In the course of the second qualifying round of the Asian Football Confederation Cup 2018, the Turkmen team “Akhal” won the “Khujand” club of Tajikistan with the score 1:0. The match took place in the multifunctional sports complex in the administrative center of Balkan velayat.  From the very beginning of the match, our footballers, having seized the initiative in the game, led an active play in the opponent’s goal area. The tough pressure of the Turkmen footballers forced the Tajik players...

Successful social and economic development of Turkmenistan is proven by numerous indices including by high investment activity. Today, the construction complex is oriented to the realization of large-scale state programmes for industrialization, creation of modern transport infrastructure, import substitutive production and increment of export goods, living construction and reformation of the regions. Modernization and reconstruction of existing enterprises as well as construction of new industr...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has received President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of the Republic of Turkey Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu.  Appreciative to the head of state of the audience, the guest highlighted that Turkish partners are proud of constructive cooperation with our country and a number of successfully completed and ongoing joint projects.  The head of state stressed that Turkmenistan with its consistent policy of peace and broad international cooperation is...

On February 13, the national boxing championship will start in Ashgabat. As organizers of competitions the Federation of Boxing of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Sports and the Youth Policy and also the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations act.  The tournament which promises a lot of entertainment and fascinating moments will pass in the Olympic village of Ashgabat for four days. For participation in the championship about hundreds of sportsmen in ten weight categories among men an...

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 20 transactions were registered.  For the foreign currency businessmen from Afghanistan bought diesel fuel manufactured by Turkmenbashi oil refineries complex. Besides it, for the foreign currency cotton yarn and cotton fibre was realised. The countries-buyers: Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Pakistan. The total sum of transactions made up over 50 million 585 thousand US dollars.  For the...

On February 9, 2018, the scientific and practical conference was held in the building of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. The conference under the title "Turkmenistan-Republic of Tajikistan: 25 years Friendship and Cooperation " was organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Tajikistan jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, and the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of...

At the February 9 meeting of the government, Vice-premier B. Abdyeva, who oversees the sphere of culture, reported on new finds, discovered in Dandanakan fortress in Mary velayat. Archaeological research on this medieval monument, located 30 kilometers west of Mary city is conducted in the framework of work on studying the historical and cultural heritage of the Great Silk Road.  Last spring, a group of specialists and archaeologists of the National Directorate of Turkmenistan for the protect...