Falling oil prices have increased consumer interest in carbon-fuel resources. Although humanity continues to invest in the development of alternative and renewable energy sources, oil and gas will remain popular for the next twenty years. This is the main thesis of an energy survey by company BP for 2035.
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AZERBAIJANI BRAND
The country’s economic potential will allow consumer goods’ imports to be considerably reduced. The instability on the raw materials markets and the drastic drop in oil prices has led to a deterioration in the world’s economic situation. At the recent conference on the implementation of the state programme for the …
Read More »Azerbaijan’s economic policy in the post-petroleum era
With extremely unfavourable foreign economic and political conditions, Azerbaijan has the task of developing and carrying out a scientifically-proven, scientifically-based economic policy. The dependence of the national economy on world prices for carbon-fuel resources and the weak export potential of the non-petroleum economy make it vital that professional economists and …
Read More »Uzeyir Hajibayov: a musical pioneer
“Every nation wants its composers to write in a language that is close to them, in their native musical language, although this is very difficult.” These are the words of Uzeyir Hajibayov, the founder of Azerbaijani written music and author of the first opera in the East. Hajibayov was close …
Read More »Azerbaijani Personal Names Origins, Meanings and Development
There are many traditions in Azerbaijan surrounding the naming of children and some of these stories and rituals go back a long, long way. The tales in the medieval epic Dede Qorqud tell us that in those days a boy would not be given a name until he was 15 …
Read More »Examination of moral and social principles of dystopic society in Fahrenheit 451 with similar lines from Brave New World
Examination of moral and social principles of dystopic society in Fahrenheit 451 with similar lines from Brave New World In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury’s fear of the books being burned ruthlessly due to their unorthodoxical content is manifested itself distinctly and throughout the book. The repressions carried out during Soviet period …
Read More »A society obsessed with “resume” virtues: Is it what we yearn for?
The story and the personal analysis that I am going to write below give the due credit for its central message to the New York Columnist- David Brooks. From the very start when an individual is at his or her early stage of exposing himself or herself to the reality, …
Read More »Renewable Energy for Oil-Rich Azerbaijan
Hydrocarbon producer Azerbaijan is looking to generate 20 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The target is set in a draft strategy drawn up by Azerbaijan’s State Agency for Alternative and Renewable Energy. According to official statistics, in 2011
Read More »Nobel Brothers and Azerbaijani Competition
Azerbaijan’s oil industry developed apace in the second half of the 19th century. The industry attracted foreign capital, just as in modern-day Azerbaijan. In the 1870s and 1880s eight British, three French, two Swedish, two German, two Belgian and one Danish company and others, were operating in Azerbaijan. The Nobel …
Read More »What is Mugham?
The word mugham is used to designate a specialized style of music attributed to the Azerbaijani people of the Caucasus mountain range and nearby territories by that name. Mugham is generally recognized as a derivative of another specialised style of music attributed to the Persians, known there as dastgah. In …
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