The Children’s Paralympic Committee (CPC), which has been operating with the support of Azercell since 2014, has continued its activities during the pandemic period, Azercell told APA-Economics.   In 2020, the coaches of the committee held virtual trainings and worked with children online, which helped to keep young athletes active and prevent them from depression. […]

VAR system will be applied in Azerbaijani football, said Executive Vice President of AFFA Elkhan Mammadov, APA reports.   He noted that works on applying judge’s video assistant technology will be started: “The next cooperation will be regarding VAR system. We will start protocol works on VAR system in April of this year. We will […]

People’s Artist of the USSR Vasily Lanovoy died at the age of 88, his wife, actress Irina Kupchenko said, APA reports citing TASS.   “Vasily Semyonovich died,” she told.   On January 2, Lanovoy and his wife passed tests for coronavirus infection with a positive result.   The actor was hospitalized.   On January 28, […]

A new variant of the coronavirus emerged Thursday in the United States, posing yet another public health challenge in a country already losing more than 3,000 people to COVID-19 every day, APA reports citing the AP.   The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South Africa, was found in two cases in South […]

Price for April of 2021 agreement on the exportation of Brent crude oil has increased by 0.18%  to stand at $ 55,2 for a barrel during trade operations held in ICE London Intercontinental Exchange, APA-Economics reports.   The price of the WTI brand has decreased by 0,17%  to stand at $ 52,25 by exporting in […]

UK car production slumped to its lowest level since 1984 last year amid the turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and Nissan overtook Jaguar Land Rover as the biggest British manufacturer, APA-Economics reports citing The Guardian.   The output of British car factories dropped by 29% compared with the year before – to about 921,000. […]

S&P Global Ratings (S&P) revised its outlook on SOCAR to stable from negative, while affirming its issuer credit rating ‘BB-‘ on the oil company, APA-Economics reports citing the Agency.   According to S&P the outlook revision follows a similar rating action to the sovereign, highlighting the importance of SOCAR to the state and the latter’s […]

Azerbaijani tomatoes should be exported not only in one direction but also to many directions, Head of the EU Delegation Kestutis Jankauskas told APA-Economics.   “For example, Azerbaijan is very successful in hazelnut exports and several European countries are included in the export market of the country. In order to apply this practice in tomato […]

Another project in the format of trilateral cooperation in the field of railway transportation between Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia has been launched, Azerbaijan Railways told APA-Economics.   This time, a container export train is to be transported from Turkey to Russia.   The 15-container train headed from Ankara, Turkey to Russia’s Vorsino station in Moscow. […]

The Board of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) has decided to keep the interest rate stable, APA-Economics reports that the chairman of the Central Bank Elman Rustamov said at an online press conference on the parameters of the interest rate corridor.   Thus, the interest rate remained at 6.25%, the lower limit of the […]