Azerbaijan Launches All-New Polypropylene Plant

Yaver Kazimbeyli

The long-anticipated launch of a polypropylene factory in Azerbaijan, the one and only of its kind in the country, took place during Italian President Sergio Mattarella’s first visit to the Caspian country on July 18.

U.S. Confiscates $6 Million Worth Of Bitcoin From Iranians

Azerbaijan Pumps Record Supply Of Oil Via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline

Russia Doesn’t Bend To U.S. Pressure, Plans To Invest $50 Billion In Iran Energy Market

Politics

Tensions Escalate In South Caucasus As Armenian Recon Soldier Is Captured By Azerbaijan

A 34-year old member of the Armenian army, working on a reconnaissance mission, was apprehended by Azerbaijan’s armed...

Azerbaijan-EU Relationship On Upward Trend, “Partnership Priorities” Inked In Brussels

Relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union got a boost Wednesday when President Ilham Aliyev met with the pr...

Astana Denies Plans For Kazakhstan To Host U.S. Military Base

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry dismissed reporting that officials in Astana are planning to allow the U.S. military to...

Iran Disbands Eight Terrorist Groups In June

June was a good month for Iran when it comes to chasing down terrorists. Over the course of four weeks five anti-terr...

Business

Turkmenistan Cuts Down On Alcohol

The central government of Turkmenistan is following its efforts last year to ban tobacco and tobacco products with a ...

U.S. Confiscates $6 Million Worth Of Bitcoin From Iranians

The U.S. government reportedly seized 500 bitcoins owned by Iranians in 2017, estimated to be worth around six millio...

Azerbaijan Pumps Record Supply Of Oil Via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline

Azerbaijan’s offshore Caspian oilfields crossed a threshold on Monday, as BP celebrated having pumped three billion b...

Russia Doesn’t Bend To U.S. Pressure, Plans To Invest $50 Billion In Iran Energy Market

Russia is ready to invest $50 billion in Iran’s oil and gas industry as the United States is looking to cut as much I...

Culture

Russian Historical Sites On UNESCO’s Waiting List

Russia’s Mirozhsky Monastery, the Pskov Kremlin, Pokrovskaya Tower and 15 other Pskov monuments from the 12th to the ...

Carpets Becoming More & More Popular As Azerbaijan Boosts Manufacturing

Azerbaijan’s leading carpet manufacturer Azerkhalcha announced Tuesday it will soon begin exporting its handmade prod...

Here Are Some Cool Things To Do In Moscow This Summer

If you have the chance to visit just one of the world’s most renowned and populous capitals this summer, make it Mosc...

Famous Filmmakers Flock To Astana For 14th Eurasia Film Festival

While Kazakhstan’s capital city Astana is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week, some of the world’s most fashio...

Sports

World Cup Update: France Wins Big In Moscow

Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow saw fans roaring as they cheered on either the French national football (soccer) team, or ...

World Cup Update: Four European Teams Battle It Out In Russia

With only European football (soccer) teams left in the running to win the 2018 FIFA World Cup, France and England are...

World Cup Update: Russia Secures Place In Quarterfinals After Beating Spain

On Sunday the 2018 World Cup host nation team had fans packed into Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow singing “Kalinka,” when...

World Cup Update: Who Will Represent Caspian at Round 16?

The Caspian region will be represented in the 16th round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup by Russia, after Iran’s national ...

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Managing Director Of French Transportation Manufacturer Alstom Says Demand For Faster, Reliable Trains In Eurasia Is Growing

Bernard Peille, the Managing Director for Western and Central Asia for the French transportation manufacturer Alstom,...

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 ...