1. The Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan has announced the start of an admissions campaign to specialized military schools for the 2023/24 academic year. Boys aged 14-15, who this year are completing the 8th grade of secondary schools in Turkmenistan, can enter the school. The duration of training in military schools is four years. For admission, you must submit an application to the military registration and enlistment office at the place of residence.

2. Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin will visit Turkmenistan on January 19-20. In Ashgabat, a delegation led by Mikhail Mishustin will take part in the Turkmen-Russian business forum. The forum will host a joint meeting of business councils. Panel sessions will be devoted to the topics of Turkmen-Russian cooperation in the field of transport and logistics, education, industry, the digital agenda and other areas.

3. The Office of the Mufti of Turkmenistan held an international tender for the design, construction and improvement of the adjacent territory of the main mosque in the new modern administrative center of the Ahal velayat - in the city of Arkadag. According to the results of the tender, the economic company “Altyn”, a member of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan, was declared the winner.

At the main mosque of Ahal velayat, a madrasah will also be built.

4. The official ceremony to declare 2023 the International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace will be held on January 27. 2023 was declared the International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace in accordance with Resolution 77/32 of the UN General Assembly at the initiative of Turkmenistan.

5. “Turkmenistan” Airlines has decided to reduce the validity period of tickets purchased before March 2020 until February 28, 2023. Passengers will be refunded or permitted to rebook flights without additional fees. If a passenger has an air ticket for a canceled flight from Ashgabat to St. Petersburg, then he can reissue it without additional fees for an air ticket from Ashgabat to Moscow or Kazan.

6. More than forty green sea turtles have been rescued from poachers' nets in Indonesia. Now reptiles are under the supervision of representatives of the World Wildlife Fund. Animals after inspection will be released back into the sea. In recent years, the population of green sea turtles has declined sharply due to poaching. They are most often shipped to countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam and China.

7. The novelty of Russian cinema, the film “Cheburashka” entered the top box office in Russia and the CIS countries. Over the past weekend, “Cheburashka” collected 848 million rubles, and the total number of fees since the release exceeded 3 billion rubles, which made “Cheburashka” the highest grossing Russian film.

8. “Barcelona” beat “Real Madrid” in the Spanish Super Cup. The meeting was in Saudi Arabia at the stadium “King Abdullah Sports City” and ended with a score of 3:1 in favor of the Catalan club. Midfielder Gavi opened the scoring in the first half as part of the “Blue Garnet”. At the end of the half, he made an assist to striker Robert Lewandowski. In the second half of the game, Gavi again assisted a partner - this time, Pedri scored after his pass. In added time to the second half, one ball was played by the French forward of “Real Madrid” Karim Benzema.

9. The goalkeeper of the national team of Turkmenistan and the Kyrgyz football club “Abdysh-Ata” Rahat Japarov may continue his career in the championship of Belarus. The 26 years old goalkeeper was included in the list of interests of the Belarusian football club “Gomel”. In addition, teams from the championships of Armenia, Georgia and Uzbekistan are showing interest in Japarov.