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  • Azerbaijan not to join NATO

    Azerbaijan will join neither NATO nor the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), but is prepared to cooperate with both, a presidential aide said. "As Azerbaijan has been participating in NATO's Partnership for Peace programme since 1995, we envision our future security model within the framework of the Non-Aligned Movement," said Ali Gasanov, head of the presidential ...

  • Ansari visits Samarkand Bukhara next stop before wrapping up Uzbekistan visit

    Vice President Hamid Ansari visited the ancient city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan on Thursday. He was received by Samarkand Governor Mirzaev Zoyir Toirovich. Both held discussions on issues of mutual interest. Ansari also paid a visit to Shah-e-Zinda, where Prophet Mohammad's cousin, Kusam ibn Abbas, was beheaded for refusing to abandon his faith. The Vice President later visited the mausoleum ...

  • PACE president to visit Azerbaijan

    President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Jean-Claude Mignon will visit Azerbaijan. During the visit, the PACE president will hold a number of meetings with the officials of the Parliament of Azerbaijan and Ministry of Foreign ...

  • Azerbaijan NATO PA discuss development of cooperation

    Chairman of the Milli Majlis, Azerbaijan`s Parliament, Ogtay Asadov has met NATO Parliamentary Assembly president Hugh Bayley, who attends the Annual Conference of Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Baku. Asadov said Azerbaijan pays special attention to developing ties with ...

  • Kyrgyzstan still coping with ethnic crises

    There's a space for democracy and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan but there are underlying concerns about discrimination, a U.N. envoy said. Kyrgyzstan is struggling politically to evolve after ethnic violence followed a coup in 2010. The cities of Osh and Jalal Abab were the sites of violence between ethnic Uzbek and Kyrgyz communities after the coup. At least 400 people were killed ...


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Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Blu-Ray]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Blu-Ray]

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  • Azerbaijan can at any time revise its priorities – official

    Azerbaijan, in accordance with the national interest, can at any time revise its priorities, and the crucial element here will be the issues of security. This was stated by head of the department of social and political issues of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov. "Everything is based on national, energy, political and social interests of Azerbaijan," he ...

  • All school leavers to be issued certificates in Azerbaijan

    "Supporting the initiative of the Education Ministry, President Ilham Aliyev once again showed that he is the president of each Azerbaijani citizen and supporter of equal opportunities for every school leaver," Education Minister of Azerbaijan Mikayil Jabbarov said. In response to education minister’s appeal to the president, the latter ordered to issue certificates to all ...

  • Aypara mugam trio to perform in Tajikistan

    At the invitation of Azerbaijani Ambassador to Tajikistan Abbasali Hasanov, a group of art figures are in Dushanbe on the occasion of 28 May - The Republic Day. A solo concert will be held on 24 and 27 May on this occasion, Aypara mugam trio told Mugam Radio. The concert will feature khananda Aytan Maharramova, Vugar Musayev, tar player Adalat Behbudov and kamancha player Parviz ...

  • Azerbaijan one of first countries receiving state support to host Euro-2020

    London is hosting the 37th Ordinary UEFA Congress in which Azerbaijan is represented by AFFA General Secretary Elkhan Mammadov. During the visit to the British capital, Mammadov met with UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino and Director of the Committee of National Associations Theodore Teodoris, 1news.az reports citing the website of AFFA. On the instructions of AFFA President Rovnag ...

  • Festival Showcases Central Asian Films in New York

    A festival of films from Central Asia, Turkey, and Central Europe was set to conclude in New York on May 24 with the screening of the highly acclaimed Uzbek film "Parizod." ...

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