https://azertag.az AZERTAC - Azerbaijan State News Agency The matchday one in the EURO 2024 qualifiers will continue today, with Türkiye's National Football Team to take on Armenia at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan. Saturday's other fixtures are as follows https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Turkiye_to_take_on_Armenia_in_first_EURO_2024_qualifier_match-2543525 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 15:29:00 +0400 “We strongly condemn the recent aggressive rhetoric of the Armenian leadership against Azerbaijan. Such statements, nullifying the increasing international efforts of advancing the peace agenda between Azerbaijan and Armenia, serve to deliberately aggravate the https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Foreign_Ministry_spokesman_responds_to_groundless_allegations_of_Armenian_President-2543516 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 15:21:00 +0400 “Experience has shown that both during the occupation period and after the 2020 war, Armenia usually carries out mass disinformation campaigns before committing military provocations in order to shift the responsibility to Azerbaijan,” said Spokesperson of the Ministry of https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Foreign_Ministry_Armenian_leadership_should_refrain_from_aggressive_rhetoric_to_establish_peace_in_the_region-2543504 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 15:12:00 +0400 The Azerbaijani oil price has decreased in the world markets. The price of a barrel of Azeri Light crude oil fell $2.51 to trade at $76.25. https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijani_oil_price_drops_by_251-2543468 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:55:00 +0400 An interview with President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for TASS and the “Formula of Power” program of Russian television has been held at the official residence of the President of Uganda. In light of the fact that will assume leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement next year https://azertag.az/en/xeber/President_of_Uganda_President_Ilham_Aliyev_has_given_new_impetus_to_development_of_Non_Aligned_Movement-2543438 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:38:00 +0400 The vehicles of the Russian peacekeepers passed freely through the peaceful protest area on the Lachin-Khankendi road. The eco-activists did not hamper the passage of two supply trucks of the Russian peacekeepers moving from Lachin towards Khankendi https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Russian_peacekeepers_vehicles_move_freely_through_protest_area-2543405 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:13:00 +0400 The ARTE TV channel of France has broadcast a reportage headlined “Time has come to return to Karabakh” highlighting the restoration of Azerbaijani liberated territories. Broadcast in French, the reportage highlights the Great Return initiative launched https://azertag.az/en/xeber/French_TV_channel_airs_reportage_on_Azerbaijans_Karabakh_region-2543369 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:36:00 +0400 The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London hosted an open iftar, or fast-breaking, event Friday for hundreds of people during the first Friday in the holy month of Ramadan, according to Anadolu Agency. The program was held at the V&A Museum -- one of the world's leading museums https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Open_iftar_event_hosted_at_famous_London_museum-2543345 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:10:00 +0400 The 52nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC52) is taking place in Geneva. Human rights activist, expert of the Legal Analysis and Research Public Union Azar Hasrat addressed the session about rights of Azerbaijanis in Iran and Armenia’s ethnic purge https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Intolerance_in_Iran_and_Armenia_comes_under_criticism_at_UN_session-2543336 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:07:00 +0400 Azerbaijan exported 1.213.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas in January-February of this year. According to the State Customs Committee, the value of exported natural gas amounted to $502 million https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijans_natural_gas_export_slumps-2543318 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0400 German football club Bayern Munich on Friday fired Julian Nagelsmann, and hired Thomas Tuchel as their new head coach, according to Anadolu Agency. "FC Bayern Munchen have released head coach Julian Nagelsmann https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Bayern_Munich_sack_Julian_Nagelsmann_hire_Thomas_Tuchel_as_new_head_coach-2543234 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 12:18:00 +0400 Britain's King Charles III's visit to France has been postponed due to mass strikes and protests, the French presidency said on Friday, according to Anadolu Agency. The three-day visit was supposed to start on March 26 https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Britain_039s_King_Charles_039_visit_to_France_postponed_due_to_strikes_protests-2543153 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 11:34:00 +0400 The "Multinational Peace Support Operations Course" held in Azerbaijan in accordance with the bilateral military cooperation plan signed between the Defense Ministries of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, has