New impressive business district was erected in the northern part of the Turkmen capital along G. Kuliev street, on the both sides of which the representative business centres with modern infrastructure were built.  The 69-hectare building plot was allocated to the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on the initiative of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan invested one billion manats into this turnkey project on the construc...

Turkmenistan continues to actively prepare for the Mejlis deputies’, the Khalk Maslakhaty and Gengeshy members’ elections, upcoming on March 25. Nowadays the registration and nomination of candidates are proceeding.  All electoral districts hold meetings of committees of the Democratic Party, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Agrarian Party, as well as groups of citizens, in the course of which the worthiest candidates are nominated for the National Parliament, local repre...

Beginning of March is almost one year, as the plant for the production of high-octane gasoline A-98 (Euro-5 standard) put into operation at the Seydi oil refinery. This brand fuel is characterized by a lower content of sulfur and polycyclic aromatic carbohydrates, which increases the time and quality of the car engines and significantly reduces harmful emissions into the atmosphere.  The American company Westport Trading Europe Limited put modern production into operation. The design capacity...

The nine-story building of the hotel complex with a business center is built near the Ashgabat International Airport, at the intersection of Atamurat Niyazov and Haji Ahmet Yasawi streets.  The building with unusual shape and decor in which the modern tendencies of urban planning and the traditions of national architecture is organically combined, will decorate the northeastern part of the city. According to experts, the project will become another architectural symbol of the dynamic developm...

On February 13, 2018, a meeting was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in the format of a round table devoted to acquaintance with the activities of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) for 2018. The round table was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in cooperation with UNRCCA. The round table was attended by the heads of diplomatic missions of foreign countries and representatives of internati...

On February 13, the national boxing championship will start in Ashgabat. As organizers of competitions the Federation of Boxing of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Sports and the Youth Policy and also the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations act.  The tournament which promises a lot of entertainment and fascinating moments will pass in the Olympic village of Ashgabat for four days. For participation in the championship about hundreds of sportsmen in ten weight categories among men an...

As is known from medieval sources, the cities along the Silk Route running across the territory of Turkmenistan were famous with the hospitals – the maristans. It was not just medical facilities, it often combined the functions of medical school and philanthropic institutions. Inside and outside it looked like traditional Central Asian madrasah with spacious inner yard with water pool in the centre.  Both local residents and travellers who got sick while travelling used to ask for help in the...