The inauguration of KAMAZ retail and service center was held in Ashgabat on July 5. Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev, who is on the official visit in Ashgabat, and Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov attended the inauguration ceremony.

The universally recognized names of months - January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - have come into effect in Turkmenistan as of July 1, 2008.

The investment project aimed at developing the gas infrastructure: construction of a gas processing plant that is to supply gas to the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline was started in the Samandepe field on the right bank of the Amu Darya River.

A new book written by Doctor of History, Professor V. I. Sarianidi Margush. The Mystery and Truth of the Great Civilisation appeared in print. It is the final part of a series of the books published earlier Margush. The Ancient Eastern Kingdom in the old delta of the Murghab River and Gonur-depe. The City of Kings and Gods that had drawn a wide response worldwide.