Russia & CIS

The European Volleyball Confederation CEV has released its latest world rankings of women teams placing Azerbaijan 11th with 212 points

The Russian S400 air defense systems will be used in Turkey in 2020 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said

Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan for Public and Political Issues Ali Hasanov has commented on allegations that Thorhildur Sunna Evarsdóttir rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe PACE on Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan wasnt allowed into the country Trend reports

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe PACE Liliane Maury Pasquier

Ukraine does not recognize the socalled elections to local selfgovernment bodies held on September 8 2019 in the occupied Azerbaijani territory NagornoKarabakh and considers them illegitimate said the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Turkey supports Azerbaijan in the ArmeniaAzerbaijan NagornoKarabakh conflict Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Erkan Ozoral said

Operating with the support of the leading mobile operator of Azerbaijan Azercell Telecom Children Hotline service has revealed reports for June July and August 2019

Azerbaijan and Russia are building up mutual cooperation and are aiming at increasing mutual investments Deputy Economy Minister of Azerbaijan Rufat Mammadov said at the AzerbaijaniRussian business forum held in Baku on Sept 12 Trend reports

In the coming year Ministry of International and Foreign Economic Affairs of Russias Sverdlovsk region plans to organize a number of industry business missions to Azerbaijan Minister of International and Foreign Economic Affairs of Russias Sverdlovsk Region Vasily Kozlov told reporters in Baku Trend reports

Azerbaijan is an important trade and economic partner of Russia in the South Caucasus Minister of International and Foreign Economic Affairs of Russias Sverdlovsk Region Vasily Kozlov told reporters in Baku Trend reports

As of August 1 2019 the number of hired employees in the economy of Azerbaijan exceeded 16 million showing an increase of 46 percent compared to the same period last year Trend reports referring to the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan

Oil prices have increased on the world markets

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has viewed conditions at the secondary school No 101 named after Ami Mammadov in Surakhani district Baku after major overhaul

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has viewed the work done at Khatai station of Baku Metro after major overhaul

Azerbaijan is one of the few countries in the region and the world that in 1998 abolished the Ministry of Press and Information and clearly abandoned state regulation of the media Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan for Public and Political Issues Ali Hasanov said at the annual meeting of the World Association of Press Councils held in Baku Trend reports

A meeting of the World Association of Press Councils has got underway in Baku

The Android Technology Company is designing a robot that will test Russias nextgeneration partially reusable spacecraft Orel Eagle formerly known as Federatsiya the companys acting director Yevgeny Dudorov told TASS

Beijings notoriously bad air quality has improved in recent years and the Chinese capital is expected to drop out of a list of 200 most polluted cities in the world this year a data provider said Thursday AFP reported

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke Wednesday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the phone according to Turkeys Presidential Communications Directorate Daily Sabah reported