ended https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Multinational_Peace_Support_Operations_Course_quot_held_in_Baku_ends-2543147 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 11:29:00 +0400 Dear Madame President, I cordially congratulate you and your people on my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the National Holiday of the Hellenic Republic https://azertag.az/en/xeber/To_Her_Excellency_Madame_Katerina_Sakellaropoulou_President_of_the_Hellenic_Republic-2543102 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 11:12:00 +0400 The vehicles of the Russian peacekeepers passed freely through the peaceful protest area on the Lachin-Khankendi road. The eco-activists did not hamper the passage of four supply trucks and two passenger cars of the Russian peacekeepers moving from Khankendi towards Lachin https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Lachin_Khankendi_road_Six_more_vehicles_of_Russian_peacekeepers_moved_freely_through_protest_area-2543015 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:36:00 +0400 Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced today that company co-founder Gordon Moore has passed away at the age of 94. The foundation reported he died peacefully on Friday, March 24, 2023, surrounded by family at his home in Hawaii https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Gordon_Moore_Intel_Co_Founder_Dies_at_94-2543003 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0400 The world markets have seen a decline in oil prices. The Brent crude oil price on the London ICE (InterContinental Exchange Futures) fell $0.92 to trade at $74.99, while the price of the Light crude oil at the NYMEX https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Oil_prices_drop_in_world_markets-2543000 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:28:00 +0400 Twelve antiquities smuggled out of Türkiye were returned Friday to the Mediterranean province of Antalya, thanks to efforts of the Turkish Culture Ministry, according to Anadolu Agency. The historical artifacts were delivered Wednesday to Türkiye's Consulate General in New York https://azertag.az/en/xeber/12_antiquities_returned_to_homeland_after_being_smuggled_from_Turkiye_to_US-2542994 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:25:00 +0400 A 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit Azerbaijan’s Shamkir district on Friday, according to the Republican Seismic Survey Center of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. The quake, depth of 9 km, was recorded at 12:27 local time https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Magnitude_40_quake_jolts_Azerbaijans_Shamkir_district-2542991 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:24:00 +0400 The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Moldova increased to exceed $1.1 million in January-February this year. During the reporting period, Azerbaijan exported products worth $479,370 to Moldova while import from Moldova to Azerbaijan https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijan__Moldova_trade_exceeds_11_million-2542988 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:22:00 +0400 At least two people died and multiple others are unaccounted for after an explosion and fire ripped through a chocolate factory in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on Friday, according to Xinhua. The incident was reported at the RM Palmer Company in West Reading, Berks County, just before 5 p.m. ET (2100 GMT) https://azertag.az/en/xeber/2_dead_multiple_unaccounted_for_after_explosion_at_US_chocolate_factory_VIDEO-2542976 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:18:00 +0400 The peaceful protest of Azerbaijani ecologists and young volunteers on the Lachin-Khankendi road passing through Shusha over the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits, especially the Gizilbulag gold and Damirli copper-molybdenum deposits located https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Protests_by_Azerbaijani_environmental_activists_on_Lachin_Khankendi_road_reach_104_days-2542973 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:17:00 +0400 The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has announced the start of the transit of Kazakh oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline. The first shipment of Kazakh oil from the Tengiz field arrived at the Sangachal Terminal in Azerbaijan https://azertag.az/en/xeber/SOCAR_starts_transit_of_Kazakh_oil-2542970 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:15:00 +0400 The Azerbaijan national football team lost 4:1 to Austria in Euro-2024 qualification round. The only goal for Azerbaijan came from Makhmudov into the 64th minute of the match. The national team will take on Sweden in the next match on March 27. https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijan_defeated_by_Austria_in_European_qualifier-2542952 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:08:00 +0400 Ulashli village of the Gubadli district is located on the bank of Bargushad river, in the foothills of Bargushad mountain range. The village was occupied by Armenian armed forces in 1993 https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Ulashli_village_Gubadli_district-2543099 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0400 Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev has met with Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ugochi Daniels on the sidelines of the UN