The most recent title of Ashgabat is the City of Health, Inspiration and Friendship because the city is becoming a sports hub. Year by year the number and level of international sporting events hosted by Ashgabat is increasing. These days Ashgabat hosts the World Weightlifting Championship. The 2018 IWF World Championships is held from November 1- 10 at the excellent sports facilities of the top-class Ashgabat Olympic Complex. These facilities have already proved themselves as full-scale venu...

On October 31, 2018, the Congress of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) was held in the capital Hotel Sport, which was attended by the representatives of IWF, heads of various ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, and representatives of foreign and local mass media. During the congress, Dr. Tamas Ayan, President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), and the Minister of Sport and Youth Policy of Turkmenistan Dayanch Gulgeldiev addressed the participants with...

A few days left from the start of a major event in the world of sports - the World Weightlifting Championships, which will be attended by about 800 athletes from 100 countries.  Five hundred Turkmen volunteers with experience in major international competitions, including the Ashgabat 2017 Games, will serve the competition. Representatives of all educational institutions joined the ranks of volunteers. Students and teachers of the National Institute of World Languages named after Dovletmammed...

Ashgabat hosted mass cycling raid, which became another evidence of the commitment of Turkmenistan citizens to healthy life style and actively developing physical training and sport movement.  Recently, during working trip around the capital on October 24, the President of Turkmenistan familiarized with the project of the monument of the World Bicycle Day, which would be built on the intersection of Canhdybil and Bikrova Avenues. On the same day, the Head of the State approved the proposal on...

Number of agreements and contracts has been signed by the State Concerns Türkmengaz, Türkmenhimiýa and Türkmennebit with Japanese companies Sojitz, Chiyoda, Nippon, ITOCHU, JGC, Kawasaki, TOYO, Mitsui, Tsukishima, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo as well as between the State Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of Turkmenistan and Japanese Bank for International Cooperation. Total amount of the projects planned for realization exceeds 5 billion UD dollars. Big Japanese companies, which are old business par...

Development of interstate cooperation in its main directions has been discussed at the talks held at the request by the Head of the State by Turkmenistan Government delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in Tokyo. On October 22, members of Turkmenistan delegation were received by Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Having confirmed high interest of his country in further improvement of beneficial partnership with Turkmenistan, the Head o...

On October 23-25, 2018, the 3rd meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian states is held in the capital of Turkmenistan to discuss the draft Protocol on cooperation in the fight against illegal extraction of biological resources (poaching) in the Caspian Sea. Delegations from the Russian Federation, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan take part in the meeting. At the previous meeting held in February 2017, the view w...