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Turkmenistan prepares for its WTO accession process
News Central Asia
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July 23, 2025
As Turkmenistan gets ready for its negotiations to join the World Trade Organization, a high-level delegation travelled to its neighbouring country Kazakhstan to learn from their experience. Kazakhstan joined the World Trade Organizion (WTO) in...
Online interview with BSU and BNTU will be held on August 15 — admission is ending
Turkmenportal
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Leading universities of Belarus — Belarusian State University (BSU) and Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) — have announced the acceptance of documents for full-time education. According to the official representative of these...
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN: Bluegrass Ambassadors And Restring Appalachia Launch Fundraiser/ Raffle For Béla Fleck Prototype Banjo For Texas Flood Victims
All About Jazz
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July 30, 2025
Chicago-based non-profit, Bluegrass Ambassadors, founded by critically-acclaimed bluegrass band Henhouse Prowlers, have, once again, partnered with Tennessee's ReString Appalachia, a non-profit initiated by the music history podcast American...
Six real public holidays that make less sense than a new one for a Lionesses win
Daily Star
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July 25, 2025
Angry fans have blasted PM Keir Starmer after he refused to give the country an extra bank holiday, if the Lionesses beat Spain in football’s Euro 2025 final on Sunday. Back in 2023, the Labour leader said that we’d all get a day off if England’s...
Turkmenistan Escalates Crackdown on Citizens Looking to Emigrate Abroad
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: Turkmen migrants are facing increased restrictions on their freedom of movement, with countries such as Türkiye and Russia assisting the Turkmen government in cracking down on Turkmen citizens outside the country. Ashgabat has...
National Leader of Turkmen People Inspects Avaza’s Readiness to Host Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries
News Central Asia
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July 25, 2025
Turkmenistan is actively preparing to host the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. As part of these preparations, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly...
Travel Bans Are Back – Are Exemptions Possible?
JD Supra - California
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July 21, 2025
Travel bans are back, with an initial list of 19 countries, and that list may be expanded to include an additional 36 nations. This latest round of travel restrictions find their basis in Presidential Proclamation 10949 “Restricting the Entry of...
A meeting of women leaders will be held within the framework of the UN forum in Turkmenistan
Turkmenportal
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The upcoming Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) includes a meeting of women leaders. Women's leadership is essential to addressing today's global challenges, including those faced by landlocked developing countries. In...
The President of Turkmenistan congratulated the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Turkmenistan State News Agency: Turkmenistan Today
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July 22, 2025
The President of Turkmenistan congratulated the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt President Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and all the...
Turkmenistan And ITC Review WTO Accession Progress In Geneva
MENAFN
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July 19, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, July 19. Turkmenistan and the International Trade Center (ITC) held a working meeting in Geneva to strengthen cooperation on World Trade Organization (WTO) accession and preparations for the...
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Why Iran has been forced to declare a holiday and import water
Firstpost
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July 22, 2025
The Islamic Republic is witnessing temperatures soaring across the country. It is importing water to meet the citizens and has been forced to declare a holiday. But what happened? What do we know? And why is this happening? Let’s take a closer...
Travel Ban Overturned: Turkmen Woman and Her Daughter Rejoin Family in Turkey
Times of Central Asia
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July 18, 2025
After nearly a year of separation, Zulfiya Kazhir and her six-year-old daughter Sena have finally been allowed to leave Turkmenistan and reunite with their family in Turkey. The case drew widespread public attention after the pair, Zulfiya, a...
Entrepreneur Ankitha Rajendran Captures Her Travels In Her Memoir ‘Why Not?
Femina
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At a time when everyone is just seeking ‘Insta-worthy’ pictures (so much so that cafes are designed with this in mind, not the food) and where each person has become a blogger thanks to a phone camera, what if someone says travel does not have to...
Turkmenistan And Uzbekistan Deepen Cooperation Through UN Platforms
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, July 18. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova met with Uzbekistan's Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ravshanbek Alimov to review bilateral cooperation and regional...
Caspian scientific hearings are held in Ashgabat
Turkmenistan Golden Age
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July 21, 2025
An international training course titled “The Caspian Sea – Sustainable Development and Management” is being held for representatives of the five Caspian littoral states from July 14 to 25, in Ashgabat, at the conference hall of the Archabil Hotel,...
A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan,Trump is helping growth and stability there and beyond
The California Courier
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Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, left, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Abu Dhabi, July 10. Photo: /Associated Press Opinion column A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan Trump is helping growth and stability there and beyond....
How a Chinese monk's travelogue is reviving India's Buddhist legacy
The Week
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The once tree-lined avenues of the Grand Trunk Road in Haryana are now flanked by sprawling dhabas, forever teeming with visitors. Not all of them are travellers—many drive over a hundred kilometres on a Sunday, lured by what is now termed as...
Turkmenistan and Benelux: Advancing Visa Facilitation and Deepening Dialogue
News Central Asia
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July 15, 2025
The Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Belgium, Sapar Palvanov, together with colleagues from Central Asia and Mongolia, took part in a meeting with Benelux Union Secretary General Frans Weekers and his deputies. During the meeting, Benelux officials...
Tunisia–Turkmenistan: Towards a strengthened partnership ahead of two major UN summits
Tunisie Numerique
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July 20, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp On Saturday, July 19, 2025, Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ali Nafti, received a phone call from Raşit Meredow, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and...
Health resort vacation is the key to sound health
Turkmenistan Golden Age
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July 19, 2025
One of the modern health resort complexes of the country, built in the years of independence, is the «Farap» sanatorium, located in the Lebap velayat, on the right bank of the Amyderya river. It is equipped with advanced medical equipment and is...