Baku / 13.03.19 / Turan: The consulting company Mercer has published an annual rating of comfortable cities for foreigners assigned to work.
The ranking takes into account leisure opportunities, the economic and political environment, the work of public transport, the social environment, the level of medicine and education available to expats and their families.
Baku ranked only 195th in this list, Tbilisi - 187th, and Yerevan - 170th. Moscow took the 167th place.
As the most comfortable place to live the compilers of the rating called the Austrian Vienna and the Swiss Zurich. The third place was taken at once by three cities: Canadian Vancouver, German Munich and New Zealand Auckland. Bagdad was recognized as the most unfavorable city in the world. ----02D-
Politics
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A new draft agreement on financing climate programs, unveiled at the 29th session of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP29), proposes allocating at least $1.3 trillion (€1.23 trillion) annually for climate protection measures and adaptation to the impact of climate change, according to a 34-page document released on Wednesday. The draft, developed with input from developing nations, aims to address the needs of the world's poorest countries, though several contentious issues remain unresolved, AFP reported.
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On November 13, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Afghan Taliban held talks in Baku as part of the COP29 conference. According to a report by Turan correspondent, the discussions took place behind closed doors and lasted for over an hour. No statements were made to the press following the meeting. Furthermore, conference security prevented journalists from asking questions to the meeting participants.
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Kichikhanim Khalilova, the wife of arrested public activist and first-group disabled person, Famil Khalilov, reported being followed during her time at the COP29 conference on November 13. She had been accredited in the "Green Zone" as a civil rights activist. From the moment she entered the conference area, a young man began to follow her.
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The imprisoned journalists of Abzas Media have had their phone calls with relatives reduced from 15 minutes to just 2 minutes. This restriction is reportedly linked to the ongoing international climate conference COP29 in Baku.
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