A festive concert was arranged in the Palace of Mukams of the State Cultural Centre on occasion of the International Women’s Day.  The Women’s Day is a wonderful occasion to tell a mother, a wife, a sister, a daughter, a bride how beautiful they are. The best assistant in expressing the feelings and emotions has always been music, poetry, in general, arts. That is vividly proved by the festive concert, which brought together the female compatriots from all regions of our country. Among them w...

An exhibition of paintings, graphics and folk-applied art dedicated to the International Women's Day was launched in the capital's exhibition center. The festive exposition represented 43 artists: famous and only beginners. "Still Life" painting is of one of them - a student of the Academy of Fine Arts Jeyran Umarova - a bright foreplay to get acquainted with the creative palette of bright representatives of national culture.  The attention of ethno-style admirers was attracted by the original...

On March 2, 2018, on the occasion of the announcement of 2018 as the Year "Turkmenistan is the heart of the Great Silk Road", as well as to familiarize with the principles of domestic and foreign policy of the President of Turkmenistan, the conference under the title "Turkmenistan - the heart of the Great Silk Road» had been held at the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan. The event was attended by the representatives of public organizations and local media. During the conference, the Ambassador...

The competition is organized by the Women's Union and aims to enhance the social status of Turkmen women, increase their personal potential and professional growth.  The traditional review held on the eve of the International Women's Day defines our best compatriots in seven categories: "For High Professional Abilities", "For the Preservation of the Art of National Artistic Needlework", "For the Spread of Spiritual Values and National Cultural Heritage", "For Achievements in Education childre...

Four medals were won by national sportsmen in the "ne-waza" category in the world jiu-jitsu championship among juniors, held in Abu-Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).  Two awards in the weight category of 49 kg among girls aged 21 were secured for our national team by master Sayara Avezmetova and Gulbahar Madreyimova. Upon completion of preliminary stages of our compatriots met in the semi-final where there Sayara happened to be stronger. She confidently won her opponent from Vietnam and became a...

Ashgabat hosted two-day seminar on stable management of pastures organized by the State Committee for Natural Protection and Land Resources together with German International Cooperation Society (GIZ) under regional programme “Sustainable Land Management, Climate Change Adaptation and Economic Development in Central Asia”.  The meeting was aimed at elaboration of the regulations to the Law of Turkmenistan on Pastures. Representatives of National Parliament, the Ministry of Agriculture and Wat...

As reported at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan that reviewed the results of the two months of 2018, the GDP increased by 6.2 percent, with a 4.8 percent growth in the industrial sector, 10.4 percent in transport and communication, 8.4 percent in trade, 3.4 percent in agriculture and 10.1 percent in services.  Production of goods increased by 4 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Retail trade turnover grew by 18.1percent compared to the similar period in 201...