NEWS

A new bill 'On the rules of the use of the State Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan (third reading)' bans the singing of the Azerbaijani state anthem in a language other than Azerbaijani, Report informs.

As of January 1, 2019, the number of Azerbaijani population stood at 9,981,457 people, up 83,372 people or 0.8% from previous year, Report informs referring to the State Statistical Committee.

The exhibition titled 'The Russian Avant-Garde Collection of the Regional Museums, 1900-1930. Part 3' will be launched at the Heydar Aliyev Center. Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

District (city) registration departments of the Ministry of Justice registered 138,982 births last year.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the inauguration of the High Density Polyethylene Plant of the “SOCAR Polymer” project in Sumgayit.

"Azerbaijani women have always played an active role in all spheres, " French journalist-publicist Jean-Louis Kuro said to the Western European Bureau of Report News Agency.

At the invitation of the Las Vegas World Affairs Council (LVWAC), Azerbaijan's Consul General in Los Angeles Nasimi Aghayev addressed the LVWAC members in Las Vegas, the U.S. State of Nevada on February 8, 2019.

Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev has issued an order approving the plan of events on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide.

About 335 million manats will be allocated from the state budget to increase the minimum salary in Azerbaijan in 2019, Vusal Gasimli, executive director of the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications, told reporters.

Under the order of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the minimum wage will increase by 38.5 percent (50 AZN) to reach AZN 180 beginning March 1 this year.