Azerbaijan

First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva has visited a special school #268 in Nasimi district, Baku. Mehriban Aliyeva met with children and inquired about their studies. Principal Seyfaddin Mustafayev informed the first vice-president that the school was commissioned on September 11, …

ompared to 2005, the level of piracy in book sales has decreased from 61 to 25 percent in Azerbaijan, Trend reports. This information was made public at the conference titled “The Role of Intellectual Property and Technology Commercialization: Innovative Development and Economic Reforms”. Moreover, it was also noted that piracy …

Director of the Institute of History of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), MP, Academician Yagub Mahmudov plays an important role in raising highly qualified historians in Azerbaijan. According to the Institute of History, February 10 marks the 80th anniversary of Yagub Mahmudov. He was born in 1939, in …

YARAT Contemporary Art Space invite you to the presentation of the movie “Let the Scream be Heard ” directed by Dheeraj Akolkar (Norway). The film screening will be held on February 12 as part of  YARAT Film Club. “Let the Scream be Heard” is an artistic investigation to reveal and …

Baku will host the first meeting of the working group for implementation of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea to be held Feb. 19-20 with the participation of representatives of the Caspian littoral states, Trend reports with reference to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Feb. 8. A number …

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin.

Azerbaijani photographer Arzu Murvatova will present her works in Ukraine. Her first solo exhibition will open in Kyiv on February 4, Azertag reported. In 2018, Murvatova took part in GaSHoTu International Festival of comedy art as an honored guest. She won the 3rd place in the category “Funny Photos”. She is currently …

A concert of Batumi State Music Center was held in Baku. Marvelous concert took place at Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall on February 7, Day. Az reported. Batumi State Music Center was founded in 2004 in Batumi. The center united Batumi State Kapel, the ballet corpses of the Batumi Opera and …

Ukrainian prima ballerina Tatiana Goliakova will perform at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Peoples’ Artist of Ukraine Tatiana Goliakova will perform in “Giselle” ballet by Adolphe Adam. Laureate of international competitions, Ukrainian ballet master Stanislav Olshanski will perform the role of Graf Albert.

On February 17, the exhibition titled “Upon request. The Russian Avant-Garde Collection of the Regional Museums, 1900-1930. Part 3” will be launched at the Heydar Aliyev Center. The display will feature unique avant-garde paintings from 17 regional museums scattered all over Russia. The works include canvases by some recognized classical …