Today President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held the next online meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers in which the results of work of branches of the economic complex for eight months of the current year were summed up and also topical issues of social and economic development of the country were considered. Passing to the agenda, the leader of the nation first gave the floor to deputy-chairman of the Cabinet S. Berdimuhamedov who reported on macroeconomic indicators for eight months of 2021...

On September 10, representatives of Turkmenistan took part online in the VI Caspian Media Forum, which gathered representatives from the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Russia, and the Republic of Uzbekistan in the administrative center of the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation. Tourism and ethnocultural communication became the main topic of the agenda. The participants also discussed such issues as travel journalism in the digital er...

On 9 and 10 September 2021a two-day seminar on promoting e-business and e-commerce and defining the role of government in elaboration of legislation to promote digitalization was held online. As they told the correspondent of «GA» in OCSE Centre in Ashgabat, the representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministry of Justice, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, and other state agencies, commercial banks and private sector p...

The best practices on modernization of customs and transport procedures as a tool to improve transport management and transport security, especially during emergency situations were discussed on the OSCE-organized online seminar in Ashgabat. As OSCE Centre in Ashgabat said, the representatives of the Trade and Foreign Economic Affairs, State Customs Service, State transport agencies and other key ministries and government bodies of Turkmenistan participated in the event. The event was orga...

Applications are open for participation in the Global Cultural Relations Program-2021. The Global Cultural Links Program is the Platform's flagship curriculum for Cultural Links, which provides a unique opportunity for innovators in the field of international cultural relations. It promotes the development of skills in international cultural relations through a carefully designed interactive training program and interaction with professionals from around the world. The Cultural Relations P...

The northern region of Turkmenistan is ready for a new cotton harvest. An impressive fleet of the necessary agricultural machinery, including over 200 high-performance combines of the world famous brand «John Deere», is in full readiness. 1,790 trucks and tractors with trailers are ready to transport cotton. The cotton-ginning enterprises of the «Dashoguzpagta» Production Association have also successfully prepared for the new season. In them, if necessary, the equipment of cyclone groups, pi...

Turkmenistan's efforts to implement national action plans and international commitments in the field of gender equality and human rights are discussed in Ashgabat. According to the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, a two-day online event on the prevention and criminalization of domestic violence in Turkmenistan started on 7 September 2021. The roundtable discussion brought together representatives of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor General’s Office, Ombu...