Azerbaijan

A monument to great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Imadeddin Nasimi has been unveiled in the atrium of the All-Russian State Foreign Literature Library named after M.I.Rudomino in Moscow, Russia. The monument was opened with organizational support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva, Deputy …

Azerbaijan`s Leyla Zeynalova has won the 8th international contest of young pianists in Riga, Latvia. She earned three awards. A presidential scholarship holder, Leyla is a second-year student at the Baku Music Academy named after Uzeyir Hajibayli. She has won a number of international competitions, including in Azerbaijan, Germany, England, …

Azerbaijan’s capital is a city where the wonders of the past meet modernity. From ancient temples to breathtaking skyscrapers, the City of Winds is packed with history waiting to be explored. Baku has been named “Creative City of Design” by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). On the occasion of World Cities’ …

The European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan will hold the 2nd edition of “Fantazia” Cultural Heritage Festival from November 1-15 in Baku, Ganja and Nij village of Gabala. The purpose of the “Fantazia” Festival, named after Baku’s famous bath house protected building, is to raise awareness on the need to showcase …

The coastal Astara region of Azerbaijan is lushly forested and is known especially for its citrus fruits. Rising rapidly behind this narrow fringe, the first phalanx of wooded hills are vaguely evocative of South-East Asia with big slightly sparse tree cover on thin, red soil. Behind are folds of forested …

A solemn ceremony to mark the 650th birth anniversary of the great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Imadaddin Nasimi has been held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Addressing the event, Azerbaijan’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO Ambassador Anar Karimov said that President Ilham Aliyev declared 2019 as a Year of Nasimi in …

“Planting trees adorns the land and is an act of benevolence, which of course the land itself will benefit from. Green areas are beauty of life and it means fresh air,” People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Rasim Balayev has told AZERTAC. “I was profoundly happy to hear about this fantastic initiative carrying …

Azerbaijan’s national pavilion has received the Special Award and ranked second at the Beijing Expo 2019 exhibition for its exterior-interior design and composition. Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Singapore and the Netherlands were also among the countries who had received this award. Booths from Qatar, the UK, Germany and …

Azerbaijani Minister of Culture Abulfas Garayev has met with a Russian delegation led by advisor to the Minister of Culture Mikhail Kozhemyakin. Garayev hailed the development of cultural relations between Azerbaijan and Russia. He noted that Azerbaijan successfully cooperates with different countries in the cultural area as well as implements …

In Azerbaijan, there are nine national parks scattered throughout the country and characterized by high natural diversity. They are inhabited by hundreds of species of rare representatives of the fauna and flora listed in the Red Book. Unlike nature reserves, which, as a rule, do not allow tourists, National Parks …