Azerbaijan

Germany's broadcaster Deutsche Welle writes this in an opinion peace signed by Max Hofmann, who thinks that "when individual council members would rather illegally accept money and gifts instead of fighting corruption, then there's no need for the Council of Europe anymore."

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is set to pay an official visit to Turkey on April 24, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Azerbaijan strongman Ilham Aliyev has secured a fourth consecutive term in a snap election boycotted by the main opposition parties, near-complete results showed.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran signed an agreement on projects to create a transportation and transit corridor between the Indian Ocean and Europe in Baku on March 15.

Fintur, jointly owned by Telia Company and Turkcell, has agreed to sell its 51.3 percent holding in Azertel, the sole shareholder of the Azeri telecommunications operator Azercell, to Azintelecom, a company wholly-owned by the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Twenty-four people died as a result of a fire which tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku early on March 2, Agence France-Presse reported, citing officials. 

Fire rips through drug rehabilitation centre in Azerbaijan's capital Baku killing at least 26 people, local media say.

Television pictures showed flames leaping through barred windows of single-storey buildings.

Four people were taken to hospital, Azarbaijan's news agency APA says.

The cause of the fire is not known, according to BBC. 

An Azerbaijani stand popularized the country`s tourism potential, as well as its history, traditions, culture within the international HOLIDAY & SPA EXPO in Sophia, Bulgaria.

The country`s participation was co-organized by Azerbaijan`s Embassy to Bulgaria, Azerbaijan Tourism Association and Buta Airways.

Azerbaijan’s strongman Ilham Aliyev called on Feb. 5 a snap presidential vote for April, six months ahead of schedule, as opposition politicians slammed the surprise move.

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, in office since succeeding his father in 2003, has been nominated as the ruling party’s candidate in the presidential election in October, the party executive secretary said on Feb .1.