During the session of the Government, Vice-premier M. Mammedova has informed the head of the state on preparation of events dedicated to National Spring Holiday – International Nowruz Day.
The President of Turkmenistan holds session in improvement of cultural and mass media sphere Politics Published 07.02.2021 1749
On February 7, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has held video conference working session with participation of some members of the Government, heads of cultural and mass media sphere, profile departments, directors of universities. Outcomes of work on development cultural sphere and mass media in the last year have been reviewed and future objectives have been specified at the session.
First, Minister of Culture A. Shamyradov has informed in his report on the outcomes of activity of facilities under the Ministry that integrated work has been carried out last year for strengthening of equipment and facility base and promotion of digitization, improvement of professional level of art personnel, making of modern meaningful and highl
Session of the UNESCO National Committee of Turkmenistan Politics Published 30.01.2021 1122
Regular session of the UNESCO National Committee of Turkmenistan has been held in the Foreign Ministry on January 30 at the request of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Number of heads of leading specialists of profile ministries and departments of the country as well administration of the capital and mass media took part in the session.
During the session, the participants have discussed wide range of subjects of cooperation with this big specialized establishment of the United Nations Organization. Promotion of several national monuments in serial nomination “The Silk Road: Zaravshan – Karakum Corridor” was among the main topics.
The Great Barrier Reef, Machu Picchu, the Acropolis . Wikipedia?
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has launched a global petition to make it onto the UNESCO World Heritage list. If successful, it would be the first ever digital entity in the prestigious directory.
Wikipedia said it knows it s pushing UNESCO s boundaries
Wikipedia is one of the top 10 most popular websites on the Internet, with 400 million visitors each month and a presence in over 270 languages. But does that make it a World Heritage site? The online giant certainly thinks so. It is a global challenge to recognize, support and preserve the work that hundreds of thousands of volunteers invest in this community project, said Pavel Richter, CEO of Wikimedia in Germany. The key to free exchange of knowledge is public recognition.
8 01 2021
Growing up at a time when, and in space where my cultural experiences had little to do with the state prescribed definition of my ethnicity, has given me a wonderful set of childhood memories. There was much that I took joy from in a household were the languages used and the food we enjoyed was anything but what one might have expected. Some of my fondest memories were of the interactions with my grandmother. Having come across from the Dutch East Indies before the war and being conversant only in Bahasa Indonesia, she had a penchant for watching reruns of P Ramlee movies on black and white television, doing her shopping at Kampong Jawa (Arab Street) and catching screenings of Kelantanese