Politics

On August 15, at 04:33 and 07:25 the Armenian armed forces units from the positions in the Arazdayan settlement of Vedi region, using large-caliber weapons subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions in the direction of Heydarabad settlement of Sadarak district, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan told AZERTAC. …

UN human rights experts have said that Armenia must stop intimidating human rights defender Sashik Sultanyan, founder of the Yezidi Center for Human Rights, who faces criminal charges for speaking out in support of minority rights, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has reported on its …

On August 12 at 21:26, the Armenian armed forces units from the positions in the Khazinavar settlement of Gorus region using small arms subjected to fire the positions of the Azerbaijan Army in the direction of Garigishlag settlement of Lachin district, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. “On August 13 starting …

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received prominent Kazakh poet and public figure Olzhas Suleimenov. According to AZERTAC, President Ilham Aliyev said he was pleased to welcome Olzhas Suleimenov to Azerbaijan, noting that he is known in Azerbaijan as a great friend of the Azerbaijani people, a prominent …

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on the appointment of Kanan Najafov and Zaur Gurbanov as Vice Presidents of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR), Azertag reported on August 11. On the same day, Aliyev signed a decree “On improving the structure of the State Oil Company of the Republic …

An event under the slogan “Promoting friendly relations between Finland and Azerbaijan” has been held in the city of Helsinki. Finnish MP Veronika Honkasalo, renowned writer Aulikki Oksanen, theater director Juha Kukkonen, representatives of the Turkish-Finnish society and the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Finland, as well as local businessmen and representatives …

Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has said that there is broad agenda of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belgium and that bilateral relations are developing successfully, the ministry’s press service reported. At the same time, he spoke about mutually beneficial partnership of Azerbaijan with the European Union. Bayramov made the remarks while …

Cooperation in the field of labor, employment and social protection between Azerbaijan and Turkey were discussed during the videoconference meeting of two counties’ Labor and Social Protection Ministers Sahil Babayev and Vedat Bilgin. Baku and Ankara have discussed cooperation in the field of labor, employment during the meeting held between …

IOM-supported project for the restoration of ancient irrigation systems – kahrizes in regions of Azerbaijan will contribute to Azerbaijan’s efforts to fulfill three Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the IOM official told Trend. The IOM official noted that the project is among the most crucial and timely activity undertaken by the IOM …

Azerbaijan will send another group of firefighters to help extinguish massive forest fires across Turkey, Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov told APA on August 6. Heydarov said that 200 employees of the Special Risk Rescue Service will be sent to Turkey, reminding that 510 employees of the ministry, Be-200 …