Turkmenistan

1. The International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO) will resume the activities of the “Togolok-1” archaeological project in Turkmenistan. European archaeologists will carry out work on the territory of ancient Margush, which is one of the centers of world civilization.

2. A gala reception was held in the capital of Turkmenistan on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the independence of Uzbekistan. The event was held at the “Yyldyz” hotel and was attended by representatives of the government, political and business circles of Turkmenistan, creative intelligentsia, members of the Uzbek community, heads and employees of the diplomatic corps and international organizations, representatives of local and foreign media. Within the framework of the event, an exhibition of folk applied art and the tourism potential of Uzbekistan was launched.

3. In Ashgabat, at the Exhibition Center of the Union of Artists of Turkmenistan, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the artist Gulnaz Rozykulova, a personal exhibition of her works was opened. The exhibition includes more than 100 works. The main part of the artist’s paintings is devoted to landscapes. Another genre section of the exhibition is still lifes. The artist’s work also includes impressions from trips to architectural and historical monuments of the Middle Ages.

4. In the Ethnocultural Association “Turkmen Social and Cultural Center” of the city of Almaty, with the organization of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Kazakhstan, a solemn ceremony was organized to present the certificate of the honorary title “Honored Horse Breeder of Turkmenistan” to the director of the Ahal-Teke horse breeding farm Ahal-Teke of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the International Association of Ahal-Teke Horse Breeding, Dik Yakov Yakovlevich. This honorary title was awarded to the Kazakh horse breeder by a special Decree of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

5. Within the framework of the Foodex Saudi exhibition, which will be held in Riyadh from September 17 to 20, Turkmenistan will present a wide range of products, including food, agricultural products, and textiles. This was reported following a meeting between the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Saudi Arabia and the head of the Riyadh Exhibition Center.

6. A delegation led by Nikolai Mladenov, Director General of the UAE Diplomatic Academy named after Anwar Gargash, visited the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The honored guests were given a tour of the institute, during which they visited the training studio, press center and scientific and methodological center. Then a meeting with students took place in the large assembly hall of the institute.

World

7. “Air Astana” began operating regular flights from Almaty to Tel Aviv. Flights will be operated twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, on Airbus A321 aircraft. The opening of direct flights between Kazakhstan and Israel is an important event for both countries. It will accelerate the development of trade, economic, investment, tourism and cultural cooperation.

8. A resident of China was able to get a job in 16 companies at once, in each of which she received a salary for three years, essentially doing nothing. During her work, she received about 50 million yuan. In order not to get confused in all her “works”, the Chinese woman kept a diary in which she wrote down information about each of her positions. The scheme began to unfold after one of the companies where it was listed, there were massive layoffs of workers. The head of this company decided to check the documents of each of the employees, suspecting someone of fraud. With the results obtained during the internal investigation, he turned to law enforcement agencies.

Sport

9. The Turkmenistan national football team will play a friendly match with the Indonesian team in preparation for qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. The game will be today in the city of Surabaya. At a press conference before the match, the team’s midfielder Ruslan Mingazov noted that Indonesia is a strong opponent, and the match with them will be a good test for Turkmen football players. “It is very important for us to improve, and I hope that the game against Indonesia will help us in this”, - Ruslan said. The other day, Mingazov scored the 100th goal in his foreign career at the club level. Mingazov’s anniversary was the ball he sent against FC Hong Kong in the 2nd round of the Hong Kong Premier League.

10. “Ahal” Football Club has announced the start of media accreditation for home matches in the AFC Champions League 2023/24 season. Accreditation will be carried out until September 15 inclusive. To obtain accreditation, media representatives must send a letter to the club's press service (official@ahal-fc.com) indicating the name of the publication, the full name of the journalist, as well as a 3x4 photo. Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted. Let us remind, “Ahal” will represent Turkmenistan in the group stage of the AFC Champions League. The team of Serdar Geldyyev got into group “A” along with “Pakhtakor” from Uzbekistan, “Al-Feiha” from Saudi Arabia and “Al-Ain” from the United Arab Emirates. “Ahal” will play their first home match on September 19 against “Al Feih”.