7 February 2012, 09:27 (GMT+04:00)

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Cinemas to work in Turkmenistan again

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Nov. 28 / Trend H. Hasanov /

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow has approved the regulation on licensing the activity due to demonstration and distribution of audio, video and film production today.

Cinemas have not operated in Turkmenistan recently. The situation changed after Berdimuhammedow took office in 2007.

Now several cinemas are being reconstructed. A new cinema is being built in the center of Ashgabat. The films in digital 3D format will be demonstrated there.

The incumbent president restored the opera and the circus, which were previously banned. Ballet is still in the list of unauthorized kinds of art.

Today, the regulation on licensing the activity in culture and art was also approved. The Ministry of Culture and TV and Radio Broadcasting together with the Ministry of Justice are charged to develop and submit to the Cabinet of Ministers proposals to make corresponding changes and additions to the existing legislation of the country.

The documents were signed in accordance with the Turkmen Law "Licensing of certain kinds of activity and to implement the Presidential decree "Licensing in Turkmenistan" dated February 27, 2009

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