Category: Trends

By Trend From May 25 through 28, 11 citizens of Azerbaijan wererepatriated to their homeland, including nine children and twowomen who were held in the Amerna camp in the Syrian city ofJerablus. Among the repatriates are two sisters, aged 6 and 9, wholost both parents, Trend reports citing Azerbaijani ForeignMinistry. These persons were brought back as a result of phased andcoordinated measures taken by the government of Azerbaijan. First, the location, identity and belonging to the citizenshipof Azerbaijan of persons subject to repatriation were determined.Then, on the basis of the agreement … Continue reading “11 Azerbaijani citizens repatriated from Syria”

By Trend Turkey is a democratic state of law and it will remain so,President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday as he marked the 62ndanniversary of the first military coup in the country’s modernhistory, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah. Speaking at an event on Istanbul’s Democracy and Freedom Island(formerly known as Yassıada) on the occasion of the 62ndanniversary of the military takeover of May 27, 1960, Erdogan saidthat the black stain on those who sent former Prime Minister AdnanMenderes and his friends to the gallows will never be cleansed. “Together with you and our nation, we defeated ev… Continue reading “Turkey is a democratic state of law and will remain so: Erdogan”

Iraq’s vast swamplands are the reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, but the waterways are drying out and becoming so clogged with waste their very existence is at risk, activists warn. “For 6,000 or 7,000 years the inhabitants have protected the marshes,” said Raad al-Assadi, director of Chibayish Organisation for Ecotourism, who this week began work on a boat to try to clear some of the worst areas of trash. “But we have reached a stage where the marshes are threatened with extinction.” The swamps, nestled between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, are one of the world’s largest inland … Continue reading “Trawling Iraq’s threatened marshes to collect plastic waste”

By Trend The participation of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in the opening ceremony of the Rize-Artvin airport in Turkey is a very important event, Member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, head of the Turkey-Azerbaijan inter-parliamentary friendship group Shamil Ayrim told Trend. According to Ayrim, the arrival of President Ilham Aliyev in Rize inspired the Turkish people. “The most exciting was President Ilham Aliyev’s speech at the opening ceremony about Turkish-Azerbaijani relations, friendship and brotherhood between the two countries, solidarity in both joyful and sorrowf… Continue reading “Azerbaijani president’s participation in opening of Turkish Rize-Artvin airport is very important event – MP”

Earlier this month, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad paid a surprise visit to Tehran, where he met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi. This was Assad’s second visit to Iran since Syria’s civil war broke out in 2011. In Tehran, Khamenei told the Syrian president that Damascus had achieved “victory in an international war” and that Iran seeks stronger bilateral relations with Syria. “Today’s Syria is not Syria before the war, even though there was no destruction back then, but now the respect and credibility of Syria is much more and all look to it as a power,… Continue reading “How the Ukraine war is advancing Iran’s influence in Syria”

By Trend Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavushoglu on May 14 held a tripartite meeting with his Swedish counterpart, Ann Linde, and his Finnish counterpart, Pekka Haavisto, in Berlin amid discussions that Turkey could block their NATO membership bid, Trend reports citing Hurriyet Daily News. “I met with my Swedish and Finnish counterparts in Berlin on the fringes of the NATO Foreign Ministers Informal Meeting,” Cavushoglu said on Twitter. Ahead of the meeting, the minister reiterated that the countries wanting to be NATO members must avoid supporting PKK and YPG and said he would discuss this issue w… Continue reading “Turkish FM meets with Finnish, Swedish counterparts”

By Trend The first place among women at the Baku Marathon 2022 was taken by Ukrainian athlete Valentina Veretska, Trend reports. The athlete prepared for the marathon for three months. “Feeling super, cool, today there is no wind, the weather is good. I am very glad that I took part. There was a lot of support, people around gave crazy emotions, especially when we ran around the city. Support was even from the balconies of residential houses – this is a great incentive. I came to Baku with positive emotions. Of course, it was hard, I wanted to show my people the mood to win, that we can do it … Continue reading “I came to Azerbaijan with positive emotions – winner of “Baku Marathon-2022””

By Trend Turkey’s ports welcomed 54 cruise ships carrying nearly 35,000 passengers between January and April this year, according to the Transport and Infrastructure Ministry, Trend reports citing Hurriyet Daily News. In the same period of last year, no cruise ships docked at the country’s ports because of the COVID-19-related restrictions, whereas only five cruise ships visited Turkey with around 2,000 travelers on board. In the first four months of 2022, the Kusadası district in the province of Aydın, on the Aegean Coast, was the busiest in terms of cruise traffic. According to the data from… Continue reading “Turkey’s ports welcome 54 cruise ships in January-April”

By Trend I am very happy to take part in this marathon, winner of the “Baku Marathon-2022”, Russian athlete Rinas Akhmadeev told Trend. He said that he was in Azerbaijan for the first time. “Baku is a very beautiful city. I will definitely come to Baku in the coming years. I will take part in the marathon next time,” said the participant of the marathon. Akhmedeev added that the competition was held in accordance with all the rules. “I wish that in all cities there are such conditions for playing sports as in Baku, so that athletes show good results,” he said. On May 15, at the initiative of t… Continue reading “Wishing that conditions for playing sports on all cities were similar to Baku – winner of Baku marathon”