Turkmenistan is actively introducing new technologies in the sphere of rendering services to the population. Such another step was the transition to a new electronic payment system, started in September in public transport in Ashgabat.  Soon the new system will give an opportunity to get rid of cash settlement that will considerably simplify the payment procedure for both drivers and passengers.  Even today in various city’s points of sale, there are electronic cards of three types – gener...

Turkmen team continues the fight for awards at the V Asian indoor and martial arts games. This day also pleased with successful performances and regular medals, won by our athletes. Performances in competitions on wrestling on belts, Thai boxing, billiards, track and field athletics, wrestling “kurash” brought places on the pedestal of honor to the Turkmen.  On the fifth day of the Games, our national team's asset was increased by 38 medals, including 10 gold medals. Turkmenistan consolidates...

Ashgabat 2017 Games are ongoing in the Olympic village. Last day was rich for events: the competitions in 11 sports were held where medals were contested in five of them. On the same day, belt wrestling jujitsu and power lifting competitions brought 27 medals including 14 gold one to the collection of our team. It allowed keeping confident leadership of our country in total medal count. By the outcomes of all days of the competitions, our national team has 89 prizes - 43 gold m, 28 silver and 18...

Among the many foreign guests who are now staying in the Turkmen capital, there are world-renowned sports stars, including sports idols for many generations such as the legendary hockey players Vladislav Tretiak and the famed figure skater Irina Rodnina.  Now, they are well-known public figures, promoters and ambassadors of sport, who carry out their diplomatic mission in various countries. V. Tretiak and I. Rodnina have found a big number of sincere friends and fans in Turkmenistan. Along wi...

On September 19, 2017 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan there was a meeting of the Chairman of the State Committee for Sports of Turkmenistan T. Komekov with the Japanese delegation led by the President of the Organizing Committee for the preparation of the Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the head of the Parliamentary Association of the Japanese-Turkmen Friendship of the Parliament of Japan Endo Toshiaki, who arrived in Ashgabat to take part in the Fifth Asian Indoor and Martia...

On September 18, 2017 the press conference for the representatives of the media was held in the Media centre of the Olympic village. Substantive questions of the press conference were aimed at strengthening productive relations, improving the efficiency of joint measures on coverage of sports competitions of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.  The meeting participants emphasized that cooperation of Turkmenistan’s mass media representatives with sports press associations, leading jou...

Sport relay of Ashgabat 2017 Games is picking up revolutions. September 18 was very successful for Turkmenistan National team that supplemented the collection of sport achievements of the country with 25 different medals including 13 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze. This achievement improved the leadership of our team in total medal count. By the outcomes of all days, national team has 62 medals including 29 gold, 21 silver and 12 bronze.  Today, as it was expected the success was on our side dur...