Chisinau police chief Sergiu Cociorva has expressed confidence that the Baku-hosted 37th Capital Policing European Conference will be a success. He hailed the organization of the event as excellent ...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Azerbaijan's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BBB-' with a Stable Outlook, the international rating agency said. The issue ratings on Azerbaijan's senior unsecured foreign currency bonds have also been ...

Michel Platini is in his final term as UEFA president regardless of whether he wins next year's FIFA election, the Frenchman said, according to Reuters. Platini declined to talk about his bid for the FIFA presidency in his first news conference ...

A trilateral meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu of Turkey, Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan and Rashid Meredov of Turkmenistan has been held in Antalya, Turkey. The sides discussed projects carried out by the three countries in various areas including energy, transport, tourism and sport ...

Italy-based Italia Oggi newspaper has issued an article about the multifaceted activities of Azerbaijan`s first lady Mehriban Aliyeva. The article says that an official website of Mehriban Aliyeva who celebrated her birthday a few days ...

The CIS headquarters based in Minsk will host consultations on September 3 between the CIS foreign ministries on theme "Interaction of the CIS member states in the field of information". The participants will exchange views on the role of information policy in foreign policy ...

The hippos, kangaroos and penguins adorning the cover of Piccolo Uovo (Little Egg) give little hint of the political and religious storm the children’s book has caused. While following the adventures of an egg may seem harmless enough, its discovery of different family types ...

A group of researchers led by Dr Stuart Licht of George Washington University has developed a novel method to economically convert atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into highly valued carbon nanofibers ...

A new study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood aims to prove that mother’s healthy diet prevents heart deficiencies in newborns. However, the study failed to show the cause and effect relationship between the pregnant women’s diets and the heart diseases ...

The situation on the contact line between Azerbaijan and Armenia has remained tense as the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire a total of 130 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry said ...

Azerbaijani female wrestler Leyla Gurbanova has won the gold medal of the FILA Cadet World Championship held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of the Trilateral Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan in Antalya. The two exchanged views on bilateral and multilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey ...

The draw has been held in Monaco for 2015/16 UEFA Europa League group stage, defining rivals of the two Azerbaijani clubs Qarabagh and Qabala. Qarabagh will compete in the Group J along with Tottenham Hotspur ...

The Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles will hold the first-time ever screening of Azerbaijan's iconic and world-famous musical comedy film "Arşın Mal Alan" (Cloth Peddler) in Hollywood on September 19, 2015 ...

This year's World Rapid and Blitz Championship will be held October 9-14 in Berlin, Germany. Azerbaijani grandmasters will also vie for medals at the tournament. The prize fund will be a total $400,000 combined for the rapid and the blitz tournaments ...

Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov has met Deputy Executive Secretary of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan, chairman of the Office of External Relations, MP Yasukazu Hamada during his visit ...

The Heydar Aliyev Foundation will open the "Town of Azerbaijan" at a large public space near the Palais-Royal in Paris on August 29. The town called "Azerbaijan in the heart of Paris" will remain open until September 9. The “Town of Azerbaijan", which opens in Paris for the second time ...

The 37th Capital Policing European Conference has opened in Baku, bringing together 70 representatives from 25 countries. Addressing the conference, Azerbaijani Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov hailed the importance of the event ...

The world-class stars will compete at the European Chess Club Cup 2015 in Skopje, Macedonia, from 17-25 October. Top seeded Socar Azerbaijan will play with a full squad including Veselin Topalov (2816) ...

Azerbaijani female wrestler Leyla Gurbanova (52kg) has qualified for the final of the FILA Cadet World Championship in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the way to the final Gurbanova defeated American Gracie Figueroa ...

Azerbaijani female wrestlers Zelfira Alakbarli at 38kg and Shabnam Ahmadova at 56kg have grabbed bronze medals of the FILA Cadet World Championship held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

Azerbaijani Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev has met an ISESCO delegation led by Director of the Secretariat of the Organization's Executive Council, General Conference and Ministerial Conferences Mohamed Ghemari. ...

Hungarian airline Wizz Air told Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) CJSC about its intention to resume flights to Azerbaijan in March 2016, the press service of AZAL said. ...