Russia & CIS

Baku will host the Azerbaijan-Poland business meeting on May 17, Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) said in a message on May 1.

“My Step” initiative leader Nikol Pashinyan was not elected a Prime Minister, news.am reports.

Spokesperson of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Hikmat Hajiyev is attending the 40th session of the UN General Assembly Committee on Information in New York City, AzerTag reports.

A fatal road accident in Azerbaijan’s Kurdamir district resulted in the death of one person and several other being injured when two Mercedes cars collided on Tuesday afternoon, APA’s local bureau reported.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has today signed a decree on additional measures to modernize the activity of the Azerbaijan Mortgage and Credit Guarantee Fund.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on additional measures on construction of Golgeti-Dahnakhalil-Goshagovag-Arabojagi motor road in Agdash district, APA reports.

Original portraits of Shah Ismail and son to be exhibited in BakuItaly’s Embassy in Azerbaijan will organize an interesting exhibition for the first time in Baku, Italian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Augusto Massari said.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree on amendments to the decree on “Regulating export of food products from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the countries of the European Union” dated of April 1 2005.

"When exchanging information, we must try to give full, objective and broad information about Azerbaijan."

The State Committee for Property Affairs of Azerbaijan has held a regular auction on privatization of state property facilities.

Azerbaijan will join the drills of the Turkish Navy, Turkish media reported on May 1.

Tens of thousands of people gathered across Turkey, including Istanbul and capital Ankara on Tuesday to mark the International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day.

A group of Azerbaijani, Georgian and Armenian youth has held a rally in downtown Tbilisi calling for peace, APA's Georgian bureau reported.

The International Bank of Azerbaijan and ASAN Radio, with the support of ASAN Service, have launched a joint project timed to the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic.

Ararat Mirzoyan, representative of Armenia’s Yelq opposition faction, has put forward the candidacy of the faction’s leader Nikol Pashinyan for the post of prime minister, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Azerbaijani MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev has proposed convening a special meeting of the parliament with regard to the ongoing political unrest in Armenia, APA reported.

The Ministry of Emergency Situation received information about the fire at about 12:10 p.m.

Trilateral meeting of Russian, Turkish and Iranian Foreign Ministers is being held in Moscow within the Astana process on regulation of Syrian conflict.

An accident occurred a few minutes after the start of the Formula 2 competition in Baku.

Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Gonzalez Sanz, who is on a working visit to Azerbaijan.