Iran could release crypto currencies backed by oil and gas, instead of using bitcoin, Sam Barden, Director of SBI Markets, an international commodity trading and advisory company, told Trend.

News.Az reprints Trend’s interview with Spokesman of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Hikmat Hajiyev.

A Polish Air Force MiG-29 fighter plane went down over Central Poland on Monday, sparking a search for the plane and pilot, Sputnik reported.

Turkey has allocated assistance of $157m for the development of Azerbaijan in 2010-2016 years, Report informs citing the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).

Azerbaijan will launch the production of Tatra trucks from 2018, the Azerbaijani embassy in the Czech Republic said Dec. 18.

A major emergency response operation is currently underway, while the governor of the state has described the situation as "ongoing and serious."

The new agreement on strategic partnership between the EU and Azerbaijan will bring the sides' cooperation to the next level, Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said.

An Armenian soldier has been arrested and charged with murder of Narek Adibekyan, a soldier serving at the same military post, on December 11, 2017.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on awarding the Azerbaijani President’s honorary diplomas to Tahir Gozal, Farid Gayibov and Elkhan Mamm

Since February of next year, religious figures working in Azerbaijani mosques will be able to receive salaries, Mubariz Gurbanli, chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations, said Dec.18.