Since 2004, Azerbaijan has pursued a long-term policy of reducing development gaps between the capital and the regions by using multi-year state programs as its main instrument.
The Kremlin has stated that the upcoming round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, will be conducted exclusively in a trilateral format, excluding any European representatives.
Two Democratic senators on Friday urged the Trump administration to drop a proposal requiring millions of foreign visitors to provide social media handles used over the past five years.
It makes no sense for Europe to start negotiations with Russia, as the United States is currently doing, said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Munich Security Conference.
Ukrainian slider Vladislav Heraskevych's disqualification from the Winter Olympics over his helmet depicting fellow athletes killed since Russia's full-scale invasion is the Games' biggest controversy so far.
Iran on Friday released on bail three prominent reformist figures arrested last week amid a sweeping government crackdown on dissent, one of their lawyers told the semi-official ISNA news agency.
