The government in Azerbaijan is taking heed of the COVID pandemic and its economic consequences in issuing a cautious forecast for gold production over 2021-24.

Azerbaijan supported a new deal agreed at a ministerial meeting of OPEC members and other oil producing states, effectively extending until April daily production quotas in place throughout the first quarter of 2021.

Slovakia's prime minister has apologised after joking in a radio interview that he offered to hand over a Ukrainian region to Russia in exchange for its COVID-19 vaccine.

By Vitaly Portnikov Officials at Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry keep saying they are working on organising a telephone conversation between President Volodymyr Zelensky and the new U.S. president.

A preferential trade agreement between Azerbaijan and Turkey went into effect on 1st March, with both sides hoping the deal will generate a huge boost in trade and triple existing volumes.

Kazakhstan is considering increasing its childcare allowance, after the deputy of the Majilis --Kazakhstan's lower house of Parliament-- called for a series of improvements to the country's provisions for mothers and their children.

A company has been registered in Azerbaijan for construction of an airport on territory in Nagorno-Karabkah recaptured from Armenian forces.

European Council President Charles Michel's visit to Tbilisi took an unusual turn as he was given the role of mediator to try and diffuse Georgia's most serious political crisis in years.