On December 19, the meetings were held at Azerbaijani Parliament with Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) having arrived on a visit to Azerbaijan in regard with the early parliamentary election, press service of Azerbaijani parliament told APA.

“The web-camera practice has been used time and again in many elections already”, said Mazahir Panahov, Chairman of Central Election Commission, APA reports.

Leading mobile operator of Azerbaijan, Azercell Telecom, jointly with the foremost bank in the region, International Bank of Azerbaijan, has launched a special co-branded card for their customers. This card enables its holder to earn 1 point for every 1 AZN paid via cashless payments, with a chance of converting them to on-net minutes or megabytes. To take advantage of this feature, one should send SMS with the relevant keyword to 2937 short number.

Major General Namig Poladov and Major General Mubariz Rzayev were appointed to the positions of Chief of the Defense Industry Department of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense and Chief of the Training-Educational Center of the Armed Forces, respectively, upon the decrees of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, the Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

The visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Azerbaijan can be assessed as a new stage in Kiev-Baku relations and the beginning of more successful cooperation, Ruslan Stefanchuk, First Deputy Chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada told Report agency.

Cuba is to resurrect the position of prime minister in a parliamentary session at the end of the week, with President Miguel Diaz-Canel nominating a candidate to the post which has remained dormant for more than 40 years, AFP reported.

Tools used by Facebook and others to transfer EU data abroad are legal, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday, urging privacy watchdogs to act when

Heads of the diplomatic corps in Azerbaijan have attended a reception dedicated to results of 2019.

Azerbaijan's national team will compete at the 6th Weightlifting International Cup to be held in Qatar from December 19 to 24, AZERTAC reported.

At least six people were killed and dozens trapped after a gold mine collapsed in Nigeria's Plateau state, Anadolu Agency reported.