Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s Yashat Foundation, which was set up to help families of soldiers killed and injured during the last year’s 44-day Karabakh war, continues to send seriously injured war veterans to Turkey for treatment. Five more veterans – Arshad Idrisov, Rahib Misirzade, Nurlan Amanli, Jeyhun Samadov and Saddam Azizli will receive treatment in Turkey. The foundation will monitor …

The 16th International Baku Jazz Festival will be held on September 10-18 with the support of the Ministry of Culture. The Festival is dedicated to the memory of the heroic martyrs of Azerbaijan, as well as the spirit of jazz music that does not bend under the weight of difficult …

On September 3, an event dedicated to the 880th anniversary of the world-famous Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi was held in the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, one of the oldest architectural monuments of Azerbaijan, with the organization of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation and with the support …

International Day of Azerbaijani Mugham and Silk Road countries’ Music has been solemnly marked in the country. Every year, the day is celebrated by  all mugham singers and music lovers. The decision to proclaim August 26 as the International Day of Azerbaijani Mugham was made by the administration of the Canadian city of Niagara-on-the-Lake …

“I have noticed that some foreign media saying that Azerbaijan has liberated seven districts. This is not true. We have liberated seven districts, but at the same time we have also liberated the city of Shusha, we have also liberated Hadrut, we have also liberated 60 percent of Khojavand district, …

AZAL announces the opening of vacancies at the Fuzuli International Airport for natives of this area. In the run-up to the opening of the first airport in Karabakh, the natives of Fuzuli are invited to start a career in such an interesting and responsible industry as the civil aviation of …

Azerbaijani archaeologists have discovered a new Neolithic human settlement near the Horadiz city of the liberated Fuzuli region, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) reported on August 23. The historical monument is located in the Lalatapa area, which was liberated from Armenian occupation during the April battles of 2016. The …

The “Army of Culture” creative contest is being held in Moscow, Russia as part of the “International Army Games – 2021”, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan told AZERTAC. “Azerbaijan is represented at the contest by the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Army Ideological and Cultural Center named after Hazi …

Those Azerbaijani citizens who died from coronavirus (COVID-19) and are seriously ill and under treatment in special hospitals, weren’t vaccinated, the chairman of the medical-scientific committee under the board of the Union for the Management of Medical Territorial Units (TABIB), Professor Akif Gurbanov said, Trend reports on Aug.19. According to Gurbanov, none …

The date of preliminary trial on the criminal case against Azerbaijan’s ex-Ambassador to Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, and Herzegovina Eldar Hasanov, was announced, Trend reports on Aug.18. The trial will be held on August 27 at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes and chaired by Judge Afgan Hajiyev. As earlier reported, during …