Turkmenistan

1. Summer has come to an end, ahead of the new academic year, which young Turkmen citizens will start with new forces, rested and inspired. More than 20,5 thousand children had an organized vacation in Turkmenistan during the summer season.

2. The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov instructed to provide farmers with high-quality wheat seeds during a working video conference with the hyakims of the velayats and Deputy Prime Minister Atahallyev, who is in charge of the agro-industrial complex. As noted, these days, in order to carry out high-quality wheat sowing within the scheduled agrotechnical dates, land preparation is being carried out, in particular, plowing and leveling, as well as agricultural equipment that will be involved, seeds are being harvested. For the cotton-picking campaign, collection points, cotton-cleaning enterprises, and transport for transporting the crop are being put in order. In addition, the planting of potatoes, vegetables, melons and other crops, as well as the care of seedlings, continues. Along with this, rice fields are being cared for in Dashoguz and Lebap velayats, and sugar beets are being cared for in Mary velayat.

3. The first freight train left Russia for Saudi Arabia. Its path ran along the international transport corridor “North-South” in transit through the territories of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran. It is expected that almost 250 billion USD worth of products from India, China and East Asia will be delivered via the “North-South” transport corridor to Europe.

4. Young representatives of Turkmenistan took part in the camp for the youth of Central Asia. The youth forum was held in Tashkent. Participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan discussed issues of reproductive health, gender-based violence and its prevention, learned how to create programs for training of trainers. They also improved their literacy in matters of media presentations.

5. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent deep condolences to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon in connection with the natural disasters that occurred in the country, which led to numerous casualties, injuries and destruction. On behalf of the people, the Government of Turkmenistan and on his own behalf, the head of state expressed words of empathy and support at this difficult moment to all the families and friends of the victims, as well as wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured.

World

6. Residents of the city of Lahti in Finland are given coupons for free coffee or a visit to the pool for recycling old textiles. Special points collect used pillowcases, socks, pillows, blankets, rugs and other home textiles. Recycling will be handled by a local factory. Thanks to the incentive system, the volume of recycled textiles in Lahti has increased by 500%.

7. One of the key factors for survival on the Red Planet turned out to be a set of certain character traits of the colonists. American mathematicians conducted a simulation of the long-term life of the crew of a manned base on Mars. The researchers modeled a colony that would receive some of the resources from Earth. They explained that this configuration permits fewer people to fly and reduces the cost of the project as a whole. According to calculations, under such conditions, the colony will be able to function stably if the minimum number of people is 22. The “psychological” factor turned out to be important. Thus, the characters with high indicators of goodwill turned out to be the most “tenacious”. But virtual colonists with pronounced neuroticism and weak cooperative abilities died pretty quickly.

Sport

8. The youth football team of Turkmenistan (U23) is holding a training camp in Dalian (China) before the start of the qualifying matches of the 2024 Asian Cup. Within the framework of the preparation, it is planned to hold two friendly matches. At the disposal of the mentor Ahmed Agamuradov, a squad of 23 football players playing in the championship of Turkmenistan was provided. Let us remind that in the qualifying group “K” Turkmenistan will meet with Indonesia and Taiwan. The matches will be held from September 6 to 12 in Indonesia.

9. Turkmen midfielder of “Kitchee” Ruslan Mingazov scored two assists in the match against FC “Hong Kong” in the 2nd round of the Hong Kong Premier League. Mingazov's team won with a score of 8:0. In the 21st minute, Kim Sin Wook scored from the pass of the Turkmen midfielder, and 6 minutes later Ruslan himself scored. It is worth noting that “Kitchee” won two victories in two starting rounds of the Hong Kong Championship and takes first place in the standings.

10. The match between Kurban Berdyev's “Dynamo” Makhachkala and Dmitry Khomukha's Yaroslavl's “Shinnik” in the 7th round of the Russian Football First League ended in a 1:1 draw. According to the results of the match, “Dynamo” takes 14th place in the standings, and “Shinnik” is in tenth position. It should be noted that Kurban Berdyev and Dmitry Khomukha are famous Turkmen football players. Berdyev until the age of 18 played for the junior team of the Ashgabat “Kopetdag” team, and in 1971 he became a midfielder of the main team of the “Stroitel” club, for which he played intermittently until 1979. Khomukha, a native of Ashgabat, began his playing career at the local “Kolkhozchi”, played several matches for the national team of Turkmenistan. In February 2023, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) included former players in the symbolic football team of Turkmenistan of all time.