The Council of Youth of the European People`s Party (YEPP) has called on EU states to urge Armenia to put an end to the occupation of Azerbaijan`s lands as it convened in Tirana for its first meeting in 2013. A resolution on energy security adopted at the meeting condemns Armenia`s occupation ...

Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov has said Azerbaijan puts special emphasis on its relationship with Kuwait as he met the Arab country`s deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Asadov stressed the importance of reciprocal visits and meetings, saying “they contribute ...

Azerbaijan`s Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov has today met President of SOS-Kinderdorf International (SOS Children's Villages International) Siddhartha Kaul on the sidelines of a meeting of Board of Directors of SOS Children's Villages ...

Kuwait`s Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has today embarked on a visit to Baku. Accompanied by a 50-man entourage, he will attend the second session of an Azerbaijan-Kuwait intergovernmental commission on cooperation ...

“The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project will connect Europe with Asia. This is a new project. After its completion, we will start implementing another project that will stretch to London,” Azerbaijani Minister of Transport Ziya Mammadov told press conference in Tbilisi on Wednesday ...

Azerbaijan was one of largest foreign trade partners of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in 2012, according to the government website of the country. The website said Karachay-Cherkessia`s foreign trade totaled $380 million in 2012, a growth of 32.3% from the previous year ...

Greece, Italy and Albania Wednesday signed a three-way inter-governmental agreement backing a proposed pipeline that would bring gas from Azerbaijian to Europe, part of a European effort to diversify the continent's energy supplies ...

Azerbaijan-2 team have lost 2-5 to Belarus in the second round of the 6th Baku International Futsal Tournament The Azerbaijani team`s goals came from Elvin Guliyev and Elnur Gambarov. Azerbaijan-2 defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 in their opener ...

Egypt Air has announced that it lost 700-million Egyptian pounds due the political unrest unfolding in that country and in other North African countries. In the first weeks of the revolution the airline`s revenue dropped by 80 percent, flight operation by 50 percent, ticket sales by 60 percent and seat occupancy by 50 percent ...

Azerbaijan`s foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov has said those responsible for the crimes against peaceful Azeris must face the full force of the law. “All those who were involved in the crimes against Azerbaijan`s peaceful population must be held accountable,” he told UN Security Council`s open debate on the Protection ...

Caspian Energy International Media Group owned by the Caspian-European Integration Business Club (CEIBC) will soon publish the annual magazine “Caspian Energy Georgia”. The first issue will be released by the end of February, 2013 and focus on economic interaction between Georgia and Caspian, Black Sea and Baltic ...

Azerbaijan`s Ambassador to Canada Farid Shafiyev has made a presentation at the Calgary University as past of his visit to Alberta province. Titled “Economic prospects of Azerbaijan and geopolitical threats”, the presentation was made at an event co-organized by Alberta Azerbaijani Cultural Society and Azerbaijani ...

Rebels on Tuesday overran a military air base and captured warplanes, gaining ground in northern Syria for a second straight day as the UN said the death toll from the 23-month conflict was nearly 70,000. The military advance came as prospects for a political solution to the war faded ...

"The volume of Azerbaijani gas supply to Europe depends on the political will of consumer countries," Deputy Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Valeh Alasgarov said at a meeting of the Energy Security Committee of the Euronest Parliamentary ...

The World Economic Forum has announced “Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013” of 144 countries on gross national savings, ranking Azerbaijan 8th in the world and first among CIS countries. Azerbaijan entered top 10 with 47.9% again leaving behind all post-Soviet countries ...

Azerbaijani Minister of Industry and Energy Natiq Aliyev has met a delegation led by Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to discuss prospects for cooperation between the two countries. The Azeri Minister praised the Azerbaijan-France relations. He noted reciprocal visits of parliamentary groups contributed ...

The president of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov says he intends to appeal to the IOC to reverse a decision to remove wrestling from a list of core Olympic sports. Tuesday`s move by the International Olympic Committee`s executive board drops ...

Co-chairman of the Committee on Energy Security of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Jiri Mastalka has stressed Azerbaijan`s importance to the European Union, describing the country as one of the key players and partners of the organization. ...

The Winter World Cup tournaments for universal fighting may be held in Azerbaijan. A preliminary agreement was reached by Azerbaijan Universal Fight Federation and the International Federation. The tournaments are expected to take place in the Gusar winter tourism complex ...

Azerbaijani karate fighters have claimed a clutch of four medals in an Open Shotokan Karate Championships in Dubai, the UAE. In girl`s competition aged 10-11, Ayla Rzayeva (35 kg) and Fidan Teimurova (up to 35 kg) ...

Baku has hosted a meeting of the organizing committee of the 2nd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue to be held on May 29-June 1, 2013. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Minister Abulfaz Garayev said President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree to organized the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in ...

Azerbaijan`s and Turkey`s national flags have been raised outside the Arkansas State Capitol Building as Little Rock hosted a reception on Turkey-Arkansas-Azerbaijan friendship. Following the reception, Turkish and Azerbaijani delegations met State Secretary ...

The 8th meeting of working group of the GUAM member-states at the level of the heads, responsible for transport development, was held in Tbilisi on Tuesday with participation of GUAM Secretariat. The GUAM heads of transport organizations adopted the Tbilisi declaration and approved ...

For wrestling, this may have been the ultimate body slam: getting tossed out of the Olympic rings. The vote Tuesday by the IOC's executive board stunned the world's wrestlers, who see their sport as popular in many countries and steeped in history as old as the Olympics themselves ...