The State Committee on Science and Technologies of Belarus (SCST) will organize an international scientific and practical conference entitled “Technological trends in improving industrial safety, environment and effective human activities” with involvement of CIS member states on May 15-16. According to belisa.org, the conference will feature discussions on exchange of information ...

Baku will host the 7th International Agriculture Exhibition “Agrihort Azerbaijan-2013” organized by the Iteca Caspian and ITE Group plc next month. The exhibition will bring together agricultural producers and suppliers from Ukraine ...

Tunnel construction that will connect Georgia and Turkey within the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars regional railway project will resume in May, Georgian Economic Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said ...

Azerbaijan has increased chemical production 0.6% and AZN 66.8 mln-products were produced in January-March, 2013. The State Statistical Committee says iodine production rose by 39% and made 61.3 tons ...

Greece, Italy and Albania have formed a trilateral cooperation committee that will oversee their support of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline gas link, Greece's Energy Ministry said Saturday ...

The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.7836 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange (BICEX) on April 26. The average-weighted dollar exchange rate was 0.7836 AZN at the morning session on US ...

Azerbaijan produced 647,800 tons of diesel fuel in January-March, 2013. According to SOCAR, production of diesel fuel has risen by 14.8% over the same period of ...

Executive officer of the Scotland Aberdeen Drilling School Tom Donelli visited the Education, Training and Certification Department of SOCAR. The event featured issues on employee training program and relations with foreign ...

Head of the European Union delegation to Azerbaijan, Ambassador Roland Kobia, Deputy Ambassadors Wolfgang Mössinger of Germany and Giulia Gullotti of Italy have today visited Barda District. The diplomats were accompanied by top managers of the projects financially supported by the European Union ...

Latvian Minister of Agriculture Laimdota Straujuma has today met Azerbaijan’s minister of economic development Shahin Mustafayev. Mr. Mustafayev highlighted developing cooperation between Azerbaijan and Latvia ...

Representatives of ‘PASHA Hayat Sigorta’ OJSC participated in IX international risk management conference in Almaty. The conference brought together representatives of Russia, Uzbekistan, Belorussia, Great ...

The Russian information and cultural centre has hosted a charitable Easter Bazaar organized by the Russian Embassy to Azerbaijan and the Baku-Azerbaijan eparchy of Russian Orthodox Church. The event brought together MPs, representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, ...

A delegation led by Director-General of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical WEAPONS (OPCW) Ahmet Üzümcü has today visited the State Oil ...

Authoritative international financial magazine EMEA Finance has published the list of holders of Europe Banking Awards 2012. PASHA Bank has become the winner for the second time in accord with the results of voting ...

The second conference of Labor Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries ended today in Baku. The event, organized by Azerbaijan`s Labor and Social Protection Ministry brought ...

Romania is closely cooperating with the Government of Azerbaijan to ensure the success of the Nabucco gas pipeline project, Prime Minister of Romania Victor Ponta said during a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Thursday, in response to a question of Azerbaijani ...

Assets of the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) increased 19.1% for 2013 and reached AZN 6.227 bn as of 1 April 2013. IBA loan portfolio grew by 28.8% compared to the 1st quarter of 2012 and totalled AZN 4.02 bn by 1 April 2013. Loans given to individuals amounted to AZN 476.1 million. Bank`s overall capital reached AZN 747.66 million that is by 78.3% more than the index by 1 ...

Oil prices have again changed in the world markets, with a barrel of Azeri Light crude trading for $105.25. On the New York Mercantile Exchange NYMEX, cost of the US Light crude oil increased $2.21 ...

The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.7836 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange (BICEX) on April 25. The average-weighted dollar exchange rate was 0.7836 AZN at the morning session on US ...