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President Ilham Aliyev and Mrs Mehriban Aliyeva received UN Supreme Representative for Alliance of Civilizations Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, May 17. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser said the high-level development processes in Baku have made much impression on him. Underscoring the high importance of the first European Games to be held in Baku...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Mrs Mehriban Aliyeva received UNESCO former Director General Koichiro Matsuura, May 17. Koichiro Matsuura said witnessed the development under the leader ship of President Ilham Aliyev in Azerbaijan. He also recalled his meeting with Azerbaijani people’s national leader Heydar Aliyev...

Opening of the 8^th International Mstislav Rostropovich Festival took place at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonics named after Muslim Magomayev, May 17. The Festival was organized jointly by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation. Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev addressed the ceremony...

Inauguration of the exhibition “Azerbaijan: From Traditions to Contemporaneity” took place, May 13, at UNESCO headquarters with organizational support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Azerbaijan’s permanent representative office under the organization. Delivering a speech at the opening ceremony, head of department of UNESCO foreign relations section Genc Seiti...

The one-millionth tree was planted in Zira settlement of Khazar district within the framework of the project “Green Marathon”, May 12. Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, founder and head of IDEA Public Union Leyla Aliyeva participated in the event. First Leyla Aliyeva made herself acquainted with the state-of-the-art greenhouse complex constructed...