In January-September this year, transactions worth AZN 12,701,300,000 (38.8% more than last year) were carried out in the securities market of Azerbaijan.

According to a Japan’s National Tax Agency survey regarding private sector pay, the average annual remuneration in 2020 fell by 0.8% from the previous year to ¥4,331,000 (US$38,038), declining for the second year running.

Turkey’s central bank cut interest rates for the second successive month on Thursday in what economists interpreted as confirmation of its loss of independence from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish Minute reports with reference to Agence France-Presse.

Images documenting the current situation at a university hospital in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, are tough to watch. In a video published last week by the investigative journalism platform Recorder, not a single intensive care unit (ICU) bed is free, while rooms and hallways are filled beyond capacity with sick people waiting for help and medical staff roll corpses in black plastic body bags past them.

The losses of the Russian economy from the introduction of restrictive measures for two weeks may reach 60 bln rubles ($844.75 mln), First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov said at a meeting of the Russian President and members of the government.

Gazprom has rejected the opportunity to maximise gas sales to Europe for the second month running, with the Russian gas giant booking only a small share of available additional pipeline capacity for November.

Armenia’s Environment Ministry plans to gradually replace official cars used by government officials with electric vehicles in order to reduce the cost of their operation and fuel.

South Korea has launched its first homegrown rocket, stepping up the country's ambitions in space.

Former US President Donald Trump has announced plans to launch a new social media network, called TRUTH Social.

Electric car maker Tesla has brushed off supply chain issues and the global microchip shortage to report record quarterly sales and profits.

With just under four million inhabitants, Georgia is a small but mighty country attractive to a wide range of travelers and even remote workers.

As a result of October 21 trading, the Georgian national currency strengthened by 0.01 tetri against the US dollar, resulting in an official value of 3.1410 GEL per dollar.

As of October 21, a total of 1,932,643 vaccinations had been administered. At the same time, 1,017,863 people (35.8% of the adult population) were vaccinated with at least 1 dose. In addition, 914,311 people (32% of the adult population) are fully vaccinated.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, has provided a €6 million loan to Terabank Georgia to support its local currency lending to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country.

In September 2021, 226,662 visitors visited Georgia, which is 349% more than in the same period of 2020.

In his speech, the Governor of the National Bank of Georgia also focused on the risks related to the introduction of the Central Bank Digital Currency.

According to her, she welcomes the initiative of individual businesses to allow only vaccinated consumers, but adoption of such a decision is not being considered by the government at this level.

On Wednesday, a group of people claimed they got an unknown medicine jab instead of a flu shot at Gogelia Clinic in Tbilisi. The recipients say they paid GEL 75 per shot in advance to book the appointment. Among recipients are the children.

“Neither Anna Fotyga, nor Andrius Kubilius holds any value for me or our country,” said PM, stressing that “no one will overstep the rule of law and justice in this country", - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has echoed the letter panned by MEP Anna Fotyga.