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Major renovations underway at seven schools across Azerbaijan

AzerNews · July 7, 2025

Construction and major refurbishment works are currently in progress at seven general education schools, Azernews reports, citing the Ministry of Science and Education. The report notes that within the framework of the Education Development...

Azerbaijan Detained Two Russian Federal Security Service Officers

Charter 97 ·

15 Photo: 1news.az They worked in the office of Sputnik Azerbaijan agency. In the course of the operation conducted by the Azerbaijani police in the office of the Sputnik agency (Baku branch of the Russian news agency Rossiya Segodnya), there are...

New education facility in Fuzuli to offer UAV and aviation mechanic courses

AzerNews · July 7, 2025

The construction of a new building for the Fuzuli Vocational Education Center, designed to accommodate 700 students, is advancing at a fast pace, Azernews reports, citing the Ministry of Science and Education’s annual report. The report highlights...

Azerbaijan Raids Russian News Agency Office

MENAFN · June 30, 2025

(MENAFN) The Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan has revealed that it carried out a search operation at the Baku bureau of the Russian media outlet Sputnik. This action follows increasing frictions between the two countries, which intensified after...

Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry raids Russian media organization

MENAFN · June 30, 2025

(MENAFN) Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry confirmed that it had conducted a raid on the Baku bureau of the Russian state-run news outlet Sputnik, in what appears to be a response to growing diplomatic tensions between Baku and Moscow. Local reports...

Azerbaijan, Ukraine held consular consultations

APA ·

On June 30, 2025, the seventh round of consular consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine was held in Baku, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told APA. The...

Five-star lifestyle of shadowy south Dublin Kinahan cartel laid bare in Cab case

Irish Independent ·

Convicted drug dealer Sam O’Sullivan also became a major supplier of encrypted technology for gangland mobster Ciaran ‘Sam’ O’Sullivan was a one time protégé of Christy Kinahan Snr, left Today at 10:50 A shadowy Kinahan cartel fixer travelled the...

Eldar Salahov appointed director general of Baku International Sea Trade Port

AzerNews · July 7, 2025

Eldar Salahov has been appointed Director General of “Baku International Sea Trade Port” LLC, a company under “Azerbaijan Railways” CJSC, which operates within the structure of AZCON Holding. According to information provided to Azernews by...

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan hold defense cooperation meeting in Baku [PHOTOS]

AzerNews · June 30, 2025

In line with the 2025 bilateral military cooperation plan, representatives from the Ministries of Defense of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan held a meeting in Baku to deepen defense collaboration between the two countries, Azernews reports. According to...

Azerbaijan has never been Russia`s strategic partner - Konstantin Zatulin

Arminfo ·

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan has never been a strategic partner of Russia. This opinion was expressed by the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs Konstantin Zatulin in an interview with Lenta.ru regarding relations between...

Baku cancels cultural events, delegation visit to Moscow

PanARMENIAN.Net ·

June 30, 2025 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan has canceled a planned parliamentary delegation visit to Moscow and suspended all cultural events involving Russia, citing violent incidents targeting Azerbaijanis in the Russian city of...

Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis as rising force in inter-parliamentary cooperation

AzerNews · June 30, 2025

By Mazahir Afandiyev At the end of the 20th century, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and during a time when a new global political architecture was emerging, the complex geopolitical situation necessitated the regulation of new...

Azerbaijani and Kazakh military representatives hold a meeting

APA ·

In accordance with the 2025 bilateral military cooperation plan between the Ministries of Defense of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, a meeting was held in Baku between representatives of the two countries' Defense Ministries, APA reports citing...

Azerbaijan cancels Russian events over the killings of 2 citizens in Yekaterinburg

Yahoo Sports - Canada · June 29, 2025

Azerbaijan has canceled all cultural events planned by Russian state and private institutions in protest over the deaths of two Azerbaijani citizens during police raids in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, Azerbaijani officials said Sunday....

Azerbaijani Ministry Of Culture Made Harsh Accusations Against Russian Security Forces

Charter 97 ·

It's sparking between Baku and Moscow. The Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan has accused Russian security forces of "demonstrative, purposeful and extrajudicial killings" of Azerbaijanis in the Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation. This is...

Azerbaijan continues relocating former IDPs to liberated territories

News.Az ·

Under the instructions of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, another 37 families (153 people) were relocated to the Kangarli village of the country’s liberated Aghdam district on Monday as part of the Great Return State Program. Kangarli...

Azerbaijan cancels Russian events over 'extrajudicial killings' of 2 citizens in Russia's Yekaterinburg

The Kyiv Independent · June 29, 2025

Azerbaijan has cancelled all planned cultural events hosted alongside Russian state and private organizations, the country's Culture Ministry announced on June 29, over the deaths of two Azerbaijani citizens during police raids in the Russian city...

Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation cancels participation in Moscow Meeting

Azertag · June 29, 2025

Baku, June 29, AZERTAC The parliamentary delegation led by Ali Ahmadov, First Deputy Speaker of the Milli Majlis, will not participate in the 23rd session of the Interparliamentary Cooperation Commission between the Milli Majlis of the Republic of...

Azerbaijan parliament’s delegation cancels visit to Moscow amid situation in Yekaterinburg

TASS · June 29, 2025

BAKU, June 29. /TASS/. Azerbaijan’s parliamentary delegation has cancelled its visit to Moscow to a meeting of the joint commission on interparliamentary cooperation amid the developments in Russia’s city of Yekaterinburg, the press service of the...

Azerbaijan’s social transformation: Women, families, and the future

News.Az ·

In an era marked by deepening global inequalities and shifting societal values, Azerbaijan stands out as a country that is taking concrete steps to build a more inclusive, equitable, and resilient society. Far from treating gender equality, family...