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West Asia
Ptolemy’s Universe: What if you are a man in Azerbaijan?!
Zamira ABBASI Honestly, I was not planning to write about it. I knew if I start writing, I won’t be able to stop. Anger would not let me make solid judgments until my economy book has suggested the following: “Most students have seen an image of Ptolemy’s concept of our…
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West Asia
Two Azerbaijani banks declared bankrupt
Two Azerbaijani banks, the Caucasus Development Bank and AtraBank, licenses of which were revoked by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) in January 2016, have been declared bankrupt, said Azerbaijan Deposit Insurance Fund (ADIF) in a message Aug. 17, Trend reports. The message said the decision on the banks’ bankruptcy…
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Central Asia
Kazakh president to visit Azerbaijan and Armenia
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Azerbaijan, Serbia, Armenia and a number of other countries in 2016, Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov said at a briefing Aug. 17, Trend reports. In June, Idrissov said Nazarbayev will visit Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Jordan in 2016. The Kazakh president…
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Central Asia
Iran Ready for Oil Swap with Caspian Neighbors
An official with the Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) says Iran can swap up to 120,000 b/d of crude oil with its northern neighbors at North Oil Terminal, Shana reports. Hamid Reza Shadoust, a local IOTC official in the city of northern city of Neka, said on August 16 that…
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Central Asia
Russian naval strike force starts anti-terror drills in the Mediterranean
The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s advanced warships Serpukhov and Zelyony Dol armed with Kalibr cruise missiles have launched anti-terror drills in the east Mediterranean, TASS reports. “The drills will check the ability of the fleet’s forces to operate in the conditions of resolving crisis situations of terrorist nature. The naval…
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Central Asia
Tehran and Moscow to construct 2 Nuclear Power Plants in Iran
Iran and Russia will construct two nuclear power plants in Iran, Spokesman of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Sayid Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said Sputnik reports. Hosseini said on Saturday that Iran needs 20,000MW of electricity, which requires construction of about 10 nuclear power plants, Shana news agency…
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East Asia
Korea to develop Nano-tech coop. with Iran
Iran’s National Nanotechnology Initiative released the details of an agreement signed with Nano Technology Research Association of Korea, Mehr News Agency reports. During the time of the Nano exhibition in Korea, July 13 to 15, 2016, Iran’s National Nanotechnology Initiative (INNI) signed several agreements with Nano Technology Research Association of…
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Central Asia
Putin-Erdogan talks signal ‘restart process’
The recent Erdogan-Putin talks, which were the first ever since the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey, mark a restart period in the two countries’ relations, says an Armenian expert in Turkish studies, Tert reports. At a news conference on August 10, Gevorg Petrosyan, the president of the research center…
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Central Asia
Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia to create trilateral co-op
Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia will create a trilateral format of cooperation, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in St. Petersburg during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trend Agency reports. Baku hosted a trilateral summit of the presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran – Ilham Aliyev,…
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East Asia
Koreans make a beeline for Georgian honey
By Rachel Lee – The Korea Times Georgia boasts a long history of beekeeping and is proud of its “genuine” honey that has made a promising start in the Korean market, a Georgian envoy says. Ambassador to Korea Nikoloz Apkhazava said honey had many health benefits and Koreans were choosing…
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