Chairperson of Azerbaijani parliament Sahiba Gafarova met with the visiting delegation led by Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) Akif Kilic on 9 March, Trend reports citing Press and Public Relations Department of the parliament. Welcoming the guests, Sahiba Gafarova expressed …
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Liberated Shusha supplied with regular water
Azerbaijan is restoring its historic Shusha city in Nagorno-Karabakh liberated from the Armenian occupation as a result of the 44-day-war. After the repair and restoration work, water supply has also been ensured in the city, the Cabinet of Ministers has said in its report on activities of 2020. According to …
Read More »Israel Hayom newspaper: Assistant to Azerbaijani President thanks Israeli doctors for medical assistance
Israel’s “Israel Hayom” newspaper has published an article by Israeli journalist Dean Shmuel Elmas, highlighting Assistant to Azerbaijani President, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev’s message of gratitude as he thanked Israeli medical delegation for rendering ophthalmological assistance to over 150 Azerbaijani servicemen wounded …
Read More »Azerbaijan,Tajikistan eye tourism cooperation
Azerbaijan and Tajikistan have discussed prospects of cooperation in tourism. The number of Tajik citizens visiting Azerbaijan increased by 50 percent and reached 3,500 in 2019, Trend reported. The Chairman of the State Tourism Agency Fuad Naghiyev stressed that the above figures don’t fully reflect the potential of tourism cooperation between the …
Read More »Azerbaijani, Czech tourism companies discuss prospects for developing relations
Forty Azerbaijani and Czech tourism companies have met in an online meeting in B2B (Business to Business) format to discuss how to develop relations in the tourism industry. Representatives of Azerbaijan Tourism Bureau, Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the Czech Republic, the Embassy of the Czech Republic …
Read More »Azerbaijan Railways, McKinsey mull corporate strategy development
Azerbaijan and the world’s leading McKinsey & Company held a video conference as part of the agreement to develop Azerbaijan Railways’ Corporate Strategy until 2030. Azerbaijan Railways’ Chairman Javid Gurbanov emphasized that as a result of increased attention to the railways sector and ongoing reforms, the company’s financial obligations have …
Read More »Azerbaijan boosts electricity export to Georgia in Jan-Feb
Azerbaijan increased the volume of electricity exported to neighbouring Georgia by 16.7 percent in January-February 2021, Azertag has reported. In the first two months of the year, Azerbaijan exported 299.7 million kWh of electricity to Georgia thus accounting for 36.2 percent of this country’s total electricity imports. Overall, Georgia imported …
Read More »Interest in entrepreneurship growing among women in Azerbaijan
The Small and Medium Business Development Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, represented by women entrepreneurs, congratulates all women on the occasion of March 8 – International Women’s Day and wishes them success in their activity, Trend reports with reference to the Small and Medium Business Development Agency. Women play …
Read More »Baku celebrating International Women’s Day
As in many other countries, Azerbaijan is also celebrating International Women’s Day – March 8, Trend reports. In August 1910, at a conference in Copenhagen (Denmark), the well-known activist of the German Social Democracy, Clara Zetkin, proposed the establishment of an International Day for the struggle for women’s equality and …
Read More »WHO official advises against introducing ‘immunity passports’ for travelers now
The World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend using the so-called “immunity passports” with COVID-19 vaccination data for the time being, WHO Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic has told TASS, TREND reports. “At this stage, WHO does not recommend the use of ‘vaccination certificates’ for travelers as there are many …
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