Heads of the diplomatic corps in Azerbaijan have attended a reception dedicated to results of 2018. Addressing the event, Azerbaijan`s Foreign Affairs Minister Elmar Mammadyarov highlighted the country`s achievements in ...

Second largest city in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, has been declared the "Cultural Capital of the Turkic World for 2019”. The decision was adopted at the 36th Meeting of the Permanent Council of Culture Ministers of TURKSOY held in Kastamonu ...

Anadolu Agency has been named News Agency of the Year by Turkey’s Association of Anatolian Publishers (AYD). The agency`s Deputy Director-General Metin Mutanoglu received the award, which was presented during a ceremony by former ...

This year the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum has charted a new course. First of all, attendance rates are steadily increasing. About 60.000 people visited the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum two years ago, while last year this number was more than 85.000 and in ...

A delegation led by acting Governor of Astrakhan Region of the Russian Federation Sergei Morozov has today visited the Alley of Honors to lay a wreath at the tomb of national leader, founder and architect of modern Azerbaijani state Heydar Aliyev ...

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 24 times throughout the day," the ministry said in a statement ...

Azerbaijani Deputy Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Karim Valiyev has met with chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Army General Yasar Guler. They exchanged views on the current state and prospects of cooperation between ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by acting Governor of the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation Sergei Morozov. The head of state hailed Sergei Morozov’s visit to Azerbaijan shortly after his appointment ...

TURKSOY Permanent Council of Culture Ministers has proclaimed 2019 as the year of the great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Imadeddin Nasimi as well as the great Turkish poet Aşık Veysel ...

“750 million cubic meters of Azerbaijani natural gas has been delivered to Turkey through the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) so far,” a SOCAR official has told AZERTAC. Deputy head of the company`s public relations department Ibrahim Ahmadov ...

The Czech Republic is the biggest exporter of toys to non-EU states from the entire EU, according to Radio Praha. Czech production last year accounted for 32 percent of the EU`s overall toy exports outside the EU, worth a total of 2 billion euros in ...

The 11th meeting of the Azerbaijan-Turkey High-Level Military Dialogue has today started in Ankara. An Azerbaijani delegation first visited the Heydar Aliyev Park in Ankara and laid a wreath at a monument to the national leader. The delegation also visited the Ataturk Museum ...

Lionel Messi received his record fifth Golden Shoe award on Tuesday for leading all of Europe's soccer leagues in scoring last season, according to AP. Messi's fifth win breaks the tie he had with Cristiano Ronaldo ...

Training sessions have been conducted with the participation of the command staff of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense. The sessions were held according to the action plan approved by Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, Deputy ministers of defense, commanders ...

EURACTIV portal has published an article headlined “NATO: Baku is ‘perfect venue’ for talking to Russia”. The article says: “Azerbaijan’s capital Baku has once again been the venue for a meeting between the top brass of Russia and US ...

A resolution on Missing Persons initiated by the Republic of Azerbaijan was adopted by consensus at the plenary session of the UN General Assembly, press service of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has told AZERTAC. Sixty-two countries joined the resolution as co-authors, the ministry said ...

The Azerbaijan-China friendship concert, featuring performance of the Azerbaijani classical music, has been held in Beijing. The event was co-organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries ...

The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan concluded the results of the “Olympic Agenda 2020” Commission for the two seasons. “Olympic Agenda 2020” was unanimously approved by the International Olympic Committee at the 127th Session ...

Manchester United have sacked Jose Mourinho as manager with immediate effect after more than two and half years in charge, according to Al Jazeera. The Premier League club, which sit in sixth place with 26 points - 19 less than league leaders Liverpool - said in a statement ...

BP and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore potential opportunities for the development of renewable energy in Azerbaijan. This follows the recent announcement by the Government of Azerbaijan ...

Google announced on Monday a major real-estate expansion in New York City that will make the company one of the city`s largest commercial tenants and add thousands of jobs in coming years, according to ABC News ...

“Azerbaijan has reinforced its international standing under President Ilham Aliyev’s leadership,” said chargé d’affairs of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Baku as he addressed an official reception on the occasion of his country's national day. ...

Hikaru Nakamura won the 2018 Grand Chess Tour and its $120,000 first prize after beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the fourth blitz game of the final at the London Chess Classic, according to Chess.com ...

Nar supported young people to help them make a successful career in accordance with their specialty. The mobile operator participated in the 1st Career Fair organized by Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU). Nar arranged collection ...

An Azerbaijani-UK Culture Center has been established in London. A ceremony to mark the occasion brought together the Azerbaijani Embassy staff, Azerbaijani students, and Turkish businessmen ...