Governor of the General Investment Authority of Saudi Arabia, co-chair of Azerbaijan-Saudi Arabia Joint Intergovernmental Commission Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman Al-Omar has expressed his country`s keenness to make investments in Azerbaijan as he met with Azerbaijan`s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev in Baku ...

Shirvan National Park is a national park of Azerbaijan. The semi-desert national park located just over 100 kilometres southwest of Baku combines wildlife, dunes and a short stretch coastline. Visitors enjoy landscapes and diversity of fauna with its large population of gazelles, jungle cats and turtles ...

Bakcell, the First Mobile Operator and Fastest Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan, has taken an active part in the Mobile World Congress held in the Mobile World Capital, Barcelona. Organized by GSMA, the congress is the world’s largest and most influential gathering for the mobile industry ...

Ten people have died of measles in Ukraine since the start of the year, already half as many as died in the whole of 2018, authorities said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Health said in a statement that two deaths from the extremely contagious viral disease have been recorded since Saturday ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received head of the Italian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, deputy head of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament Paolo Grimoldi. ...

Presentation about Azerbaijan aroused great interest among the students of Japan's Hachioji elementary school. Co-organized by the Azerbaijan-Japan Friendship Center and the Hachioji International Association, the event brought together teaching staff ...

The first business incubator in Azerbaijan Barama İnnovation and Entrepreneurship Center, which is going to celebrate 10 years anniversary, continues its contribution towards the development of information technologies with the support of “Azercell Telecom” LLC and PASHA Bank ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Suma Chakrabarti. Hailing the long-term successful cooperation between ...

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 ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajčák. The head of state recalled with pleasure his brief meeting ...

Azerbaijani oil price has increased on the world markets. The price of a barrel of Azeri Light crude oil rose $0.87 to stand at $67.35. ...

Oil prices have decreased on the world markets. On London ICE (InterContinental Exchange Futures) cost of the Brent crude oil fell $0.32 to trade at $65.35, while the price of Light crude at the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) decreased $0.29 to stand at $56.30. ...

Saudi Arabia has proposed establishing a joint business council with Azerbaijan. Governor of the General Investment Authority of Saudi Arabia, co-chair of Azerbaijan-Saudi Arabia Joint Intergovernmental Commission ...

“Nearly 60 percent of tickets have already been sold for the 2019 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix,” said Head of Commercial Department at the Baku City Circuit Operations Company (BCC) Bulent Ozerdim. He noted that so far, fans from 52 countries contributed to the ticket sales. Ozerdim ...

Members of the U.S. Jewish and Evangelical Christian community have visited the Alley of Honors to put flowers at the tomb of national leader, founder and architect of modern Azerbaijani state Heydar Aliyev. The delegation also put flowers at the grave of prominent ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva ...

The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has announced “Stock Pitch” competition. This competition is designed to allow students to develop their investment selection and analysis skills while receiving feedback from experienced professionals ...

Kazakh state channel Kazakhstan TV has broadcast a video about the country`s trade relations with Azerbaijan. The video highlighted the Baku Port. The channel said logistics and transport are the key priorities of Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan import and export ...

Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University`s Baku branch, vice-president of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, academician Nargiz Pashayeva has been unanimously elected as an academician (foreign member) of the Russian Academy of ...

The chief financial officer of China's tech giant Huawei is suing Canada over her arrest at the request of the US, according to BBC. Meng Wanzhou was held in December at Vancouver airport on suspicion of fraud and breaching US sanctions on Iran ...

The 6th Regional Internet Governance Forum under the theme “Cybersecurity: Our common responsibility” will be held in Baku, said UNDP Project Manager Vasif Mammadov. Co-organized by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies and United Nations ...

Azerbaijan`s Agency for Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority have signed a program of cooperation to expand the bilateral investment. The program was signed as part of the 5th meeting of the ...

Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Finance has revealed plans to launch a hotline to tackle non-performing loans. “A hotline will be set up to deal with requests relating to non-performing loans,” Finance Minister Samir Sharifov told journalists ...

Famous opera singers Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazli and Elchin Azizov will give a concert at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku on May 11. The concert will be conducted by chief conductor of Azerbaijan State Symphonic Orchestra named after Uzeyir Hajibayli, People`s Artist Rauf ...

“The number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan on the eve of Formula 1 Grand Prix races increased 6-8 percent last year,” said representative of Azerbaijan Tourism Board Bahruz Asgarov. He noted that Azerbaijan Tourism Board will launch a new campaign this year that will see ...

"Hanging of a number of posters in Armenian in "Ararat" Sport Complex was an arbitrary and unacceptable step, Iran Islamic Republic does not support this,” spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Iran Bahram Gasimi has told a press conference ...