Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s Food and Safety Agency has suspended import of poultry products from some regions of Iran and Scotland, the agency has reported. The ban is in line with the World Organization for Animal Health warning against infectious animal diseases that may enter Azerbaijan’s territory from other countries. According to the Organization, a highly pathogenic …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has received in a video format co-chair of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center Ismail Serageldin, Azertag reported today. Nizami Ganjavi International Centerwas founded in 2012 under the decree of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. The main goal of the Center is to provide the reader of Global Policy Analysis with …

The vaccine ‘CoronaVAC’, produced by the Chinese Sinovac Biotech company, is effective against the UK and South African variants of COVID-19, Director of Brazil-based Butantan Biomedical Center Dimas Kovas said, a source in the Management Union of Azerbaijan’s Medical Territorial Units (TABIB) told Trend on Feb.22. According to Covas, the …

This year marks the 880th anniversary of the great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi. In this regard, President Ilham Aliyev signed an order declaring 2021 the Year of Nizami Ganjavi in Azerbaijan. The Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum …

International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The 22nd edition of this Day is celebrated as the world faces the unprecedented disruption to education caused by COVID-19. The pandemic has exposed and is expected to add new …

President of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva took part in a consultative meeting on the announcement of the “International Turkic Language Day” in UNESCO organized by the National Commission of Turkey for UNESCO. The event was attended by heads and representatives of Turkic Cooperation Organizations, such …

Azerbaijan’s International Mugham Center is actively expanding international contacts with foreign institutions and cultural organizations. The Mugham Center has signed an agreement with Federal Directorate of Music and Festival Programs ROSCONCERT, Trend Life reported. The document was reached within the framework of cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan in the field of culture …

Director-General (DG) of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Dr. Salim M. AlMalik reaffirmed that supporting women, promoting their roles, and achieving gender equality in the field of science is an absolute necessity in the current times, according to the official website of the Organization. He stressed …

The film called ‘A bunch of people’ featuring the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has been released for the public. The first film from ‘Karabakh’ series, ‘A bunch of people’, screens the events that led to the beginning of the Karabakh conflict, the massacres committed by Armenians, as well as what happened afterwards …

Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater continues to show virtual performances in the new season. The State Opera Theater delighted spectators with Muslim Magomayev’s “Shah Ismayil” opera. “Shah Ismayil” is a mugham-opera in 6 acts and 7 scenes composed between 1915 and 1919. The ballet is based on a legend about young Shah Ismayil. The …