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Azerbaijan is celebrating Wind Tuesday, before Novruz spring holiday. The legend has it that different winds sleep underground: Khazri (cold northern wind), Gilavar (southern wind), Agh Yel (White Wind) and Gara Yel (Black Wind), both hot, dry summer winds. At the same time, the Yel baba (Father of Wind) ceremony …

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev congratulated Võ Văn Thưởng on his election as President of Vietnam. Dear Mr. President, I sincerely congratulate you on your election as the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. We attach special importance to the comprehensive development of traditional friendly relations between Azerbaijan and …

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has made public the names of the servicemen, who were killed in the March 5 provocation of the illegal Armenian formations in Karabakh. They are the service members of the Azerbaijani army, Alibayli Sahriyar, and Huseynov Esqin, Azernews reports per the Defense Ministry. The leadership of …

Azerbaijani rescuers will be the last to leave the earthquake zone in southeastern Turkiye, Azernews reports, citing Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. On Saturday, the minister visited Diyarbakir province, located in the southeast of Turkiye, where he got acquainted with the work of creating another modular town for citizens who lost their …

The National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers) Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW) have inked the Memorandum of Understanding in Berlin, Germany. The document was signed by authorized representative of the Confederation in Germany Elnur Huseynov and BVMW Executive Chairman Markus …

Representatives of Baku Shipyard and Balkan Shipyard and Ship Repair plant discussed the development prospects of bilateral cooperation, Azernews reports. The parties got acquainted with information about the capabilities, structure, activity and cooperation of both companies at the meeting held in the city of Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan. During the meeting, great attention was …

The goals and objectives of further cooperation in the field of civil aviation between the countries were discussed at a meeting of AZAL President Jahangir Asgarov and Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Torobayev. The parties discussed ideas to improve the effectiveness of cooperation and also identified specific measures to …