Azerbaijan

“Entrance to Shaki Khan Palace will be restored next week”, said head of press service of State Tourism Agency Kenan Guluzade to APA. He stated that last review to the Palace of Shaki Khans will be held by local and foreign experts at the end of the week. Note that on …

UNESCO Director-General Ms. Audrey Azoulay sent a letter of appreciation to the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the 43 rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, the Ministry told APA. The letter says that our country has hosted this prestigious UNESCO event on high-level and thanked for the preparations …

One of the Ukranian streets, situated in Dnipro city, has been named after a well-known operatic and pop singer, compositor, and People’s Artist of the USSR Muslim Magomayev, APA reports citing Ukrinform. The relevant decision was taken on Wednesday during the regular session of Dniprovsky city council. “Decide on the elimination of duplicate titles. …

Zhara-2019 International Music Festival has got underway at a resort on the shore of the Caspian Sea in Baku. The first day of the concert featured performance of Philip Kirkorov, A’Studio, Vera Brezhneva, Bosson, Rita Dakota, Dmitry Matatov, Mozgi, Glyuk’oza, Nikolay Baskov, Kristina Orbakayte, Burito, Emin Aghalarov, Elina Chaga, Zivert, …

The Swiss travel portal www.travel-blog.ch has posted an article headlined “Sheki Khan’s Palace inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List”. The article says: “Another cultural sight of Azerbaijan, historic center of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace, has been inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List. This became the third object of cultural heritage of …

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Council Donald Tusk have made press statements

In Azerbaijan there are two wonderful regions called Gobustan, equally attractive for tourists. One of them, Gobustan district with the center in the old city of Maraza. And the second is the Gobustan Reserve, known throughout the world by the petroglyphs discovered there. Each of these locations is distinguished by …

Products of local food producers will be exhibited at Regional Cuisine Festival in Azerbaijan’s Guba district, Trendreports referring to the country’s State Tourism Agency. The Festival organized by the Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Businesses, will be held on July 27 in Nizami Park with the support of …

Azerbaijan`s historic centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Baku. The historic city of Sheki is located at the foot of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and divided in two by the Gurjana River. …

During the morning session of its current meeting, in Baku, the World Heritage Committee inscribed seven cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The sites added to the List are situated in Australia, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, Japan and People’s Democratic Republic of Lao. Inscriptions will continue through 7 July. …