Azerbaijan

Latvia is interested to promote further cooperation with Azerbaijan in education, Deputy Head of Latvian Mission in Azerbaijan Vija Buša told Trend. In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to note a growing interest of the Azerbaijani students to study in Latvian higher education institutions, she said. Buša …

Work is underway to hold Khari Bulbul Festival in Shusha city, known as cradle of Azerbaijani culture. The city was liberated from Armenian occupation on November 8, 2020. “We plan to have this festival in Shusha this year,” said the Culture Minister Anar Karimov. Khari Bulbul Music Festival was held every …

Baku has once again condemned Armenia’s deliberate policy of genocide and ethnic cleansing on the 103rd anniversary of the mass killings of Azerbaijanis on ethnic and religious grounds on March 31, 1918. In a statement issued on March 31, 2021, to commemorate the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis, the Azerbaijani …

Eurasia Review journal has published an article headlined “Azerbaijan aims to transform liberated territories to high-tech area”. Written by leading advisor of the Center of Analysis of International Relations Orkhan Baghirov, the article reads: “The signing of the trilateral declaration on 10 November of 2020 between the leaders of Russia, …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has repeatedly stressed the importance of the joint fight of the countries of the world against the coronavirus pandemic and close cooperation in this area. In this sense, it was stated that equitable distribution of vaccines among countries of the world is an important component of …

A group of Azerbaijani intellectuals have made an appeal to Director-General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay. The document expressed serious concern about the threat of complete disappearance of the centuries-old cultural heritage of the Azerbaijani people on the territory of Armenia as a result of its policy. “Due to Armenia’s ethnic …

The summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States (Turkic Council), scheduled for March 31, 2021 in Kazakhstan’s Turkestan city, will be held via videoconference, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. “Due to the pandemic situation, the Kazakh side made a decision to hold an unofficial …

Cultural figures and representatives of diplomatic missions have viewed art works inspired by Novruz holiday at National Art Museum. Metal products, exquisite examples of artistic embroidery, carpets and national clothes, paintings by Azerbaijani artists grabbed the attention of art lovers. The exposition includes works by prominent Azerbaijani artists – Sattar Bahlulzade, Maral Rahmanzade, …

Novruz is among most important and favorite holidays of the Azerbaijani people. The holiday marks the arrival of spring and is celebrated on the vernal equinox, March 20-21 – the beginning of the astronomical New Year. Azerbaijani people celebrate four pre-holiday Tuesdays before spring festival. Each Tuesday is dedicated to …

“This year we are celebrating Novruz in Shusha, in Jidir Duzu. This is a historic event,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he addressed the nation after lighting a holiday bonfire on Jidir Duzu, Shusha. “Every year since 2004, when congratulating the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of Novruz, I …