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President Ilham Aliyev reviewed the office building of Ismayilli District Executive Authority after major overhaul VIDEO

23.09.2014 [13:17]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has reviewed the office building of Ismayıllı District Executive Authority after major overhaul. Head of Ismayilli District Executive Authority Mirdamad Sadigov informed the head of state about the landscaping and construction work carried out in Ismayilli, and highlighted future projects. ...

Press service of Foreign Affairs Ministry reports

23.09.2014 [13:11]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan Republic welcomes release from captivity of the staff of consulate general of Turkey in the Iraqi city of Mosul and members of their families, congratulates in this regard the staff of consulate ...

President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of a kindergarten in Ismayilli VIDEO

23.09.2014 [13:07]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of a kindergarten built in Ismayilli on the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The head of state cut the ribbon symbolizing the official opening of the facility ...

President Ilham Aliyev reviewed Ismayıllı District Central Hospital after major overhaul VIDEO

23.09.2014 [13:01]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has reviewed Ismayıllı District Central Hospital after major overhaul. Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev informed the head of state about the work done. It was said that built in 1978, the hospital has never been overhauled. ...

American Mary McBride band performs in Lankaran

23.09.2014 [12:54]
American Mary McBride band has given a concert in Lankaran region. The band is visiting Azerbaijan under the US Department of State`s Cultural Envoy program. It is designed to promote intercultural understanding and friendship between Americans and Azerbaijanis. The band will also travel to Salyan and ...

President Ilham Aliyev visited a statue of national leader Heydar Aliyev in Ismayilli VIDEO

23.09.2014 [12:31]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has arrived in Ismayilli District on a visit. The head of state laid flowers at a statue of national leader Heydar Aliyev in the city center. Head of Ismayilli District Executive Authority Mirdamad Sadigov informed President Ilham ...

Central Clinical Hospital implanted transcatheter prosthetic aortic heart valves for first time in Azerbaijan

23.09.2014 [12:29]
The Central Clinical Hospital has implanted transcatheter prosthetic aortic heart valves for the first time in Azerbaijan. Chief Physician of the hospital, a heart surgeon Kamran Musayev and his team carried out the operation. Disease of heart valves is widespread in Azerbaijan. Recently Azerbaijan achieved ...

Israeli Ambassador: “The policy of tolerance, inter-cultural and interreligious dialogue is successfully continued in Azerbaijan by President Ilham Aliyev”

23.09.2014 [12:04]
The Jewish News Agency (JNA) posted an article dealing with the joint program realized by the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the United States and the Embassy of Israel in Azerbaijan. The article says: “To tell the truth about the Azerbaijani-Israeli relations and about the ...

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Justice meets President of PACE

23.09.2014 [11:56]
Azerbaijan`s Minister of Justice, chairman of Judicial-Legal Council Fikrat Mammadov has met Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The Minister highlighted close cooperation of Azerbaijan with the Council of Europe in ...

Armenian armed forces continue violating ceasefire with Azerbaijan

23.09.2014 [11:25]
Subunits of the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire with Azerbaijan in Shuraabad, Bash Garvand villages of Aghdam region, Tap Garagoyunlu village of Goranboy region, Kuropatkino village of Khojavand and nameless hills of Goygol ...

Azerbaijani art masters perform in Paris

23.09.2014 [10:56]
The Place Saint-Sulpice in Paris hosted the opening ceremony of the colorful Azerbaijani Camp here. The event organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation was attended by Azerbaijan's First Lady and President of the Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva. ...

International Fireworks Festival held in Almaty

23.09.2014 [10:45]
On the Day of Almaty city the best pyrotechnics from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have shown a big night show in the framework of the "Eurasian fireworks festival." "It was unforgettable! Everybody was impressed by the sky show. We have never seen that ...

