Azerbaijan is a reliable partner of UNESCO, said Edouard Matoko, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations, as he met with Anar Karimov, Azerbaijan’s Permanent Mission to UNESCO. Expressing satisfaction with the high level of Azerbaijan-UNESCO relations, Eduard Matoko hailed the importance of the Azerbaijani government’s contribution to …

The handball federations of Belarus, Lithuania, and Poland plan to bid to co-host the 2026 EHF European Men’s Handball Championship, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Handball Federation. The parties reached a preliminary agreement on cooperation in the matter and plan to send the corresponding documents to the European Handball Federation. …

CEO of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) Andreas Matthä has expressed his country`s keenness to expand cooperation with Azerbaijan as he met with Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev. Andreas Matthä said his country attaches great importance to cooperation with Azerbaijan. He highlighted the activity of the Austrian Federal Railways, …

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with Regional Director of the World Bank for the South Caucasus Mercy Tembon.

Nar, the country’s youngest mobile operator continues to provide high-quality and fast customer service to its subscribers via Call Centers, Nar.az website, as well as the social media. Thus, up to 30% of requests incoming via social networks are answered within 1 minute, and up to 60% in 10 minutes. …

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway is an important transport corridor connecting Europe with the countries of the region and serving the development of regional cooperation, Director-General for Mobility and Transport (MOVE) of the European Commission Henrik Hololei said at a briefing Feb. 19, Trend reports. He said the full launch of …

Azerbaijan’s GDP in January 2019 amounted to almost 5.9 billion manats, which is 2.9 percent more than in January 2018, Trend reports referring to the State Statistics Committee. GDP per capita was 601.1 manats. The volume of GDP produced in the non-oil sector of Azerbaijan increased by 2.7 percent over …

Over 100 companies have joined the Green Corridor system in Azerbaijan since February 1, 2019, Safar Mehdiyev, chairman of the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee, said, Trend reports. Mehdiyev made the remarks at the “Taxes, Transparency and Development” forum in Baku on Feb. 18. “All export companies and about 40 percent …

One of the main tasks is to increase transport safety in Azerbaijan, chairman of the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov said. Gurbanov made the remarks at a meeting with a delegation led by chairman of the Austrian Federal Railways JSC (OBB) Andreas Matte, Trend reports. He spoke about the work …

March 16 marks the 79th anniversary of  the founder of Azerbaijani jazz-mugham, honored art worker Vagif Mustafazade. On the eve of this date, friends and colleagues of the jazzman, fans of his music will gather in Moscow. The birthday of jazz legend will be held at Igor Butman Club on …