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Azerbaijan Names New General Director To Lead Baku Port
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 7. Eldar Salahov has been appointed general director of Baku International Sea Port LLC of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, part of AZCON Holding, Trend reports. Eldar Salahov was born in Baku. In 1997,...

Roadmap for higher education cooperation with Azerbaijan outlined in Nicosia
Ankara, July 10, AZERTAC The Ministry of National Education of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) hosted a meeting dedicated to cooperation with Azerbaijan in the field of higher education. According to AZERTAC, the meeting, chaired by...

Top stories in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia from 7-11 July, 2025
● A bilateral meeting between the President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia was held in Abu Dhabi, organized for the first time without intermediaries. According to the press release published after the meeting, only general...

Wausau’s first-ever Film Farm & Culture Fest aims to amplify the city’s film community
At a brand new film festival, characters like a Soviet-era film projectionist, a farmer-turned-vegan and a Pink Floyd fan living in the Amazon rainforest will light up the screen at Wausau’s Woodson History Center. Starting on Friday, July 18,...

‘Closing of Russian-language sectors in Azerbaijan is not on the agenda’ – Minister
Baku, July 10, AZERTAC “The closure of Russian-language sectors in Azerbaijan is not under consideration,” said Azerbaijan’s Minister of Science and Education, Emin Amrullayev, as he addressed the event “Certification 2025: Professional Teacher –...

Legal cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan to be expanded
Baku, July 10, AZERTAC A Pakistani delegation led by Azam Nazeer Tarar, Federal Minister for Law and Justice, is visiting Azerbaijan to strengthen relations between the two countries in the legal field. As part of the visit, the delegation visited...
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Azerbaijan boosts child welfare in liberated areas with new educational facility [PHOTOS]
Azerbaijan continues to prioritise the education, social welfare, and healthy development of children, especially nurturing them with a sense of patriotism. This commitment extends to the country’s recently liberated territories, where new...

From Beijing to Baku: Russia expands its language reach
Editor's note: Russian military-political analyst, expert in the field of strategic security, specialist in the Middle East and Africa Vladimir Bekish. The article expresses the personal opinion of the author and may not coincide with the view of...

Brotherly to bruising. Russia and Azerbaijan swap raids in spiraling diplomatic feud after two men die in Yekaterinburg
What happened On June 27, Russian security forces detained dozens of people of Azerbaijani descent in the major Urals city of Yekaterinburg. The operation was officially linked to a long-running investigation into murders and attempted murders...

Armenia and Azerbaijan hold peace talks in Abu Dhabi, no major breakthrough
BAKU: The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan engaged in substantive discussions during talks held in Abu Dhabi, marking the most significant direct negotiations yet in efforts to resolve their nearly four-decade conflict. Armenian Prime Minister...

Putin's losing the Caucasus: How Armenia and Azerbaijan drift from Moscow orbit
As Russia continues its war against Ukraine, its position in the South Caucasus has sharply deteriorated. What’s behind the growing tensions between Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia? Russian security forces are brutally detaining dozens of...

Armenia and Azerbaijan hold substantive talks, no big breakthrough
By Felix Light and Nailia Bagirova TBILISI/BAKU (Reuters) -The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan held substantive talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, their governments said, in what amounted to the most serious direct negotiations yet in a fitful...
No Breakthrough in Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Talks Despite Continued Commitments
In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office on Thursday, July 10, 2025, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, right, and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan pose for a photo prior to their talks in Abu Dhabi, United...

United States introduces new restrictions on issuance of non-immigrant visas for Kyrgyz citizens
Baku, July 10, AZERTAC According to the published information of the State Department of the United States of America, new restrictions on the issuance of non-immigrant visas for citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic have been introduced this week,...

Unfading Patterns of Old Baku Streets VIDEO
Baku, July 10, AZERTAC “If I Were a Tourist” series: The next destination is several addresses in the center of Baku — Alovsat Guliyev, Bashir Safaroglu, Islam Safarli, and other nearby streets. Elegantly embellished balconies, nostalgic enclosed...

Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders meet for peace negotiations in UAE
The meeting in Abu Dhabi on Thursday between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, confirmed by both their governments, comes after the two countries finalised a draft peace deal in March. The South...

What annoys Comrade Primakov about Azerbaijani unity
Azerbaijan's multiethnic and multi-confessional nature is, on the one hand, a historical asset and an enduring value, on the other, a factor that has been tried and is being manipulated by external actors at various times. The biggest success of...

World Associated Press Leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia reach no breakthrough on decades-long conflict
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met Thursday in Abu Dhabi for the latest round of talks on ending their almost four decades of a conflict in the South Caucasus but reached no immediate breakthrough. The two nations are working toward a peace...

Another group of children brought from Ukraine to Azerbaijan
30 children from Ukraine have been brought to Azerbaijan, APA reports. Deputy Chairman of the Social Services Agency Zaur Ibrahimov told journalists that the Ukrainian children brought to Azerbaijan will undergo sociological rehabilitation in a...

More Armenian Opposition Activists Arrested
Dashnaktsutyun leaders said the arrests are part of the Armenian authorities’ ongoing crackdown on the opposition, the Armenian Apostolic Church and other critics resisting their plans to make more concessions to Azerbaijan. All suspects are young...