The U.S. has allocated $1 million to Azerbaijan to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earle Litzenberger has said. Litzenberger added that the funds will be transferred to Azerbaijan through the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Azerbaijan confirmed its first COVID-19 case …
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TABIB shares plans to complete COVID-19 vaccination in Azerbaijan until autumn 2021
The process of vaccination against coronavirus continues successfully in Azerbaijan, Ramin Bayramly, chairman of the Board of the Association for Management of Medical Territorial Subdivisions (TABIB), said, Trend reports on July 2. “Every day, citizens receive on average more than 80,000 doses of the vaccine. We plan to complete the vaccination by …
Read More »Nar annuls monthly service fee for ‘Citizen’ type of ASAN IMZA
From July 1, 2021, Nar subscribers will be exempted from monthly subscription fee for ‘Citizen’ type of Asan Imza. Those who joined the service from June 20, 2020, as well as the new members will be able to benefit from this tariff. It is worth noting that, monthly subscription fee …
Read More »Russia allows tomato imports from more Azerbaijani enterprises
Russia’s agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has lifted the ban on tomato imports from eleven more Azerbaijani enterprises, starting from July 1. The decision was made based on the results of the quarantine phytosanitary examination of samples of products selected during the joint video inspections, and under the guarantees of Azerbaijan’s Food …
Read More »President Ilham Aliyev: The idea of establishing Alat Free Economic Zone is based on our policy
“The idea of establishing the Alat Free Economic Zone is based on our policy. In particular, the work done to develop the non-oil sector in recent years has given an impetus to the establishment of this zone,” President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with Azerbaijan Television following the groundbreaking …
Read More »Baku urges int’l pressure on Armenia over Azerbaijani rivers’ pollution
Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Mukhtar Babayev has said that the international community must put pressure on Armenia to urge the latter to stop polluting Azerbaijani rivers, Trend reported on June 30. He made the remarks at the presentation of the Karabakh.Center web resource in Baku on June 30. “Unfortunately, Armenia …
Read More »Azerbaijan chairs meeting of NAM group at UNESCO
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) group at UNESCO has held its regular plenary online meeting under Azerbaijan’s chairmanship, the local media reported on June 30. The meeting chaired by the head of Azerbaijan’s permanent mission to UNESCO, Ambassador Elman Abdullayev, was attended by UNESCO Deputy Director-General Xing Qu and ambassadors from the NAM member and observer …
Read More »USAID to participate in reconstruction of Azerbaijan’s liberated lands
By Ayya Lmahamad The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will participate in the reconstruction work carried out in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories. The remark was made by the head of the USAID mission in Azerbaijan Jay Singh during a summit dedicated to supporting women’s entrepreneurship, held in Baku on June …
Read More »ABC Money: Nagorno-Karabakh has potential to become region’s renewable energy haven
Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh has a potential to become a renewable energy haven in the region, UK’s ABC Money news agency has reported. In an article “How Azerbaijan is Transforming Karabakh into a Renewable Energy Hub”, the agency noted that the implementation of such renewable energy projects in Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan’s …
Read More »Lithuania can offer Azerbaijan fast route to Scandinavian countries – vice-minister
Question: What are the priorities of cooperation between Lithuania and Azerbaijan in the sphere of economy? Answer: Azerbaijan is one of our main trading partners in South Caucasus. Although, trade relationship between Lithuania and Azerbaijan currently are not intense, they could be intensified in the short and medium run. There are …
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