Russia & CIS

The death toll in China from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 2594 the countrys National Health Commission said Monday Anadolu Agency reported

Azerbaijans Foreign Ministry has expressed condolences to Turkey over the death of nine people in Van province after an earthquake hit neighboring Iran

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

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolences to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan

At least nine people were killed and 50 others injured after a 59 magnitude earthquake struck the TurkeyIran border region authorities said Sunday Daily Sabah reported

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has completed his state visit to the Italian Republic

I was back on the Blog Talk Radio show Midrats this week, talking about Russia’s government shake-up, Russian foreign policy,  its relations with the United States and China, etc. The recording is now available on the show’s website. The show description is as follows:

Episode 529: Russia’s 2020

As Russia’s navy starts to transition away from the last of her legacy ships, to her approaching endgame in Syria, join us for the full hour to investigate the latest developments with Russia’s national security posture, including the domestic power politics and relationships with its near abroad that influences the same.

First VicePresident of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has been awarded the highest Papal Order of KnighthoodOrder of Pope Pius IX Dama di Gran Croce dellOrdine Piano in the Vatican

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi

In partnership with organizations from 5 countries NAYORA coordinated the project namely Start it UP Keep it UP a winner of the grant competition of Erasmus funding of European Commission was held at Thessaloniki Greece on 1116th of February 2020

The Central Election Commission CEC of Azerbaijan has announced the number of polling stations whose results in connection with the parliamentary elections were considered invalid

Armenias Environment and Subsoil Protection Inspectorate estimated the damage caused to the environment during 2019 at about 15 billion drams ARKA reports

Italy was Azerbaijans top export market in January of this year according to the State Customs Committee

The control measures have been further strengthened at the customsborder crossing stations of our country in the framework of the preventative measures implemented against coronavirus outbreak detected recently in the Peoples Republic of China and also observed in the neighbor Islamic Republic of Iran along with a number of other countries of the world the Press and Public Relations Department of the State Customs Committee told APA

The serviceman whose corpse was found on AzerbaijanArmenia border has been laid to rest APAs Karabakh bureau reports

South Korea reported 142 more coronavirus cases Saturday the sharpest spike in infections yet with more than half of the new cases linked to a hospital in a southern city AFP reported

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