The volume of business sector turnover increased by 13.5 percent in first quarter of 2020 compared to the same quarter of previous year and amounted to 26 billion lari ($8.4 billion) in Georgia, Trend reports referring to National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) The production value of the business sector is characterized …

Azerbaijan has supported the extension of OPEC+ deal by the end of July, Trend reports citing the country’s energy ministry. The videoconference of OPEC and non-OPEC countries’ ministers decided to extend the deal to cut daily oil output by 9.7 million barrels by another month, till July 31. It was agreed that …

The national air carrier of Azerbaijan has performed a charter flight from Ankara delivering 144 Azerbaijani citizens to Baku, press service of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC told AZERTAC. According to AZAL, all passengers are quarantined on the mandatory basis. AZAL performs charter flights to return compatriots to their homeland in accordance with …

Head of Iranian Health Ministry’s Public Relations Office Kianoush Jahanpour said on Saturday that 75 more Iranians have passed away from coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths in the country to 8,209, according to IRNA. He went on to say that 132,038 people out of …

Azerbaijan’s daily coronavirus infections hit record 369 on June 6, with the total number of COVID-19 cases reaching 7,239 in the country. Two of the patients – aged 79 and 54 – have died. The number of the recovered patients was 153 today. As of today, Azerbaijan, the nation of ten million, has registered  7,239 …

European International Theatre Conference will host ETC International Theatre Conference  online on June 10-12. The conference is expected to bring together theater figures from Azerbaijan, Austria, Croatia, Poland, Slovenia, etc. At conference, Azerbaijan will be represented by the State Academic Musical Theatre, Azertag reported. The ETC International Theatre Conference in Graz …

The number of visitors of the international e-trade platform Azexport has increased several times, Manager of the Azexport portal Aykhan Gadashov told local media. “The quarantine regime applied worldwide during the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) forced people to step away from traditional methods of purchase and start making …

Azerbaijan’s State Border Service (SBS) has officially informed the Georgian Border Guard about the possible violation of the state border between the two countries, the SBS’ press service reported on its website on June 3. Thus, according to the report, Azerbaijani SBS received the information that a group of Georgian citizens …

“Cholchu” (The Steppe Man), a movie by Azerbaijani filmmaker Shamil Aliyev, has been awarded in three categories at international film festivals held in Japan, Italy, Israel and the USA. In a voting held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film won “Best Feature Film”, “Best Director” and “Best Cinematography” …

The number of COVID-19 cases in Azerbaijan over the past day has risen by 262, reaching 6,522, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told AZERTAC. “72 people were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 3,737. Two coronavirus patients died in …