Russia & CIS

The state visit of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to Italy can be called historical both in nature and content Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev said in an interview on the state visit of President Ilham Aliyev to Italy Trend reports

The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States Turkic Council commemorates the martyrs who lost their lives in Khojaly with deep respect and conveys its condolences to the government and people of Azerbaijan Secretary General of the Turkic Council Baghdad Amreyev said in his statement

Indonesian The Jakarta Post newspaper has published an article by Veeramalla Anjaiah highlighting the beauty of Baku

Former Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday goes on trial charged with corruption nearly two years after he was ousted from power by a popular uprising following a decade in office AFP reported

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