“I cordially congratulate you on the Day of Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War - a significant date that occupies a special place in the world history”, said President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressing the people of Turkmenistan.

I would like to congratulate You on the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. On this day, we commemorate those, who forged the victory on the battlegrounds as well as those, who greatly contributed to it on the home front, having won our victory and independence.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov extended sincere congratulations to Dmitry Medvedev on the election as the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov extended congratulations to Vladimir Putin on his inauguration as the President of the Russian Federation.

The President of Turkmenistan signed the Resolution, according to which the Ministry of Industry is allowed publishing the magazine “The Industry of Turkmenistan” as well as editing the magazine in the main office of the Ministry.

On the occasion of the upcoming 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945, the capital’s Mekan Palace hosted a ceremony to honor war veterans and widows of fallen warriors and present money, valuable gifts and bouquets of spring flowers from the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

National Institute of Sport and Tourism hosted the award ceremony of annual event action “Turkmenistan – the Country of Health and Inspiration” that is aimed at wide popularization of mass sports. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as well as the above-mentioned institute were the organizers of the event.

16 transactions were registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

Macroeconomic indices for four months of the year were presented at the session of the Government dedicated to the outcomes of the development of the country in January – April 2018. For the period under review, the growth of the GDP was 6.2 percent including 4.6 percent in industrial complex, 0.4 percent in construction, 10.4 percent in transport and communication sector, 7.8 percent in trade, 3.2 percent in agriculture and 10.1 percent in service sphere.

During the session of the Cabinet of Ministers, Deputy Chairman D. Amangeldiyev informed on the work for construction of boundary automobile road Turkmenbashy – Garabogaz – Kazakhstan.