In the conference hall of the State Migration Service, it was held a solemn ceremony of handing passports to persons being admitted to the citizenship of Turkmenistan according to the Ukase of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. This event demonstrated the continued commitment of our country to standards of international law, being another example of the viable solution of the migration policy issues.  Persons being admitted to citizenship of Turkmenistan, in their speeches expressed words o...

Nearby Bagabat village of Ak bugday etrap of Akhal velayat, it was held action on destruction of drugs, infringing cigarettes and psychotropic substances, seized during the special-forces raid, conducted jointly with law-enforcement and military bodies of Turkmenistan. Organized by the Government, the State Coordination Commission on the struggle against drugs under the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this event became a plain evidence of the state’s and society’s dete...

The International conference “The policy of neutrality and preventive diplomacy in international relations: Turkmenistan’s experience and its importance” took place in the conference hall of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.  The forum dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan brought together the heads of foreign-policy agencies in foreign states, the heads of diplomatic missions and international orga...

In the conference hall of the capital National Institute of Sports and Tourism the ceremony in honour of prize-winners of international tournaments which passed in early December, took place. On behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov the sportsmen who gained successful results on the world arena, special gifts were handed.  Representatives of some profile departments of the State Committee for Sports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sports high school, including its students, teachers...

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 158 transactions were registered.  For the foreign currency businessmen from Great Britain, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Latvia bought aviation kerosene, gasoline, liquefied gas and low sulphur reduced fuel oil manufactured at Turkmenbashi oil refineries complex and also gasoline produced at Seydi oil refinery and liquefied gas (SC "Turkmengaz"). Besides it, for the foreign currency...

On the occasion of International Neutrality Day, President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, signed the Decree on Pardoning Convicted Persons.  Pursuant to the document, 697 citizens of the country will be freed from further serving the basic sentence and additional penalty of being imposed the obligation to reside in a certain locality.  Consequently, the head of state has tasked the Secretary of the State Security...

In January-November, 2017, the GDP growth rate in Turkmenistan made up 6.5 percent.  The GDP growth rate increased by 5.8 percent in the production sector, by 1.4 percent – in the construction sector, by 10.9 percent - in the transport and communications sector, by 9.6 percent in the trade industry, by 5.1 percent – in the agricultural sector, by 8.9 percent in the sphere of services. As compared with the same period of 2016, the growth in the production industry achieved 6.4 percent.  In...