Annageldi Yazmyradov, first deputy minister of water management of Turkmenistan, has been promoted to the post of minister of water management of Turkmenistan. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree to this effect yesterday, the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent reports from Ashgabat.

The main building of the regional hospital was reopened after major reconstruction in Serdar city of Balkan province on July 18. The reconstruction was carried out by German Inkas Baugesellschaft mbH company on the order of the Balkan province administration.

The subscriber base of Mobile TeleSystems open joint-stock company in Turkmenistan has exceeded 600 thousand people, the company said in a press release. The number of subscribers in May was 500 thousand people.

The subscriber growth was due to a significant expansion of the coverage zone throughout Turkmenistan and increase in services offered by the company, the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent reports from Ashgabat.

21 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. The transactions in the hard currency totaled over US$ 221.58 million. The businessmen from Iran bought polypropylene, liquefied gas and A-92 petrol (produced at the Turkmenbashi oil refineries).