United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday thanked Italy for saving the lives of migrants and asylum seekers. In remarks to the Lower House as Italy celebrated its 60th year as a UN member nation, he praised Italy's “courageous and ...

President of the Republic of Dagestan of the Russian Federation Ramazan Abdulatipov has visited Ganja, the second largest city of Azerbaijan. He visited a monument to national leader Heydar Aliyev in the city. ...

Azerbaijani boxer Elvin Mamishzade secured a gold medal at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar by beating Cuban Yosvany Veitia in the final. ...

Bakcell, the first mobile operator and the leading mobile Internet provider of Azerbaijan, has announced 225 Mbps support in its ultra-fast LTE network by upgrading it with LTE-Advanced Carrier aggregation technology. Bakcell is one of 73 networks (out of ...

Head of the Ukrainian-Azerbaijani Friendship Society Murad Omarov has been appointed vice-rector for International Relations of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. ...

U.S. Ambassador Robert Cekuta has visited the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan to meet its chairman Mazahir Panahov. The chairman highlighted the commission`s cooperation with the Embassy. He said this cooperation has played an important role ...

Azerbaijan`s Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov has met representatives of the United States Chamber of Commerce on the sidelines of the Silk Road International Forum in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. ...

Captain of the Azerbaijan national football team Rashad Sadigov was included in the EURO qualifying stats. According to the UEFA, Rashad Sadigov played 900 minutes in all 10 matches ...

A Bayern Munich supporters’ group is calling on fans to boycott the first five minutes of next week’s Champions League meeting with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in protest at what it calls “excessive” ticket prices, according to The Guardian. ...

The Euroasian Kempo Championship will be held in Baku on October 16-18. Along with Azerbaijani athletes, the tournament will bring together fighters from Moldova, Poland, Iran, Algeria, Georgia, Turkey, ...

An Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov is attending the Silk Road Forum which kicked off today in Tbilisi. The Forum is an initiative launched by the Georgian government and is supported by the Government of People`s Republic of ...

Following the success of the SPE Annual Caspian Technical Conference and Exhibition in Astana, Kazakhstan, the event will now move to Baku, Azerbaijan for its second edition on November 4-6. The event will focus on the technical challenges and ...

An Azerbaijani delegation is attending the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) Special Conference on the theme of "Rebuilding the Silk Road" in Beijing, China. The conference, which brings together delegations ...

On 14 October, more than 100 businesspeople and diplomats from across Europe flocked to the prestigious Diamant Conference and Business Centre, near the diplomatic area of Brussels, for the second Brussels Business Forum to highlight the ...

Director of the Baku Water Sports Palace Elchin Hasanov has been appointed vice-president of the Water Sports Federation of Azerbaijan ...

Volkswagen has been ordered to recall 2.4 million cars in Germany by the country's automotive watchdog as a result of the diesel emissions scandal, according to BBC. German media reports suggest the KBA earlier rejected VW's proposals that car owners could voluntarily bring their cars in for repair. ...

Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations of Azerbaijan Mubariz Gurbanli has met Georgian Ambassador to the country Teymuraz Sharashenidze. ...

Alexander Grischuk from Russia emerged winner of the 2015 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship after concluding the event with 15,5/21 points, half a point ahead of the nearest followers ...

In an exclusive interview with AZERTAC, Austrian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mr. Axel Wech has highlighted the relations between the two countries, and shared his impressions about Azerbaijan and its people. The following is the text of the interview: ...

European Club Association (ECA) Executive Board confirmed the composition of the five ECA Working Groups for the 2015-17 membership cycle ...

Barcelona star Lionel Messi is not having the best of times after injuring his knee against Las Palmas - and Luis Suarez has added insult to injury by buying him a Grumpy pyjama set, according to dailymail ...

Azerbaijani first lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva has today met U.S. Ambassador to the country Robert Cekuta. The first lady highlighted bilateral relations between the United States and Azerbaijan ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has arrived in Kazakhstan for a working visit to attend a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State to be held in Burabay, Akmola Province ...

Helping the disputing parties resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is one of the Russian foreign policy priorities always remaining in the spotlight of the Russian Foreign Ministry, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said at a briefing in Moscow ...