On June 19, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov conducted a regular session of the Cabinet of Ministers to consider the priority issues of state life, as well as some important draft documents.

Turkmen sportsmen were a great success at the two Asian Junior Championships – in boxing and Greco-Roman wrestling. In total, six medals - one silver and five bronze, replenished the “piggy bank” of Turkmenistan’s sport achievements.

Such solution was adopted during the areal Championship of Asia (Central Asian area) which Tajikistan has recently hosted in its capital city – Dushanbe.

Last week, in the framework of the events timed to International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, an action was held near Bagabat settlement (Ak bugday etrap, Akhal velayat) on annihilating a large batch of drugs that was confiscated in the course of a series of successful special operations carried out jointly by the law-enforcement and defence agencies of Turkmenistan.

Last week, the capital’s expo-center «Sergiköşgi» hosted the building materials industry exhibition of the Republic of Turkey, which was organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan in association with the Turkish Company “Meridyen”.

The project of constructing the gas chemical complex in the settlement of Kiyanly (in the Caspian Sea coast) has won a special award of “TXF” (Great Britain) organization as one of the Europe’s and Eurasia’s ten best projects of 2014 funded by export credit agencies. The decision was taken in the capital of France – Paris, at the early June meeting of representatives of the reputable international financial and insurance organizations, journalists.

Last week, Ashgabat hosted a two-day regional seminar on the legal and practical aspects of the patent protection of medicines, which was conducted in the frames of the international measures devoted to the 20th anniversary of the State Program “Saglyk”.

Last week, the conference hall of the “Ýyldyz” Hotel hosted a meeting of the Interstate Commission for Sustainable Development (ICSD) which coordinates and manages regional cooperation in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development of Central Asian countries.

Last week, in Ashgabat, a regular meeting of Turkmenistan’s Central Commission for Elections and Referendums (CEC) was held devoted to the upcoming Gengeshi and Mejlis elections in the two constituencies - #7 “Gunesh” and #8 “Dostlukk” of Ashgabat city (to substitute the quitted parliamentarians).

The national organization on bar coding is admitted as a member of International organization ""GSI"", home production is assigned with corresponding bar code. This decision was accepted unanimously by 111 member-countries at the session of General assembly of ""GSI"" International organization in Sydney (Australia). Production made in our country will be marked with bar code beginning with numbers 483.