Russia & CIS

A new project is being prepared in Azerbaijan with the support of the World Bank WB aimed at expanding the selfemployment program Sahil Babayev Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Azerbaijan told reporters Trend reports

There are plans to open new Centers for Sustainable and Operational Social Security DOST in Azerbaijan in 2020 Azerbaijani Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Sahil Babayev told reporters in Baku

Microsoft Corp will invest 100 million to open an Africa technology development center with sites in Kenya and Nigeria over the next five years the company said on Tuesday Reuters reports

Armenia and Azerbaijan have to start substantive talks said Azerbaijans Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov during the panel discussions as part of the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership Highlevel conference in Brussels May 14 Trend reports

The price of the AZERI LT CIF oil produced at AzeriChiragGunashli block of oil and gas fields amounted to 7424 per barrel at Italian port of Augusta on May 13 which is 007 more than on May 10 a source representing Azerbaijans oil and gas market told Trend on May 14

The declaration marking the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership program was not satisfying for Azerbaijan said Azerbaijans Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov during the panel discussions as part of the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership Highlevel conference in Brussels May 14 Trend reports

A 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership Highlevel conference has kicked off in Brussels the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told NewsAz

Germany has opened its firstever electric highway which allows hybrid cargo trucks to charge their batteries while they are on the move on its A5 motorway Bloomberg reported Monday

A brief conversation between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was held in Brussels Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend on May 14

Facebooks WhatsApp on Tuesday urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report that users could be vulnerable to having malicious spyware installed on phones without their knowledge Reuters reports

US President Donald Trump hosted an iftar dinner at the White House on Monday to mark the Islamic holy month of Ramadan Anadolu Agency reports

European Azerbaijanis have staged a rally in support of President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels Belgium AZERTAC reports

The ceasefire monitoring exercise on the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops held in accordance with the mandate of Personal Representative of the OSCE ChairpersoninOffice on May 14 ended without incident

A briefing was held in Turkey in connection with the beginning of the Anatolian Phoenix2019 international search and rescue exercises the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Monday

Azerbaijan holds a leading position in the region in the area of conducting reforms Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Ahmadov said at the Regional Social Security Forum for Europe held in Baku Trend reports

The US State of Nebraska has proclaimed May 28 2019 as Azerbaijan National Day in the state The proclamation was signed by Nebraska Pete Rickets Governor Pete Ricketts the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the US told NewsAz

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month as the trade war between the worlds two largest economies intensified sending shivers through global markets Reuters reports

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 24 times the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on May 14

A dinner reception has been hosted on behalf of President of the European Council Donald Tusk in honor of heads of state and government of the Eastern Partnership countries

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with President of the European Council Donald Tusk