Greece asks SOCAR to extend tender term on DESFA deal
Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) requested from Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR to extend the term of a letter of guarantee on the tender to buy a 66-percent stake…
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Azerbaijan defense minister meets with US military delegation
On October 31, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov met with the delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, Dr….
Paris authorities evacuate 2,500 Migrants from camp near Stalingrad Station
Some 2,000 – 2,500 migrants were evacuated from a camp located near the Stalingrad metro station in northern Paris on Monday, according to local media reports. Authorities launched evacuation of…
Iraqi army enters Mosul – UPDATED
Iraqi army entered al-Karama district of Mosul. Report informs citing the Reuters, Iraqi special forces have entered the city for the first time. A senior-level Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service commander…
After 20,000 years, world’s oldest people face a crisis of culture
Caught between modernity and 20,000 years as hunter-gatherers, the San people sit at a crossroads. An indigenous people in Southern Africa, they are our oldest human ancestors, DNA testing proving…
Azerbaijan learning from Swiss financial market experience
Azerbaijani and Swiss financial markets supervisory authorities have great potential to expand the existing ties, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s Financial Market Supervisory Body Rufat Aslanli said at the meeting with the…
Danish police find bodies of Syrian female refugee, 2 children in freezer
According to media reports, three bodies belonging to a Syrian refugee woman and her two underage daughters have been found in a freezer in the southern Danish town of Aabenraa….
ADIF pays over AZN 643M in compensation to ten closed banks’ customers
Azerbaijan Deposit Insurance Fund (ADIF) paid AZN 41,745,000 to Parabank’s depositors, AZN 51,043,000 to Zaminbank’s depositors, AZN 26,136,000 to Kredobank’s depositors and AZN 2,887,000 to Dekabank’s depositors. According to ADIF,…
European Commission wants Caspian gas to be transported to Europe since 2019
Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat hosted discussions on transportation of Caspian gas to Europe. The meeting was attended by heads of oil and gas corporations of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Turkey, as…
Japanese citizen goes to prison after Pokemon Go-related traffic accident
A Japanese national, who hit two female pedestrians by a truck while playing the Pokemon Go game, has received a year and two months in prison by a court decision…