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Azerbaijan State Drama Theater will join the International Festival of National Theaters in Dagestan. The event will be held in Derbent, Izberbash and Makhachkala on April 22-29. The festival will open with the performance of the Atninsky Drama Theater. The play “Last Day” will be presented to the audience, Azertag …

Freestyle wrestler Sharif Sharifov (92kg) has bagged another gold medal for Azerbaijan at the European Championships in Bucharest, Romania. He secured the gold medal thanks to a victory over Polish Zbigniew Baranowski 9-1. On the way to the final, Sharifov defeated Russian Magomed Kurbanov 6-2 and Georgian Irakli Mtsituri 8-2. …

Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Economy will send an export mission to Doha, the capital of Qatar, from April 12 to April 16. The export mission will include 25 companies specializing in the fields of food, textile, travel and building materials industries. According to the ministry, the export mission aims to promote …

Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of Azerbaijan`s Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev has met with Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Michael Moller. They discussed cooperation between Azerbaijan and the UN, as well as Azerbaijan`s implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the county`s chairmanship of the …

Azerbaijani Olympic Champion Sharif Sharifov (92kg) is one step away from earning the country another gold medal at the European Championships in Bucharest, Romania after he beat Georgian Irakli Mtsituri 8-2 in the semifinal. Sharifov also defeated Russian Magomed Kurbanov 6-2 in the quarterfinal. He will wrestle with Polish Zbigniew …

Niyazi was one of the greatest conductors of Azerbaijani classical music. He was the son of Zulfugar Hajibayli (Uzeyir Hajibayli’s brother, also a famous composer). Having conducted in the symphonic orchestras in Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Bucharest, New York, Paris, Istanbul, London, Tehran, Beijing, etc., Niyazi made Azerbaijani classical music world-famous. …

Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) is inviting Azerbaijani entrepreneurs to attend a business forum to be organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek in May. The forum aims to strengthen economic, business, trade and export relations within SCO and attract new investments, AZPROMO said.

The German-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce (AHK Azerbaijan) has held the official presentation of its brand-new “Market Analysis Azerbaijan 2019” publication, released in cooperation with Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI). Delivering a brief information about the project, Executive Director of AHK Azerbaijan Tobias Baumann expressed his acknowledgement to the companies supporting …

Azerbaijan International Development Agency and Azerbaijan`s Embassy in Argentina have published a book on Azerbaijani carpets in Spanish language. Authored by renowned professor, Doctor of Arts Roya Tagiyeva, the book is called “Azerbaijani carpets at the crossroads of civilizations”. The book marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the …

Azerbaijan and Montenegro have discussed prospects for developing relations as Head of the State Protocol Department of Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Parvin Mirzazade met with newly appointed Chargé d’affaires of Montenegro Zeljko Radulovic. Ambassador Parvin Mirzazade wished every success to Zeljko Radulovic during his diplomatic tenure in Azerbaijan. …