International contest "Best products and services of Eurasia - Gemma" determined the winners of the next qualifying stage. According to results of 2012, 710 enterprises won, including 150 from 45 countries of the world, and 560 from forty regions of Russian Federation. Among them are ten firms from Republic Tyva; makers of food products, commercial production and representatives of services. They all were awarded medals and certificates of qualifying tour "Best products and services of Siberia - Gemma-2012".

For "Bai-Khaak Akva" - bottled natural non-carbonated drinking water with content of silver - the award went to OOO "Bai-Khaak".

Head of Tuva Sholban Kara-ool officials during a working meeting with the Vice President of “name Zijin” Lin Hongfu and Chairman of the Board of Directors of OOO “Lunsin” Lin Žujtènom officials from Chinese investors to reconstruction of roads damaged by heavy machinery. About this the press service of the Tuva Government reported.

By the early January, the expenditure of animal feeds was 1179 tons. 5027 tons are still available, which will allow the wintering to proceed without problems. By 10 February, representatives from reindeer-herding groups will be coming to the district center to participate in the annual holiday - festival of Todzha reindeer herders, as the zoo-technician of the farming administration, of Todzha, Oksana Lopsan announced.

One of the first depictions of this imperial animals on Tuvan territory was found by archeologists in the district of Upper Yenisei. An ancient artist engraved the drawing of a camel already in the first century before our era.

The camel - "teve" - is mentioned many times in Tuvan folk epics, where the animal is compared to the hero-warrior, whose nostrils spout smoke, and whose step shakes and crumbles mountains. There have always been camels in Tuva. Nevertheless, they remain, and probably will remain exotic even for Tuvan residents for many years to come.

Today, national artist of Russia and Tuva is holding a benefit concert. She is saying good-bye to the State ensemble "Sayany", with whom she worked for many years.

Apparently, love for folk song is inherited in mother's milk. The singer's mother, Opal Agban-Shyyrapovna, who is now 81 years old, won the Grand-Prix of festival-contest "Folk Song - 2011".

At the concert, they will together sing a song about their native places.

Alexander Vlasov considers himself a hereditary beekeeper. Already his mother had several bee hives,

-  But my parents' bees somehow all died at the same time, and they did not repeat the attempt. Remembering this sad experience, I supplied myself with the necessary literature, but there are no bee pharmacies or stores in Tuva, so I had to go to Abakan, - he relates.