Wednesday 17 July 2024

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Italian-Azerbaijani Cooperation & Friendship Association presented

Araz News:  Baku has hosted a ceremony to present Italian-Azerbaijani Cooperation and Friendship Association. Dundar Keshapli, the founder and chairman of the Society, highlighted “friendly” relations between Italy and Azerbaijan, AzerTac state news agency reported. He said the Society aimed...

Why is Azerbaijan buying up sporting events? – video

Araz News: In 2015, Azerbaijan will host the first European Games in the capital city of Baku. President Ilham Aliyev sees it as an opportunity to put his country on the sporting map but outside Azerbaijan few have even heard of...

Armenia face to face with financial “monster”

Araz News:  Armenia’s external debt has reached around $4 billion according to the latest data issued by the National Statistics Service, thus ringing the alarm bells. Statistical data showed that as of late March, the public debt of Yerevan stood...

Protests turned violent in Soyugh Bulagh of Azerbaijan

Araz News: Thursday 17 of May, many people of Soyugh Bulagh  (Mahabad – West Azerbaijan province) Gathered and protested in front of hotel Tara because of a girl who had committed suicide to escape rape. According to the report of...

South Azerbaijan railroads to be equipped with smart control system

Araz News: Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Company Managing Director Mohsen Pourseyyed Aghaee has said that by the end of the next Iranian year (starting March 21) Iran’s entire rail network will be equipped with a smart (electronic) control system. Aghaee...

Turkey’s top religious body publishes Armenian translation of Quran

Araz News:  Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs has published 4,000 copies of the Quran in the Armenian language, part of its plans to eventually translate the holy book into 15 languages. The Armenian translation of the Quran was published in...

Arab Ahwaz must be liberated from Iran – Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor

Araz News:  Whenever the Arab world is discussed, forgotten are the five million Arabs struggling to survive under the Persian yoke in an Arab region bordering Iraq and the Arabian Gulf, rich with oil and gas. Once an autonomous area,...

Iran bans ‘homosexual’ and ‘devil worshipping’ hairstyles

Araz News:  Homosexual” and “devil worshipping” hairstyles have been banned in Iran, alongside tattoos, sunbed treatments and plucked eyebrows for men, which are all deemed un-Islamic. The move – aimed at spiky cuts – follows a trend where, each summer,...

Azerbaijani FM meets with BP regional president

Araz News:  Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has received BP’s regional president for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Gordon Birrell, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said. During the meeting, the sides praised the current level of cooperation between Azerbaijan and BP, the...

Oppressive sanctions inflicted Iranian elite minds

Araz News:  Presidential Legal Advisor Elham Aminzadeh said on Wednesday that the oppressive sanctions have barred Iranians from providing their inventions and works to the world while foreign countries could not exchange scientific ideas with Iranians either, IRNA reported. Our...

Metsamor nuke plant threat to region – Turkish minister

Araz News:  Metsamor nuclear power plant in Armenia is a real threat to the region, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said. The minister added that Turkey shouldn’t turn a blind eye to this nuclear power plant;...

Azerbaijan to face world’s best in 3×3 Basketball

Araz News:  The International Federation of Basketball has announced the results of the draw for the men’s and women’s 3×3 Basketball competitions in Baku 2015. As host nation, Azerbaijan will be represented in both competitions, and will be playing the...

Syrian rebels want US support for safe zone

Araz News:Emboldened by recent advances thanks to a more “coordinated” military assistance from regional allies, Syrian rebels have asked for the support of the United States to set up safe zones before the Bashar al-Assad regime collapses. “Damascus should be...

Iranian people should tolerate dust storms – environment chief

Araz News: Head of the Iranian Department of Environment (DOE) Masoumeh Ebtekar says Iranian people should tolerate dust storms, as no official can promise to remove the problem. People should contribute to plans for reducing air pollution and reduce moving with...

Iran’s exports from Aras Free Zone of South Azerbaijan surpass $180M

Araz News : Iran exported more than $180 million of products from its northern Aras Free (AFZ) in the past Iranian fiscal year, which ended on March 20, Mohsen Khadem Arab Baghi, the managing director of AFZ stated. Exports from AFZ...