Russia & CIS

An event commemorating the 28th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide has been held at Azerbaijans Constitutional Court

Turkey has ratified cooperation the agreement with Azerbaijan on land cargo transportation Trend reports on February 25 citing Resmi Gazete

The White House plans to spend a total of 25 billion fighting the deadly new coronavirus as infections mushroom around the globe US media reported Monday

Azerbaijans State Customs Committee SCC has begun a thorough check of luggage of passengers arriving in Azerbaijan from all customs checkpoints on the Iranian border Head of the SCC Press and Public Relations Department Natig Akhundov told Trend

Chinese policymakers expect a quick recovery of economic growth after the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic is contained as the country has made a series of strong policy adjustments to counter downward growth pressure China Daily reported

Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Energy Resources at the US State Department Kurt Donnelly will visit Azerbaijan in late February the US State Department told Trend

The death toll in Italy from the novel coronavirus has risen to seven local media reported Monday

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 27 times using sniper rifles the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Feb 25

An event commemorating the 28th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide has been held in Solothurn Switzerland

The death toll in China from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 2665 the countrys National Health Commission said Tuesday Anadolu Agency reported

The United States has provided Ukraine 15 million in assistance to improve training facilities for special operations forces the US embassy in Kyiv said on Monday Sputnik reports

Oil prices slumped by 5 on Monday as the rapid spread of the coronavirus in countries outside China added to investor concerns over the effect on demand for crude according to Reuters

VicePresident of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Goodwill Ambassador of UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO founder and head of IDEA Public Union Leyla Aliyeva has met with new DirectorGeneral of FAO Qu Dongyu Azernews reports

Russians should not expect a hot summer after such an abnormally warm winter a leading researcher at the Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory Andrey Kiselev said

Technological renewal of Azerbaijan is our priority Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said President Aliyev made the remark at the working dinner with President of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA the Italian largest financial and banking institution and heads of more than 10 worldrenowned largest leading industrial and financial groups in Rome AzVisionaz reports

Earthworks have been underway for several days on the construction of a new tunnel in the direction of the Baku International Bus Terminal on BakuSumgait Highway

The representatives of the Azerbaijan Army are attending international events AzerTag reports

The first session of the sixth convocation of the Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic was held on February 24 APA reports

The coronavirus outbreak can still be beaten the World Health Organization said on Monday insisting it was premature to declare it a pandemic even though it had the potential to reach that level Reuters reports

Today the appeals of the parliamentary candidates Sultan Najafov and Elchin Rahimov registered over Sabail Constituency 29 in regard to the elections to the Azerbaijani Parliament have been considered at the meeting of the Central Election Commission CEC the CEC member Bakhsheyish Asgerov told APA