Azerbaijan: SGC to bring huge profit

The Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) will bring tens of billions of net profit to Azerbaijan in 2018-2019, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev said. “Shah Deniz 2 is one of our most promising projects. The development of the huge Shah Deniz field, which has around 1.2 trillion cubic meters of…

Azerbaijan: Iranian companies invest $2.6 billion

Iranian companies have invested $2.6 billion in Azerbaijan’s economy, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Economy Minister Sahil Babayev said. The deputy minister said that only $145 million of this amount was invested in the non-oil sector. Around 450 companies with Iranian share operate in Azerbaijan, Babayev added. “The relations between Azerbaijan and Iran have entered a new phase.…

Estonia: Tallinn rated second most attractive cruise destination in the Baltic Sea region

Estonia’s capital Tallinn was named a Top-Rated Baltic & Scandinavia Cruise Destination in Cruise Critic’s first-ever Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards. According to the Cruise Critic’s consumer feedback submitted on the Cruise Critic website over the past year the top 5 destinations of the Baltic Sea region are: 1. St. Petersburg; 2. Tallinn; 3. Stockholm; 4.…