Some 857,000 tons of grain and cereals have been imported from Russia to Azerbaijan since the beginning of the second half of 2019, which is three times more than in the same period of 2018, Trend reports on Nov. 19 referring to the Russian media outlets.

The share of grain which is exported to Azerbaijan amounted to about four percent of the total volume of grain which is exported from Russia.

The Center for International Relations Analysis in Baku (Beynəlxalq Münasibətlərin Təhlili Mərkəzi) has announced that it is organizing courses in Armenian language, reports the Independent News Agency “Turan”.

A press release from the Center (called by the INA “Turan” - "semi-official structure") says that the courses are for young scientists and researchers, who want to learn the language at an elementary level.

“International SOS” has published the annual risk map for travelers. On the map, countries with a low risk for traveling are colored in light yellow. The countries of the European Union, Azerbaijan and Georgia are colored in this color.

The information provided by the organization, notes that in the countries to which Azerbaijan applies, there is an easy access to medical care, and a low risk of diseases spread through food and water, Azeri-Press Agency reports (APA).

“LUKOIL” will not participate in the “Umid-Babek” project in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea so far. “LUKOIL” president Vagit Alekperov told this to the reporters on the sidelines of the “VTB Capital” forum – “Russia is Calling!”.

“So far, we are not looking at “Umid-Babek”, SOCAR has decided to develop it independently”, said Alekperov, according to “Interfax”.

Between January and September 2019, the district (city) departments of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan registered the birth of 104702 children.

According to Azerbaijani news agency “Trend”, the birth rate per thousand persons remained unchanged (14.1), compared to the reporting period for the previous year 2018.

Boys were 53.2 percent of the newborns and girls were 46.8 percent. 2,454 of the newborns were twins, 72 were triplets, and in four cases were born four twins at a time.

According to Amnesty International, at least 106 people have been killed in 21 cities of Iran in a brutal crackdown on the protests, which take place already several days.

Referring to “unofficial news reports from various sources”, the BBC reports that some 200 people have been killed in the country in the last five days and three thousand have been injured.

On November 16-th, 2019 at St. Patrick's Central Catholic Church in New York the memory of the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine was honored. This reported in his Twitter account, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN - Vladimir Elchenko.

Iran's supreme leader backed Sunday a government decision to increase fuel prices which sparked deadly protests over the weekend.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed "thugs" for damaging property in protests that left at least two people dead. His comments come as the government shut off internet across Iran in an attempt to quell protests over the raising of government-set gasoline prices by 50%.

Protests broke out throughout Iran Saturday after the government moved to effectively hike the price of gasoline by 50 percent overnight.

Angry protesters parked cars in the streets to block traffic in more than a dozen cities, and crowds numbering in the thousands marched throughout the country, many chanting, “Down with the dictator” and other anti-government slogans.

Some shouted, “The enemy is here!” a reference to the government’s continued vilification of the US.

During the winter months, gas prices will not rise, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan said during parliamentary scrutiny. He answered a question from the MP from the parliamentary faction of the “My Step” political party, Gevork Papoyan, about the possibility of increasing gas tariffs for consumers in 2020. The information is ofrom the Armenian online issue “Aysor.am”.