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By Rashid Shirinov Azerbaijan intends to significantly increase hazelnut production in 2018, according to the Azerbaijan Hazelnut Exporters Consortium. Its representative noted that the Consortium plans to increase production by almost 48 percent. “We plan to produce 60,000-65,000 tons of hazelnut in 2018, which is much more than last year. …

The coastal Astara region of Azerbaijan is lushly forested and is known especially for its citrus fruits. Rising rapidly behind this narrow fringe, the first phalanx of wooded hills are vaguely evocative of South-East Asia with big slightly sparse tree cover on thin, red soil. Behind are folds of forested …

The Azerbaijani company Azhazelnut signed a contract with Latvia’s Alisco for the export of hazelnuts to Latvia worth $250,000, Trend reports referring to the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan. According to the ministry, as part of the export mission of Azerbaijan to Riga, a preliminary agreement was also reached on the export …

Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko has visited the Alley of Martyrs to lay flowers at the graves of Azerbaijani heroes who gave their lives for the country’s independence and territorial integrity. She laid a wreath at the Eternal Flame monument.

AZAL President Jahangir Asgarov has today met with Mayor of the city of Batumi Lasha Komakhidze, who is in Baku on a working visit. The sides hailed the opening of direct regular flights starting from June 14, 2019 by the Azerbaijani low-cost airline Buta Airways. According to Jahangir Asgarov, flights …

Kapital Bank’s assets as of April 1, 2019 have amounted to 3.6 bln. manats, while the volume of the Bank’s credit portfolio has reached 1.5 bln. manats. The total amount of client deposits in Kapital Bank as of April 1, 2019 have amounted to 2.7 billion manats. The amount of …

According to the Action Plan for 2019, a seminar on international humanitarian law has been held in the House of Officers of the Ganja Garrison with the support of the Ministry of Defense and with the organization of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Members of the ICRC …

Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Economy will send an export mission to Doha, the capital of Qatar, from April 12 to April 16. The export mission will include 25 companies specializing in the fields of food, textile, travel and building materials industries. According to the ministry, the export mission aims to promote …

Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of Azerbaijan`s Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev has met with Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Michael Moller. They discussed cooperation between Azerbaijan and the UN, as well as Azerbaijan`s implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the county`s chairmanship of the …

Niyazi was one of the greatest conductors of Azerbaijani classical music. He was the son of Zulfugar Hajibayli (Uzeyir Hajibayli’s brother, also a famous composer). Having conducted in the symphonic orchestras in Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Bucharest, New York, Paris, Istanbul, London, Tehran, Beijing, etc., Niyazi made Azerbaijani classical music world-famous. …