Strasbourg / 22.01.18 / Turan: During the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that opened in Strasbourg, the head of the Azerbaijani delegation Samad Seyidov was elected vice-president of this structure. Vice-presidents in the PACE are elected alternately from all PACE member delegations in the order of rotation. -02D-
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The European Union is a strong partner of Azerbaijan, and issues of freedom of expression, media and information are a part of this relationship. The head of the EU Mission in Azerbaijan, Ambassador Peter Mihalko, said this on Thursday at a meeting with journalists on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May.
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The police have blockaded the village of Kirants and are preventing protesters from various parts of Armenia from entering the village in an attempt to disrupt the process of returning the territories to Azerbaijan. Several dozen protesters have now been detained who tried to block sappers from carrying out demining.
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US Senator Dick Durbin has welcomed the release of opposition politician and academic economist Gubad Ibadoglu to house arrest in Azerbaijan and called for the full dismissal of charges against him.
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The United States on Wednesday unveiled nearly 300 new sanctions on international supplies of military equipment technology to Russia, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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