President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on the appointment of Kanan Najafov and Zaur Gurbanov as Vice Presidents of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR), Azertag reported on August 11. On the same day, Aliyev signed a decree “On improving the structure of the State Oil Company of the Republic …

The 7th Baku International Book Fair will be held from 22 to 26 September at Baku Expo Center. The purpose of the fair is to promote and popularize books and reading habit, while familiarizing visitors with the print media of both Azerbaijani and foreign publishers. The fair’s aim is to …

An event under the slogan “Promoting friendly relations between Finland and Azerbaijan” has been held in the city of Helsinki. Finnish MP Veronika Honkasalo, renowned writer Aulikki Oksanen, theater director Juha Kukkonen, representatives of the Turkish-Finnish society and the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Finland, as well as local businessmen and representatives …

Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has said that there is broad agenda of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belgium and that bilateral relations are developing successfully, the ministry’s press service reported. At the same time, he spoke about mutually beneficial partnership of Azerbaijan with the European Union. Bayramov made the remarks while …

Cooperation in the field of labor, employment and social protection between Azerbaijan and Turkey were discussed during the videoconference meeting of two counties’ Labor and Social Protection Ministers Sahil Babayev and Vedat Bilgin. Baku and Ankara have discussed cooperation in the field of labor, employment during the meeting held between …

With an eye toward providing the population with high-quality and high-speed Internet by expansion of its network throughout the country, Nar placed more than 50 new base stations into service in the first six months of 2021. Further increase in the number of LTE/LTE-A technology base stations have led to …

Some 124 companies with Azerbaijani capital were registered in Turkey from January through June 2021, which is by 73 companies less compared to the same period of 2020, the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) told Trend. The total capital of Azerbaijani companies registered in Turkey from January through …

IOM-supported project for the restoration of ancient irrigation systems – kahrizes in regions of Azerbaijan will contribute to Azerbaijan’s efforts to fulfill three Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the IOM official told Trend. The IOM official noted that the project is among the most crucial and timely activity undertaken by the IOM …

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has expressed support for neighbouring Georgia’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. “Azerbaijan supports independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognized borders,” the ministry stated on its official Twitter account on August 8. The statement added that  Azerbaijan and Georgia enjoy strategic partnership based on the respect …

A tunnel will be built on the Toganaly-Kalbajar highway in Azerbaijan, Deputy Head of the Main Department for Operation and Repair of Roads of the State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads Idayat Rustamov said at a briefing on the results of the first half of 2021 and further tasks, Trend reports on …