The European Commission has approved the acquisition by the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) of 99.82 percent of shares in Italy’s Italiana Petroli (IP) from API Holding, AzerNEWS reports, citing the Commission.
The First Turkological Congress, held in Baku from February 26 to March 6, 1926, was a historic gathering of 131 delegates from the Turkic-speaking Soviet republics, Russia, and Turkiye.
British tourists Lindsay and Craig Forman, 52, who were arrested in Iran on charges of espionage, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The sentence was handed down by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, AzerNEWS reports.