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Land of Fire is preparing to bring national pomegranate to new export markets in Europe. Azerbaijan plans to export pomegranate to several European countries, Executive Director of the Azerbaijan Pomegranate Producers and Exporters Association Yusif Akhundov told Report. Akhundov stressed that negotiations are underway on export to Latvia, Poland and …

Azerbaijan will take part in International Bakshy Festival in Uzbekistan. The festival will be held in the city of Termez on April 5-10, Azertag reported. Bakshy musicians, ashiqs, singers and ensembles, folklorists from Uzbekistan and 86 countries will take part in the event. Azerbaijan will be represented at the festival …

The government of Azerbaijan and UNESCO have signed an agreement on the organization of the 3rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Baku. The document was signed by Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev and UNESCO Assistant Director-General Ernesto Ottone Ramírez. The session will be held on …

Azerbaijani gymnasts will contest medals at the International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament “Baltic Hoop 2019” to be held in Riga, Latvia on March 30-31. Azerbaijan`s hopes will be pinned on Veronika Gudis və Darya Sorokina. The tournament will bring together more than 40 gymnasts from 20 countries.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has warned citizens against visiting the Armenia-occupied territories of Azerbaijan without the permission of official Baku. A statement posted on the ministry`s website as the result of efforts of the Azerbaijani Embassy says unauthorized visits to the Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts of Azerbaijan (Aghdam, Lachin, …

Azerbaijani MPs Nagif Khamzayev, Azer Karimli and Rufat Guliyev will leave for Kyiv to observe the presidential election to be held in Ukraine March 31, Trend reports with reference to the parliament’s statement. Nagif Khamzayev will participate in the election observation process as part of the PACE observation mission. Azer Karimli will …

First passenger train launched by the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway arrived in Georgia, Trend reports citing Georgian media. The passenger train of the Swiss company Stadler launched by BTK in test mode. The train belongs to “Azerbaijan Railways”. A few days ago the train arrived in Istanbul from Switzerland. From Turkey, the train …

The 4th SOCAR International Caspian and Central Asia Downstream Forum – Trading, Logistics, Refining, Petrochemicals marking 96th anniversary of national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev will be held in Baku on April 22-25. The event will be co-organized by Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) and Confidence Capital Ltd. (UK). As …

On the sidelines of the Francophonie weeks, the Embassy of Switzerland will organize concerts of two Swiss musicians, one in Baku and the other one in Sumgait cities. The duo – Marc Aymon and Ephraim Salzman will perform in Baku Mugham Centre on 30th March. On 1st April, the Swiss …

Trend: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to attract a consultant to support the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan in the development and implementation of a competitive (auction) scheme for renewable energy producers, Trend reports referring to the bank’s website. It is planned to begin the implementation of these …