of disciplines in men’s weight category up to 109 kg, having lifted 435 kg in total and set new world record. He achieved this result, having lifted 195 in the snatch where he was the second and owing to total victory in the clean-and-jerk where he took over the nearest opponent by 12 kg, having lifted 240 kg and set the world record. Zhe Yang from China was the second in total. He won in the first...

For immunization, which is one of foundational strategies towards priority targets in healthcare, Turkmenistan purchases only the vaccines certified by the World Health Organization (WHO). Preventive inoculations are given free of charge, at the State’s expense.  The immunization schedule currently includes vaccination against 11 infections: diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, rubella, epidemic parotitis, viral hepatitis B, tuberculosis, Hib infection and human papillomavi...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. Having expressed sincere gratitude for spared time, the guest conveyed the greetings of President of Turkey Recep Tayip Erdogan to the Head of the State who addressed the best wishes to fraternal Turkmen people. At the same time, the commitment of Turkish side to traditionally friendly relations with Turkmenistan , which are successfully developed in all spectrum, has been...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov heard reports by the governors of Ahal, Dashoguz, Lebap and Mary provinces on the successful fulfillment by land tenants of their contractual obligations for the production of raw cotton. The head of state also received a report by the governor of Balkan province on the delivery of the planned volumes of fruits and vegetables.  On behalf of rural workers, the senior officials of the regions congratulated the head of state on the labor victory of Turkmen far...