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The price of the AZERI LT CIF oil, produced at the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli block of oil and gas fields, amounted to $78.12 per barrel at the Italian port of Augusta on Oct. 25, or $0.06 more than on Oct. 24, a source in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas market told Trend Oct. …

Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler Eldaniz Azizli (55kg) has won a gold medal at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary after defeating Kyrgyz Zholaman Sharshenbekov. On the way to the final, Azizli beat Hungarian Jozsef Andrasi, Chinese Liguo Cao, Japanese Shota Tanokura and Georgian Nugzari Tsurtsumia.

Azerbaijan has earned great international respect and the number of countries cooperating with Azerbaijan is growing every day, said Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev addressing on Oct.25 the opening of the 6th Baku International Humanitarian Forum held under the slogan “Shaping a New World and a New Humanity: Creativity and Human …

Azerbaijani prominent film director Vagif Mustafayev leads the 3rd Turkish World Documentary Film Festival jury, the gala night and awarding ceremony of which was realized with the participation of eight countries. Organized by the Journalists Association of the Turkish World, the festival hosted 140 documentaries from eight countries and 28 …

SOCAR’s President Rovnaq Abdullayev has met with the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez. Abdullayev provided an insight into SOCAR’s investments in Turkey. He highlighted the forthcoming launch of Star refinery next week. “Built in the territory of the Turkish PETKIM oil and  gas complex, the refinery will …

The Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation has presented a calendar of international competitions in the branches of gymnastics to be held in Baku in 2019, the Federation said in a statement. On February 16-17, the World Cup in trampoline tumbling will be launched, the message says. One month later, on March 14-17, …

By Laman Ismayilova Azerbaijan’s First International Animation Festival (ANIMAFILM) was held at Yarat Contemporary Art Space on October 19-21. The project aims to develop creative and production activities of filmmakers, film and animation studios of the country, review various genres of professional animation by foreign directors and exchange experience. The festival …