Russia & CIS

The auction on the placement of short-term bonds worth 15 million manats (1.6006 AZN/USD on Oct. 8) of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Finance will be held at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) Oct. 11, the BSE said.

Member of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Head of Working Group on Azerbaijani-Ukrainian inter-parliamentary ties Rufat Guliyev has met members of the Ukrainian parliament.

Moscow has warned the West against striking any missile or aviation blows on the territories controlled by the Syrian government. Russia will see such actions as a threat to Russian military men. After the attacks on the positions of Syrian troops on September 17, Russia took all necessary measures to exclude similar mistakes against Russian troops

Washington has failed to fulfill key agreements on Syria and is now trying to blame someone for this failure, Maria Zakharova says

Russia has deployed state-of-the-art air defense system S-300V4 Antey-2500 in Syria (NATO reporting name SA-23 Gladiator). As long as terrorist groups operating in Syria do not have either cruise missiles or military aircraft, sources said that Russia takes measures to defend itself against a possible missile attack by the United States

A statue to world-famous singer, people's artist of Azerbaijan Rashid Behbudov was unveiled in Baku Oct. 4.

A delegation led by Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov arrived in Uzbekistan for an official visit on Oct. 4.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed a 48-team World Cup that would see 16 teams eliminated after one knockout match.

The Turkish military hit at least 80 Daesh targets in northern Syria on Monday as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, according to a military source.

About 95 tonnes of oil have been leaked into the North Sea from a BP platform, the company has said.

Over 69 million new teachers needed to reach 2030 education goals.

Spain has hosted the country's club chess championship.

Chairman of the State Security Service, lieutenant-general Madat Guliyev has today met with the delegation led by Interior Minister of Iran Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli who is on a visit in Azerbaijan, AzerTag reports.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will pay a working visit to Belgium.

An insurance event has occurred in Bank Standard, Executive Director of Azerbaijan Deposits Insurance Fund (ADIF) Azad Javadov said at the press conference.

The New York Times has published an article on staging of 'Layla and Majnun' in Berkeley city.

Courses of Armenian language will be organized at the Baku State University on October 15.

Kazakhstan and Russia have compiled a draft list of measures to expand mutual trade in 2016-2017.

Eldar Guliyev, Member of Azerbaijani Parliament, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) will visit Antalya, Turkey to attend the sessions of this Organization.

Azeri Light oil has grown by $0.43 or 0.86%.