Today Turkmenistan celebrates Day of national flag. The major festive actions passed in the Turkmen capital where the flower laying ceremony at the Main Flag of the country took place. The national flag of Turkmenistan was approved a quarter of the century back - on February 19, 1992. Within twenty five years our country under the green banner makes its modern history, confidently goes on the path of well-being and progress, reaching high boundaries of independent development. This year th...

The ceremony of inauguration of newly elected President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will be held on February 17th in Ashgabat. Official foreign delegations and heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan have been invited to participate in the ceremony, which will be held in Ruhiyet Palace. The ceremony will be attended by representatives of international organizations, who arrived in our country as observers to monitor the electoral process on the ground, ambassador...

Ashgabat hosted the meeting of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan, which announced the final results of the election campaign for the President of Turkmenistan. As noted at the meeting, presidential elections were held at the highest organizational level, according to the national electoral legislation and international law. In general, 97.28 percent or 3,163,692 voters took part in the vote, which indicates high civil activity of the population and its desire...

Today, a briefing was conducted at Turkmenistan’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda, where the preliminary results of presidential election in Turkmenistan were announced. The briefing was attended by reporters of major foreign news agencies, electronic, print and other media accredited to our country; international observers, as well as editors-in-chief and journalists of the national media. Prior to announcing the preliminary results of election of the head of the Turkmen st...

The mission of observers from the Commonwealth of Independent States presented the Interim Report for January 25 - February 6, 2017 on the progress of monitoring the preparation and conduct of elections of the President of Turkmenistan. According to the report, the Turkmen Mejlis, on 15th October 2016, in accordance with Article 81 of the Constitution as well as Article 4 of the Electoral Code, has defined February 12th, 2017 as the day of election of the President of Turkmenistan. The rep...

The 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted the Resolution declaring December 12 as International Neutrality Day. The decision is a vivid illustration of neutral Turkmenistan’s high prestige in the world and universal recognition of its meaning contribution to world peace, security and sustainable development. The document states that the national policy of neutrality helps to promote peace and security regionally and globally and plays a significant role i...

On February 2, according to the Electoral Code, the early voting for the presidential elections began in Turkmenistan. This procedure was made available to citizens who had left the country on business trips or vacations and can not come to their polling stations to vote for the worthiest candidate on the election day (12 February). It is possible to vote from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. According to the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan, all stages of the election campaign...