British MP supports the Many Happy Returns campaign

23.09.2014 [10:29]
British leading Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Manzoor CBE expressed her support for the Many Happy Returns (MHR) campaign at www.manyhappyreturnsidp.com. Baroness Manzoor commented: “Good luck to MHR in raising awareness of this situation. I ...

President of Turkmenistan receives President of SOCAR

22.09.2014 [20:45]
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has received President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Rovnag Abdullayev. Rovnag Abdullayev conveyed sincere greetings and wishes of President Ilham Aliyev to the President and the people of Turkmenistan. ...

Mechanism of antibiotic resistance revealed

22.09.2014 [20:33]
Antibiotic resistance represents a serious threat to human health, and researchers in London have taken an important step towards understanding how it spreads by unravelling a bacterial secretions system. ...

Azerbaijani servicemen to attend international events

22.09.2014 [20:27]
Representatives of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces will attend “Eternity–2014” Computer Aided Command Post Exercise in Tbilisi, Georgia from September ...

The Huffington Post: “The UK must take a more pro-active stance on the Nagorno Karabakh issue”

22.09.2014 [20:25]
The Huffington Post has published an article titled: “The UK must take a more pro-active stance on the Nagorno Karabakh issue”. Written by Director of Faith Matters Fiyaz Mughal NGO, the article says: “Mention Azerbaijan and many will not have heard about the country in the UK or some may think ...

Azerbaijani and Turkish military air forces continue joint exercises

22.09.2014 [20:20]
Azerbaijani and Turkish military air forces continue the joint exercises, the Defense Ministry’s press service said. Turkish Air Force pilots together with Azerbaijani pilots carried out flights by two-seat MiG-29 aircrafts in order to familiarize with the condition in the reserve aerodromes, air navigation on route, departure and landing strips of the military ...

Swedish queen meets representatives of Nizami Ganjavi International Centre

22.09.2014 [20:05]
Queen Silvia of Sweden has met representatives of the Nizami Ganjavi International Centre in Geneva. Board members Walter Fust, Farida Allaghi and Rovshan Muradov attended the meeting. The meeting featured exchange of views on activity of Azerbaijani great poet ...

Baku 2015 European Games announces venue for triathlon

22.09.2014 [19:52]
Baku 2015 European Games is today pleased to announce that a venue has been finalised for the Triathlon event next summer. The event – which will see 130 of Europe’s finest athletes going for gold – will be held at Bilgah Beach, located just north of Baku city centre. ...

Baku to host EFAA annual general meeting

22.09.2014 [19:05]
Baku will host the annual general meeting of the European Federation of Accountants and Auditors (EFAA) on May 7, 2015. The decision was made at the EFAA annual meeting held with the participation of the Azerbaijani delegation from the Chamber of Auditors in Budapest, Hungary, Chamber of ...

SOCAR and Bulgarian gas companies sign documents

22.09.2014 [18:51]
The President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev received heads of Bulgartransgaz and Bulgargaz companies, who are on a visit to Baku to attend the events on the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Contract of the Century ...

Visa regime between Nakhchivan and Iran simplified

22.09.2014 [18:34]
Iranian nationals visiting Nakhchivan receive a 15-day visa at Jolfa and Poldasht borders as of September 20. According to the Azerbaijani consulate general in Tabriz, the visa is made available to ...

Adrenaline festival to be held at Baku Crystal Hall

22.09.2014 [17:56]
Baku Crystal Hall will host "Adrenaline festival" with participation of the world performers and djs Nicole Scherzinger, Will I Am, Apl.de.ap, Redfoo on November 1. Stefan Kendal Gordy, better known by his stage name Redfoo, is an American singer, dancer ...

Iran calls for re-launching Baku-Anzali shipping line

22.09.2014 [17:51]
Iran expressed readiness for re-launching the Baku-Anzali shipping line to boost bilateral ties between the two Caspian nations. Head of the Anzali Trade-Industrial Free Zone Organization Reza Mansour said re-establishing the shipping line would lead to the expansion of ties between Iran and ...