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pitpass.com
April 24, 2018
As we head to round four in the city of winds, the Baku Street circuit provides a unique challenge for team and driver as Chassis Technical Director Nick ... It has a really good street section, particularly through the old town, where it's really twisty with the potential for misery with the walls to catch the unwary.
pitpass.com
April 24, 2018
Now Nico is ready to get his groove on in Azerbaijan, the Land of Fire, in the city famed for its strong winds. What do you like about Baku? ... It's an interesting place and certainly carries a different vibe to the usual Grand Prix with the old town buildings and cobbled streets. There are some cool looking,Ãâà...
AZERTAC News
April 24, 2018
The opening ceremony was attended by representatives of Bakcell and the “SOS Children's Villages Azerbaijan” Association, as well as various public ... financial support to 3 most successful business projects, being “Floristika flower shop” and “Tea House” in Baku, and a “Fruit bazaar” in Ganja city.
Formula 1
April 24, 2018
“I still haven't managed to get out and see a lot of Baku. The hotel is right next to the paddock, so as well as being really convenient it also limits what you see of the city over a busy race weekend. I have heard the local food is really tasty so I'll do my best this year to get out and find some delicacies.”Ãâà...
AZERTAC News
April 24, 2018
Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry has said the Armenian armed forces continue to violate the ceasefire regime. ... "The Azerbaijani army`s positions came under fire from Armenian villages, including Voskevan in Noyemberyan district, Chinari in Berd district and unnamed hills in Krasnoselsk district," theÃâà...
CNN International
April 24, 2018
Neighboring Georgia may get all the attention, but a new three-day visa service means that Azerbaijan is the South Caucasian country to watch. ... In the capital, Baku, the cobbled streets and 12th-century fortresses and minarets of the Old City sit side by side with the fiercely modern architecture of the Flame Towers andÃâà...
AZERTAC News
April 24, 2018
Baku, April 23, AZERTAC. Azerbaijan Airlines has revealed plans to operate flights from Baku to four more cities in Saudi Arabia. Negotiations are currently underway with partners from Saudi Arabia to carry out regular flights to the airport in Medina, Jeddah Airport (from May 18), Gassim Airport (from JuneÃâà...
CNN
April 23, 2018
Azerbaijan is steeped in history and culture and while Baku may not be regarded as one of the world's greatest museum cities, there are still several places ... Eldarbayli Village Road, Hajihatamli; +994 51 700 3272), a luxury hotel and winery, which offers tours and tasting and an insight into the AzerbaijaniÃâà...
National Geographic
April 9, 2018
A low, tubular building designed to resemble a rolled-up rug, the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum is the wittiest building in town. Each time I pass it, I grin. And though two of the three Flame Towers have yet to fill with many tenants beyond a Lamborghini dealership, they have become Baku's new signature,Ãâà...
EurasiaNet
March 30, 2018
Habib Alizadeh, a 26-year-old history teacher in the village of Gegiran, in the mountains near Azerbaijan's border with Iran, posts videos on Facebook of his entertaining lectures, often involving music, and his bicycle trips to other villages to share books. The videos have drawn Azerbaijani journalists to visitÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 24, 2018
Azerbaijan's Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov will take part in a trilateral meeting of the defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia in the Turkish city of Giresun on March 31, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on March 24. The ministry reported that Hasanov will leave forÃâà...
AzerNews
March 24, 2018
Azerbaijan reached many heights in any field of culture, became famous throughout the world for its unique art of mugham and jazz, carpet weaving and painting, literature and cinema, Natig Rasulzade, Azerbaijani writer, screenwriter, honored artist, chevalier of the Shohrat Order, presidential scholar, toldÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 24, 2018
Astara (Azerbaijan) - Astara (Iran) wailway will be opened on Thursday, March 29 through video conference within the framework of the visit of Iranian President ... The second segment connecting the cities of Rasht and Astara is expected to be constructed within three years with Azerbaijan's financial aid.
JAMnews (blog)
March 24, 2018
Tourists prefer to order national Azerbaijani dishes and some of them even place orders on the phone afterwards,” said a Baku-based restaurant manager. Mass celebrations are held in Baku's Old City as well as in central streets. “The tourist flow to the country has increased by 12% in the past two monthsÃâà...
APA
March 24, 2018
The Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the Armenian army positions located near the Armenian-occupied Chilaburt, Yarymja villages in Terter district, Shuraabad, Taghibeyli, Bash Garvand, Javahirli, Saryjaly villages in Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village in Khojavend district, Garvand, AshaghyÃâà...
AZERTAC News
March 24, 2018
Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry has said the Armenian armed forces continue to violate the ceasefire regime. "The Azerbaijani armed forces came under fire 106 times throughout the day," the ministry said in a statement. "The Azerbaijani army`s positions came under fire from Armenian villages, includingÃâà...
AzerNews
March 23, 2018
“When world community cherishes fundamental values of Novruz such as peace and understanding and people of Azerbaijan celebrate centuries old ... The Azerbaijani army positions located in the Gaymagli and Gushchu Ayrim villages of the Gazakh region and in the Agbulag village of the Tovuz regionÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 23, 2018
Azerbaijani TV channel director: President Ilham Aliyev to continue activities in next 7 years thanks to people's support ... Gasimov stressed that such events as the International Music Festival, traditionally held in Azerbaijan's Gabala city, the Silk Road International Music Festival in Sheki, the InternationalÃâà...
AZERTAC News
March 23, 2018
"The army`s positions also came under fire from the Armenia-occupied districts of Azerbaijan, including Goyarkh, Chilaburt, Yarimja villages in Tartar, Taghibayli, Bash Garvand, Javahirli, Abdinli, Garagashli, Yusifjanli, Marzili villages in Aghdam, Kuropatkino village in Khojavand, Ashaghi Veysalli, GobuÃâà...
Asbarez Armenian News
March 22, 2018
–After meeting with representatives of the Armenian National Committee of America North San Fernando Valley chapter earlier this month, Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch Englander(CD 12) has rescinded a certificate of recognition, which he sent to the recently-formed California AzerbaijanÃâà...
APA
March 22, 2018
The Azerbaijani army positions in Kamarli, Gizilhajili, Jafarli, Bala Jafarli villages of Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in Dovekh village and on nameless heights in Noyemberyan district, in Aygeovit village and on nameless heights in Armenia's Ijevan district.
EurasiaNet
March 22, 2018
The decision was announced by Arif Rahimov, executive director of the Baku City Circuit – the company given the contract to host the event. “We are beyond thrilled to have Christina Aguilera perform as our Saturday Night headliner at the 2018 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix,” he said. “I can only imagineÃâà...
The National
March 21, 2018
The hotel is in a prime location, sandwiched between the southern edge of the old city and the seafront Bulvar, so could hardly be better. ... lack of a pillow menu and drain smell in the bathroom, in what is probably the best hotel in town – though having subsequently also stayed at another hotel in the city,Ãâà...
AZERTAC News
March 16, 2018
With neighboring settlements and the city of Baku, the village of Nidzh is connected by bus service. There are five secondary schools in the village, three are Russian schools with compulsory teaching of the Udin language and two are Azerbaijani, where the study of the Udin language is at the request ofÃâà...
APA
March 13, 2018
On 12 March, the two-member aboard a boat (ŞA-274) with a Yamaha-48 engine sought help from the Azerbaijani State Border Service (SBS) Coast Guard after facing the risk of ... Those who were rescued are the residents of Shahaghaji village of Astara district, Suleyman Hasanov and Aghsaf Hasanov.
Eurasia Daily
March 13, 2018
The Turkish capital of Ankara has recently hosted a trilateral meeting of parliamentary foreign relations committees of Georgia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. ... Giorgi Margvelashvili was harshly criticized by Azerbaijani politicians after his recent meeting with the Azerbaijani population in Georgia's Marneuli city.
The News International (blog)
March 13, 2018
After the speeches, Mubariz Asgerov, honoured artist of Azerbaijan, Fakhri Nijat Kazim, soloist of Azerbaijan state philarmony and Nigar Shabanova, soloist of Azerbaijan state television performed Azerbaijani folk music and songs, as well as famous classical pieces of world music. Musical and culturalÃâà...
AZERTAC News
March 13, 2018
Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry has said the Armenian armed forces continue to violate the ceasefire regime. "The Azerbaijani armed forces came under fire 89 times throughout the day," the ministry said in a statement. "The Azerbaijani army`s positions came under fire from Armenian villages, includingÃâà...
AZERTAC News
March 12, 2018
A helicopter carrying six people crashed in New York City's East River on Sunday, killing all passengers, while the pilot escaped, police said. Two of the five passengers died at the scene and three were taken to two area hospitals where they later died, a spokesman for the New York City Police spokesmanÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 10, 2018
In the article, the human rights organization noted that more than 25 years have passed since the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ... of the Azerbaijani territories was condemned by four UN Security Council resolutions and touched upon the Armenian attack on the Azerbaijani town ofÃâà...
APA
March 10, 2018
The positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled from the positions located near the Armenian-occupied Chilaburt village of Tartar district, Namirli, Shurabad, Taghibeyli, Shikhlar, Bash Garvand, Javahirli, Garagashli, Marzili villages of Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of Khojavend district, AshaghiÃâà...
AZERTAC News
March 8, 2018
Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry has said the Armenian armed forces continue to violate the ceasefire regime. “The Azerbaijani armed forces came under fire 110 times throughout the day,” the ministry said in a statement. “The Azerbaijani army's positions came under fire from Armenian villages, includingÃâà...
AZERTAC News
March 8, 2018
The agreement was signed by head of Ismayilli District Executive Authority Mirdamet Sadigov and Kiryat Bialik city Mayor Eli Dukorsky. Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Dan Stav also attended the event. Prior to the signing ceremony, they visited a monument to national leader Heydar Aliyev andÃâà...
The National
March 2, 2018
But the route linking the two capital cities cements growing bilateral ties and increasing trade between the UAE and Azerbaijan, which were bolstered last year by the UAE-Azerbaijan joint economic committee announcing a focus on nine key areas for co-operation, comprising air transport, tourism,Ãâà...
AZERTAC News
March 1, 2018
65 km from the center of Guba - one of the northern regions of Azerbaijan, there is an ancient mountain village - Khinalig. ... Since the road to the city was long and difficult, the villagers went there only once or twice a year, in the warm season - they sold their produce, bought food and other necessaryÃâà...
OC Media (blog)
February 26, 2018
He lives in the village of Sahlabad, which is located near the positions of the Armenian Armed Forces on the line of contact. Suleyman, currently an eighth grade student, hasn't attended school for the past four years. He suffers from asthmatic bronchitis and has been classified as having a moderate level ofÃâà...
AzerNews
February 19, 2018
The Jerusalem Post has published an article by a political analyst Arye Gut headlined: "The bloody massacre in Azerbaijani Garadaghli village is a real ... of Azerbaijan is the genocidal events perpetuated in the villages and regions resided by Azerbaijanis in the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,Ãâà...
TRT World
December 31, 1999
The 1992 massacre of over a thousand Azerbaijani citizens in the village of Khojaly committed by advancing Armenian forces in Karabakh is viewed by both Azerbaijan and Turkey as a national tragedy. Enhancing Azerbaijan's military capacity to defend itself and to prepare for a military contingencyÃâà...
EurasiaNet
December 31, 1999
Depopulation and lack of investment since the fall of the USSR have led to thousands of villages across the Caucasus being abandoned. (Photo by Bradley ... High in Armenia's mountains, near Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave, sits Tanahat, an abandoned village that was once home to Baku's ruling elite.
Armenian Weekly
December 31, 1999
27, 1988, local Azerbaijani mobs broke into the houses of unarmed Armenian civilians in the city of Sumgait to murder and sexually assault them. As Thomas de Waal writes in his book Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War, “roving gangs committed acts of horrific savagery.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
The Baku City Court for Grave Crimes on March 6 found Ahsan Nuruzade of the Muslim Unity Movement guilty of illegal possession of drugs with the intention of ... The men were arrested during November-December 2015 in a series of raids against alleged religious extremists in Nardaran, a village on theÃâà...
Asbarez Armenian News
December 31, 1999
Azerbaijani police detain an opposition activist during a protest rally in Baku, Azerbaijan on Oct. 20, 2012. (Associated Press Photo) ... On February 27, 1988, localAzerbaijani mobs broke into the houses of unarmed Armenian civilians in the city of Sumgait to murder and sexually assault them. As Thomas deÃâà...
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