28.12.2012
21 years pass since occupation of Azerbaijan’s Khankendi city by Armenians
  
Today is the 21st anniversary of occupation of Azerbaijan’s Khankendi city and Kerkijahan settlement, which has significant strategic importance for surrounding areas.
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28.12.2012
Shakira Gives Birth to Baby Boy!
  
It's two days after Christmas, but Shakira just got the greatest gift of all: a baby! The singer's boyfriend, FC Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, announced the happy news in a tweet to his 4.7 million followers on Thursday, Dec. 27. The message -- written in Spanish -- read, "Our son has been born! We are very happy! Thanks to all for your messages."
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28.12.2012
Heydar Aliyev Foundation VP Leyla Aliyeva visits orphanages in Baku districts - PHOTOS
  
Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva has visited several orphanages in Baku districts on the eve of the New Year. She first visited orphanage No 1 in the Nasimi district. Leyla Aliyeva was informed that the building was constructed in 1930 and was made an orphanage two years later.
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28.12.2012
Triplets born in Tartar region
  
Triples have been born in Azerbaijan's Tartar region, all of them are female.
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27.12.2012
New Year holidays for Azerbaijani tourists with flydubai
  
First budget airways - flydubai offers top 3 interesting, unforgettable and affordable destinations for Azerbaijan tourists to spend their winter holidays, the press-release of the company said on Wednesday.
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27.12.2012
Three deep sea seismographs to be installed in Azerbaijan
  
Azerbaijan is located in a zone of seismic activity which causes small but regular earthquakes, director of the Institute of Geology under the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences Akif Alizade told media today.
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27.12.2012
Kate Winslet married Ned Rocknroll, now her third husband
  
Kate Winslet married Ned Rocknroll, a nephew of Virgin Group billionaire Richard Branson, earlier this month.
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28.12.2012
Azerbaijani companies invited to tender on construction of motor road in Uzbekistan
  
Republican Road Fund under the Finance Ministry of Uzbekistan invites Azerbaijani companies to participate in construction and improvement of roads in Bukhara province.
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27.12.2012
Today's daily horoscope for Thursday 27 December 2012
  
Aries
There much more than what you see around you. The voices in your head are telling you what to do and decisions are a bit hard to make. You understand that inaction will not be your best course of action. You do need to stay calm and trust instincts. Events always sort themselves out Aries.
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28.12.2012
E-atlas of mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan will be developed
  
An atlas of mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan will be published in early 2013, head of the department on mud volcanoes of the Institute of Geology of the National Academy of Sciences Adil Aliyev said on Thursday.
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27.12.2012
See amazing snow sculptors – PHOTOS
  
These beautiful ice sculptures create a real winter wonderland as they are painstakingly created from huge mounds of compressed snow for China's annual ice festival.
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27.12.2012
Medical insurance certificate to be required from Azerbaijani citizens in Russia
  
Medical insurance certificate will be required from the foreign nationals traveling to Russia without visa. Medical insurance certificate will be required from 2015.
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26.12.2012
Syria’s Nadine Fahad named Miss Arab World 2012 (PHOTO)
  
Nadine Fahad, from Syria, was named as Miss Arab World 2012 in a beauty pageant contest held in Egypt on Sunday. Egypt’s Rovan Yousuf came second and Tunisia’s Nadya Khalifa ranked third in the contest.
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26.12.2012
Are You Ready For 'Twilight: The TV Series?
  
The merger of Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment is now official and according to one executive, that could mean even more "Twilight" -- including the possibility of a new ongoing "Twilight" TV series.
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26.12.2012
Procedure of obtaining stars by hotels complicated in Azerbaijan
  
A procedure of obtaining the "stars" by the hotel and hotel-type facilities has been complicated in Azerbaijan, head of research, statistics and licensing department under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Rahman Orujlu told.
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25.12.2012
Azerbaijan starts Association of Software Vendors
  
Association of Software Vendors (BSA) starts its performance in Azerbaijan, the head of the representative office of Microsoft in Azerbaijan, Rufat Gadzhialibekov said at a press conference.
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26.12.2012
Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist: Human Cloning Will Be Possible In 50 Years
  
Sir John Gurdon, whose work cloning frogs in the 1950s and 60s led to the later creation of Dolly the sheep by Edinburgh scientists in 1996, said that progression to human cloning could happen within half a century.
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26.12.2012
Could caffeine help dry eye?
  
Caffeine can increase tear production and may someday be a treatment for dry eye, a new study shows. The study was small, including only 78 people with normal tear production, says researcher Reiko Arita, MD, PhD, a clinical researcher at the University of Tokyo School of Medicine and an associate professor at Keio University in Japan.
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26.12.2012
Azerbaijani boxers scoop 17 medals in int' tournament
  
Azerbaijani boxers have claimed 17 medals, including 5 golds in the International tournament dedicated to the memory of Abbas Agalarov.
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28.12.2012
Azerbaijan to open embassy in Ethiopia
  
The draft law on this issue has been discussed at today’s meeting of Azerbaijani Parliament. The draft law has been put to voting and passed.
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