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15 September: Azerbaijan President lham Aliyev has signed a decree authorising funding for education of internally displaced persons who receive tuition in public higher education institutions of Azerbaijan from the state budget. (News.az)

News

15 September: Armenian media reports that an unmanned Azerbaijani reconnaissance drone was shot down whilst overflying the district of Martuni in Nagorno-Karabakh. The incident happened on Monday morning. (agencies)

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14 September: The president of Cyprus has confirmed that his country will begin drilling for oil in its Exclusive Economic Zone as is its right under the Law of the Sea Convention despite Turkish objections. President Christofias accused Turkey of trying

14 September: The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed "surprise" at the decision of the European Union to press ahead with the construction of a Transcaspian Pipeline System, adding that "it might hamper the situation in the region"

Commentary

13 September: Prime Minister Erdogan hailed as hero by thousands of Egyptians, on his arrival in Cairo at the beginning of a regional tour (Agenies)

13 September: EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, and US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, have written a joint letter to Ukrainian President Yanokovich expressing concern about the trail of former Prime Minister Yuli