17.5.2013
Quake hits Caspian Sea
  
A quake hit the Caspian Sea. The Republic Seismological Service Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) told that the quake was recorded in the Caspian Sea on May 16 at 18:37. 3.0-magnitude quake occurred in the depth of 51 km was not felt.
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17.5.2013
Azerbaijan qualifies for final of the Eurovision-2013 Song Contest
  
Azerbaijan's representative Farid Mammadov qualified for the finale of Eurovision-2013 Song Contest.
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17.5.2013
New award for scientists to be created in Azerbaijan
  
A special award for scientists will be instituted in Azerbaijan, Elchin Babayev, Executive Director of the Science Development Foundation (SDF) under the President of Azerbaijan, said on May 16.
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17.5.2013
Azerbaijan among 'Eurovision-2013' finalists - VIDEO
  
Azerbaijan has passed in the final of "Eurovision-2013" song contest. Representative of Azerbaijan Farid Mammadov will take part on Saturday in the final of "Eurovision-2013" song contest with "Hold on" song.
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16.5.2013
Young artists` exhibition to open in Baku
  
An exhibition of young painters will be launched at the LN Art Gallery in Baku on Friday.
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16.5.2013
Famous French pianist to perform in Baku
  
The International Mugham Centre will host a concert of world famous French pianist Francois Shaplen, organized by the French Institute in Azerbaijan on Thursday.
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16.5.2013
Today's daily horoscope for Thursday 16 May 2013
  
Aries Daily Horoscope for Today 16 May 2013:
Aries you have the patience and ability today to focus on details. You are very organized today and need to take matters into you own hands. Be careful what you wish for, you may get all the work that you want if you ask for it.
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16.5.2013
Zones, where earthquakes will occur in the next 50 years, made public in Azerbaijan
  
Zones, where earthquakes will occur in the next 50 years, have been made public in Azerbaijan.
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16.5.2013
Nakhchivan to be capital of Islamic Culture in 2018
  
“We highly estimate the constructive and fair attitude and decisive position of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) towards all directions on Azerbaijan, especially on the liberation of the territories occupied by Armenia,” said Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Fuzuli Alakbarov addressing the meeting of OIC Labor Ministries’ senior officials.
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16.5.2013
Forgotten water discovered to keep life ingredients for billion years
  
Scientists digging around roughly one-and-a-half miles below the Earth’s surface in an Ontario mine may have just discovered the oldest free-flowing source of isolated, untouched water ever known.
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15.5.2013
Commander Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie's Space Oddity from ISS - video
  
Commander Chris Hadfield performs a reworking of the David Bowie classic Space Oddity on his last day in charge of the International Space Station.
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15.5.2013
Baku adorned with new Winter Boulevard
  
A new facility, the Winter Park or the Winter Boulevard, was solemnly opened in Baku May 10, on the 90th anniversary of Azerbaijani National Leader Heydar Aliyev and Flower Day.
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15.5.2013
Leyla Aliyeva: Baku is combination of modernity and antiquity
  
As part of a joint project of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Baku magazine and Azerbaijani embassy in Austria, the “Fly to Baku: Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan” exhibition opened on Tuesday at the Vienna Art History Museum (Kunsthistorisches).
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15.5.2013
Baku to be host city of 2019 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship
  
The 37th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in 2019 was awarded to Azerbaijan and will take place in Baku.
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15.5.2013
66th Cannes Film Festival opens with 'The Great Gatsby' premiere
  
The 66th Cannes Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival in Europe, opens on May 15. The festival will close on May 26. The program of 52 feature films will open with the premiere of "The Great Gatsby."
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15.5.2013
First semi-final of Eurovision-2013 song contest was held
  
The first semi-final of "Eurovision-2013" song contest was held in the Swedish city of Malmo.
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14.5.2013
4-year-old mayor is running Minnesota town
  
A four-year-old boy has found himself having to worry about more than just what his mum has packed for his lunch after being voted in as his town’s mayor.
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14.5.2013
Today's daily horoscope for Tuesday 14 May 2013
  
Aries Daily Horoscope for Today 14 May 2013:
You are very inspired today Aries by your own successes and you are finding that everyone is supporting your return to your career. Keep the ambitions high and you will go far.
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14.5.2013
Structural changes made at Azerbaijani Education Ministry
  
Structural changes have been made at Azerbaijan’s Education Ministry. Press service of the Ministry told that Accreditation Department and Monitoring and Evaluation Department have been abolished and Department of licensing and quality control of education has been established with the view of identifying structural division of the administration basing on efficiency and functionality, eliminating parallelism in the activities of the sections and improving management in this regard.
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14.5.2013
Cloudy, rainless weather to dominate
  
The National Hydrometeorology Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources forecasts that the weather is going to be changeable cloudy, intermittently gloomy and dry in the main. Nonetheless rain isnot excepted in some areas of the peninsula in the morning. Gentle south-eastern wind to blow.
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