Azerbaijan

Today Azerbaijanis celebrate the Republic day that honors the date on which the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic (ADR) was founded in 1918 as the first democratic republic in the entire Muslim East. On May 18, Azerbaijan’s National Council declared the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which marked the country’s independence from the …

The preference will be given to environmentally friendly vehicles in Azerbaijan’s Shusha city, Trend reports on May 21. The list of prohibited business activity in the city will be determined by the structure chosen by the relevant executive structure. This has been outlined in the bill “On Shusha city – the cultural …

The betterment of human life in various socio-economic aspects has always been the mandate of the State Committee on Work with Diaspora of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The post-liberation era of the country brought forth many queries about settling national policies and tackling international challenges. As the former required internal …

At the initiative and with the support of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation, the book “Heydar Aliyev and the Common Turkic Cultural Heritage” dedicated to the national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev will be published in Turkey. The book contains information about the invaluable contribution of the outstanding …

Azerbaijan will commission in September the “Victory Road” leading to its historic Shusha city liberated from the Armenian occupation in the war in 2020. The 101-km-long “Victory Road” starts from the Hajigabul-Minjivan-Zangazur highway in liberated Fuzuli and is part of the unified transport concept of Karabakh, Spokesman of the State …

Leyla Aliyeva, Vice President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, founder and head of the IDEA Public Union, has visited the Gizilaghaj National Park in south of Azerbaijan. After getting acquainted with the park’s rich fauna and flora, Leyla Aliyeva and the Ecology Minister Mukhtar Babayev discussed prospects for future development of specially protected natural areas, including coastal and …

Baku Book Center has hosted an award ceremony for the winners of the essay contest on the theme “Azerbaijan in the future”. The project was co-organized by the Baku Book Center in partnership with LANDAU School, Trend Life reported. The event was attended by the director of the Baku Book Center, …

Azerbaijan’s Yashat Foundation that was set up to help families of soldiers killed and injured during the 2020 Karabakh War, has collected over AZN 31 million ($18.2M) as of April 20, the foundation has reported. A total of 14,240 people, including 2,881 martyrs’ family members and 2,735 wounded citizens’ needs …

Shah Ismail Khatai’s “Dehname” and “Nasiyatname” poems have been published in Baku. The books were published by “Hədəf Nəşrləri” publishing house on the initiative of the relevant commission under the Azerbaijan Writers’ Union, Day.Az reported. The author of the project is chairman of the commission, writer, associate professor Shamil Sadig. Shah Ismail …

The Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) and the Azerbaijan National Commission for Education, Science, and Culture have discussed prospects of cooperation in science and technology. The meeting was attended by Secretary-General of the Azerbaijani National Commission for Education, Science, and Culture Vasif Eyvazzade, a member of the Comission Leyla Taghizade, head of the …