On October 31, 2018, the Congress of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) was held in the capital Hotel Sport, which was attended by the representatives of IWF, heads of various ministries and departments of Turkmenistan, and representatives of foreign and local mass media. During the congress, Dr. Tamas Ayan, President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), and the Minister of Sport and Youth Policy of Turkmenistan Dayanch Gulgeldiev addressed the participants with...

Turkmenistan approved and nationalized the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which are consistently implemented by the country to achieve the 2030 Agenda. The next step in the implementation of the SDGs is the participation of teachers of higher educational institutions of Turkmenistan in international events in the context of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all.  In this regard it is noted the participation of the delegation of Turkmenistan in the V Congress of Teacher...

From October 22 to October 26, 2018, a delegation of Turkmenistan composed of representatives of a number of ministries and departments of our country participated in the World Investment Forum (WIF-2018) in Geneva organized by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The World Investment Forum is the leading global platform for investment and development, which is held every two years. On the first day of the Forum entitled “Investing in Sustainable Development”, Turkmenistan...

First sessions of medical, technical, coach and executive committees of 2018 World Weightlifting Championship, which opening ceremony to take place on November 1, were held in the Sport Hotel of the capital Olympic village.  Representatives of International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and hosts of the tournament discussed the readiness of all support services and facilities to high-level conduct of the competitions, which would last until November 10, 2018. One of the objectives of the abo...

Maxim Zekini and David Bismut last year, saying goodbye to the Ashgabat audience after the concert, promised to return and, as we see, they kept their promise. The French-Turkmen concert "Eternal Love" held with their participation on the stage of the Turkmen Music and Drama Theater named after Makhtumkuli.  This is the third visit to Turkmenistan for Maxim and the second - for David. We have already acquainted the readers with the work of these musicians, but still recall, both are graduates...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan published another edition of quarterly, scientific-practical magazine “Foreign policy and diplomacy of Turkmenistan”. The magazine introduces the statements of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly and at the session of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan. Then it proceeds with the information on high level meetings with President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President...

On October 27, 2018, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the German delegation, which arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit under the leadership of the head of the Inter-Parliamentary Group for Central Asia of the Bundestag (Parliament) of the Federal Republic of Germany Manfred Grund. At the beginning of the meeting, the parties, noting the progress in the successful development of Turkmen-German cooperation, expressed their commitment to intensify i...