Section: Turan News Agency (Azerbaijan)
Azerbaijan in Middle of Food Security List
BAKU / 22.06.16 / TURAN: Azerbaijan took the 57th place among 113 countries in the Global Food Security Index. According to the international organization The Economist Intelligence Unit, Azerbaijan scored 57.1 points out of a maximum 100, as much as Egypt and Vietnam gained. Among the post-Soviet countries (except the Baltics) the leader is...
In Georgia detained 178 kilo of heroin from Azerbaijan
Tbilisi/13.06.16/Turan: The Georgian officials revealed 178 kilo of heroin in a truck coming from Azerbaijan. According to the Customs Authority of Georgia, the drugs were hidden in a specially equipped place in a truck. The drugs were packed in 356 bricks. The cargo was going from Iran to the Netherlands through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine....
The President of Georgia – Russia could destabilize the half of Eurasia
Baku / 10.06.16 / Turan: The President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili said that Russia, if necessary, can destabilize half of Eurasia. However, he suggested not to try to guess where the next conflict will take place. In an interview with EU observer Margvelashvili he said that the war in Ukraine has shown that Russia is ready to activate each...
SOCAR invested about $4.5 billion into foreign projects
Baku/08.06.16/Turan: By January 1, 2016 total amount of SOCAR’s investments into the projects outside of Azerbaijan reached $4,486,900,000. According to the company, the biggest amount has been invested into the company’s projects in Turkey, which totaled $3,334,300,000. SOCAR’s investments in Switzerland totaled $414.5 million,...
Ukraine will supply 10 military transport aircrafts to Azerbaijan
Baku/07.06.16/Turan: Ukraine has signed a contract with Azerbaijan to supply 10 military transport aircrafts An-178, said on Tuesday the Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman. “AN-178 will fly to Azerbaijan! A contract was signed with Azerbaijani company for the purchase of 10 AN-178 aircraft,” wrote Groisman in his microblog on...
Yalcin Gahramanli Released
Baku / 02.06.16 / Turan: Yalcin Gahramanli kept in the Baku airport police department from 31 May to 1 June has been released. He was arrested on arrival at the airport from Kiev for his mother’s funeral, the journalist Avaz Zeynalli told Turan. According to him, the reason for the detention was a ban on entry and exit, on which Gahramanli...
Hungarian Minister Calls on EU to Conclude Agreement with Azerbaijan
Baku / 24.05.16 / Turan: The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Peter Siyarto urged the European Union (EU) as a matter of urgency to liberalize the visa regime with Ukraine and Georgia and to conclude an agreement with Azerbaijan, Anadolu Agency reported. During his speech at a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of EU member states,...
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Ukraine
Baku/23.05.16/Turan: In the framework of the World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul today took place a meeting of the Presidents of Ukraine and Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev and Peter Poroshenko. They discussed issues of preparation of the official visit to Azerbaijan Poroshenko. The parties agreed to hold a meeting of the intergovernmental...
EaPConnect invites researchers from Eastern Partnership countries
Baku/21.05.16/Turan: Researchers from one of the Eastern Partnership countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are invited to participate in an international research project and get in touch with National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Europe. The EU-funded Eastern Partnership Connect (EaPConnect) project...
Seven People Killed in Azerbaijani AN-12 Plane Crash in Afghanistan
Baku/19.05.16/Turan: A freight plane of Azerbaijan’s Silk Way airline crashed on Wednesday in Afghanistan, killing seven of its nine crew members, Azerbaijan’s civil aviation administration said (Reuters). It said the plane had crashed after taking off from Dwyer airport in Afghanistan. The crew were from Azerbaijan, Ukraine and...
