Conference devoted to the successes and international cooperation in the field of nature protection and Worldwide Environmental Protection Day was held in Ashgabat, in the conference hall of office of departments of the agricultural complex of Turkmenistan.

Summer season started in children’s health-improving centres in Turkmenistan. Recreation centres in Geokdere, Avaza and administrative centres of the regions welcome first holidaymakers.

A charitable contribution of the President of Turkmenistan to the fund of the palace of orphans is another act of good will, humanism and mercy and evidence for the paternal care for the younger generation. The Turkmen leader donated the royalties for his books, which are very popular among the readers in our country and well known abroad through the translation into foreign languages, to mark International Children’s Day.

Last week, Mary hosted an international scientific conference – “Ancient Merv –a cultural centre of the Turkic world”, held within the framework of the events devoted to declaring Mary a cultural capital of the Turkic world for 2015.

In the frames of the holiday events devoted to the Day of City, the opening in the Turkmenbashi Avenue of the National Trade Centre of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan took place in the capital.

Timed to the Day of City holiday, a number of architectural-artistic openings that the Turkmen capital hosted last week added to the list of its places of attractions.

Early last week, “last bell” rang for the scores of thousands of secondary school graduates of our country.

Last week, a grand ceremony of presenting a new edition of the book “Turkmenistan is the country of prosperity and progress” authored by President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov was held in the conference hall of the Ministry of Education.

On May 9, a significant date – the 70th year since the Day of Victory in 1941-1945 War – was widely celebrated in Turkmenistan. The heroes, who fought on the battlefields of the cruelest war of the 20th century, demonstrating unparalleled courage and heroism, were honored in all parts of the country.

Last week, a regional meeting of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies –“Peace and Neutrality” was held in the conference hall of the “Ashgabat” Hotel. It was co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan.