The meeting of Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, to be held on Jan. 16 in Paris under the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, further increases the hope for achieving peaceful settlement to the long-lasting Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Tural Ganjaliyev, chairman of the Azerbaijani Community of the Nagorno-Karabakh Region of Azerbaijan, told Trend Jan. 15.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received former President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy, AzerTag reports.

Speaker of the Armenian parliament Ararat Mirzoyan made a statement during his speech at the Armenian parliament about the fictional "massacre" of the Armenians, spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva told Trend on Jan. 15.

Participants of the protest rally against the release of former MP Manvel Grigoryan on bail urged Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to implement t

Baku will host the 5th Azerbaijan International Conference of Beekeepers on January 26-27, according to the country's Agriculture Ministry.

According to AzerTag, Azerbaijan’s trading house has opened in Dubai, the UAE.

Iran plans to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to solve its water shortage problem, while the country's Department of Environment is reviewing the studies to decide the volume of water transfer.

Hundreds of flights have been canceled at eight German airports on Tuesday due to strikes by security staff in an ongoing dispute over pay, Anadolu Agency reports.

Global warming is melting ice in Antarctica faster than ever before -- about six times more per year now than 40 years ago -- leading to increasingly high sea levels worldwide, scientists warned Monday, AFP reports.

The drafting of the Network Code (TNC) for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) continues as planned, Lisa Givert, TAP Head of Communications, told Trend.