On September 16, 2016 a Media Forum, dedicated to the first Global Conference on the sustainable transport started its work in Ashgabat. The forum was attended by the representatives of 10 international organizations, as well as journalists and representatives of more than 65 media, representing about 30 countries. During the first session of the forum the representatives of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the United Nations Economic Commissio...

The Constitutional Law on Approval of the new edition of the Constitution of Turkmenistan is adopted at the session of the Council of Elders held in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat. Adoption of the Constitutional Law has become a logical continuation of the Constitutional reform, initiated in the country, and aimed at further improvement of political system, stage-by-stage democratization of the state and society, in particular, envisaging political diversity and multiparty system. One of the i...

In Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan a session of the Council of Elders started its work. At the opening of the session the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov delivered a speech. In his speech the Head of Turkmen State presented a broad picture of the country’s achievements over 25 years of its independent development in political, social-economic, and humanitarian spheres, and assessed the current state of the country and society. Speaking about achievements in social and eco...

On September 1-2, 2016, the eighth meeting of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Austrian joint commission had been held in Vienna, Republic of Austria. Co-chairman of the Austrian part of the commission was the Deputy Minister for Foreign Economic Policy and European Integration of the Federal Ministry of Economy, Science and Research of Austria, Ms. Bernadette M. Gierlinger. At the beginning of the committee meeting, the sides discussed the implementation of agreements reached at the seventh ses...

10 лет назад, 12 августа 2006 г. вступила в силу Рамочная конвенция по защите морской среды Каспийского моря (Тегеранская конвенция). Этот день пять прикаспийских стран объявили Днем Каспия. Ежегодно 12 августа в Туркменистане проводятся мероприятия, посвященные этой дате. В нынешнем году в национальной туристической зоне «Аваза» организовано проведение научно-практической конференции «25-летие независимости Туркменистана: достижения в области охраны морской среды Каспийского моря», посвященн...

On February 13, 2016, within the framework of the orders of the President of Turkmenistan to hold the conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan as well as to the "Year of Honoring the Heritage, Transforming the Motherland", the Embassy of Turkmenistan in India in collaboration with Indo-Turkmen Friendship Society held an international conference and cultural program entitled "25 years of Independence and Prosperity of Turkmenistan and India" at the "Taj Mahal"...

On December 23, 2015 in province Balkan held the ceremony of commissioning the main gas pipeline "East-West", which merged into a single gas transportation system of the largest fields in Turkmenistan. The ceremony of commissioning of the gas pipeline "East-West", linking in a single gas transportation system of the country's largest deposits was attended by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who arrived to Balkan province on a working visit. To participate in the ceremon...