Supercar Rental Company Classic Parade Launches UK’s First Cryptocurrency Payment Service LONDON, Feb. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One of the UK’s leading supercar hire companies has just launched a cryptocurrency payment system to rent the world’s most impressive supercars. Customers can now choose to pay to for selection of over 100 supercars from 28 luxury […]
Acronis Featured on CRN’s 2023 Security 100 List for Second Consecutive Year
This exclusive recognition is awarded to industry-leading security vendors in the IT channel making groundbreaking progress within the cybersecurity space CRN’s 2023 Security 100 BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Acronis, to its annual Security 100 […]
GAIN Launches New Strategy to Transform Food Systems
Conflicts, Covid and Climate Change Are Reversing Progress on Malnutrition in Asia NEW DELHI, Feb. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) today held an open discussion on its new strategy: ‘Healthier Diets For All, Leaving No One Behind!’ The new strategy aims to amplify the growing urgency and awareness […]
Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias Before Their Meeting and the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue Kick-Off
FOREIGN MINISTER DENDIAS: Dear Secretary of State, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you in Athens. It has been almost a year-and-a-half since our Third Strategic Dialogue in Washington. In the meantime, we have seen war returning to Europe with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We have also witnessed a revisionist rhetoric in […]
Speakers Tackle Matters on Sanctions, Working Methods, Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, as Special Committee on Charter Opens 2023 Session
Opening its 2023 session today, the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization heard from speakers debating the propriety of sanctions, the Committee’s working methods and consideration of proposals, as well as its role of supporting Member States in the peaceful settlement of […]
Pakistan seeks petroleum products’ imports from Azerbaijan
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Pakistan is in talks with Azerbaijan to import Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL) products on credit, as well as to agree on liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies at affordable prices, a senior official at Pakistan’s Energy Ministry said, Trend reports via Geo News. Reportedly, a delegation led by Pakistan’s Federal Minister of […]
Tengizchevroil to continue using Caspian Pipeline Consortium as main export route
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Tengizchevroil, the operator of Tengiz and Korolev oil fields, will continue using Caspian Pipeline Consortium as a key export route, Kevin Lyon, the Managing Director of Tengizchevroil, said, Trend reports, citing Kazakh media. Lyon noted that the pipeline will remain the primary export route due to its reliability and economic feasibility. […]
Tengizchevroil unable to launch oil export via BTC pipeline following deadly earthquake in Türkiye
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Tengizchevroil, the operator of the Tengiz and Korolev oil fields, was unable to start the oil export via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline due to the earthquake in Türkiye, Trend reports, citing Kazakh media. Kevin Lyon, the Managing Director of Tengizchevroil, noted that the earthquake in Turkey impacted local infrastructure, including the Ceyhan […]
Azerbaijan Bank Association, Asian Development Bank conduct consultations on risk management
BAKU, Azerbaijan, The Azerbaijan Bank Association (ABA) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have conducted consultations on risk management, Trend reports via the ABA. The consultations were held as part of the ADB’s mission. During the meeting, the mission members held consultations with interested parties to collect information related to the main thematic […]
Azerbaijan withdraws one of powers of Ministry of Youth and Sports
BAKU, Azerbaijan, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on amending the “Regulations on Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan”, approved by Decree of the President of Azerbaijan dated April 18, 2006 No. 392, Trend reports. According to the document, paragraph 9.5-2 of the “Regulations on the Ministry of […]
KazTransOil postpones exporting oil via BTC
BAKU, Azerbaijan, KazTransOil, a Kazakh oil pipeline company providing oil transportation services, did not start oil transit from the Aktau seaport to Baku with further transportation via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in February, Trend reports with reference to the Kazakh media. This delay is due to the fact that on February 7, KazTransOil received […]
Azerbaijan discloses amount of funds paid to healthcare workers fighting COVID-19
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani healthcare workers fighting the new COVID-19 strain were paid bonuses worth nearly two million manat ($1.17 million) in the period of May through December 2022, the State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance told Trend. The amount of urgent bonuses has been set as follows: The Agency continues paying urgent bonuses for […]
Two participants of yesterday’s rally in defense of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev detained
Participants of yesterday’s protest in front of the building of the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) Samir Sultanov, Afiyaddin Mammadov were arrested on February 21 by the Yasamal court for 30 days in an administrative order. This was reported to Turan by their lawyer Zibeyda Sadigova. According to her, both were found guilty under […]
Protest rally on Khankandi-Lachin road enters its 72nd day
Although the weather is frosty, the protest on the Khankandi-Lachin road against the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits in the Karabakh economic region of Azerbaijan continues for the 72nd day. The demonstration, which started in the morning on December 12, 2022, continued throughout the last night. The protesters are continuously provided with a […]
PFPA activist arrested for 25 days
Zaur Usubov, an activist of the Ismayilli district branch of the Popular Front Party, was arrested by a local court for 25 days. He was found guilty under Article 535.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to a lawful order of the police). The accusation is false, and the real reason for the […]