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Chief of Azerbaijan`s State Migration Service meets MOBILAZE coordinator

12.09.2018 [10:10]
Vusal Huseynov, Chief of the State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, met with Ms. Violeta Wagner, coordinator of the MOBILAZE Project ((Support to the Implementation of the Mobility Partnership with Azerbaijan) financed by the European Union ...

Bomb explosion kills 50 people in Afghanistan, say TV channels

11.09.2018 [21:22]
A minimum of 50 people died in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, TOLONews channel reported in Twitter quoting a deputy president of the provincial Council, according to TASS. ...

13th Belarus international media forum kicks off in Minsk

11.09.2018 [19:56]
The 13th Belarus international media forum “Partnership for the Future: Digital Agenda for Media Space” has kicked off in Minsk, Belarus, according to the BelTA news agency. The media forum brings together about 300 representatives of nearly 30 CIS and non-CIS states, including Germany, France ...

Representative of World Health Organization to Azerbaijan presents credentials to Ministry of Foreign Affairs

11.09.2018 [18:57]
Newly appointed Representative of the World Health Organization to the Republic of Azerbaijan Hande Harmanci has presented her credentials to Ambassador Parvin Mirzazade, Head of the State Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

Azerbaijan women`s volleyball team thrash Cameroon 4-0

11.09.2018 [17:42]
The Azerbaijan women’s national volleyball team have routed Cameroon 4-0 in a friendly match as part of preparations for the World Championship in Japan. The match took place as part of Azerbaijan`s training camp in ...

BHOS, Baker Hughes strengthen partnership

11.09.2018 [15:19]
Representatives of the regional branch of Baker Hughes, one of the world's largest oil field services companies, visited Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) to meet with the staff members. Participants in the event included BHOS Rector Elmar Gasimov ...

TRASECA, CAREC sign MoU

11.09.2018 [15:18]
The Permanent Secretariat of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission in Baku and the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation Organization (CAREC) have signed a memorandum of understanding ...

34 killed as bus plunges into valley in Telangana, India

11.09.2018 [14:22]
At least 34 passengers, most of them women, were killed and several injured after a state-run bus plunged into a valley in Telangana's Jagtial district Tuesday, police said, the Press Trust of India reported ...

Czech prime minister: A Czexit would be a catastrophe

11.09.2018 [13:20]
“Leaving the European Union would be a disaster for the Czech Republic,” said Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in an interview to the German newspaper Bild ...

Heydar Aliyev International Airport served over 3 million passengers during eight months of 2018

11.09.2018 [12:09]
During the first eight months of 2018, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served over 3.08 million passengers. This indicator exceeds the same indicator of the previous year by 12 percent, press service of Azerbaijan Airlines has told AZERTAC ...

Emergency Medical Aid Centre built with support of Heydar Aliyev Foundation opens in Bosnia and Herzegovina

11.09.2018 [11:21]
An opening ceremony has been held for a new building of the Emergency Medical Aid Centre in the city of Kotor Varos, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was constructed with the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation ...

OSCE to hold monitoring on contact line of Azerbaijani, Armenian troops

11.09.2018 [10:56]
OSCE is expected to monitor the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops on September 11, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said in a message. The monitoring will be held under the mandate of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Personal ...

Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry: Armenian armed units violated ceasefire 84 times

11.09.2018 [10:42]
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-caliber machine guns 84 times throughout the day," the ministry said in a statement ...

“Rick and Morty” wins Emmy for best animated program

11.09.2018 [10:11]
“Rick and Morty” won the award for Outstanding Animated Program while Game of Thrones racked up seven awards at the Creative Arts Emmys hosted September 8-9 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles ...

National holiday of Uzbekistan celebrated in Baku

10.09.2018 [21:41]
The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Azerbaijan has organized an official reception to mark the Independence Day of the country. Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov attended the event. The national anthems of the two countries were played ...

President allocates funding for construction of highway in Shabran

10.09.2018 [21:12]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order to provide funding for the construction of Shabran-Amirkhanli-Gazbabali highway in Shabran district. Under the presidential Order, the Azerbaijan Highway State Agency is allocated 8.6 million manats for the construction ...

“I believe that World Judo Championship will be excellently organized in Baku’

10.09.2018 [20:56]
“I believe that the World Judo Championship will be excellently organized by Azerbaijan,” said sports director of the Spanish Judo Federation Sara Alvarez Menendez. “Our judokas have been preparing for this competition for a long time. They have trained very well both technically and ...

Egypt police kill 11 militants in Sinai

10.09.2018 [19:55]
Egyptian police forces reportedly killed 11 suspected militants in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Monday, according to the official MENA news agency. The militants were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in the North Sinai city of Arish ...

Azerbaijani female chess player to compete at 40th Rashid Nezhmetdinov Cup

10.09.2018 [18:56]
Azerbaijani chess player Turkan Mammadyarova will test her strength at the Rashid Nezhmetdinov Cup due to start in Kazan, Russia from September 11-21. The tournament will bring together 79 chess players, including 31 grandmasters ...

Azerbaijani FM receives copy of credentials from incoming Czech ambassador

10.09.2018 [18:26]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has received a copy of credentials from the newly-appointed ambassador of Czech Republic to Azerbaijan Milan Ekert. FM Mammadyarov congratulated Ambassador Ekert on his new appointment. Milan ...

Spanish edition of Los Angeles Times highlights beauty of Baku

10.09.2018 [13:39]
The Spanish language edition of the influential U.S. newspaper Los Angeles Times, Hoy Los Angeles, has published an article by Editorial Director Alejandro Maciel highlighting the beauty of Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan ...

® AtaBank and VISA International start campaign "Bring Visa, Get VISA"

10.09.2018 [13:15]
AtaBank OJSC and VISA International have started a new campaign. Within the campaign, customers with active foreign visas will get opportunity to get free VISA Classic and VISA Gold cards from AtaBank OJSC. To get a free card, simply go to AtaBank's Head Office ...

Baku to host second international conference on Digital Trade Hub

10.09.2018 [13:04]
Co-organized by the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication and ISESCO, the second international conference on Digital Trade Hub will be held in Baku on October 31. “By arranging such an event in Azerbaijan ...

Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry: Armenian armed units violated ceasefire 95 times

10.09.2018 [10:51]
Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry has said the Armenian armed forces continue to violate the ceasefire regime. "The Azerbaijani armed forces came under fire 95 times throughout the day," the ministry said in a statement ...

Hurricane “Florence” to reach south-eastern U.S. coasts

10.09.2018 [10:47]
Hurricane “Florence”, the sixth tropical storm in Atlantic ocean this year, strengthened Sunday night into a powerful Category 1 hurricane and is still expected to rapidly become a major hurricane on Monday ...