Russia & CIS

Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov is in Vienna Austria by invitation of Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC Mohammad Barkindo Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Energy on Mar 5

Oil prices have increased on the world markets

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday joined the growing number of US companies asking employees to work from home in order to limit exposure to the spreading coronavirus outbreak as it responded to cases near its Seattle headquarters and in California Reuters reported

Azerbaijani oil price has fallen on the world markets

Brazilian football great Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto Assis have been arrested in Paraguayan capital Asuncion for allegedly entering the country with false passports Xinhua reported

In accordance with the decision made during the largescale commandstaff exercises of the Azerbaijani army the troops and command posts were redeployed to operational areas frontal and army aviation was transferred to reserve airfields rocket and artillery troops were deployed to the reserve firing and starting positions the Defense Ministry reported Thursday

Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday said he will introduce legislation banning federal employees from using social media app TikTok on their devices and accused the company of sharing data with the Chinese government Reuters reported

The friendly and fraternal AzerbaijanTurkey relations as well as the great importance which the heads of two states attach to further development of bilateral relations create a solid basis and favorable conditions for further expansion of the economic cooperation Deputy Director of Department of Foreign Trade policy and WTO at Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan Khazar Bashirov said

California has declared a state of emergency after announcing its first coronavirus death bringing the US death toll from the disease to 11 BBC News reported

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 25 times using sniper rifles the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on March 5

The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 3014 Thursday according to the National Health Commission Anadolu Agency reported

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order regarding measures to construct EyyubluAranGovlarAshaghi GushchuKokhanabi highway in Tovuz district

Baku City Executive Power has reviewed the request of Gulnara Mehdiyeva Rabiyya Mammadova and others to stage a march on International Womens Day Report says

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of Goranboy District Central Hospital APA reports

The World Health Organization WHO on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fastspreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by 40 as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted Reuters reports

Earlier Ukraines parliament approved the resignation of Prime Minister Alexei Goncharuk which entailed resignation of the government

Prices for shares of the worlds largest companies have become known

Ships sailing under the national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been temporarily restricted to enter the ports of the Republic of Azerbaijan spokesman of the State Maritime Agency Tural Museyibov told APA

Former Minister of Defense of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan has now been charged with squandering of especially largesize property

Shimadzu Corp said Wednesday it aims to develop a testing method that can detect the new coronavirus in one hour far shorter than the six hours required for current tests for release by the end of March APA reports citing JapanTimes