Baku, 15 April (AzerTAc). The 50th anniversary of Chingiz Abdullayev, popular Azerbaijani writer, was marked at the Azerbaijan Union of Writers.

Baku, 15 April (AzerTAc). An exhibition of contemporary sculpture as part of the Year of German Culture in Azerbaijan will open late April at the State Fine Arts Academy.

Baku, April 15 (AzerTAc). The World Bank has launched a two day seminar on reforms of Baku City transport.

Baku, 15 April, (AzerTAc). Azerbaijani and Latvian business people will come together here on Friday to explore prospects for boosting bilateral cooperation.

Baku, 15 April (AzerTAc). Iran`s National Gas Export Company said it intends to purchase gas from Shahdeniz offshore field in Azerbaijan.

Baku, 15 April (AzerTAc). Azerbaijani chess player Shahriyar Mammadyarov will play Armenian Levon Aroyan in the first round of the FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Nalchik, Russia.

Baku, 15 April (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan`s Ombudswoman Elmira Suleymanova will attend the second sub-regional meeting of human rights experts in Moscow.

Baku, 14 April, (AzerTAc). A book of condolence will be opened tomorrow at the Polish Embassy in Baku for victims of a fire in a hostel for homeless families in Poland.

Baku, April 14 (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has received CEO and Director General of Swiss Holcim cement company Markus Akermann.

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has appointed Ilgar Yusif oglu Mukhtarov the country`s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Mexican States.