The President of Turkmenistan held a working meeting on agricultural issues, Ashgabat supported Astana's initiative to create a regional UN center, Turkmenistan and Austria planned active cultural and humanitarian cooperation in 2025 and other news
Turkmenistan
1. President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov held a working meeting with the participation of Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Atakhalliyev and velayat hyakims. The main topic of discussion was the country's agricultural sector and agricultural work carried out in the regions. The head of state stressed that strict adherence to agrotechnical standards is an indispensable condition for obtaining rich harvests and achieving high indicators in the agricultural sector.
2. The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in connection with the unanimous adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution “United Nations Regional Centre for Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan”, initiated by Kazakhstan.
3. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova held a meeting with the head of the Austrian-Turkmen Society Neda Berger. Having highly appreciated the cultural and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries, the parties discussed upcoming events for the current year.
4. On March 29, 2025, the city of Arkadag will host the international conference "Year of Peace and Trust: Development of International Humanitarian Activities". The event is organized by the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Children in Need of Guardianship. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov during a briefing. According to the head of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry, state and public structures of foreign countries, representatives of international organizations and their representative offices engaged in humanitarian and social activities have been invited to participate in the conference.The main topics of the forum will be healthcare, medical care, educational services for children and adolescents, as well as climate change issues.
World
1. Lab-grown meat, milk and sugar could become available to British consumers for the first time within the next two years. The UK's Food Standards Agency is considering ways to speed up approval for lab-grown foods, which are grown from cells in specialised bio-chemical plants. Singapore became a pioneer in 2020, allowing the sale of cellular meat for human consumption. The United States followed in 2023 and Israel last year. Meanwhile, Italy has imposed bans on the sale of such products.
2. Dubai Municipality has unveiled a drive-through medical lab that will allow people to take tests directly from their cars. Data transfer will take just one minute. The drive-through lab will be available to government and semi-government organisations, private companies, environmental, safety and health professionals, and aerospace industry representatives.
https://turkmenportal.com/blog/88801/v-dubae-teper-mozhno-sdat-analizy-ne-pokidaya-avtomobilya
Sport
1. The junior national hockey team of Turkmenistan won bronze medals in the third division of Group B at the World Championship among players under 18 years old. In the decisive match for bronze, the Turkmen hockey players defeated the team from Bosnia and Herzegovina with a score of 5:2.Coach Meylis Kuliev's team lost twice during the match, but in the final period they were able to turn the game around, scoring four unanswered goals. The hero of the match was Sultankhamit Vakhitov from the Galkan club, who scored a hat-trick.
2. On March 12, Arkadag will play against East Bengal in the return match of the 1/4 finals of the AFC Challenge League. The first meeting in Kolkata ended with the victory of the Turkmen team with a score of 1:0. The Arkadag team will take to the field in white uniform, the guests will play in red. The match will take place at the stadium of the "smart" city, the game starts at 15:30.
