President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has dismissed Alexander Mishchenko from the post of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Azerbaijan, Trend reports citing Ukrainian media.

"Cameras have already been mounted in forests in five Azerbaijani regions," Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Firdovsi Aliyev has said.

A high-speed Stadler train will be launched in the coming days, and this train will run along the Baku-Ganja route, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC told Trend Dec. 27.

A meeting of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Novruz Mammadov, was held in accordance with the Work Plan of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers for 2018, Trend reports citing the Cabinet of Ministers on Dec. 27.

An Armenian police officer has been arrested by national security agents while accepting a bribe from a citizen inside his patrol vehicle, Armenpress cited country’s National Security Service (NSS) as saying.

More than 24,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their homes from the territory of Jordan and Lebanon in one month, said head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for the Opposing Sides and Control over the Movement of Refugees Lieutenant General Sergei Solomatin, TASS reports.

The Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh is ready for constructive talks with the Armenian community, Trend reports citing Chairman of the Azerbaijani community of Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region Tural Ganjaliyev Dec. 27.

Economic success achieved by Azerbaijan in 2018 has been appreciated by authoritative international organizations, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

Minsk, Baku and Astana were recognized as the best cities for New Year trips among Russian citizens, Trend reports via RIA Novosti.

Newly elected Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has congratulated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on his birthday, AZERTAC reports.