Water Conference in New York https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijan_IOM_eye_fight_against_global_climate_change-2542841 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 23:01:00 +0400 Azerbaijani judo figher Turan Bayramov (60kg) has won a gold medal at the Tbilisi Grand Slam 2023 after defeating Georgi Sardalashvili in the final. Female judo fighter Gultac Mammadaliyeva ranked third in the 52 kg weight category https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijani_judo_fighter_takes_gold_at_Tbilisi_Grand_Slam-2542829 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:42:00 +0400 On March 24, in the evening, the positions of the Azerbaijan Army stationed on the Azerbaijani-Armenian conditional border and in the Karabakh economic region were subjected to fire several times, Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan said https://azertag.az/en/xeber/The_Armenian_side_subjected_to_fire_the_Azerbaijan_Army_positions-2542826 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:34:00 +0400 Illegal Armenian armed formations in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily deployed, continue their unlawful activities, press-service of Defense Ministry reported. It was determined that in order to carry out military transportation to the combat positions https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Laying_illegal_roads_in_the_Karabakh_economic_region_is_unacceptable-2542766 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:16:00 +0400 On 22-24 March, the UN Water Conference is being held at the UN Headquarters, in New York. Among the 198 member countries of the Organization, Uzbekistan delegation also took part in the conference. Member of Uzbekistan delegation, Saida Mirziyoyeva addressed the UN conference https://azertag.az/en/xeber/The_Aral_Sea_once_again_becomes_a_symbol_of_hope_and_renewal-2542754 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:03:00 +0400 Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan, Vice-President of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) Kamran Aliyev and his accompanying delegation paid a working visit to Athens to attend the 55th IAP Executive Committee meeting. Addressing the meeting Kamran Aliyev told of the reforms implemented in the prosecution https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Prosecutor_General_of_Azerbaijan_holds_meetings_in_Greece-2542652 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:20:00 +0400 On March 24, the movement of the column carrying out illegal military transportation through the Khankendi-Khalfali-Turshsu dirt road was detected. The movement of 1 BTR-82A combat vehicle belonging to the Russian https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Unlawful_military_transportation_for_illegal_Armenian_formations_continues-2542619 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:40:00 +0400 South Korea's unification ministry Friday called on North Korea to repay its 2007 loan of industrial raw materials, worth US$80 million, from Seoul, saying it is coming to maturity, Yonhap reported. Under an inter-Korean agreement at that time, meant to help improve https://azertag.az/en/xeber/S_Korea_calls_on_N_Korea_to_pay_back_US80_mln_loan-2542523 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:14:00 +0400 Azerbaijani boxer Aynur Rzayeva has claimed a bronze medal in the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships New Delhi 2023 after losing to Kazakh Lazzat Kungeybayeva in the semifinal https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijani_female_boxer_gains_bronze_medal_in_World_Championship-2542514 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:51:00 +0400 The British Foreign Secretary will emphasise the importance of standing shoulder to shoulder with Romania in the face of Russia’s aggression in neighbouring Ukraine on Thursday as the UK looks to bolster its partnership with the country, nationalnews reported https://azertag.az/en/xeber/James_Cleverly_looks_to_bolster_relationship_with_Romania_amid_Ukraine_conflict-2542430 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:40:00 +0400 Azerbaijani diaspora members participated in the Novruz festivities held in the New Uzbekistan park in Tashkent. President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Azerbaijani exhibition organized by the Azerbaijan National Center of Culture https://azertag.az/en/xeber/President_of_Uzbekistan_congratulates_Azerbaijani_diaspora_on_Novruz_bayram-2542412 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:13:00 +0400 The peaceful protest of Azerbaijani ecologists and young volunteers on the Lachin-Khankendi road passing through Shusha over the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits, especially the Gizilbulag gold and Damirli copper-molybdenum deposits located in the Azerbaijani https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Peaceful_protest_of_Azerbaijani_eco_activists_on_Lachin_Khankendi_road_enters_103rd_day-2542409 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:48:00 +0400 Giyasli village of the Aghdam district is located in the administrative-territorial district of the same name\ . The village was occupied by Armenian armed forces during the First Karabakh War. During the occupation, Armenian vandals destroyed https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Giyasli_village_Aghdam_district-2542961 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0400 President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has