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Turkey shifts to higher gas imports from Azerbaijan and Qatar

24 August 2020

Turkey's natural gas imports in the January-June period of this year dropped by 3.5 percent to 22.5 billion cubic meters (bcm). Out of this amount, Turkey imported 12.1 bcm via pipeline and 10.3 bcm as liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Belarusian authorities may send in armed forces to crack down on protesters

24 August 2020

As street protests continue in Minsk and other Belarus cities, Russian media are depicting Lukashenko as an embattled president clinging to Russia and to his army for his survival.

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Azerbaijan captures Armenian officer

24 August 2020

Lieutenant Gurgen Alberyan was captured on Sunday morning (23 August) near the Guranboy sector of the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone

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German diplomacy actively engaged in defusing tensions between Greece and Turkey

23 August 2020

German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas is expected to visit Athens and Ankara this week to meet with his Greek and Turkish counterparts.

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Turkey discovers 320 billion cubic meters natural gas reserve in the Black Sea

22 August 2020

Announcing the discovery, president Erdogan said that although the present amount could meet Turkey's needs for fewer than 10 years, data collected as a result of tests and studies show there is strong possibility of larger natural gas reserves in the same area.

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Lavrov snubs OSCE efforts to mediate in the Belarus crisis

21 August 2020

In a telephone conversation on Thursday (20 August) the Russian Foreign Minister told the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE that "it was necessary to give the Belarusians a chance to resolve their issues themselves without interference".

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EU tiptoes into Belarus crisis

20 August 2020

EU Council president Charles Michel spoke to president Putin on Thursday (20 August), informing him of the EU's position agreed yesterday by the leaders of the 27 member states.

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Analysis: The impact of covid19 on the economy of Azerbaijan

19 August 2020

A report by the Baku think-tank CESD says the shadow economy has to be eliminated, while state-owned enterprises must be required to implement deeper reforms. The report concludes that "transition to a more liberal regime seems to be reasonable within this context."

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Russian jets bomb residential areas in Idlib

19 August 2020

The bombings came a day after it was reported that a Russian general was killed and two other servicemen were wounded by a land mine explosion in eastern Syria.

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Turkey shifts to higher gas imports from Azerbaijan and Qatar

Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Belarusian authorities may send in armed forces to crack down on protesters

Azerbaijan captures Armenian officer

German diplomacy actively engaged in defusing tensions between Greece and Turkey

Turkey discovers 320 billion cubic meters natural gas reserve in the Black Sea

Lavrov snubs OSCE efforts to mediate in the Belarus crisis

EU tiptoes into Belarus crisis

Analysis: The impact of covid19 on the economy of Azerbaijan

Russian jets bomb residential areas in Idlib