A fourth-grade student of the studio under the Uzeyir Hajibeyli Baku Music Academy, violinist Khadija Mehdiyeva has successfully performed at the 'Heirs of Orpheus' international competition of young musicians in the Bulgarian city of Albena. The programme included classical violin repertoire ...

Facebook-owned Instagram has hit 400 million monthly active users, making it far larger than rival Twitter, as the social networking site looks to boost advertising revenues from the service, according to CNBC. It took nine months for the photo-sharing app to rack up its latest 100 million users in which celebrities ...

U.S.-based The Daily Caller has posted an article on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict by Justin Amler, an Australia-based writer and commentator on international issues. Headlined “A Tale Of Two Countries", the article says: “In the shadow of the Murovdağ mountain range lies an area of land of which ...

Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov has met Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Army General Hulusi Akar. Prior to the meeting, the Turkish delegation visited the Alley of Honors to lay a wreath at the tomb of national leader, founder and ...

Chief of the State Border Service (SBS), Commander of Border Troops, Colonel General Elchin Guliyev met with French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Pascal Meunier. According to the press service of the SBS, Colonel General E. Guliyev spoke of the current situation on the state border, the threats to the ...

The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran this year reached $ 680 million, while last year it was $ 500 million, Deputy Head of Iran's East Azerbaijan Province, Said Shabistari told the local press ...

The price of oil continues to rise in the world markets. On the New York Stock Exchange NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) cost of the US Light crude oil increased $3 to stand at $49.34 ...

The situation on the contact line between Azerbaijan and Armenia has remained tense as the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire a total of 70 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry said. The ceasefire was violated in Tap Garagoyunlu, Gulustan villages of Goranboy ...

Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugee and IDP Affairs, Chairman of the Republican Commission for International Humanitarian Assistance Ali Hasanov has met the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Azerbaijan, Choi Suk-inn ...

Gazprom has almost halved the planned capacity of its TurkStream gas pipeline project to 32 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller said. He said that Gazprom now planned to supply up to 32 bcm via TurkStream ...

The UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) starts implementation of Pedigree Cattle Breeding Development Project in Azerbaijan. Relevant agreement on the project was signed by Agriculture Minister Heydar Asadov and FAO country representative Mustafa Imir, the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan said ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of "Goychay" hydroelectric power station. Azerenerji President Etibar Pirverdiyev informed the head of state about the main components of the 3.1MW power station, whose ...

The Washington Times has published an article by Alexander Murinson, a researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. In his article, headlined "Revisiting events in Nagorno-Karabakh, Murinson calls Nagorno-Karabakh “an unhealed wound in the very psyche of Azerbaijan” ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has reviewed Goychay District Central Hospital after major overhaul. Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev informed the head of state about the work done here. ...

Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways Javid Gurbanov has met President of the Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov to explore ways of expanding the bilateral cooperation. Mr Gurbanov gave detailed information about the implemented projects, as well as future goals of ...

The 6th International Caspian Air Cargo Summit 2015 has started in Baku. The forum brings together representatives of international organizations, experts, managers, and specialists of the largest airlines and ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of a chess school in Goychay. The head of state cut the ribbon symbolizing the opening of the school. Photo stands reflecting national leader Heydar Aliyev's and President Ilham Aliyev's meetings ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the inauguration of a new administrative building of Goychay District branch of the New Azerbaijan Party. The head of state cut the ribbon to officially open the building ...

Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade has met Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Army General Hulusi Akar. Mr Rasizade hailed Azerbaijani-Turkish relations. “Our countries enjoy close ties in all areas, particularly in political, economic, ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of a children's music school in Goychay. The head of state cut the ribbon symbolizing the opening of the school. The two-storey building occupies a total area of 650 square meters ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended a ceremony to start the supply of drinking water to the city of Goychay. The head of state viewed the stands reflecting the master plan of the project to reconstruct the water supply and sewage system of Goychay ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has reviewed the conditions created in the Flag Square complex as part of his visit to Goychay. The construction of the Square started this April ...