The capital's sports complex "Galkynysh" hosted the open championship of Ashgabat for universal combat. The tournament is organized in preparation for the Asian Hand-to-Hand Fight Championship, which will be held from 10 to 12 November in Tashkent. In this connection, the rules of the competition were slightly changed and approximated to the rules of the upcoming continental championship.  The participants of the championship - about 100 athletes from the Akhal, Balkan regions and Ashgabat -...

... As it was already said, some types of ancient folk and sports games have acquired the status of official sports disciplines nowadays. Among them are, first of all, the goresh national wrestling and horse racing. By the way, the equestrian competitions of our ancestors resemble modern show jumping.  It's good that our ancestors, carefully transferring these games from generation to generation, have preserved them till our days as part of our great cultural heritage that has enriched the tr...

The opening of new social facilities built under the 15th phase of urban development of the main city of country are continued in the capital with participation of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. New comfortable district with beautiful white-marble buildings and all necessary modern infrastructure has been erected in the south-west part of Ashgabat.  Having harmonically merged into beautiful architectural ensemble of Ashgabat, new living estate is a real embodiment of progressive sociall...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated Turkmen railwaymen with commissioning of the Bereket Locomotive Depot. “With your success in building railway lines of national and international significance, engineering and technical facilities, and with your diligent work you contribute greatly to ensuring prosperity of the country, strengthening its economic might, and developing other areas of national economy”, states the message by the head of state.  Today Turkmenistan ranks among the...

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 51 transactions were registered.  For the foreign currency businessmen from Afghanistan and other countries bought motor petrol and slack wax manufactured at Turkmenbashi oil refineries complex. Besides it, for the foreign currency textile goods in wide assortment, mechanical engineering production, cotton yarn and fabric, cotton fibre, liquorice root, refined cotton wastes were realised. The countries...

Presentation of new book by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “Turkmenistan – the heart of the Great Silk Road” took place in Mukams Palace of the capital. Members of the Government, personnel of diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in our country as well as public and mass media representatives and youth took part in the event  The name of new work of the Head of the State “Turkmenistan – the heart of the Great Silk Road” chosen by Turkmen citizens as a slogan of...

It is planned to hold II Turkmen – Chinese scientific and innovative forum in the People’s Republic of China in 2018, to organize working training of Turkmen specialists in scientific institutions of the PRC and to establish joint information project, the website dedicated to bilateral relations in this sphere. It was informed on the session of the Government on October 19.  For establishment of contacts, exchange of the experience and useful practices, the scientists from our country have be...