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Azerbaijan has left behind a number of European countries, including Italy and Lithuania, taking the 27th place in the sub-category “Quality of Road Infrastructure” in the Global Competitiveness Index report by the World Economic Forum, Trend reports. Thus, Azerbaijan, which took the 27th place, left behind Turkey, which ranked 31st, the UK, …

Demonstrating its commitment to the rich history, traditions and national cultural heritage of the Azerbaijani people, Nar is pleased to provide an opportunity for social media users to take part in the traditional Pomegranate Festival to be held on November 9-10 in Goychay. Thus, the mobile operator has announced next …

First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva has viewed conditions created at the sanatorium-type boarding school No 10 in Pirshaghi settlement, Sabunchu district after a major overhaul. First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva viewed a photo stand reflecting previous and present state of the …

A monument to great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Imadeddin Nasimi has been unveiled in the atrium of the All-Russian State Foreign Literature Library named after M.I.Rudomino in Moscow, Russia. The monument was opened with organizational support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva, Deputy …

Azerbaijan`s Leyla Zeynalova has won the 8th international contest of young pianists in Riga, Latvia. She earned three awards. A presidential scholarship holder, Leyla is a second-year student at the Baku Music Academy named after Uzeyir Hajibayli. She has won a number of international competitions, including in Azerbaijan, Germany, England, …

Azerbaijan’s capital is a city where the wonders of the past meet modernity. From ancient temples to breathtaking skyscrapers, the City of Winds is packed with history waiting to be explored. Baku has been named “Creative City of Design” by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). On the occasion of World Cities’ …

On October 28, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Republic of Azerbaijan Zacharie Gross was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received by Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov. At the meeting, the note of protest regarding last week visit of President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes …