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Foreign ministry: Azerbaijan's territory not to be used for military strike on Iran

20 May 2013, 11:42

Azerbaijan's territory will not be used as a base for a military strike on Iran by Israel or the U.S, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry...

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Azerbaijani oil prices for May 13-17

20 May 2013, 11:43

On May 13-17, the average price on AZERI LT, exported from Azerbaijan via the Ceyhan, Batumi and Supsa ports to Italian Augusta port, was about $105.81 per barrel or $1.1 less compared to the previous week. The maximum...

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AZERBAIJAN

Greek Prime Minister arrives in Azerbaijan

19 May 2013, 17:06

Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras has today arrived in Azerbaijan. At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport the Greek Prime Minister was welcomed by Azerbaijan`s Minister of Industry and Energy, co-chair of the...

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SOUTH CAUCASUS

Former General Director of JSC Georgian Railways accused of embezzlement of public funds in large amount

20 May 2013, 10:43

Tbilisi City Court sentenced former General Director of JSC "Georgian Railways" Irakli Ezugbaia in absentia to pre-trial detention for a period of two months as a temporary measure of restriction. According to...

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IRAN

Iran holds ceremony of opening production line of new air defense system

20 May 2013, 12:04

Today a facility destined for mass production of a new air-defense system was inaugurated in Iran, IRNA reported. Country's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi participated in the ceremony. He said at the opening that the...

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CENTRAL ASIA

Indian Vice President to pay official visit to Uzbekistan

20 May 2013, 11:58

Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will be in Uzbekistan on an official visit from May 21 to 24, 2013, Uzbek government circles told Trend on Monday. According to the report, Ansari will be accompanied by...

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MIDDLE EAST & TURKEY

Air balloon crash kills a person in Turkey (UPDATE)

20 May 2013, 11:21

An air balloon fell in the Turkish city of Cappadocia, the tourist center of the Nevshehir Province in the south of the country, TRT Haber TV channel reported on Monday. As the TV channel reported, as a result of the...

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- Presidential elections in Iran: Who has more chances?
  
  Trend Persian Desk commentator Temkin Jafarov Registration on May 11 of the сurrent general secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili, advisor for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and father-in-law of his son, Isfandiar Rahim Mashaei and Iran's former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as candidates for the presidency made the Presidential elections more interesting, but at the same time more complicated. Nomination of these politicians caused solidarity in the Reformist opposition camp and in the front supporting Ahmadinejad. The move also raised controversy and...
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- Erdogan-Obama Meeting: Israel must be provided with guarantee of safety
  
  Trend Arabic News Service head Rufiz Hafizoglu Along with the signing of a free trade agreement, the Syrian issue was discussed at the meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama, which is in the world spotlight. After the meeting Erdogan said that the main topics of discussion at the meeting were the cessation of bloody clashes in Syria, support for the Syrian opposition, the prevention of terrorist organizations in Syria and the representation of all national minorities in the future government. Barack Obama said that the U.S. is decisively...
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- Euro is reliable
  
  Ellada Khankishiyeva, Trend Analytical Centre Head Despite the negative dynamics of the GDP in the euro area in the first quarter of 2013, as well as encouraging situation in the U.S. stock markets, for the first time in the past several years, analysts gained some confidence in the stabilisation of the exchange rate of the single European currency. However, confidence in the Eurozone economy fell more than expected, but these positive expectations point to economic growth in the euro zone in the near future. The European Central Bank also predicted a slow growth of the euro zone economy in...
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- Association: Turkish tour packages do not raise prices for Azerbaijanis
  
  The cost of service packages for those wishing to vacation in Turkey rises only when hotel prices increase, chairman of Azerbaijan Tourism Association Nahid Bagirov told Trend today. He said that when prices on Turkish hotels did not increase, the cost of packages remained unchanged. "Ticket and hotel prices have not increased this year compared to last year," he said. "The prices are the same as last year. After all cheap rooms are sold, people come to the hotel and wish to stay. In this case, only expensive rooms are available and people say that the travel companies raised prices." As...
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