1. Over 160 thousand tourists visited Azerbaijan in October this year, which is 76% more than in the same period in 2021. In accordance with the data presented, over 1,4 thousand citizens arrived from Turkmenistan to the Republic of Azerbaijan for tourism purposes.
2. From December 2, 2022, Turkish Airlines will increase the number of flights from Turkmenbashi to Istanbul from two to three per week. Regular flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
3. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov demanded to provide markets and shops with various goods and prevent price increases at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. Addressing Deputy Prime Minister Batyr Atdayev, who is in charge of the trade complex, the head of state noted the need to further increase the production of consumer goods. “In connection with the onset of the winter season, especially on holidays, it is important to control the supply of markets and shops with various goods, to prevent price increases”, Serdar Berdimuhamedov said.
4. Actors of Ashgabat theaters are on tour in Turkmenabat. Performances of the Main Academic Drama Theater of Turkmenistan named after S. Turkmenbashi the Great and the State Russian Drama Theater named after Pushkin will be shown on the stage of the State Music and Drama Theater of the Lebap velayat named after S. Seydi during November.
5. The Swiss railway company has created a passenger train with a length of 1905 m and broke the Guinness world record. The Rhaetian railway is the largest in Switzerland, the company's train ran on 6253 feet (1905,9 m) of rail with 100 cars. Representatives of the Guinness World Records have confirmed that the world record for the longest narrow-gauge passenger train has been officially broken.
6. The results of France's most prestigious literary competition, the Prix Goncourt, have been summed up in Paris. The winner was the French writer Brigitte Giraud for her novel “Live fast” (Vivre vite). The author's work describes the events that led to the death of her husband in 1999 as a result of a motorbike accident. The writer became the thirteenth woman to win the Prix Goncourt.
7. “Ahal” defeated “Shagadam” with a score of 3:1 in the match of the 18th round of the championship of Turkmenistan on football. Forward Didar Durdyev scored a double among the winners, Elman Tagayev scored another goal from a penalty kick. Elyas Akiyev scored the only goal for Shagadam. For “Ahal” this is the fifteenth victory of the season. The team of the Main Department “Turkmennebitonumleri” strengthened its leadership in the championship, gaining 48 points. Now Mergen Orazov's team is 10 points ahead of “Altyn asyr”, which is in second place.
8. The matches of the group stage of the Europa League of the 2022/23 season have ended, following which all participants in the playoffs of the tournament have been determined. The winners of each of the groups will play at the 1/8 final stage: “Arsenal”, “Fenerbahce”, “Betis”, “Union”, “Real Sociedad”, “Feyenoord”, “Freiburg” and ‘Ferencvaros”. They will be joined by the winners of two-legged confrontations between 8 teams that finished second in the Europa League groups and 8 teams that finished third in the UEFA Champions League groups. The draw for the first round of the playoffs of the Europa League will be held on November 7.
