1. Direct regular flights between Kerki and Dashoguz will be resumed from February 4, 2023. From February 1, 2022 until the end of the winter schedule, flights T5343/T5344 were added on Saturdays. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft will fly from Kerki to Dashoguz at 11:50. The flight will take 1 hour 10 minutes. The plane will return back to Kerki at 14:00.

2. New varieties of soft winter wheat “Bereketli” and “Dovrebap” successfully passed the competitive variety testing conducted in 2020-2022 and showed high varietal performance. At the moment, the varieties have been transferred to the State Variety Testing Service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan for state testing. Both varieties were created on the basis of the Agricultural Research and Production Center of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute in Dashoguz by the method of individual selection.

3. Turkmenistan summed up the results of the literary creative competition “Revival of a new era of a powerful state”, announced by the editorial team of the newspaper “Neutral Turkmenistan” in May 2022. The other day in Ashgabat, a meeting was held with the winners of the competition, who were awarded diplomas and valuable gifts. The sponsor of the creative action was the Magtymguly Youth Organization of Turkmenistan.

4. On the basis of the “Bereketli Garagum” State Nature Reserve, a round table was held on the methods of planting and caring for fruit trees in the foothills of the Kopetdag and oases bordering the Karakum, including on saline soils. The event was attended by scientists from reserves, ecologists, foresters and gardeners from the regions of the country, representatives of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.

5. An exhibition of young artists and sculptors, organized jointly with the velayat branch of the Union of Artists of Turkmenistan, opened in the temporary exhibition hall of the Dashoguz Museum of Local Lore. The exhibition is dedicated to the announcement of 2023 as the year of “Happy youth with Arkadag Serdar”. Its exhibits are addressed to the theme of love for the native land and the beauty of nature, national spiritual values.

6. Airbus converted an A330 aircraft from a passenger to a cargo aircraft for “Turkmen Airlines”. Let us remind that the contract for the purchase of two used cargo aircraft of the A330-200 model of the P2F modification was signed in January 2021 between the French company Airbus S.A.S and the “Turkmenhowayollary” Agency. It is expected that the first aircraft with registration number EZ-F429 will be handed over to the Turkmen air carrier in March 2023. Aircraft A330-200P2F will permit “Turkmenistan” Airlines to continue to actively develop and expand its network of international cargo routes.

7. The Ministry of General Education and Training of South Sudan has received 330 thousand printed primary school textbooks from the Chinese government. The aid was received within the framework of the cooperation project in the field of education. The books are designed for learning English, mathematics and science.

8. British Preet Chandy set two world records at once: for the duration of a single polar expedition on skis, and also as the only woman in the world to conquer the South Pole twice on skis. Preet Chandy, 33, is a captain in the British Army. On skis all alone, she covered 1485 km in 70 days and 16 hours across Antarctica. She had to stay on her feet for 13-15 hours a day and sleep no more than 5 hours.

9. Vice-President of the Basketball Federation of Turkmenistan Valery Sitnikov was elected Secretary General of the Central Asian Basketball Association for the next four years. The elections were held in the capital of Kazakhstan, where a regional Congress is being held with the participation of representatives of all the National Basketball Federations of the five countries of Central Asia. From Turkmenistan, the event is also attended by the Secretary General of the Basketball Federation of Turkmenistan, a member of the executive committee of FIBA Asia Bahar Mahtumova.

10. The Asian Cup in 2027 will be held in Saudi Arabia. This was officially announced at the Asian Football Confederation Congress in Manama. The Asian Football Cup is held every four years. His first draw was held in 1956. In 2023, the Asian Cup for a record third time the example of Qatar. The national team of this country is the reigning champion of the continent. However, Saudi Arabia has never hosted the tournament.