On April 21-st, 2024, Guy Verhofstadt wrote on “X”:
“America is back where it should be: Supporting Freedom”.
But I will for my life never forget that in the Republican group – the party of Reagan – a majority of 112 traitors voted against! #StandWithUkraine “.
When looking at the dominant forms of government in the past century, countries with autocratic regimes were in the majority for the longest time. A downward trend in autocracies only began after the end of the Second World War, accelerated by the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. Since then, the two variants of government have been in a neck-and-neck race and were almost equally split in 2022.
The European Union exported 32.1 million tonnes of waste to non-EU countries in 2022, according to Eurostat. This is a slight decline from the 33.0 million tonnes of waste exports to these countries in 2021. Turkey was the primary destination country for EU waste that year with some 12.4 million tonnes sent there, accounting to 39 percent of the total exports of waste.
Interview with Teodor Detchev Ph.D., associate professor at the Higher School of Security and Economics (HSSE) in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, head of the Laboratory on the Problems of the Black Sea and Caspian Region
How do you assess the level of Azerbaijani-Bulgarian relations?
The first round of the presidential election in Russia is taking place from Friday to Sunday this weekend. It will be the country's eighth presidential election and more than 112 million voters will be called to the polls.
The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan stated that Astana and Baku are considering the possibility of launching oil transportation through the „Baku-Supsa“ pipeline. They noted that the parties are currently discussing this issue.
Kazakh Energy Minister Almassadam Satkaliev said that Kadakhstan and Azerbaijan are planning to launch oil transportation via the „Baku-Supsa“ pipeline. The route to the Georgian port of Supsa has a capacity of 5 million tons per year.
Azerbaijan is heading into 2024 with a solid boost in investments, holding the seventh spot on the list of prime destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the coming year, Trend reports.
According to the annual FDI Standouts Watchlist research, Azerbaijan's consistent macroeconomic indicators played a critical role in making the country one of the top alternatives for FDI on a worldwide scale.
There's no longer a need for any mediation between Azerbaijan and Armenia, former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza told Trend.
Talking about the agreement reached between the two countries on mutual release of detained military servicemen, he noted that this is a landmark agreement of historical importance.
NATO strongly supports normalization efforts between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Javier Colomina, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, said, Trend reports.
Three years after the last war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Armenian-majority separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh has suffered new Azeri strikes. Baku says its intention was to target military infrastructure as part of an “anti-terrorist operation” and to spare civilians, but observers on the ground have reported a heavy human toll: At least 32 civilian deaths in the space of 24 hours. This Wednesday, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh accepted a ceasefire with Azerbaijan, after mediation by Russian peacekeeping forces.
