Azerbaijan News

During the official reception given by the King of Belgium in honor of the new ambassadors credited to the country, King Albert II and Azerbaijan's ambassador to Belgium Fuad Iskanderov held one-on-one discussion of the current state and prospects of further development of political and economic relations, the embassy said on Wednesday.

Azerbaijan, Baku, June 19 / Trend E. Kosolapova/ Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the law on amendments and supplements to the law on republican budget for 2013-2015, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported with the reference to the presidential press-service.

The Nabucco natural gas pipeline consortium has welcomed the declaration of support from the Presidents of Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania expressed in a letter to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev from last week.

The expansion of Swissotel Hotels & Resorts continues at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Europe with a new deluxe hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Source: AzerNews Genetic diseases occur in different regions of Azerbaijan with varying frequency.

Source: AzerNews The first Baku-Budapest direct flight opened on June 18. The opening of the Baku-Budapest flight is a historic event, Hungarian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Zsolt Csutora said at a press conference on the opening of the flight on Monday.

The French city of Bordeaux has hosted international conference titled "Islam and Secularism: The Azerbaijani experience and its reflection in France".

On June 21, Baku will host the 1st Forum of Heads of Diaspora Organizations of Member Countries of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States.

Russia has begun delivering tanks, artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth $1 billion to Azerbaijan, a Moscow-based defense group said on Tuesday, as the former Soviet republic strengthens its military readiness in the volatile South Caucasus.

Pernix Group, Inc. announced today that the Company's joint venture, Pernix Serka Joint Venture , has been awarded a $6.5 million sole-source task order by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations for the Design-Build Services FY13 Interagency Security Assessment Team Security Upgrades Project at the U.S. Embassy in ... (more)

A twinning agreement will be signed between the Japanese city of Ito and Azerbaijani town of Ismayilly.

Source: AzerNews The Japanese Embassy in Azerbaijan continues implementing projects in the country within the Grassroots and Human Security Grant Assistance Programme provided by the government of Japan.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to the participants of the fourth Congress of the National Confederation of Azerbaijani Entrepreneurs.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to the participants of the fourth Congress of the National Confederation of Azerbaijani Entrepreneurs.

Source: AzerNews June 18 is marked in Azerbaijan as Human Rights Day, according to a decree on the annual celebration of the date signed on June 18, 2007 by President Ilham Aliyev.

Source: AzerNews Azerbaijan, as an oil and gas exporter, not only seeks market competition, but also seeks to be part of the energy security of the European region by diversifying the production of natural resources to the world markets.

After years of litigation and twists and turns, Mr. Bourke finally entered jail to serve his one year and one day sentence.

Azerbaijani President congratulated Hassan Rouhani on his election as the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Sunday.

Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani Army situated on the nameless heights in Tovuz region from the positions on the nameless heights in Berd region of Armenia on Sunday and last night, the press service of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan reported The positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces were also subjected to fire ... (more)

The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank is preparing to allocate loans to the sum of $34 million to the four financial institutions in Azerbaijan, BSTDB reported to Trend on Saturday.