Russia & CIS

The Council of Pakistan one of the most influential organizations of the Pakistani community in the United States awarded Azerbaijans Consul General in Los Angeles Nasimi Aghayev with its highest award

Azerbaijans Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with Personal Representative of the OSCE ChairpersoninOffice Andrzej Kasprzyk the Defense Ministry reported on Thrusday

In April 2019 the activity of Facebook users in Azerbaijan increased by 141 percentage points and reached 4057 percent compared with the previous month according to Global Stats

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 28 times the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on May 10

A chess tournament dedicated to the 96th birthday anniversary of Azerbaijans National Leader Heydar Aliyev was held on May 4 2019 in San Diego California the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles told NewsAz

The visit of the political leadership of Armenia to the city of Shusha which is under their military occupation statements made in this context as well as the words voiced by Yerevan including the foreign minister about Protecting Artsakhs freedom is the basis of our commitments on the peaceful settlement of the NagornoKarabakh conflict are a very erroneous message for conflict resolution talks spokesperson for Azerbaijans Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva told Trend May 9

Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev was born on May 10 1923 in Nakhchivan city of Azerbaijan In 1939 after graduating from the Nakhchivan Pedagogical School he entered the Architecture Department of the Industrial Institute of Azerbaijan now the State Oil Academy of Azerbaijan but the World War 2 impeded the completion of his education

The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia for the glorification of fascism reads the report of the Russian Foreign Ministry On the situation with the glorification of Nazism the spread of neoNazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of modern forms of racism racial discrimination xenophobia and related intolerance Trend reports

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the opening of an administrative building of the Sustainable and Operative Social Security DOST Agency under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population and the first DOST center in Yasamal district Baku

A solemn ceremony has been held in Baku to mark the 74th anniversary of victory over fascism in World War Two

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 27 times the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on May 9

The accident that occurred on the pipelaying vessel in the Caspian Sea injured 14 people Saipem told Trend May 9

Azerbaijan marks the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War on May 9

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has congratulated Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as his country is celebrating the Independence Day ONA reports citing the presidential press service

The Irina Rodnina Figure Skating Centre in Yerevan was renamed at the request of the Luys opposition faction of the Yerevan Council of Elders press secretary of the Moscow mayors office Hakob Karapetyan said

Azerbaijan and the EU are successfully cooperating on the basis of partnership Hikmet Hajiyev Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration told Trend News Agency in Interview with Sahil Karimli while commenting on the AzerbaijanEU relations

Patriarch of All Georgia has met with Georgian Muslim leaders regarding David Gareja monastery ONAs Georgian Bureau reports

The International Finance Corporation IFC has positively assessed the reforms carried out in Azerbaijan to strengthen the macroeconomic and financial stability Trend reports referring to the Central Bank of Azerbaijan CBA on May 8

The process of transferring the weapons and specialized military equipment into the summer operation mode is being held in all military units of the Azerbaijan Army in accordance with the combat training plan for 2019 the Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday

On May 3 2019 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on Amendments to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan 1315 dated April 5 2017 On Additional Measures to Increase Transparency and Accountability in Extractive Industry Trend reports referring to the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan