After consultations with the Azeri Ambassador to Russia Moscow Mayor ordered to stop building the monument to Heydar Aliyev.

Though the Azerbaijani Health Ministry insists that the cause of the death was double pneumonia and lung deficiency, the final diagnosis of the patient will be determined by a test at a London laboratory.

The warm relations between Armenian and Lebanese peoples can underlie development of further cooperation and mutual trust at all levels.

The World Bank awards the prize for the first time.

Transport blockade of the unrecognized Prednestrovian Republic continues. On the 3rd of March the government of Ukraine announced the introduction of new customs regime for the transportation of goods across Prednestrovian - Ukrainian border. From now on, the Ukrainian party demands Moldavian customs' registration of transported goods. The situation, which may turn to a humanitarian disaster, worries also citizens of other unrecognized republics, including Nagorno-Karabakh.