European Commission & Russian Gazprom Reach Settlement

Nigar Bayramli

A European Commission official announced on Thursday that it had finally reached a settlement with Russian gas giant Gazprom, following a six-year antitrust investigation into whether the Russian state-controlled company had breached EU antitrust rules.

Muslims Throughout Caspian Celebrate Holy Month Of Ramadan

Russia Prepares For 2020 Shanghai & BRICS Summits

Kazakhstan Sells Nuclear Fuel To Brazil To Feed Power Plants

Politics

Russia-led CSTO's Military Wraps Up Drills In Kazakhstan

The Russian-led military alliance known as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) concluded Tuesday large...

Russia Prepares For 2020 Shanghai & BRICS Summits

The governor of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Oblast (province), Boris Dubrovsky, revealed earlier this week that Chelyabinsk’...

Iran, EU Slam U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Remarks

Iranian senior officials have denounced the latest remarks of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatening to impo...

Bulgarian President Calls For Direct Supplies Of Russian Gas Via “Bulgaria Stream”

On the eve of a presidential visit to Russia, Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev said he expects to see the implementat...

Business

Azerbaijan’s Central Bank Introduces New Banknote

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan announced on Wednesday that it will produce banknotes in denominations of 200 Azerbaij...

Kazakhstan Sells Nuclear Fuel To Brazil To Feed Power Plants

Kazakhstan’s energy market is struggling with an oversupply of nuclear fuel, but its national operator for the import...

Azerbaijan May Require Tourists To Purchase Travel Insurance

Foreign nationals entering Azerbaijan may be required to show proof of purchase of travel insurance before obtaining ...

Uzbekistan Taps Azerbaijani Expertise To Develop Energy Markets

Azerbaijan’s state-run energy conglomerate SOCAR and British energy giant BP attended the Uzbek International Exhibit...

Culture

Kazakhstani Actress Wins Best Actress Award at 71st Cannes

Kazakhstani actress Samal Yeslyamova won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, the first time the covet...

Muslims Throughout Caspian Celebrate Holy Month Of Ramadan

The start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan last week saw millions of Muslims fasting from sunrise to sunset. Musl...

Most Beautiful Lakes Worth Seeing In Russia

If you are planning a trip to Russia this summer for the FIFA World Cup games, take this chance to check out some of ...

Seven ‘Must See’ Wonders In Kazakhstan

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Lake Balkhash and the Shymbulak and Borovoe resorts have put Kazakhstan on the Central Asia tour...

Sports

Russia Spends Nearly $10 Billion To Host 2018 World Cup

Russia is investing heavily in its infrastructure to host the FIFA World Cup this summer, which will run from June 14...

Kazakhstan To Host 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A

For the first time in its history, Kazakhstan will play host to the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division ...

Azerbaijan Prepares for 2019 European Youth Olympics Festival

Azerbaijan kicked off preparations for hosting the 15th summer edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF),...

3rd Baku Marathon Attracts Record Number Of Participants

On Sunday, Baku hosted its third marathon for running aficionados, from both near and far, as 18,000 flocked to the C...

exclusive

Exclusive: Interview With UN Resident Coordinator To Azerbaijan

"For us, the benefit is to see an Azerbaijan that is prosperous, where there is no poverty, where there are no health...

opinion

Ilgar Ibrahimli

Remembering the Four Day War

Tomorrow marks exactly one year since the start of the Four Day War between Azerbaijani and Armenian military forces ...