The opening ceremony of the international carpet exhibition took place in Ashgabat on the eve of Turkmen Carpet Day. The organizers of the large-scale forum are the Turkmenhaly State Association and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan.

Construction started of a new kindergarten in the village of Chishmikioy, Vulkanesht district, Gagauz Autonomous Region of the Republic of Moldova. The idea of the project was proposed by the Turkmen leader in 2013, in the course of his official visit to Kishinev.

Last week, the Turkmen capital hosted the fourth meeting of the joint intergovernmental Turkmen–Ukraine Committee for economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation. To participate in the meeting, a representative Ukrainian delegation led by vice-premier, minster of regional development, construction and housing and communal service of Ukraine Gennady Zubko came to Ashgabat.

XIV International Universal Exhibition “White city – Ashgabat” opened in the Sergi Koşgi Expo Centre in the Turkmen capital. The forum brought together over 130 companies and enterprises, including 40 foreign ones.

41 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

New building of foreign-trade terminal of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan was put into exploitation in Serahs etrap of Akhal province. The representatives of sectoral departments, etrap and vilayet municipalities, and residents of the etrap became the participants of the opening ceremony of the terminal.

Last week, 41 deals were registered at the State Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

Last week, a grand ceremony was held in Serahs etrap on the occasion of start-up of a new building of the foreign trade terminal of the State Commodities and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

Last week, the “Avaza” National Tourist Zone hosted VI International Gas Congress of Turkmenistan the agenda of which included the issues of global energy cooperation and global energy security.

The first communications satellite of Turkmenistan TürkmenÄlem 52°E successfully occupied its orbital position – 52 degrees east Longitude at an altitude of 36,000 kilometres above the Earth on May 17, 2015 at 07.10 (Ashgabat time).