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AZERTAC pays tribute to national leader Heydar Aliyev

12.12.2018 [15:08]
Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC) held a ceremony to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the passing of national leader Heydar Aliyev. The ceremony participants laid flowers at the great leader`s bust in AZERTAC foyer and observed a ...

Azerbaijan, Iran sign protocol to expand cooperation on state border protection 

12.12.2018 [13:20]
Iranian Border Guard Commander Qasem Rezaee and Chief of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan Elchin Guliyev have signed a protocol on the results of the meetings held and agreements reached between the border troops of Iran and Azerbaijan. The protocol envisages the expansion ...

President Ilham Aliyev received delegation led by Chief of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces VIDEO

12.12.2018 [13:19]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov. The head of state expressed his gratitude for choosing Baku to hold a meeting between high-level military leadership of Russia and NATO ...

Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry: Armenian armed units violated ceasefire 28 times

12.12.2018 [12:46]
Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry has said the Armenian armed forces continue to violate the ceasefire regime. "The Azerbaijani armed forces came under fire from large-calibre machine guns 28 times throughout the day," the ministry said in a statement ...

BHOS staff pay respect to national leader Heydar Aliyev

12.12.2018 [12:43]
A ceremony has been held at Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) to commemorate the national leader and architect of independent Azerbaijani state Heydar Aliyev. On the eve of the 15th anniversary of death of the great leader of the Azerbaijani people, BHOS ...

SOFAZ presents new website

12.12.2018 [11:14]
The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has presented its newly revamped website at www.oilfund.az, which has been active since 2001. The primary objective of the redesign is to provide the public with more detailed information ...

President Ilham Aliyev visited grave of national leader Heydar Aliyev VIDEO

12.12.2018 [10:50]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and family members have visited the Alley of Honors to commemorate national leader Heydar Aliyev as December 12 marks the 15th anniversary of the death of the architect and founder of the ...

International Crisis Group adviser Michael Kovrig detained in China

11.12.2018 [23:35]
China has reportedly detained a Canadian senior advisor for an international NGO, who was a previously a diplomat in Hong Kong and the mainland, according to Hong Kong Free Press ...

Agricultural trade between Azerbaijan and Turkey made $192 million in 2017, minister

11.12.2018 [23:34]
The bilateral agricultural trade between Azerbaijan and Turkey amounted to $192 million in 2017, said Minister of Agriculture Inam Karimov at Azerbaijan-Turkey agricultural forum. The minister emphasized that the volume of agricultural goods exported from Azerbaijan to ...

General Curtis Scaparrotti: NATO supports territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Azerbaijan

11.12.2018 [21:14]
“NATO supports the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Azerbaijan,” said NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti as he met with Azerbaijan`s first Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of ...

Baku hosts Azerbaijan-Turkey agricultural forum VIDEO

11.12.2018 [20:29]
Co-organized by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Economy, an Azerbaijan-Turkey agricultural forum has been held in Baku. Participants in the event included heads of Azerbaijan’s government bodies, businessmen ...

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Ministry: Denmark's “Novo Nordisk” does not engage in any economic activity in Nagorno-Karabakh

11.12.2018 [19:59]
“Upon the instruction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the information of the local media outlets on the sales of the medical products of the Danish pharmaceutical company "Novo Nordisk" to the illegal separatist regime created in the ...

TAP: Once construction is completed, the pipeline will be buried underground

11.12.2018 [19:24]
“Once construction work on the Albanian sector of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is completed, the pipeline will be buried underground,” the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) AG company said in its Twitter account ...

® Special New Year’s gift from Bakcell: up to 20GB of free internet

11.12.2018 [19:22]
Bakcell, the First Mobile Operator and the Fastest Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan pleasantly surprised its customers with a special campaign on the occasion of the upcoming New Year. According to this campaign, any Bakcell customer who ...

Azerbaijani cyclist ranks third in Portugal

11.12.2018 [19:20]
Azerbaijan`s cyclist Sergey Omelchenko has claimed a bronze medal at 2018 Prova Internacional Municipo de Anadia tournament held in Portugal. Italian cyclist Francesco Ceci became the winner of the tournament, while Jose Moreno ...

Azerbaijan-Russia intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation to convene in Moscow

11.12.2018 [19:00]
Azerbaijan-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation will hold its next meeting in Moscow on Friday. The commission is co-chaired by Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev and his Russian counterpart Maxim Oreshkin ...

President Ilham Aliyev received delegation led by NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe VIDEO

11.12.2018 [18:33]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Curtis Scaparrotti. Saying that long-term Azerbaijan-NATO partnership has a broad agenda, the head of state recalled his latest visit to the NATO ...

Border Guard commander: Iran supports Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity and fair stance on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

11.12.2018 [18:28]
“Iran supports Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity and fair stance on resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” said Islamic Republic of Iran Border Guard Commander, Major General Qasem Rezaee as he met with ...

® Last 15 days of incredible campaign

11.12.2018 [17:12]
Clients who placed deposits in AtaBank OJSC will be able to participate in “25th year deposit” campaign till the end of this year. 335 Isma Bikes, 145 iPhone X/Xs and other prizes were awarded to the customers placed ...

Students of Baku Higher Oil School winning second national innovation contest receive awards

11.12.2018 [17:00]
Students of Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) have attended an award ceremony of the winners of the second national innovation contest titled “National Innovation Challenge Azerbaijan 2018”. Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev presented the winners’ certificates ...

Azermarka issues special postage stamp on 25th anniversary of UNICEF-Azerbaijan partnership

11.12.2018 [16:19]
Azerbaijan’s national postal stamp agency Azermarka has issued a postage stamp dedicated to the 25th anniversary of UNICEF’s partnership with Azerbaijan. The postage stamp was sealed at a special event led by Leyla Gulaliyeva, President of Azermarka under the Ministry of ...

Seven Azerbaijani festivals for gourmets

11.12.2018 [16:16]
In Azerbaijan, always welcome guests. Whenever you come here, a warm and cordial welcome awaits you. But there are such festivals in our country that seem to be created to demonstrate the generosity of the Azerbaijani land and the hospitality of the people. If you make a visit to such significant dates, you can get closer to ...

Heydar Aliyev International Airport served over 4 million passengers during eleven months of 2018

11.12.2018 [16:10]
During eleven months of 2018, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served 4.1 million passengers. This indicator exceeds the same indicator of the previous year by 9 percent. National air carrier Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) carried 1 million 756,000 ...

China needs 216 new airports by 2035: report

11.12.2018 [15:28]
China aims to add 216 new airports by 2035 and develop some regional transport hubs, China Daily quoted the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) as saying on Tuesday. As of the end of October, China had 234 civil airports and is ...

Energy research firm Wood Mackenzie: Production cut will cause Brent to rise back above $70 a barrel

11.12.2018 [13:33]
The output cut will cause Brent to rise back above $70 a barrel, CNBC quoted vice president of macro oils at Wood Mackenzie energy research firm Ann-Louise Hittle as saying. According to Ann-Louise Hittle, Energy research firm Wood ...