ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (MNTV) — Turkmenistan has introduced sweeping reforms to modernize its financial and digital sectors, signing a new law on virtual assets and unveiling a 200-manat polymer banknote, the state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan reported. The Law on Virtual Assets, signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and effective Jan. 1...
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (MNTV) — President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has signed the Law on Virtual Assets, establishing the legal and organizational framework for the use and circulation of digital assets in Turkmenistan, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported Friday. The legislation covers the creation, issuance, storage, placement, use and t...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan has imposed a nationwide ban on electronic cigarettes and e-liquids, effective Nov. 27, UzDaily.com reported. The prohibition covers the purchase, possession, production and cross-border transportation of vaping products, with violators facing hefty fines or prison terms of up to five years. The legisla...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (MNTV) — Tajikistan’s bid to secure the highest level of international protection for the striped hyena was turned down at the global wildlife summit in Samarkand, where delegates emphasized that habitat loss and herder conflicts — not trade — pose the greatest threat to the species. At the 20th Conference of the Parties [...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — A team of young Kazakh inventors has developed AI-powered “smart glasses” designed to help visually impaired users navigate their surroundings, Silk Way TV reported. The device was created by students Keldibek Zhangali and Aiaru Kalbek from the Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Turkistan. Equipped with GPS and an ob...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Long viewed as a country with vast but underused rare earth metals potential, Kazakhstan is now moving quickly to position itself as a major player in global critical mineral supply chains. Kazakhstan, which ranks among the world’s leaders in proven rare earth reserves, has shifted from primarily exporting raw mater...
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (MNTV) — Turkmenistan’s State Intellectual Property Service has registered the copyright for a new biotechnological product: the “Phytomineral Therapeutic Gel based on Alunite, Dandelion, and Rosemary,” The Golden Age reported. Developed by A. Rakhmanova and D. Gadamov at the Biotechnology Laboratory of the International...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — With unusually dry autumn weather persisting and no rainfall expected soon, Uzbekistan’s top religious authority has called for a nationwide istiska, the Islamic prayer for rain. The prayer will be held after Friday prayers on 28 November in all mosques, the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan announced. Mufti Nuriddin Kho...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (MNTV) — Kyrgyzstan has entered the top 100 of the Global Innovation Index (GII) for the first time, ranking 96th out of 139 countries in the latest report by the World Intellectual Property Organization, 24.KG reported. Kyrgyzstan placed sixth within the Central and South Asia region. The country posted strong results in h...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (MNTV) — Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Culture and Information is considering new rules governing photography and video recording of individuals without their consent, Minister Aida Balaeva said, according to The Times of Central Asia. Balaeva emphasized that the initiative is not a ban but an effort to clarify how filming should...
