Asia Turkmenistan The UN Development Program together with national partners evaluated the recently launched project for the conservation and sustainable management of land resources and high nature value ecosystems in the Aral Sea basin
Asia Turkmenistan The country has been recognised as having the world's slowest internet, with users needing almost a full day to download a movie according to Cable.co.uk
Asia Turkmenistan A lifeline for many people is about to be cut: family members of Turkmen migrant workers and prisoners will lose access to subsidized food amid growing poverty, inflation and food shortages in the country
Asia Turkmenistan Authorities in the capital Ashgabat have cut subsidised food rations for needy residents, amid severe shortages and rising prices
Asia Turkmenistan A national tree planting campaign was held in Ashgabat, part of the systematic nature conservation work; 25 million were planted in 2020 on the 25th anniversary of the country's neutrality and 30 million this year for the 30th anniversary of independence
Asia Turkmenistan The Institute of Seismology and Atmospheric Physics of the Academy of Sciences will cooperate with a Russian institute to carry out joint programmes, projects, exchange of research experience and other activities in the field of seismology and geodynamics
Asia Turkmenistan The national Aral Sea basin program for 2021-2025 has been approved; it is designed to consolidate the work done to stabilize local environment against climate change and to address specific socio-economic consequences of previous water misuses
Asia Turkmenistan The edition of the XIII volume of the book "Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan" was officially presented at the Ministry of Health; the book is considered a remarkable gift from the head of the nation for the doctors and population
Asia Turkmenistan The bid for the construction of the new international airport in Jebel in the Balkan velayat, for which the Abu Dhabi Development Fund allocated a credit of US$75 million, will close this month
Asia Turkmenistan A gas turbine power plant with an annual electricity generation capacity of 33 billion kWh in cooperation with the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation has been inaugurated in the Lebap velayat
Asia Turkmenistan The country is going to become a member of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation of the Islamic Development Bank, which main purpose is to promote trade of the member countries
Asia Turkmenistan All Mercedes Benz models and a number of other car brands released after 2017 have been banned by the government; among other restrictions, Turkmen citizens, especially the Ashgabat residents, aren’t allowed to have dark-colored cars
Asia Turkmenistan A new textile complex with potential productivity of more than 12 million square meters of fabrics and 1 million thousand tons of finished products per year soon to be inaugurated in the Kaakhki etrap of the Ahal velayat