1. Turkmenistan will celebrate the Day of Construction and Industrial Workers for the first time on August 6. On the occasion of the celebration, the international exhibition “Construction, Industry, Energy of Turkmenistan-2022” will open.

2. The international telecommunications company Tele2 offers Russian customers a new service for calls to the CIS countries and Georgia. The “Near Abroad” service permits to call Turkmenistan at the price of 15 rubles per minute. At the same time, the subscription fee for using the service will be 100 rubles per month.

3. As scientists consider, the oldest pistachio tree in Turkmenistan is over 800 years old, and it is located in the Kepele gorge of the Badhyz state reserve. The Badhyz reserve is located between the Tejen and Murgab rivers, and pistachio forests in it occupy more than 20 thousand hectares of land. At the moment, the reserve is preparing to harvest pistachios.

4. An exhibition of works by honored art worker, member of the Union of Artists of Turkmenistan Kamil Veliakhmedov has opened at the House of Friendship of Peoples of Tatarstan. The solemn opening of the exposition was held with the participation of the Deputy Minister of Culture of Tatarstan Damir Natfullin, who in his speech noted that this event is a continuation of the dialogue between two fraternal peoples, which are united by culture and art.

5. Kyrgyzstan has started exporting drinking water to the United Arab Emirates. The first batch of bottles has already been sent to Dubai. Export bottles of drinking water are packed in special cardboard boxes. The volume of glass bottles is 330 ml and 750ml, and the inscriptions are all in Arabic.

6. MMA fighter Conor McGregor will star in Amazon Prime Video’s remake of the 1989 action movie “Road House”. For the former UFC champion, this is the first film role. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal will be McGregor’s co-star.

7. The national futsal team of Turkmenistan will play two friendly matches with the team of Azerbaijan in Baku. Meetings will be held on August 17 and 19. The Baku tour of the national team of Turkmenistan will be held within the preparation for the Asia Cup, which will be held from September 27 to October 8, 2022 in Kuwait.

8. Turkmen sambo wrestler Nurana Hezretova won a bronze medal in the weight category up to 65 kilograms at the VII International Sports Games “Children of Asia” held in Russia. The national team of Turkmenistan already has 9 medals and 10th place in the overall standings of sports games.