The only felting-felt factory in Belarus has survived in the town of Smilovichi. The main product that has been produced there for a hundred years now is felt boots made of sheep wool, including those brought from Turkmenistan. In Belarus, industrial boots are made only in Smilovichi. At first there was an artel, and now it is a felting and felt factory. The company currently employs 40 people. There are young people, but mostly those over 50. The process of making felt boots is unique and...

Ashgabat hosted the Children's Rock Festival dedicated to the Day of Rock Climbing. It took place at the artificial climbing wall of the Alem cultural and entertainment center. The already traditional site for holding a rock-climbing holiday for the youngest athletes, this time met its guests with 12 tracks prepared by members of the Agama alpine club. Almost a hundred children and adolescents aged 4 to 14 years old tried to storm the artificial climbing wall installed in the center of the pl...

Today President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has received newly appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan Dmitry Shlapachenko. Handing to the head of the state his credentials, the diplomat expressed his deep gratitude for the hearty welcome accorded on the Turkmen land and conveyed warm words of greeting from the Secretary General of United Nations António Guterres who expressed confidence of further consolidation of fruitful cooperation with permanently neutral Turkmenistan, confidentl...

During his trip to the velayat, the head of Turkmenistan made a stop near the medical-diagnostic city center city of Mary, where he met with health workers of the region. Here the leader of the nation informed on the decision to allocate from the Charitable Foundation for the Provision of Assistance to Children in Need of Guardianship named after Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov 10 modern ambulance cars for paediatric units of city and district hospitals of Mary region. Having handed to the Minis...

The textile industry is one of the leading sectors of the economy of Turkmenistan. Thanks to the comprehensive support of the state, it has become the most dynamically developing industry. During the years of independence, about two billion US dollars have been invested in the construction of new and reconstruction of existing textile enterprises. Now the industry has over 70 enterprises, including large textile complexes, cotton spinning and weaving industries, garment factories, silk proces...

The mother of the Olympic medalist Polina Guryeva, the first in the history of independent Turkmenistan, experienced an indescribable sensation for the second time in the last month. As Svetlana Anatolyevna Guryeva told in an interview with our correspondent, she experienced her first off the chart emotions on the day of her daughter's triumph at the Tokyo Olympics, when the flag of Turkmenistan was raised in honor of her silver success in weightlifting competitions in the weight category up to...

On behalf of the people and the Government of Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, on behalf of the people and the Government of Turkmenistan, as well as on his own behalf, sent heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the President of the Republic of Moldova, Mrs. Maia Sandu, and in her person to all the friendly people of the country on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Moldova. “It is gratifying to note the successes of your count...