Russia & CIS

TANAP's budget will save $3.2 billion with the help of low oil and commodity prices, says Project's General Manager.

Azerbaijan`s Samra Gasimova has become the winner of the World School Chess Championship in the girls` Under-9 category in the Russian city of Sochi.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Stephan Visconti, OSCE Minsk Group (MG) co-chair from France, in Baku Dec. 12.

Azerbaijan will continue the efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through substantive negotiations jointly with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Astana on Dec. 11-12 at the invitation of his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The OSCE is working to establish system of investigation into incidents and ceasefire violations in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.

A garbage bin has exploded at a security checkpoint in Cairo.

Azerbaijani and Armenian FMs have met in Hamburg.

"The Azerbaijani side has repeatedly expressed its position – we are ready for a meeting."

The issue of Azerbaijanis, who were taken hostage by Armenians in occupied Kalbajar district of Azerbaijan, is on the agenda.

The Co-Chair countries are prepared to host a meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan when they are ready.

A passenger bus overturned in the Dinar district of Turkey’s Afyonkarahisar province.

In public comments, Azerbaijan has indicated it will lower supply.

Oil prices extended gains on Friday on optimism that non-OPEC producers would agree to cut output.

An exhibition dedicated to the 90th anniversary of People's Artist Elbey Rzakuliyev will be held at the National Museum of Art on December 13-17.

A Turkish man waltzed past security at the Incirlik Airbase in the southern Turkish province of Adana to snap selfies with Scarlett Johansson and other celebrities.

Some 50 countries have already confirmed their participation in the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games to be held in Baku in May 2017.

President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid plans to visit Georgia in 2017.

Illegal presence of Armenian armed forces in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan is the main reason behind the escalation in the conflict zone.

TANAP is one of the most successful projects, implemented as part of Turkey's energy strategy.