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Next Tuesday, on July 7, the National Air Carrier of Azerbaijan will perform another special flight on the Baku-Istanbul-Baku route. Tickets sale is open on the official website of the airline (www.azal.az). The fares are similar to those previously announced for the special flights which are planned before the end …

Three new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed in Georgia, bringing the total number of infected people to 951, Trend reports citing 1tv.ge. The information has been recently updated on a special website stopcov.ge created by the Georgian government. Three patients recovered. The number of recoveries stands at 828. In total 15 …

Producer Price Index for telecommunication services decreased by 0.03 percent in April 2020 compared to the previous month in Georgia, Trend reports referring to Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat). The prices were lower mainly for other telecommunications services (-0.5 percent). The overall index increased by 14.3 percent compared to the same month …

Azerbaijan-Israel Interparliamentary Friendship Commission has hailed the cooperation between the two countries in an online conference on “Azerbaijan-Israel strategic partnership”. Arye Gut, Executive Director of the House of Azerbaijan in Israel and moderator of the event, noted that this is the first Israeli-Azerbaijani event at this level with the participation of members …

583 new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Azerbaijan, while 395 patients have been recovered and discharged from the hospital, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told AZERTAC. According to the Task Force, 7 persons have died after testing positive for COVID-19. “The overall confirmed cases in …

The construction of a new section of the Alat-Astara highway on the state border with neighbouring Iran has began, State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads reported on July 2. This 204-km-highway aims to ensure the comfortable movement of cars to Iran and back. It will also help reduce the density …

Spain is ready to assist in making linkage with Azerbaijani port in Alat, Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Azerbaijan Ignacio Sanchez Taboada told Trend. “Azerbaijan is much interested in developing Alat Port as a piece a multimodal logistic infrastructure connecting East and West. Similar multimodal …