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Baku public transport hours extended

Baku public transport hours extended

The Baku Transport Agency (BNA) has taken steps to improve the quality of passenger service. The Agency informed that working time of public transport has been extended with the purpose to ensure convenience of movement of passengers on public …

Belarus interested in joining Azerbaijan transport projects

Belarus interested in joining Azerbaijan transport projects

Belarus is interested in using the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Azerbaijan Gennady Akhramovich said at a press conference in Baku. He stressed that Belarus …

 Iranian cars to be produced under Azerbaijani brands

Iranian cars to be produced under Azerbaijani brands

Iranian cars will be produced in Azerbaijan under local names, the chairman of board of AzerMash OJSC Emin Akhundov said. "First and foremost, the motor plant will assemble cars Dena, Runna, Soren and Samand, but …

Triple crash in Yerevan, there are injured

Triple crash in Yerevan, there are injured

A major road accident took place in the capital of Armenia last night, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia reported. Nissan Tiida, Toyota Camry and Kia Sorento collided on Khorenatsi Street in …

Georgia’s Ricotsky tunnel to be closed at nights

Georgia’s Ricotsky tunnel to be closed at nights

The movement of vehicles along the Ricotsky tunnel connecting Western and Eastern Georgia will be closed at night due to the updating of the automated control system (SKADA), the department of motorways of the Ministry of Regional Development and …

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan agree to exchange transportation permits

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan agree to exchange transportation permits

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan held a meeting of Joint Commission on International Road Transport in Baku, Trend reports. The two countries exchanged data on volume of road transport in 2017 as well as information on the use of special …

Fines for ministers to be introduced in Ingushetia

Fines for ministers to be introduced in Ingushetia

Today, the Ingush authorities supported the proposal of the The General Administration for Traffic Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to entrust the heads of departments with the duty to pay fines for their subordinates for …

Lapis Lazuli to provide incentive to develop region

Lapis Lazuli to provide incentive to develop region

Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey signed a major international trade and transport corridor deal on the sidelines of the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA-VII) in Ashgabat, which was …

Lapis Lazuli to link Kabul, Baku and Ankara for $2 billion

Lapis Lazuli to link Kabul, Baku and Ankara for $2 billion

Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia and Turkey signed a major international trade and transport corridor deal. The Lapis Lazuli Corridor will begin in Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province and Turqundi in the …

Kanat Alpysbayev: launch of BTK is significant event

Kanat Alpysbayev: launch of BTK is significant event

A general meeting of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) Association's Legal Entities Union is being held in Baku, the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza reported.   The agenda of the meeting includes …

New railway station to appear in Grozny

New railway station to appear in Grozny

The construction of a new railway station in Grozny with a total area of ​​more than 3 thousand square meters will start next year, the head of the corporate communications service of the North Caucasian Railway - a branch of the Russian Railways …

Number of road accidents in Georgia decreased by 11%

Number of road accidents in Georgia decreased by 11%

Number of road accidents in Georgia has decreased, the National Statistic Service reported. Report says that from January to September of 2017 number of road accidents decreased by 11% compared to the same period of previous year. …

 First BTK freight train arrives in Kars

First BTK freight train arrives in Kars

The first freight train running along the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway reached Kars. The train covered a distance of 856 km in 40 hours, ADY Express, subsidiary of Azerbaijan Railways, said, adding that the first operation …

Azerbaijani FM: Armenia’s joining BTK possible

Azerbaijani FM: Armenia’s joining BTK possible

Armenia’s joining the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway is possible only after the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said. “Our condition …

 EU supports Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project

EU supports Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project

The European Union welcomes the new rail corridor which, coupled with investments, improved infrastructure and logistics coordination will provide better connectivity, new business opportunities and increased trade, the statement of the EU …