Day: March 2, 2026

The decision was announced following a command meeting chaired by Defense Minister Dauren Kosanov at the National Defense University, News.az reports, citing Xinhua.
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The meeting also addressed strengthening practical drills, introducing unified criteria to assess unit readiness, restructuring reconnaissance units, and launching a unified rating system to ensure objective assessments of combat readiness, with added focus on personnel morale and modern support systems.

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Finnish consumers received 69.3 million e-commerce parcels in 2025, equivalent to about 15 packages per adult aged 18 and over, DCF said in a press release. The total was up 8.4 million parcels, a year-on-year increase of 13.8 percent, News.az reports, citing Xinhua.
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One of the most notable shifts last year was faster growth in domestic online purchases than in foreign orders. Domestic parcel volumes rose 22.2 percent in 2025, while parcels ordered from abroad increased 4.4 percent.
DCF said the surge in domestic volumes was likely driven by the growing popularity of circular-economy platforms and peer-to-peer marketplaces, where consumers buy and sell second-hand goods.
Finnish online retailers also expanded their international reach. In 2025, Finnish online shops shipped nearly 1.7 million parcels to customers abroad, up 20.6 percent from the previous year, which indicated that domestic online stores have succeeded in internationalization, noted DCF.
“We have long seen more and more of our online retailers investing in international growth. Now it is clearly visible in the latest parcel statistics,” Mirva Sandstrom, digital commerce director at DCF said in the release.
The Parcel Index showed that Finland’s e-commerce parcel market has continued to grow in recent years. The 2025 expansion followed a 14.4 percent increase between 2023 and 2024.
The Parcel Index was published by DCF for the first time and implemented by Swedish research institute HUI Research. The survey was commissioned by DCF and most logistics companies operating in Finland.
Published twice a year, the index aims to provide reliable information on the size and development of Finland’s online retail parcel market. 

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According to a notice published on the ministry’s Facebook page, the ministry urged Croatian citizens to exercise increased caution and recommended avoiding all travel to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Israel, News.Az reports, citing CNN.
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Croatian citizens already in these countries are advised to remain in secure indoor locations, limit their movements, avoid public gatherings, and regularly follow official instructions and notifications issued by local authorities, the notice said.
Moreover, the notice advised Croatian citizens to postpone travel to Cyprus following a drone strike on the British air base at Akrotiri. 

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In a call with the UAE’s Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Hussein said Iraq had “become a victim of this war” and had come under attack by “various parties involved in the conflict,” according to a government statement, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
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Earlier in the day, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani directed the country’s security agencies to confront “any act that harms security and stability.”

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