Russia & CIS

Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk’s mandate has been extended for a year.

Official spokesman for Russian President Putin, Dmitry Peskov, stated that the United States continues its hysteria to keep the US-Russian relations on the stage of their degradation. The new sanctions against Russia that US senators have recently proposed, may harm not only the Russian-American relations, but also the global economy

No criminal case has been filed against the management of the ANS Independent Broadcasting and Media Company, the license of which was revoked, Eldar Sultanov, head of the press service of Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office, told Trend Jan. 9.

Leader of Greek opposition parties Dora Bakoyannis has criticized the government over not privatization of DESFA by SOCAR.

The Central Election Commission of Armenia has presented the schedule of events related to the upcoming parliamentary election, Tert.am reports.

Azerbaijan and Switzerland have discussed transportation of Swiss cargos via the international North-South and South-West transport corridors.

Snowfall and frosty weather will continue in the Turkish city of Istanbul tomorrow, APA reports citing Hurriyet newspaper.

Hikmat Hajiyev, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman has made a statement.

The president of the National Congress of Armenians of Ukraine, Ashot Avanesyan, has commented on reports alleging that he is a business partner of the chairman of the United Congress of Azerbaijanis in Ukraine, Rovshan Taghiyev, as well as the fact that they made a joint statement on Nagorno-Karabakh during the New Year's Eve celebration in Kiev.

Hillary Clinton is not going to run to be mayor of New York and will never stand for elected office again, a close friend of the former Democratic presidential candidate has said - despite a number of rumours suggesting otherwise.

Turkey supports and will always support Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during the 9th conference of ambassadors in Ankara, Turkish media reported Jan. 9.

A US Navy ship fired warning shots at Iranian boats on Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, a US official on Monday, APA reports citing CNN.

In late December, Russia's long-range aviation celebrated a professional holiday. Some may believe that strategic aircraft do not mean much in comparison with ballistic missiles or nuclear-powered submarines. Yet, Russian strategic bombers play an important role. They constantly remind Russia's "sworn friends" of something that they often forget

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received credentials of newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia Marin Mottus.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has offered condolences to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani over the death of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has announced USD/AZN rate for January 10.

The Turkish Airlines put off 380 international and domestic flights from Ataturk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport because of heavy snow, the company said.

Iranian lawmakers approved plans on Monday to expand military spending to five percent of the budget, including developing the country's long-range missile program which U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to halt.

Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will discuss the ways of development of further cooperation.

Turkey has two main expectations of the U.S., focused on two terrorist groups, namely FETO and the Syrian YPG, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday.