Russia & CIS

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has announced USD/AZN rate for December 13.

Russian military spending has declined in 2016 for the first time since the 1990s, UK media reported on Monday.

"No serious talks are held on Karabakh conflict."

The GDP with production method was 655.4 billion Turkish liras ($186.5 billion) at current prices.

Next UAV belonging to Armenia has been destroyed.

Georgia’s western part is covered with a thick layer of snow as it has been heavily snowing in that area for the past several days.

Banking sector outlooks for CIS and Georgian banks for 2017 are diverging, reflecting how far recent recessions and currency devaluations will continue to affect lender performance, Fitch Ratings says.

In Baku and the Absheron Peninsula on December 13, the weather will be changeably cloudy and mostly rainless, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources told APA on December 12.

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.