Russia & CIS

French stateowned energy giant EDF on Saturday began shutting down the countrys oldest nuclear power plant after 43 years in operation AFP reported

Baku will host Fintech Summit 2020 exhibition Thu May 14 Fri May 15 dedicated to financial technologies of Azerbaijan Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijan Banks Association ABA

The death toll in China from the novel coronavirus outbreak rose Saturday to 2347 according to that countrys National Health Commission

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 23 times the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Feb 22

The number of US troops who sustained traumatic brain injury when Iran launched missiles at their base in Iraq last month has risen to 110 the Pentagon said Friday

By purchasing Alenia Aermacchi M346 Master M346 planes from Italy Azerbaijan will be able to train fifthgeneration fighter pilots military expert Shair Ramaldanov told Trend

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have viewed the building designed to host Azerbaijan Culture Center in Rome

An earthquake measuring 51 on the Richters scale hit Kashgar Prefecture in northwest Chinas Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 1139 pm local time Sputnik reported

The European Sumo Championships will be held in Baku Azerbaijan on April 1620

The United States is preparing to sign a deal with the Taliban on February 29 building on an agreement on reducing violence across Afghanistan Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday AFP reported

In a phone conversation Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart spoke on Friday about the latest developments in embattled Idlib northwestern Syria Anadolu Agency reported

Six people have tested positive in Italy for coronavirus the northern Lombardy region said on Friday in the first known cases of local transmission of the potentially deadly illness in the country Reuters reported

Azerbaijans Parvin Mammadov has won a gold medal at Manchester 2020 Road to Tokyo Para Powerlifting World Cup

Making commitment to prepare Azerbaijan for a new era of connectivity and bringing technological innovations to the country in 2019 Azercell Telecom as choice of more than 45 million subscribers has managed to maintain its leading position in mobile market of Azerbaijan with 49 of market share

Azerbaijans State Security Service has issued a statement regarding the special operation in Neftchala district Trend reports Feb 21 referring to the Public Relations Department of the state service

An official seeingoff ceremony has been held for President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev who is in the Italian Republic for a state visit

The aircraft flying en route BakuAlanya and urgently landed in Ankara has been sent off to Alanya Buta Airways told APAEconomics

SecretaryGeneral of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Vladimir Norov has sent a congratulatory letter to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of victory of the New Azerbaijan Party in the early parliamentary elections APA reports

An AzerbaijanItaly business forum has been held in Rome AzerTag reports

Japanese automakers on Friday delayed the restart of plants in China near the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in compliance with local directives raising the risk of further supply disruptions that could affect global car production Reuters reports