By Some 117,200 foreigners and stateless persons from 128 countries visited Azerbaijan in the first 3 months of 2021, which shows a year-on-year decrease by 4.4 times. Most of the visitors came to Azerbaijan with non-tourist purpose. Some 33 percent of the total number were citizens of Russia, 27.9 percent –
Azerbaijan’s National Assembly approves passport-free travel with Turkey
Azerbaijan’s National Assembly approved agreements Monday allowing passport-free travel between Azerbaijan and Turkey and the establishment of a joint media platform between the two countries. At the first meeting of the spring session of Azerbaijan’s parliament, lawmakers discussed a memorandum of understanding between the two countries on strategic cooperation in
One of sections of Baku-Georgia highway improved
Work to improve the Baku-Ganja section to the first technical degree on the 503 kilometers of the Baku-Alat-Gazakh-Georgia state border highway has been completed, the State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads told Trend. According to the agency, work is being successfully continued to expand the road to four lanes on
Azerbaijan, Hungary sign memorandum of understanding on cooperation in education
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation within the Stipendium Hungaricum program for 2021-2023. In accordance with the relevant decree of the president of Azerbaijan, the memorandum was signed by Minister of Education Emin Amrullayev
Turkey wants to become energetically independent with the help of its “little brother”
Being Turkey’s top gas supplier signals that Azerbaijan is gradually becoming a “tool” in Turkey’s geopolitical manoeuvres for imposing competition on Russia and weakening Moscow’s positions on the gas market. Azerbaijan has become Turkey’s major gas supplier and this could have major geopolitical ramifications for the region. But it also
Azerbaijan Georgia’s second largest fuel supplier in 2020
Azerbaijan accounted for 18.7 percent of total volume of fuel imported to neighbouring Georgia in January-July in 2020, becoming second largest fuel supplier to Georgia after Russia, local media reported with the reference to the Union of Oil Products Importers of Georgia on August 13. The country’s fuel exports to
Amendments to state budget for 2020 adopted by Azerbaijani parliament in second reading
Amendments to the state budget of Azerbaijan for 2020 were discussed at an extraordinary meeting of the Azerbaijani parliament held on August 6, Trend reports. Based on calculations carried out given the updated macroeconomic forecasts for the current year, the revised state budget revenues for 2020 are envisaged in the
Kvemo Kartli social problems’ solution announced
Minister of displaced persons from the occupied territories of Georgia, labor, health and social protection of Georgia from the “Georgian dream” party Ekaterina Tikaradze announced ways of social problems’ solution. She said instead of orphan houses there will be alternative care services in boarding houses in Martkopi (Kvemo-Kartli region) and
