Russia & CIS

First VicePresident of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has made an Instagram post on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Contract of the Century

A solemn opening ceremony of the 11th Uzeyir Hajibeyli International Music Festival has been held in Baku

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attends a cermony to mark the 25th anniversary of the Contract of the Century and Oil Workers Day at the Heydar Aliyev Center

The livefire stage of the largescale operationaltactical exercises of the Azerbaijani army was conducted the countrys Defense Ministry said on Friday

AzeriChiragGunashli ACG was a landmark contract for Azerbaijan and for the whole Caspian region Elena Anankina credit analyst focusing on energy and the primary analyst on SOCAR at SP Global Platts told Trend

Every year on September 20 Azerbaijan marks the anniversary of Production Sharing Agreement PSA Contract of the Century on development of the AzeriChiragGuneshli ACG block of fields and Day of Oilmen professional holiday of workers of oil and gas sector

Taiwan said on Friday it has cut official ties with the Pacific island nation of Kiribati losing another ally amid Chinese pressure on the nations that have diplomatic relations with the selfruled island Reuters reported

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will hold a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group CoChairs in New York on Sept 23 the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told NewsAz

Huawei is launching a new flagship smartphone that will run on the Chinese tech giants own version of Googles Android operating system because of US export sanctions Daily Sabah reported

Azerbaijans national team participates in the TEKNOFEST festival in Turkey Trend reports on Sept 20 referring to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport Communications and High Technologies

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Kyrgyz counterpart Chingiz Aydarbekov within his working visit to Hungary the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told NewsAz

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a productive meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House a spokesperson for the social media giant said in a statement Sputnik reported

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 21 times using heavy machine guns the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Sept 20

One person was killed and five others injured in a shooting Thursday night in northern Washington DC police said

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on awarding of Honored Engineer title to the persons who served in the development of the oil industry of Azerbaijan APA reports

Azerbaijani ambassador to the State of Qatar Rashad Ismayilov has met with countrys State Minister for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad AlMuraikhi to explore prospects for bilateral cooperation between the two countries AzerTag reports

Azerbaijans Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has attended the opening ceremony of the Representation Office of the Turkic Council in Budapest Hungary

European Heritage Days have been celebrated in the Gobustan National Historical and Art Reserve of Azerbaijan Trend reports

A meeting was held at the administrative building of the Ministry of Emergency Situations MES on September 19 with the participation of leaders of the relevant state bodies responsible for the implementation of the Presidential decree dated February 19 2019 On simplification of permits for exploitation of some multistory buildings APA reports citing MES