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Next Tuesday, on July 7, the National Air Carrier of Azerbaijan will perform another special flight on the Baku-Istanbul-Baku route. Tickets sale is open on the official website of the airline (www.azal.az). The fares are similar to those previously announced for the special flights which are planned before the end …

Three new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed in Georgia, bringing the total number of infected people to 951, Trend reports citing 1tv.ge. The information has been recently updated on a special website stopcov.ge created by the Georgian government. Three patients recovered. The number of recoveries stands at 828. In total 15 …

Azerbaijan-Israel Interparliamentary Friendship Commission has hailed the cooperation between the two countries in an online conference on “Azerbaijan-Israel strategic partnership”. Arye Gut, Executive Director of the House of Azerbaijan in Israel and moderator of the event, noted that this is the first Israeli-Azerbaijani event at this level with the participation of members …

583 new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Azerbaijan, while 395 patients have been recovered and discharged from the hospital, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told AZERTAC. According to the Task Force, 7 persons have died after testing positive for COVID-19. “The overall confirmed cases in …

The construction of a new section of the Alat-Astara highway on the state border with neighbouring Iran has began, State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads reported on July 2. This 204-km-highway aims to ensure the comfortable movement of cars to Iran and back. It will also help reduce the density …

Spain is ready to assist in making linkage with Azerbaijani port in Alat, Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Azerbaijan Ignacio Sanchez Taboada told Trend. “Azerbaijan is much interested in developing Alat Port as a piece a multimodal logistic infrastructure connecting East and West. Similar multimodal …

Dynamics of Georgian-Azerbaijani relations Bilateral relations between Georgia and Azerbaijan are developing rapidly, said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Azerbaijan Zurab Pataradze. “There are big positive breakthroughs in our bilateral relations, and, I think, in the future, these relations will develop, strengthen and expand. The dynamics of Georgian-Azerbaijani …

The two-hour online B2G forum, which was organized with the participation of Directors General of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan Rashad Orujov and Ziya Aliyev, addressed issues facing entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chairman and Group CEO of the Caspian European Club and Caspian Energy Telman Aliyev told AZERTAC. Speaking about …

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Azerbaijan announced the termination of procedure for determining refugee status in Azerbaijan for individuals applying for international protection from July 1, 2020, the agency’s official website reported on July 1. Decision is made with reference to arrangements between the State Migration Service …

Azerbaijani poets Nigar Hasanzade and Ramiz Rovshan will read out their poems at the International Poetry Festival in Colombia. The festival will bring together 191 poets from 103 countries from August 1 to October 10. Azerbaijani poets will present their poems on September 5. Each author will read out his poem in the original …