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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa ends working visit to Azerbaijan

19.01.2019 [16:14]
President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa has completed his working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan. A guard of honor was lined up for the Zimbabwean President at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport decorated with the national flags of the ...

Shahriyar Mammadyarov to clash with Richard Rapport in 7th round of Tata Steel Masters

19.01.2019 [16:03]
Azerbaijan`s grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov will face Hungarian Richard Rapport in the 7th round of the 2019 Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. Another Azerbaijani GM Teymur Rajabov will take on Indian Santosh Vidit ...

Trade between Azerbaijan and Ukraine hit record high over past five years

19.01.2019 [16:00]
The trade between Azerbaijan and Ukraine has reached record high of $829 million in 2018, which is $18 million more than the previous year. According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, exports from Azerbaijan to ...

President of Zimbabwe visits ASAN service center No 5 in Baku

19.01.2019 [15:56]
President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa has visited ASAN service center No 5 of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan ...

Expansion of Pacific trade deal discussed at ministerial meeting in Tokyo

19.01.2019 [15:55]
The 11 members of a trans-Pacific free trade agreement on Saturday held their first ministerial meeting since the pact entered into force, discussing its future expansion as well as how to counter the rise of protectionism, according to Kyodo News ...

Azerbaijani, Zimbabwean presidents met VIDEO

19.01.2019 [12:06]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa, who arrived in Azerbaijan for a working visit. The head of state welcomed the Zimbabwean President. ...

OPEC crude output falls in December 2018

19.01.2019 [11:54]
Global oil supply fell by 950 thousand barrels per day (kb/d) in December, led by lower OPEC output with 100.6 million barrels per day (mb/d) ahead of new supply cuts, according to data of the International Energy Agency (IEA) ...

Oil prices increase on world markets

19.01.2019 [10:55]
Oil prices have risen on the world markets. On London ICE (InterContinental Exchange Futures) cost of the Brent crude oil increased $1.52 to trade at $62.70, while the price of Light crude oil at the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) rose $1.73 ...

Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry: Armenian armed units violated ceasefire 20 times

19.01.2019 [10:49]
Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry has said the Armenian armed forces continue to violate the ceasefire regime. "The Azerbaijani armed forces came under fire 20 times throughout the day," the ministry said in a statement. "The Azerbaijani army`s positions came under fire from the unnamed hills in Armenian Krasnoselsk district," the ministry said ...

Italy considering reopening Syrian embassy

18.01.2019 [22:28]
The government is thinking about reopening Italy's embassy in Syria, Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanese said on Friday, ANSA reported. “We are working to assess if and when,” he said ...

Baku to host Italian-Azerbaijan International Film Festival

18.01.2019 [21:39]
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, film production company Imago Group, United Cultures, and Sandro Teti Editore will organize the first Italian-Azerbaijani International Film Festival aimed to promote the past, present, and future of cinema in Italy and Azerbaijan ...

Silk Way Helicopter Services operates flight in difficult weather conditions to save passenger’s life

18.01.2019 [20:16]
Silk Way Helicopter Services (SWHS MMC) Airline carried out a flight to the Shah Deniz Bravo platform at night, in bad weather conditions (storm) with minimal visibility for urgent medical evacuation of an ill passenger. The flight was carried out successfully ...

Basaksehir extend contracts of Mossoro, Napoleoni

18.01.2019 [19:52]
Brazilian midfielder Marcio Mossoro and Italian left winger Stefano Napoleoni on Friday agreed to extend their contract with Turkish Super League club Medipol Basaksehir for one year until June 2020, Anadolu Agency reported. 35-year-old Mossoro played ...

Krakow to host Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

18.01.2019 [19:28]
Director General of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Noel Curran has revealed that Krakow has been selected as the host city for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019. In an interview with TVP Info, the EBU Director General has revealed that Krakow ...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives in Azerbaijan for working visit

18.01.2019 [18:57]
President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in the Republic of Azerbaijan for a working visit. A guard of honor was arranged for the Zimbabwean President at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport decorated with the national flags of the two countries ...

President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva awarded Uzeyir Hajibayli honorary medal

18.01.2019 [18:40]
First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva has been awarded the Uzeyir Hajibayli honorary medal founded by the Union of Azerbaijani Composers ...

UN Secretary-General welcomes Paris meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian FMs

18.01.2019 [18:22]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the meeting between Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan held on 16 January in Paris under the auspices of the Co-Chairs ...

Buta Airways to launch flights to Odessa and Kharkiv

18.01.2019 [17:34]
The low-cost airline Buta Airways will launch direct flights from Baku to two more cities of Ukraine - Odessa and Kharkiv. Flights to Odessa will be operated starting from May 16 this year on Thursdays and Sundays, while to Kharkiv – starting ...

“Arpachay Open” karate tournament kicks off in Baku

18.01.2019 [17:33]
The “Arpachay Open” karate tournament commemorating the 20 January martyrs has today started in Baku. The tournament brings together 800 karate fighters from 11 countries ...

Azerbaijan U19 footballers to hold four friendlies in Antalya

18.01.2019 [16:10]
The Azerbaijan national under-19 football team will hold four friendly matches as part of their training camp in Antalya, Turkey on January 19-31. Azerbaijan will take on Russian Krasnodar-3 on January 21, the Kuwait national U-19 team ...

FIFA discussing 48-team Qatar World Cup, confirms FIFA president

18.01.2019 [15:46]
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday that world football's governing body is discussing the feasibility of expanding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams, according to Sport 24. The World Cup finals have been played with a 32-side format since ...

Next OPEC meetings due in Baku in March

18.01.2019 [14:42]
“The Joint OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), as well as the Joint Technical Committee will convene on 17-18 March in Baku,” the OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo has told AZERTAC in an exclusive interview ...

Two Su-34 jets collide in Russia's Far East

18.01.2019 [13:46]
Two Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers have collided in mid-air over the Strait of Tatary (or the Tatar Strait) in Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk Region, according to TASS. According to preliminary data, the accident occurred over the Tatar Strait. Two Su ...

Colombia mourning 21 killed in police academy attack VIDEO

18.01.2019 [12:52]
Colombia is mourning the loss of 21 policemen in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in recent years, Anadolu Agency reports. Dozens were also injured Thursday in the attack on General Santander Police Academy in the capital Bogota before a graduation ceremony. Prosecutors identified the attacker as Jose Aldemar Rojas Rodriguez ...

Samad Seyidov: ‘Success achieved in relations between Azerbaijan and the EU seriously disturbs ill-wishers of our country in the European Parliament’

18.01.2019 [12:04]
Between Azerbaijan and the European Parliament, Milli Majlis and the European Parliament, in general, Azerbaijan and the European Union we have built constructive relations. And therefore I consider that success achieved in recent years in ...