Preparations for the next Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, to be held April 26-28 in Baku, are on schedule, Nigar Arpadarai, head of Marketing and Communications Department of the Baku City Circuit (BCC), said in an interview with Trend Feb. 18.

Armenia will probably receive a new loan from Russia for buying ammunition. The deal is possible after the implementation of $100million contract, RIA Novosti reports, citing Armenia’s Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan.

The Colombian ColMundo radio has broadcast a special program about Azerbaijan, AzerTag reports.

The SOCAR Polymer High-Density Polyethylene Plant, commissioned in Sumgayit, will fully meet the demand for high-density polyethylene across Azerbaijan, and 75 percent of the products will be exported to foreign markets, Trend reports Feb. 18 with reference to Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order regarding measures to continue redevelopment works and repair of roads in the city of Sumgayit.

Construction of two pharmaceutical plants will be completed in the next 2-3 months in Azerbaijan, Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said Feb. 18, Trend reports.

Saudi Arabia signed several memorandums of understanding (MoU) with Pakistan to invest $20 billion in various sectors, the Kingdom announced on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported.

The materials of the criminal case into the events that occurred in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, in March 2008, comprise 76 volumes.

One Turkish soldier was martyred in northwestern Syrian district of Afrin, Anadolu Agency cited security sources as saying on Monday.

The population of Azerbaijan as of Jan. 1, 2019 reached 9,981,457 people, according to the country's State Statistical Committee.