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YARAT Contemporary Art Space has presented a group exhibition METACODE at the Museum of Azerbaijani Painting of the XX-XXI centuries, Azernews reports, citing Trend Life. The art project covers artworks by Azerbaijani artists of different generations including Rasim Babayev, Rashad Babayev, Huseyn Jalilov, Teymur Daimi, Irina Eldarova, Leyli Alakbarova, Anvar Asgarov, …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is assisting Georgia in construction of a new customs checkpoint on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border, Trend reports citing the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia. The Deputy Head of the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia Vladimer Khundadze held a working meeting …

It is expected that new flights will be launched from Astana to Baku during the spring/summer of 2023, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. “It is expected to launch flights from Aktau and Shymkent to Ankara, from Almaty and Aktau to Medina, from …

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev has met with Director for Eastern Partnership and Institution Building at the Directorate-General for EU Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Lawrence Meredith. The meeting took place within the framework of the visit of the European Union representative to Azerbaijan. Representatives of the …

An international conference on “UNESCO conventions’ role in preserving cultural values and aspects of improving their application” has started in Baku, Azernews reports. The conference was co-organized by Azerbaijan National Commission for UNESCO, ICOMOS Azerbaijan National Committee, ICOM Azerbaijan National Committee, and ADA University. ADA University’s Vice-rector, the Institute of …

Modern Iran is a prisoner of chemotherapy, with a constant need for venom to be jettisoned into its veins so as to feel reasonably fit and give the enemy a warning. The latter is not a mere figment of a deluded imagination; there is a growing discontent, not necessarily driven …

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources have jointly issued a statement about the meeting of the monitoring group, which will investigate the illegal exploitation of natural resources, with the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent temporarily deployed in the territory of the Republic of …