The “Khachapuri Index”, the Georgian analogue of the “Big Mac Index”, which is unofficially used as an indicator of exchange rates in different countries, reached a historic high level in October.

This fact was reported on the webside of the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University.

The index started to rise in May 2019, and in October it made a "big jump" - the cost of cooking khachapuri reached 3.9 lari (about 2.23 leva) and increased by 8.6% for the year.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order, appointing Samir Rafik oglu Nuriyev as head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan. This was announced by the press service of the Head of State.

According to a statement in the “Jamanak Daily”, Armenia and Russia have reached an agreement on the state visit of Nikol Pashinyan to Russia in February 2020 and the visit of Vladimir Putin to Armenia in the autumn.

In 2020 a new agreement is going to be signed to almost double the potential of the 102nd Russian base in Gyumri. The last was stated by the Russian Minister of Defense - Sergei Shoigu, during his recent visit to Yerevan.

According to the data from 20:00 on November 2, 2019, the northwest wind in Baku reached 35 meters per second, in Sumgait and Pirallahi - 34 meters per second, the Oil Stones (Neftyanyie kamni) - 31 meters per second. The height the waves in the Caspian Sea reached 7 meters.

Snow has fallen in Haltan, Guruz, Hunalog and Shahdage.

The opinion of the Russian people about the potential of the country in space, goes beyond the capabilities of the state corporation “Roscosmos”, said the head of “Roscosmos”, Dmitry Rogozin at a meeting of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics “Tsiolokovsky”.

On October 31, 2019, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov, met with an EU delegation in Azerbaijan, headed by the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and on the crisis in Georgia - Toivo Klaar.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, during the meeting there was an exchange of views on the situation on the frontline and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. 

Director General of the State Concern “Ukroboronprom” Pavel Bukin met with Yakhia Musayev - First Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan. The meeting took place in Istanbul. This happened within the framework of the international IDEF 2019 exhibition.

According to the press release of “Ukroboronprom” from May 2nd 2019, different issues on the potential participation of Ukrainian enterprises in the Azerbaijan ammunition program were discussed during the meeting.

During his visit to Brussels, the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov, met with NATO Deputy Secretary General - Mircea Geoana on 25 October 2019. The information is from the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan's Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov attended a NATO meeting, organized on 25 October 2019 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels at the level of Defense Ministers of the countries, which contribute to the “Resolute Support Mission” in Afghanistan.

According to the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the issues of security and the political situation in Afghanistan, the recent achievements of the mission, its future and a number of other issues were discussed.

Energy cooperation with Azerbaijan is important for Bulgaria, and if Sofia manages to buy Azerbaijani gas, it will be a great achievement for the country. This was stated by Mrs. Ekaterina Zaharieva, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, during a joint briefing in Yerevan, with her Armenian counterpart, Sputnik - Armenia reported.

According to Mrs. Zaharievas statement, at the same time Bulgaria is developing good relations with Armenia.