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Another person has died after a volcanic eruption on a New Zealand island earlier this month bringing the death toll to 17 authorities said Monday NBC News reported

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 23 times using sniper rifles the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Dec 23

All conditions have been created for free voting and holding transparent municipal elections in Azerbaijan the chairman of the countrys Central Election Commission CEC Mazahir Panahov said at a press conference on Monday AzVisionaz reports

Trade between Azerbaijan and Belarus increased to exceed 175 million according to the Belarus National Statistical Committee AZERTAC reported

Advanced Cyber Defence training courses have kicked off in Baku under the NATO Science for Peace and Security SPS Programme between the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan and NATO

Polling stations opened throughout Azerbaijan at 8 am on December 23 as the country holds elections to 1606 municipalities

Azerbaijans Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC Delegation in Azerbaijan Elena Aymone Sessera

Honored journalist of Georgia editorinchief of Georgia newspaper Islam Aliyev has died APAs Georgian bureau reports

Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 22 times throughout the day in various direction of the front using largecaliber machine guns and sniper rifles

An informal meeting of the CIS heads of state has been held in the city of St Petersburg Russia APA reports

Deputy Chairman of Parliament of Georgia Kakhaber Kutchava has been elected as head of GeorgiaAzerbaijan interparliamentary friendship group Deputy of the Parliament of Georgia member of GeorgiaAzerbaijan interparliamentary friendship group Mahir Darziyev stated APAs Georgian bureau reports

A supporter of Armenias expresident Robert Kocharyan tried to bribe a citizen who was recognized as an aggrieved person in the violent clashes between protesters and security forces in the wake of the disputed 2008 presidential election asking him to backtrack on his previous testimony in return for a hefty monetary reward the Armenian Police said

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with heads of Azerbaijani diaspora organizations operating in Saint Petersburg Vestnik Kavkaza reports

The phase of direct sale of tickets for UEFAs EURO2020 games has started Apasportaz website reports

On the instructions of Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov military attaché of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Belarus Colonel Elshan Rahimov and his assistant Lieutenant Colonel Aydin Rahimov have visited Mrs Kim Davidovich in Slutsk the mother of the national hero of Azerbaijan Major Anatoly Davidovich who has fallen in the battles for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan

Dmitry Rogozin director of Russian Federal Space Agency ROSCOSMOS will visit Azerbaijan Dmitry Rogozin told APAs Moscow correspondent

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has arrived in St Petersburg for visit to attend an informal meeting of the CIS Heads of State at the invitation of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

Armenia has no evidence of the socalled genocide Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Trend reports on Dec 20 referring to Turkish media

Turkeys president on Friday blasted the threat of US sanctions on Turkish companies involved in a pipeline project as a violation of our rights Anadolu Agency reported

Air pollution an evergrowing problem in todays world apparently plays a major role in the development of depression and in some cases mental illness among other things a recent UKbased study has shown Daily Sabah reported