Category: Trends

By Trend Azerbaijan marks a year since the Victory Parade held in Baku to commemorate the country’s historic victory in the 44-day second Karabakh war, Trend reports on Dec. 10. The Victory Parade in Baku is remembered as an important historical event in the life of the Azerbaijani people. It has become a holiday that the Azerbaijani people have been waiting for many years. The Victory Parade took place in Baku on December 10, 2020, on Azadlig Square. It was attended by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and First Lady Em… Continue reading “Azerbaijan marks anniversary of Victory Parade dedicated to second Karabakh war”

By Trend The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) will develop a document on a conceptual approach to the creation of the digital currency in 2022, CBA executive director Farid Osmanov told reporters on Dec. 8, Trend reports. Osmanov said that the creation of digital currency is one of the most pressing issues and the CBA has been actively involved in this process since 2021. “In international practice, most of the banks are already working on digital currencies to be issued by the central banks and most of the central banks are conducting research in this sphere,” CBA executive director added. “T… Continue reading “CBA to develop document on conceptual approach to digital currency creation in 2022”

By Ayya Lmahamad Azerbaijan and Turkey continue demining operations on territories liberated from Armenia’s occupation late last year. Azerbaijan and Turkey have jointly demined 128 square kilometers in Karabakh, Trend has reported, quoting the Turkish National Defence Minister. The ministry noted that Turkey continues to support Azerbaijan in clearing the liberated lands of mines and unexploded ordnance. “To date, as a result of joint efforts of the Turkish and Azerbaijani militaries, an area of 128 square kilometers has been cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance,” the ministry stated. It … Continue reading “Azerbaijan, Turkey continue demining Karabakh”

By Trend Close relations and cooperation between Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey are important, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said, Trend reports citing the Iranian President Office’s official website. He made the remark during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the 15th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Raisi noted that the three countries have many cultural and religious partnerships, and we must not allow problems to arise in these relations. Iranian President added that the development of relations between … Continue reading “Close relations between Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey are important – Iranian President”

By Trend MasterCard, an international payment system, transnational financial corporation, is negotiating with Azerbaijan to expand cooperation with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), MasterCard representative in Azerbaijan Erdem Chakar told Trend. According to Chakar, MasterCard is ready to offer exclusive solutions to Azerbaijani retailers, distributors, gas stations. “Tap to phone (a technology for accepting payments from contactless cards and mobile wallets using a device equipped with an NFC chip) is great for courier and taxi services and similar services. The introduction of Tap… Continue reading “MasterCard negotiating with Azerbaijan to expand cooperation with SMEs”

Might not seem like it but this is the 16th year of Thanksgiving Day tripleheaders as Americans compete to see what they will be more full of come midnight: food, or football. The NFL has wrapped itself in the holiday since 1925, and the 1934 Bird Day game was the first to be broadcast nationally. Traditional host Detroit will play in its 82nd game on the holiday, and Dallas will host for the 44th straight year. Chicago will make its 37th Thanksgiving appearance, Buffalo its 10th, the Raiders their eighth and New Orleans its fourth. Got all that? Quiz in the morning. Let’s go! GREG COTE’S THAN… Continue reading “Greg Cote’s Thanksgiving Day NFL picks”

By Trend The State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan has prepared a project for the development of tourism in Karabakh, on the basis of which tourism resources and facilities in the liberated territories will be assessed, the head of the regional tourism development sector of the Agency Elgun Javadov told Trend. According to Javadov, it is planned to invite experts and specialists from Turkey to participate in the project. “A strategy has been prepared in connection with tourism in the liberated territories, according to which the concept of tourist routes has already been presented to the relevant… Continue reading “Azerbaijan’s tourism agency prepares project for tourism dev’t in Karabakh”

By Trend Armenia may lose Zangazur as well in case of a war, well-known Russian political analyst, TV presenter and public figure Maxim Shevchenko told Trend , commenting on Armenia’s recent provocative actions on the border with Azerbaijan. “This confrontation is a consequence of the incompleteness of the political process after the war in 2020,” the analyst added. “I am sure that there is a desire within the Armenian society for revenge, bitterness from defeat, and hope for an external ally who will come and save.” Shevchenko added that when Nazi Germany was suffering defeat from the end of … Continue reading “Armenia may also lose Zangazur in case of war – Russian political analyst”

By Trend The Board Chairman of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association of Turkey (MUSIAD) Mahmut Asmali and the head of the department for diplomatic relations of the association, Osman Nuri Onugoren, shared their impressions from the 25th International Business Forum (IBF), recently held in Baku, within Trend’s video project “Relevant with Sahil Karimli”. The Turkish guests also talked about the great interest that businessmen from various countries show to Azerbaijan, the desire of hundreds of businessmen to invest in Azerbaijan, the strengthening of mutual trade ties, a… Continue reading “Turkish MUSIAD highly appreciates recent IBF business forum in Baku”