The Center of Young Scientists will open at the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan and the Central Board of Youth Organization named after Magtymguly.

The subscription for foreign periodicals for first half of 2017 has been started in Turkmenistan.

The fourth release of the collection of articles from the series “Art and architecture of Turkmenistan” was issued. It continues the publication of the annual scientific reports of the National Directorate for protection, study and restoration of historical and cultural monuments and of the State Academy of Arts.

The new issue of the quarterly magazine ""Construction and architecture of Turkmenistan introduces readers to the materials devoted to scientific research in the field of earthquake engineering, introduction of new building materials and structures, urban planning aspects of the design of towns and villages, study of the architectural heritage.

The ceremony of laying flowers to the monument to first President of Turkmenistan S.A. Niyazov, which was erected on the initiative of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, took place in the 10 Years of Independence Park in Ashgabat.

New social facilities, including a four-storey apartment house and Altyn Asyr Shopping Centre of the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan were put into operation in the Lebap Velayat administrative centre on the eve of the New Year.

Typical buildings are designed on the basis of constructive solutions of foundations, roofs, floors, and walls. When furnish they use the most modern high-quality construction, thermal insulation materials. Houses are built by order of the Ashgabat Khykimliks of Individual enterprises of «Berk teker» and «Ak tam».

The Avaza national tourism zone hosted a seminar organized by the State Committee for Environment Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan jointly with the European Union project “Support to the introduction of Sustainable Development policies – Rational Use of Natural Resources in the Energy-Environment Sectors in Turkmenistan”.

On December 10, not far from the settlement of Bagabat (Ak Bugdai etrap, Akhal velayat), a regular action was held of destroying the narcotic drugs, counterfeit cigarettes and psychotropic substances confiscated in the course of a number of successful operations conducted by the law enforcement bodies in association with military agencies. Organized by the Government of the country, the State Counter Narcotics Coordination Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Interior Ministry, the event was a tangible evidence of the state’s and society’s readiness to show great resolution in opposing to one of the most dangerous challenges of the present.

On December 10, a grand ceremony of opening new monuments took place in the capital of the country with the participation of the heads of city khyakimlik, representatives of public organisations, numerous townsmen, representatives of young generation of Turkmen citizens.