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OSCE and Turkmenistan mark 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act and the International Year of Peace and Trust
To mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and the International Year of Peace and Trust designated by the UN General Assembly's Resolution at the initiative of Turkmenistan, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat together...

OSCE and Turkmenistan mark 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act and the International Year of Peace and Trust
To mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and the International Year of Peace and Trust designated by the UN General Assembly's Resolution at the initiative of Turkmenistan, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat together...

Training course on trade in services concludes in Geneva for WTO acceding governments
The governments represented were Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Bhutan, Curaçao, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Participants received training on the GATS disciplines, including how to create schedules of...

OSCE helps keep soft targets safe from terrorism through interagency co-operation in Turkmenistan
From schools and places of worship to shopping malls, any public place can become a target for terrorists and violent extremists. To enhance the protection of these soft targets, practitioners from over twenty Turkmen government agencies came...

Turkmenistan continues cooperation with Turkish company «Rönesans Holding»
03 September 2024 101 Turkmenistan continues cooperation with Turkish company «Rönesans Holding» On 2 September 2024, the National Leader of Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with the...

Samarkand EU–Central Asia Summit: A New Chapter in Economic Partnership
On April 3–4, 2025, Samarkand will host a historic event—the first-ever EU–Central Asia Summit. TASHKENT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, April 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On April 3–4, 2025, Samarkand will host a historic event—the first-ever...

Samarkand EU–Central Asia Summit: A New Chapter in Economic Partnership
On April 3–4, 2025, Samarkand will host a historic event—the first-ever EU–Central Asia Summit. TASHKENT, NY, UNITED STATES, April 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On April 3–4, 2025, Samarkand will host a historic event—the first-ever EU–Central...

OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan addresses risk-based supervision over financial institutions
Best practices in the application of risk-based supervision over all financial institutions (FI) were presented during an OSCE-organized seminar that took place on 25 and 26 March 2025 in Ashgabat. The two-day seminar facilitated the...

Afghanistan's trade volume nearly hits USD13 bn in 2025
(MENAFN) Afghanistan's trade volume for the year 1403 in the Persian calendar (which ended on March 20, 2025) nearly hit 13 billion U.S. dollars, with imports making up the majority of the transactions, according to a representative from the...
Management of border crossing points located along transit corridors in Central Asia discussed at OSCE regional workshop in Turkmenistan
An OSCE-organized regional workshop on the management of border crossing points located along transit corridors in Central Asia, held in a blended format, took place from 4 to 6 March 2025 in Ashgabat. The workshop brought together, online and...

4th Trade for Peace Week opens with high-level session on private sector’s role in stability
The opening session, titled “Building Resilience through Trade: Private Sector Engagement for Sustainable Peace”, highlighted the private sector's capacity to drive post-conflict economic recovery and long-term stability. WTO Director-General...

NOLA Terminal Welcomes Taylor S. Turkmen as Business Development Manager
NOLA Terminal, building state-of-the-art facility at Mile post 59 on the Mississippi River, names Taylor S. Turkmen as Business Development Manager. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA , UNITED STATES, August 26, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- NOLA Terminal is...

OSCE organizes training of trainers course for canine border guards in Turkmenistan
An OSCE-organized training of trainers (ToT) course for canine border guards opened on 17 February 2025 in the Farap etrap (district) of the Lebap velayat (region) of Turkmenistan. The five-day course brought together twenty-four canine officers,...

A catastrophic state of the Caspian Sea was revealed to a multi-million audience in seven languages
The global movement Save the Caspian Sea has released a web-documentary project in seven languages, “SOS Caspian”, about the problems of the Caspian Sea. ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN, August 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The global movement Save the...

Sudan Reports 40 Fatalities, 2,300 Cases in Cholera
(MENAFN) Over 2,300 new cholera cases and 40 deaths were reported in Sudan's Darfur region within the past week, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday, calling the situation the worst cholera crisis the country has faced in years. "On...

Turkmen-Iranian relations have attained a qualitatively new level
29 August 2024 83 Turkmen-Iranian relations have attained a qualitatively new level On 28 August 2024, the National Leader of Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was on a working visit to the...

Government officials from Turkmenistan receive OSCE-training on investigating blockchain-related financial crimes
On 27 and 28 November 2024, 22 officials from various government institutions in Turkmenistan, including the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Central Bank, the Ministry of Finance, the Financial Monitoring Agency, and the Ministry of Internal...

Persian Gulf-Black Sea corridor: A new era for Iran-Europe trade or just another risk?
In 2016, Iran proposed a regional initiative to develop the Persian Gulf-Black Sea International Transport and Transit Corridor (ITC), which would include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria, and Greece. This multi-modal corridor will begin in...

OSCE workshop discusses measures to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in Turkmenistan
Findings and recommendations from an assessment of the need for the prevention of and response to gender-based and domestic violence were discussed at an OSCE-organized workshop that took place on 18 and 19 November 2024 in Ashgabat. The needs...

Corruption risk assessment in focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Interagency co-operation and co-ordination in corruption risk assessment and implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption’s (UNCAC) were addressed at an OSCE-organized seminar that took place in Ashgabat on 23 and 24 October...