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Azerbaijan has repatriated over 500 more citizens stranded on the border with Russia’s South Caucasus Republic of Dagestan due to coronavirus lockdown, Russian media has reported. A special corridor has been organized for the repatriation of citizens of both countries who could not return on time due to the closure …

US-based Azerbaijani film director Elmar Bayramov has begun work on a new short film. The director is filming drama “After”, which tells about a man who was taken as a hostage during the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. After 17 years, he decided to start looking for his daughter, Day.Az reported. Notably, Bayramov’s another work-short film …

143 more cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Azerbaijan, while 130 people have been recovered and discharged from the hospital, 2 patients died, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told APA. The overall number of coronavirus cases in Azerbaijan has reached  36,578, with 33,977 recoveries, and 536 deaths. …

“In fact, the Azerbaijani citizens expelled from Nagorno-Karabakh retain all their legal rights to property and the lands, which is currently resettled by displaced persons from Lebanon. This policy ultimately contradicts international law and will deepen the conflict even if Yerevan’s influence on the region is weakened,” Ukrainian political analyst, …

Over January-July, 2020, Azerkosmos OJSC delivered services (satellite and telecom services) worth $28.1 million to 27 countries, which is 10,2 percent higher compared to the same period last year, according to the August edition of the “Export Review” magazine published by the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms & Communications. …

The “Sea Cup” contest held in the territorial waters of Azerbaijan as part of the International Army Games – 2020 continues, press service of the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. “During the contest, the teams, demonstrating their skills and abilities, performed the episodes “Artillery firing at a floating mine”, “Artillery firing …

Turkey’s president Friday spoke to the NATO head over the phone, with the latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean discussed, the Turkish authorities said, according to Anadolu Agency. In the phone call with Jean Stoltenberg, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that Turkey supports a fair solution in the Eastern Mediterranean with …