Russia & CIS

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

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are expected to cost some 135 trillion yen 126 billion organisers said Friday unveiling a final budget showing increased revenue balancing out extra costs including countermeasures against heat AFP reported

Frances competition authority fined Google GOOGLO 150 million euros 167 million for anticompetitive behavior and for having unclear advertising on the Google Ads page Reuters reported

Direct revenue of the Azerbaijani government from the AzeriChiragGunashli ACG block of fields exceeds 140 billion BP Vice President for Communications External Affairs and Strategy in Azerbaijan Georgia and Turkey Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli said at the 2nd Republican Forum of Foreign Trade Participants Trend reported

In the first eleven months of 2019 over 29 million tourists traveled to Azerbaijan from 192 countries up 11 compared the same period of the previous years according to the State Statistical Committee

US health officials said on Thursday two more deaths occurred since last week from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping taking the total toll to 54 Reuters reported

Facebook on Thursday said it is investigating a report that a database containing names and phone numbers of more than 267 million users was exposed online AFP reported

In accordance with the combat training plan for 2019 approved by Azerbaijans defense minister the Army Corps conducted livefire night exercises at the combinedarms range the Defense Ministry reported

Azerbaijani oil price has increased on the world markets

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants an immediate trial in the Senate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would not hand off impeachment to the Senate until she learned how Republicans would manage the proceeding Reuters reported

Armenias Special Investigation Service has decided to arrest the property of expresident instigator of the NagornoKarabakh conflict Serzh Sargsyan who is involved in a criminal case on charges of corruption Vestnik Kavkaza reported