Turkmenistan

EU-funded Central Asia Border Management Programme held a national workshop for criminal intelligence officers in Turkmenistan in Ashgabat

12.907 voters were registered abroad, according to data provided by the Central Commission for Elections and Referendums in Turkmenistan

Iranian truck traffic to Turkmenistan has resumed after three years at the Bajgiran border crossing in the city of Ghuchan; the break was due to pandemic restrictions

Meetings of the 258 candidates elected by organizations and citizens began; they compete for 125 seats in parliament in the elections to be held on 26 March 2023, announced the “Watan” news program of the Turkmen television

Nominations of candidates for parliamentary deputies have been concluded; according to the Electoral Code of Turkmenistan, the right to nominate candidates rests with political parties registered before election day, as well as with citizens' groups

The Association of Driving Schools has published for the first time in the country 25 3D video lectures on the rules of the road in Turkmen and Russian, on the basis of which it will be possible to prepare oneself for driving licence examinations

In order to support Uzbekistan in a friendly and brotherly manner, the President of Turkmenistan has signed a decree on the free supply of liquefied gas to Uzbekistan

A draft agreement on the delimitation of the bottom of the Caspian Sea was discussed in Ashgabat by the delegations of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Azerbaijan, reported the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry

The president of Turkmenistan, regarding his country's neutrality, has made it clear that if foreign interests intend to grab the country's massive natural gas reserves, they will have to abide by the rules of Ashgabat

Turkmenistan citizens will need one more documents to apply for Turkey's national visa; as of 3 January 2023, is now mandatory to provide a notarised 'Declaration of Consent'

Turkmenistan will finance the construction of a Turkmen language school in the Tajik province of Khatlon, which will accommodate 540 pupils; according to some figures, some 25.000 ethnic Turkmen people live in four districts of Khatlon province

The public transport fleet of Belarus will become completely low-floor by 2025; at present 60% of the buses are fully accessible to passengers with limited mobility and mothers with prams

Legal age for selling tobacco has been raised to 21: the amendament approved on 30 November makes the sale of tobacco products to persons under 21 prohibited in the whole country