On October 4, 2018, the grand opening of the 55th meeting of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) took place in the Turkmen capital. From the Turkmen side, the opening ceremony was attended by members of the government, heads of the State Committee of Turkmenistan on television, radio broadcasting and cinematography, domestic media, specialized faculties of universities, and journalists from leading foreign news agencies accredited in our country. In the welcom...

5 октября 2018 года в Министерстве иностранных дел Туркменистана состоялась встреча по реализации инициатив Президента Туркменистана, объявленных на 73-й сессии Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН. В совещании приняли участие представители Министерства иностранных дел Туркменистана, ректоры ряда высших учебных заведений страны, политологи, лидеры и представители посольств и международных организаций, аккредитованных в Туркменистане, руководители и представители национальных СМИ, а также иностранных жур...

On 4 October 2018, talks were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the President of IRIB TV and Radio Company of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Abdolali Ali Askari, who arrived on a working visit to Ashgabat to attend the 55th session of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). During the talks, the sides noted the high level of relations based on the principles of mutual respect and good neighborliness, and then exchanged views on the curr...

On October 3, 2018, in the capital Hotel Sport, a briefing was held on the topic of sports policy of Turkmenistan and the holding of the World Weightlifting Championship in October 28 - November 10, 2018 in our country. The briefing was attended by the representatives of the National Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Sport and Youth Policy of Turkmenistan, students, professors and teachers of the Turkmen National Institute of Sports and Tourism, foreign jo...

The following events were held in Ashgabat on October 2, 2018 within the framework of the 55th session of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU): a meeting of the Technical Group, the seventh forum of women, a seminar on quality management, a seminar of managers, a meeting of radio workers, a planning and strategizing group, a program committee, a meeting on financing television sports rights, and the VII Song Festival. In the evening of the same day, at the end of...

The head of the famous Turkmen “Horsemen” group Pygya Bairamdurdyev was awarded the “Galkynysh” order in honor of the 27th anniversary of independence, the main director of the State Circus.  “Such a high assessment of my work causes a feeling of excitement and great gratitude,” Pygy Hojamuhammedovich shares his impressions. “When I got the award, I remembered a momentous episode from my life that occurred 30 years ago: a rural boy, driven by a dream to become a jigit, is standing in the circ...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who is now on a working visit to the United States of America, took part in the Turkmenistan-USA business forum, held at the “Mandarin Oriental” hotel. The meeting of the head of state with representatives of the business circles of the two countries is of great importance for the further development of trade and economic partnership contacts, the opening of new areas of joint efforts. It is also significant because it takes place in the year of the 10th a...