made a phone call to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi offered his congratulations on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan to the head of state and https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Release_of_the_Press_Service_of_the_President-2542373 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:54:00 +0400 “The Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, made a statement on March 23, 2023, in which he tried to infringe on the right of Azerbaijanis expelled from Armenia to return to their homes in safety and dignity,” the Western Azerbaijan Community said in a statement https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Western_Azerbaijan_Community_The_return_of_Azerbaijanis_expelled_from_Armenia_to_their_homes_is_necessary_condition_for_peace-2542184 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 21:46:00 +0400 The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Belarus increased to exceed $48 million in January-February of this year. During the reporting period, Azerbaijan imported products worth $43.4 million from Belarus, while the volume of Azerbaijan`s exports to Belarus amounted to $4.9 million https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijan_Belarus_trade_exceeds_48_million-2542178 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 21:25:00 +0400 The vehicles of the Russian peacekeepers passed freely through the peaceful protest area on the Lachin-Khankendi road. The eco-activists did not hamper the passage of six supply trucks and one passenger car of the Russian peacekeepers moving from Khankendi https://azertag.az/en/xeber/40_more_vehicles_of_Russian_peacekeepers_move_without_hindrance_through_protest_area-2542169 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 21:04:00 +0400 The UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying stage will start Thursday as Kazakhstan will host Slovenia in an opening match in Group H in Astana, according to Anadolu Agency. The match at Astana Arena will kick off at 1500GMT https://azertag.az/en/xeber/EURO_2024_qualifiers_to_get_underway_Thursday-2542040 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:31:00 +0400 “We categorically deny the information disseminated by the Armenian defense ministry that on March 22, at about 16:20, a serviceman of the Armenian armed forces was fatally wounded on a combat position in the Arazdayan direction as a result of fire opened allegedly from the Azerbaijani side,” Azerbaijan`s Ministry https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijans_Defense_Ministry_refutes_allegations_of_fatal_wounding_of_Armenian_serviceman-2542034 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:19:00 +0400 According to the training plan of the current year, a contest for the title of "The best group leader for classes on socio-political training" was held under the slogan “Service to the Motherland, the people, the state is the meaning of our lives” in one of the military units of the Air Force, Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Contest_The_best_group_leader_for_classes_on_socio_political_training_held-2542016 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0400 The World Bank has hiked its estimate for the cost of Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction from Russia’s war to minimum $411 billion in the next decade, Anadolu Agency reports https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Ukraines_recovery_from_war_needs_411B_over_next_decade_World_Bank-2541995 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:29:00 +0400 The vehicles of the Russian peacekeepers passed freely through the peaceful protest area on the Lachin-Khankendi road. The eco-activists did not hamper the passage of 25 vehicles of the Russian peacekeepers moving from Khankendi towards Lachin as well as one truck https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Convoy_of_25_Russian_peacekeepers_vehicles_passes_unhindered_through_protest_area-2541983 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:15:00 +0400 Azerbaijan`s Aynur Rzayeva has guaranteed at least a bronze medal after progressing to the semifinal of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India. She will face Kazakh Lazzat Kungeibayeva in the +81kg semifinal https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijani_female_boxer_into_semifinal_of_World_Championships-2541980 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:05:00 +0400 The peaceful protest of Azerbaijani ecologists and young volunteers on the Lachin-Khankendi road passing through Shusha over the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits, especially the Gizilbulag gold and Damirli copper-molybdenum deposits located in the Azerbaijani territories, where the Russian https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Protests_by_Azerbaijani_environmental_activists_on_Lachin_Khankendi_road_reach_102_days-2541857 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:05:00 +0400 First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has shared a post on her official Instagram page on the occasion of the month of Ramadan. The post says: “I sincerely congratulate all the people of Azerbaijan and the Muslims of the world on the occasion of the beginning of the holy month https://azertag.az/en/xeber/First_Vice_President_Mehriban_Aliyeva_made_post_on_month_of_Ramadan-2541827 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:35:00 +0400