A solo exhibition of photo artist Fakhriyya Mammadova has opened at YAY Gallery. Fakhriyya Mammadova holds degrees in ceramics and design; she is a member of the Artists Union and Photographers Association of Azerbaijan. Moreover, she belongs to the association ‘Wings of Time’ that unites modern Azerbaijani artists. ...

Azerbaijani Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev has met Hao Ping, President of the General Conference and Chairperson of Chinese National Commission for UNESCO ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife, chairperson of the Baku 2015 First European Games Organizing Committee Mehriban Aliyeva, and his daughter, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva have reviewed the Heydar ...

The Post and Courier newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, recently in the news for its coverage of Walter Scott's death, received the Pulitzer for public service for an earlier series of stories about domestic violence. The series was titled "Till Death Do ...

Member of the Azerbaijani Parliament Azay Guliyev will attend the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Bureau Meeting to be held in Denmark from April 25-28. The meeting will feature discussions on the activity of Bureau secretary, draft resolutions and other documents ...

Members of the Azerbaijani Parliament Malahat Ibrahimgizi and Musa Gasimli will leave for Turkey to attend the 4th World Turkish Forum on April 23-26. The event will bring together representatives from TURKSOY member countries ...

Representatives of Pakistan's National Defense University and "National Security and War Course" have visited the Military Academy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Chief of the Military Academy, Major-General Heydar Piriyev highlighted ...

Oil prices have changed different directions in the world markets. On the New York Stock Exchange NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) cost of the Light crude oil has increased $0.23 to trade at ...

Leaders of the European Union member states have tonight approved Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen to be the next secretary-general of the Council of Ministers. Tranholm-Mikkelsen, who is currently Denmark’s ambassador to the EU, will take over from Uwe Corsepius on 1 July ...

On April 21, Azerbaijani servicemen clashed with Armenian armed units in the Terter direction. In a brief fight, Azerbaijani Army units inflicted a heavy blow on the enemy, killing 5 Armenian servicemen and wounding 10 others, the Defense Ministry said ...

French www.francjeux.com web portal has posted an article headlined “The athletes would like to make history in Baku”. The article highlights preparations for the first European Games to be held in Baku ...

Seven people, including two Britons and two Spaniards, were killed when a small plane crashed in the Dominican Republic. Local aviation authorities said the aircraft took off from the resort area of Punta Cana and was ...

“The Georgian government is interested in Azerbaijani companies` participating in the financing of infrastructure projects,” Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has told AZERTAC`s correspondent. He said the government has already made several large ...

“Post-Vilnius developments, unfortunately, brought many challenges to the overall EaP region, including launching of another conflict. All conflicts in the EaP area have undergone the similar scenario and brought the same grave consequences – violation of territorial integrity, occupation and separatism. ...

Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Ethiopia Elman Abdullayev has provided an insight into a multicultural environment in Azerbaijan during a meeting with Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Abune Mathias ...

“Brazil is ready for cooperation and exchange of experience with Azerbaijan in multiculturalism sphere,” said Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality Nilma Lino Gomes as she met Azerbaijani Ambassador Elnur Sultanov. ...

Italian police have arrested two suspected people traffickers among the survivors of the migrant boat that capsized on Sunday, as the United Nations confirmed that at least 800 people died in the sinking off the coast of Libya. Prosecutors said they had detained a Tunisian man believed to be the captain of the vessel ...

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov has met a delegation led by Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Dehghan to discuss bilateral cooperation in defense industry ...

On April 17, 2015, an event titled “Zero Routine Flaring by 2030” and organized by the World Bank was held in Washington, DC. The event took place within the framework of the annual “Spring Meetings”, when the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gather ...

Azerbaijani national Para-taekwondo team has claimed 7 medals, including 3 golds at the first European championship in Chisinau, Moldova. Nijat Muslumov (75 kg), Rovshan Gahramanli (61 kg) and Aleksandr Polishuk ...

“President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will join celebrative events and a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War,” said Press-Secretary of the President of Azerbaijan Azer Gasimov ...

The Speaker of Japan's Lower House, Nobutaka Machimura, is stepping down for health reasons, according to Shanghai Daily. Machimura submitted his resignation to his deputy, Tatsuo Kawabata, on Monday ...

A Sub-Committee on conflicts in territories of the Council of Europe member states was created as part of the meeting of spring session of the PACE Monitoring Committee`s Assembly ...

European officials hold an emergency meeting Monday as they struggle to confront a growing humanitarian crisis following the presumed deaths Sunday of hundreds of people aboard a smuggler's boat from the Libya coast that capsized in the Mediterranean ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Rector of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University Petr Glybochko. Petr Glybochko said he was deeply impressed with the ongoing great development processes in Azerbaijan. He touched upon the ...