Turkmenistan
1. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with leader of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in Budapest on the sidelines of the XIX World Athletics Championships. The parties exchanged plans for the upcoming visits of delegations. The day before, Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived in Hungary, where he met with Prime Minister of the Republic Viktor Orban. In addition, the head of state visited the XIX World Championships in Athletics 2023, which is being held in Budapest.
2. In 2024, it will be 300 years since the birth of Magtymguly Fragi, the great poet and philosopher of the Turkmen people. This event will be celebrated in Turkmenistan and Russia with various cultural and scientific events. One of the places where the memory of the poet will be honored will be the Astrakhan region, where the film crew of the Oguzhan "Turkmenfilm" Association will arrive, which will prepare material for a documentary about Magtymguly Fragi.
3. 7 new secondary schools and 4 kindergartens will be solemnly put into operation in Ahal velayat on September 1. More than 10,6 thousand teachers have already been employed in Ahal schools, more than 1,6 thousand educators work in kindergartens.
4. Mid-August is the peak of the beach season on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea, in the "Avaza" National Tourist Zone. The Caspian Sea warms up to plus 24 degrees in summer. The warm sea attracts more and more people who want to relax comfortably. There are parks, attractions, sports grounds, a yacht club, cafes and restaurants for vacationers at "Avaza". In the evenings, concerts and performances are held at the resort venues.
World
5. Smartphone fire is a rare but dangerous phenomenon. There are several issues that could potentially cause a smartphone battery to catch fire. The most common cause is physical damage to the battery shell. Most often this happens due to regular falls of the phone. In second place is the use of a low-quality or inappropriate power charger or power bank without a controller. Overheating of the smartphone in direct sunlight leads to battery damage. Fortunately, smartphones rarely burn for real, most often they just start to smoke. A true fire can lead to a smartphone getting into a humid environment if the battery shell is damaged.
6. On the territory of the ancient city of Carthage, a golden treasure was found, the age of which was determined by archaeologists to be 2300 years. Since the treasure was found on the site of an ancient sanctuary, it was concluded that the valuables were intended as an offering to the gods. In addition to several gold coins with a diameter of 2,5 centimeters, archaeologists found tombstones and urns with the remains of sacrificial animals and people. The coins, most likely, were left by the rich inhabitants of Carthage to the main deities - the god Hammon and the goddess Tanit. Carthage, founded around 900 BC, was one of the cultural, economic and political centers of the ancient world. At present time, Carthage is located on the territory of the state of Tunisia.
Sport
7. From August 21 to September 2, Ashgabat hosts the first and second modules of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) coaching course under the PRO license program. This is the highest coaching category, which gives the right to coach professional football teams. The course is attended by 15 local coaches representing the national championship clubs and the national team. They study the theoretical and practical aspects of the football game under the guidance of a UEFA instructor.
8. From September 11 to 17, Shymkent (Kazakhstan) will host the final stage of the Asian Tennis Championship among children under 12, in which athletes from Turkmenistan will also take part. The youth team achieved this right for the first time, taking second place at the qualifying Central Asian tournament that ended in June 2023 in Ashgabat. The other day, the Chairman of the Tennis Federation of Turkmenistan (FTT), Eziz Dovletov, took part in a seminar for leaders on the development of tennis in Asia, which was held in Kuala Lumpur. During the forum, he discussed with representatives of the Asian Tennis Federation the prospects for cooperation and development of this sport in the region.
9. Turkmen freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers showed excellent results at the international tournament in Bucharest. In freestyle wrestling, two Turkmen wrestlers climbed the podium: Dovletmyrat Orazgylyjov became the champion in the weight category up to 92 kg, and Gurbanmyrat Ovezberdiyev took second place in the weight category up to 79 kg. In Greco-Roman wrestling, another gold medal went to Umyt Durdyev, who competed in the weight category up to 55 kg.
