On March 5, 2020, on the sidelines of the 63rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs and Crime in Vienna, at the initiative of the delegation of Turkmenistan, a parallel event was held on the theme of “Strengthening regional cross-border cooperation in Central Asia to prevent drug trafficking in new trade and transit corridors ". This event was organized in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Organized Crime (UNODC) and the representation of the Republic of Uzbe...

On the 5th of March 2020, the successive briefing in participation of the heads and representatives of the diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs V.Hajiyev and the Minister of Healthcare and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan N.Amannepesov gave speeches during the briefing on the measures carried out in Turkmenistan for preventing the importation to the cou...

Regular season of production of licorice root has started in Amudarya floodplain as spring came. Using relative equipment, production teams of Turkmenabat Agricultural Complex Buyan have started production of valuable raw material as the licorice plantations on left and right banks of the river. It is planned to increase production volumes of valuable healing raw material and hence, refined pressed roots and its derivatives for export this year. Big demand in the world market is provided by t...

On March 2, the Center for Public Organizations of Turkmenistan hosted the ceremony of awarding the winners of the "Woman of the Year" contest, which is traditionally held by the Union of Women of Turkmenistan on the eve of the holiday - March 8. The contest is aimed at raising the social status of women, revealing their personal potential and professional growth. The festive event, held on the eve of the International Women's Day, brought together the representatives of all regions of Tur...

Around 6.5 thousand tons of tomato, 3.6 thousand tons of leguminous crops, 76 tons of vegetable and cucurbitaceous crops as well as more than 180 tons of confectionary production have been exported by members of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan in January – February. According to the information of agricultural department of the UIET, the volume of export of ‘green production’ for two months of 2020 has exceeded the volume of supplies for entire 2017. Due to in...

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...

Opening ceremony of new training building of Mary Oil and Gas Secondary Professional School of Türkmengaz State Concern was held in administrative centre of Mary Velayat. The facility was built at the work order of the Concern with participation of investments from the Republic of Korea, namely from the Agency for International Cooperation of this country, by construction personnel of Çyzgy Business Entity. Representatives of ministries and profile departments, honoured elders and students to...