Trade minister meets economic delegation from Montana on potential cooperation

Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with a visiting economic delegation from the northwestern U.S. state of Montana on Monday to discuss ways to bolster bilateral cooperation in energy, manufacturing and supply chains, Yeo's office said. Yeo...

PM asks Montana governor to take interest in US visa system improvement

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with Gov. Greg Gianforte of the U.S. state of Montana on Monday and asked that he take an interest in the issue of improving the U.S. visa system, Kim's office said. Kim made the request during their meeting at the...

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,334

Ukraine attacks Russian gas processing plant as Zelenskyy calls for more international pressure on Putin. Published On 19 Oct 202519 Oct 2025 Here is how things stand on Monday, October 20, 2025: Fighting The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed...

Australia’s silence on Armenian genocide reveals shameful political cowardice

Despite eyewitness accounts from Anzacs and repeated calls from MPs, successive governments have refused to recognise the Armenian genocide — a silence that speaks volumes, writes Simon Tatz. AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS continue to deny formal...

Add Turkey to Financial Action Task Force Blacklist for Northern Cyprus Laundering

Conceived by the G7 at the end of the Cold War, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the international body most engaged in setting standards to combat money laundering and terror finance, and counter proliferation finance. It assesses each...

Finance Minister: Amid the current geopolitical situation, Georgia has achieved sustainable economic development - economy grows by an average of 9% annually, accompanied by inflation close to the target

Amid the current geopolitical situation, Georgia has achieved sustainable economic development, stated Georgia’s Finance Minister, Lasha Khutsishvili, during his speech at a joint meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of Central...

Georgia is working with Azerbaijan to establish joint customs checkpoints - Minister

Georgia is working with Azerbaijan to establish joint border control checkpoints under the “single window” concept, APA’s local bureau reports. Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili stated this during a joint meeting in Washington with...

Georgia, ADB Explore New Energy And Infrastructure Projects

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 18. Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Mariam Kvrivishvili met with Leslie Berman Lam, Country Director of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Resident Mission in...

Top South Korean Business Leaders Join U.S. President Trump for Golf Diplomacy at Mar-a-Lago Amid Ongoing Tariff Negotiations

In a display of high-level informal diplomacy, a delegation of prominent South Korean business executives joined U.S. President Donald Trump for a round of golf at his private Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Saturday, October 18. The gathering,...

Zangezur Corridor to elevate economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan to a new level – Kazakh political scientist

Thanks to the active political dialogue and mutual trust between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, trade and economic cooperation between the two countries is developing dynamically, Kazakh political scientist Almat Tokein said in an interview with APA....

Chronicles Of Victory: President Ilham Aliyev Interviewed By Russian TASS News Agency On October 19, 2020 (PHOTO/VIDEO)

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 19. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has given a video interview to the Russian TASS news agency. Trend presents the video interview. - Good afternoon. We are in Baku today...

GEORGIAN ECONOMY MINISTRY DISCUSSED PRIORITY AREAS OF COOPERATION WITH ADB

Daily News: Economics October 17, 2025 Georgia’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Mariam Kvrivishvili met with Lesley Bearman Lahm, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) country director for Georgia. As the Ministry said, the parties...

GEORGIA’S ECONOMY MINISTER HAS NEW DEPUTY

Daily News: Politics October 17, 2025 Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development reported that Tamar Ioseliani has been appointed the deputy minister. On this post, she replaced Guram Guramishvili, who held the office since March...

Businessman Savva laid to rest at Walvis Bay

Hundreds of mourners, including national leaders, business associates and members of the Walvis Bay community, gathered at the Walvis Bay Cemetery on Saturday to bid a final farewell to the businessman and philanthropist John Savva. Savva’s...

Azerbaijan Marks 34th Anniversary of Restoration of Independence

BAKU, Azerbaijan/ISTANBUL – Azerbaijan is solemnly marking the 34th anniversary of its restoration of independence on Oct. 18, 2025, a milestone that underscores the nation's remarkable journey from Soviet subjugation to regional powerhouse. This...

Russian dissidents in Europe: (Difficult) attempts at unity

A platform for dialogue with Russia's democratic forces, which oppose Vladimir Putin's regime and its warlike and imperialist pretensions, has been formed in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In the resolution, voted by...

Azerbaijan marks 34th anniversary of restoration of its independence

By BAKU, Azerbaijan/ISTANBUL (AA) - Azerbaijan is marking the 34th anniversary of its restoration of independence. The country's independence was declared on May 28, 1918, by the National Council, chaired by Mehmet Emin Rasulzade. Following a...

Wildberries Expands WB Club Loyalty Program to Central Asia

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 October 2025 – Wildberries, a leading digital platform in Eurasia, has expanded its loyalty program to seven countries. More than 3 million customers regularly pay for a WB Club subscription, which...

NBG REPRESENTATIVES SHARED WITH AZERBAIJANI COLLEAGUES KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EMISSION OF BONDS BY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ON THE LOCAL MARKET

Daily News: Economics October 17, 2025 At the invitation of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, representatives of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) were on a visit to Baku, NBG reported. According to NBG, the purpose of the visit was to exchange...

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the US labor market

Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus...