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INTOSAI: We are sincerely pleased to see commitment of Chamber of Accounts of Azerbaijan to strategic management — INTERVIEW
Azertag
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August 18, 2025
Baku, August 18, AZERTAC Azerbaijan’s cooperation with the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) began shortly after the country joined the organization in 2002. Since then, the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic of...
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev: Azerbaijan serves as a strategic bridge linking Central Asia and Europe
Azertag
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August 18, 2025
Baku, August 18, AZERTAC “In recent years, Uzbek-Azerbaijani relations have been developing dynamically in a spirit of mutual trust and support. A Treaty on Allied Relations has been signed, and the Supreme Interstate Council is actively...
Moroccan youth informed about sports projects in Azerbaijan
Azertag
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August 18, 2025
Baku, August 18, AZERTAC Farid Gayibov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Youth and Sports, met with a delegation of Moroccan youth currently visiting Azerbaijan. During the meeting, the minister answered the questions of the delegation and provided...
Are we paying enough attention to international PEPs?
Legal Futures
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August 18, 2025
Posted by Yazad Bajina, director at Legal Futures Associate Checkboard Bajina: Greater level of awareness needed The legal profession needs to step up its game when it comes to politically exposed persons (PEPs). As UK firms deal with more and...
Azerbaijan Expands Agrotourism In Its Sheki-Zagatala Region
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. Azerbaijan's Sheki-Zagatala region is now home to 18 active agrotourism enterprises, the State Tourism Agency said in a statement to Trend . The agency noted that agrotourism in Azerbaijan...
Gobustan And The Caspian: Tracing Humanity’s First Footsteps In Azerbaijan
Friday Times
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August 18, 2025
Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan is a pleasant and vibrant city. It has ultra-modern buildings along the Caspian shoreline interspersed with elegant French-style structures from the days when it a part of the Tsar of Russia’s Empire. Baku’s...
Azerbaijan takes part in International Folk Art Festival in Budapest
News.Az
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Azerbaijan is taking part in the 39th International Folk Art Festival in Budapest, Hungary. The traditional festival is taking place from August 17 to 20 in the historic Buda Castle district of the Hungarian capital, News.Az reports citing foreign...
Russia’s drone strikes on SOCAR in Ukraine: Strategic signaling or political desperation?
Aze.Media
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August 18, 2025
Recent Russian drone attacks on infrastructure in Ukraine have expanded beyond their immediate military targets to include facilities linked to Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR in Odesa. This marks a notable shift: Moscow is not only waging...
France agrees to return earlier detained Azerbaijani children to Germany
APA
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August 18, 2025
The Azerbaijani Embassy in France has released information regarding the situation of Azerbaijani citizens Mahammad Guliyev and Gultaj Abdullayeva, APA reports. "In accordance with the decision of the German court to remove custody of the two...
Armenian PM says return of Armenians who voluntarily left Karabakh to Azerbaijan is unrealistic and dangerous for peace
APA
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August 18, 2025
"I hear criticism that the Karabakh issue was once and for all closed with the Washington agreement. I must remind you that back in March 2025, I openly declared in parliament that I would lead Armenia on a path that excludes the continuation of...
“Amid tensions with Russia, Azerbaijan should step up support for Ukraine”, experts in Baku say
JAMnews
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August 18, 2025
Azerbaijan support for Ukraine Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa region hit an oil depot owned by SOCAR and a compressor station used to transport Azerbaijani gas into the country. Political analyst Shahin Jafarli described the attacks as both a...
Azerbaijani, Ukrainian Parliament Speakers Hold Phone Conversation
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament, and Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, held a phone conversation, Trend reports citing the parliament. The...
France Hands Over Previously Detained Azerbaijani Children To Germany
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. France has returned two Azerbaijani children to Germany after a cross-border custody dispute, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Paris said in a statement, Trend reports. The case involves...
Initialing Peace Treaty With Azerbaijan Marks Turning Point, Says Armenian Premier
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. The meeting in Washington and the initialing of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan marked a turning point, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in his address to the nation, Trend...
Resolution Of Karabakh Issue Secured Peace With Azerbaijan - Armenian PM
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. Only the resolution of the Karabakh issue has made peace with Azerbaijan possible, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated in an address to the nation, Trend reports. The PM...
Azerbaijan surpasses self-employment targets through World Bank partnership
AzerNews
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August 18, 2025
More than 24 thousand people in Azerbaijan have successfully established their own small businesses under the "Employment Support Project," implemented by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population with financial support from...
Assessing The Significance Of The August 8 Armenia-Azerbaijan Documents
Aravot
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Jirair Libaridian There are many dimensions to the agreements reached in Washington on August 8 between Armenia and Azerbaijan and, separately, between each of the republics with the US. It may also be too early to assess the significance of these...
Baku State University hosts international expert meeting on global navigation satellite systems
Azertag
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August 18, 2025
Baku, August 18, AZERTAC On August 18, the expert meeting of the “Systems, Signals and Services” working group began at Baku State University (BSU). Co-organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the International...
Armenian PM Announces Looming Transport Connectivity With Azerbaijan
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. The new transport connection between Armenia and Azerbaijan is on the agenda, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an address to the nation, Trend reports. He observed that...
Azerbaijani schoolchildren awarded in Aktau
Azertag
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August 18, 2025
Baku, August 18, AZERTAC The award ceremony of the Competition of Young Painters of the Turkic World on Traditional Children's Games was held on August 16th, in Aktau, the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World 2025, according to the official...