Turkmen kick boxers successfully performed in the international tournaments

Successfully acting at prestigious international tournaments, our athletes in the beginning of year have secured national sports with medals of various coins.

Our national kickboxing team took part in the open championship of Finland which was held in Helsinki. For awards more than hundred sportsmen, including from Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia and other countries competed.

At that tournament our compatriots won 12 medals: five – gold, three "silver" and four "bronze".

In the kickboxing ve...

IFAS Executive Committee adopts Action Plan under the aegis of Turkmenistan’s chairmanship

Ashgabat’s Ýyldyz Hotel has hosted a Board meeting of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), co-organized by the IFAS Executive Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia Program of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia. 

Among those in attendance were the IFAS Board members, IFAS Executive Committee members, as well...

Specialized review of technological innovations was opened

The International Exhibition of Industrial Products, Equipment and Modern Technologies, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, started its work in Ashgabat. The specialized exhibition is intended to demonstrate the significant achievements and perspective directions of the national economy along the path of innovative development, as well as best practices and developments of foreign manufacturers interested in long-term mutually beneficial cooperation with Turkmen partners. 

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The network of new water treating facilities improves the social and living conditions, and ecological situation in the northern region

In the Boldumaz district of the Dashoguz region, a new wastewater treatment plant is under construction. Its production capacity will be ten thousand cubic meters of treated sewage per day. WWTP is being built by the individual company "Shirin ay" and will serve the sewerage network of Boldumzas city. The structure of the facility includes more than ten objects for various purposes, including compressor and pumping stations, two reservoirs for sewage sludge, an office building, a workshop, a sto...

The Turkmen delegation participated at the regional conference on climate change

Representatives of government agencies, environmental organizations, the scientific community, as well as non-governmental organizations and international development agencies gathered at the end of January in Almaty to exchange information and identify areas for joint action. The Central Asian Conference on Climate Change was a continuation of the World Bank's knowledge exchange initiative in this area. The conference was conducted within the framework of the Program on Adaptation to Climate Ch...

Turkmenistan ratified the Ramsar Convention 10 years ago

February 2 is the World Day of Wetlnds and held under the slogan “Wetlands for Urban Sustainable Development” this year. The signing of the Ramsar Convention is observed since 1997 by ecological actions including our country, which joined the Convention in 2008. It was noted in the State Committee for Natural Protection and Land Resources that the Convention is the first modern interstate agreement in protection and sustainable use of natural resources. It serves as the basis for national action...

First in the country combined cycle gas turbine power station to be put into operation this year

Commissioning works of two 262 MW gas turbines commenced at combined cycle gas turbine power station, which is under construction in Mary State Powerstation. 

New high technology installation of two energy blocks with total output capacity of 1574 MW will be put into operation this year for the first time in the history of the country and Central Asian region. The power station will operate 4 gas turbines, 4 utility vessel and 2 steam turbines. According to the contract, the facility is to be...

High technologies improve the efficiency of oil wells

Maintenance teams of the Overhaul Department of the Nebitgazchikarysh Trust, which is the part of the State Concern Turkmenneft, provide uninterrupted work of the oil wells and increment of the hydrocarbon production. Just for the last year, the maintenance teams restored 605 wells against 475 planned. As a result, additional 700 thousand tons of crude oil, which exceed planned indicators on 300 thousand tons, were produced. 

The Nebitgazchikarysh Trust was founded on the base of Barsagelmes,...

Chronicles 2017: Oil and gas complex

The chairing of Turkmenistan at the Energy Charter Conference was remarkable event of the last year. 

Ashgabat forum “Toward International Framework Agreement of Transit of Energy Carriers” was held in on May 30 – 31. This representative meeting was an open platform for continuation of constructive dialog between all interested parties in such strategic direction as the formation of new model of global energy security, which is an integral factor of the achievement of the Goals of Sustainable...

In Syunt-Hasardag is discovered a new kind of wild pear for Turkmenistan

Pear cultivated since time immemorial, it was known in ancient Greece for a thousand years before our era. Currently, there are seventy varieties of garden pears, which belongs to the family of rose family. 

We have four types of pears. In the wild, it looks like tree-like branched shrubs with small fruits. It is a rare endemic pear Turkmen, found in the gorges of the Sumbar valley, pear Buasie - endemic of Kopetdag and Syunt-Hasardag, as well as Regel's pear, unlike its counterparts, it is d...