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Karabakh horse breed, which is one of the oldest horse breeds in the world, is a symbol of national heritage and pride of the Azerbaijani people. Today there are more than 425 breeds of horses around the world, two of which appeared in Azerbaijan – the Karabakh and the Dilboz …

After the liberation of Shusha, one of the significant centers of Azerbaijan’s historical, cultural, political and social life, the cradle of art and culture and the source of our pride, Azertac correspondents visited the homeland of Panahali Khan many times to make numerous reports and news of different topics. The …

In the North of Azerbaijan lies one of the country`s oldest villages – Lahij, that was once the copper mining hub producing copperware exported across the Middle East. Copper craftsmanship of Lahij is the traditional practice of making and using copperware. Located on the left bank of the Girdimanchay River …

The poem of “Khosrow and Shirin” by great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi contains the following lines: “The bow, like Moses, groans and glows; the musician silently hears out the singer.” These lines refer to the musical instrument kamancha. By the end of the 1st millennium, the bowed stringed …

In 2022, the Azerbaijani people will celebrate the 270th anniversary of Shusha the foundation of which was laid by Azerbaijani Karabakh khanate’s Panahali khan in 1752. Taking into account this glorious history and in order to accelerate the restoration of Shusha, President Ilham Aliyev declared 2022 as the “Year of …

The Sochi meeting was another critical diplomatic round in the post-war negotiations; it laid down the provisional foundations of the future delimitation and demarcation of the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border and reiterated the centrality of the format of the negotiations, the origins of which go back to the 10 November ceasefire deal. It perhaps …

Fikrat Amirov’s ballet “Nizami” has premiered at the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. The ballet  “Nizami” brilliantly links the storyline and the poet’s biography.  While creating the ballet, Ajdar Ulduz (playwright)  relied mainly on the poetic text. The ballet stands out for its originality and historical accuracy. Ajdar Ulduz could recreate the atmosphere soaked in the …

The State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan has prepared a project for the development of tourism in Karabakh, on the basis of which tourism resources and facilities in the liberated territories will be assessed, the head of the regional tourism development sector of the Agency Elgun Javadov told Trend. According to Javadov, …

As a continuation of Nar’s communication under the slogan ‘Long live Azerbaijan!’ dedicated to the Victory Day, ‘Veteran Teachers’, the book about the heroism of teachers who took part in the 44-day war, was presented. Published with the support of the mobile operator, the book contains 38 interviews prepared by …

44 days of Patriotic War ended with the splendid victory of Azerbaijan. During which Azerbaijan’s infinite voyage of martyrdom was confronted with maliciousness of Armenian which carried notorious past full of severer ethnic cleansing and horrible genocide, conspiratorial present and frightening future because of its paramount fascist hangover and state …