Russia & CIS

Since June 2006 2.7 billion barrels or 365 million tonnes of crude oil have been exported via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.

“Does Azerbaijan has a potential to grow as a regional energy hub in the future? The answer is 'yes'."

OSCE has held a ceasefire monitoring on the Line of Confrontation between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.

"It seems that PACE is trying to demonstrate its service in accommodating the interests of certain individuals and circles."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to pay a visit to Baku on October 30, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Erkan Ozoral told APA.

"The main task is to keep the balance, and achieve the soonest settlement of the conflict."

Tajikistan's Emomali Rahmon received the CIS Defense Ministers, AzVision.az reports citing the Tajikistan media.

Russia will provide Armenia with a state export credit of $ 100 mln to purchase and finance supplies of modern weapons and military equipment.

Sophia, a humanoid robot, had brief interaction with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed.

Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasizade has approved new rules related to mortgage lending.

A visa suspension between Turkey and Washington is "overblown" and will likely be soon resolved, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said Wednesday.

Baku will host Azerbaijan-US business forum on Oct.16, said the message on the website of Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO).

Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 118 times throughout the day, using sniper rifles.

Economic growth must exceed the pace of social programs, otherwise laws will be adopted but not implemented in social sphere.

Azerbaijan’s oil supply for 2017 will decline by 0.06 million barrels per day (b/d) year-on-year, OPEC said in its October Monthly Oil Market Report.

A briefing on the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh will be held in Helsinki.

The UAE-based Etihad Airways has announced the launch of scheduled flights between Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, effective 2 March 2018.

A movie by Azerbaijani filmmakers "Pomegranate Garden" will be demonstrated at the Heartland Film Festival.

Russia will consider the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights null and void in the event the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe refuses to reinstate the Russian delegation in 2018. In this connection, Russia may reinstate the death penalty as a form of capital punishment for grave crimes. Will Russia make such a move?

Vladimir Putin celebrated his 65th anniversary. Putin's rating in Russia remains on a very high level, and there are many of those who admire the Russian president in other countries of the world, even though Western media continue taking every effort to demonise him. They despise the Russian president, but they will not be able to muzzle him