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Famous singer Emin Agalarov will give a concert in London as part of his world tour.

The concert will take place at Troxy Music Venue on March 3. The musician will thrill the audience with his greatest hits and new songs.

The singer has recently completed his tour across Russia. Spectacular concerts were held in Khabarovsk, Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and other cities.

Traditionally, the meetings were held with charitable organizations participating in the Boomerang of Good campaign.

EMIN and his band mesmerized the audience with musical evenings, full of bright emotions and feelings.

Born in Baku, Emin Agalarov moved with his family to Russia at the age of four. After graduating from high school in New Jersey, EMIN enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College (New York). He graduated at the top of his class, delivering a thesis on “Business Management in the Field of Finance".

Agalarov's interest in music began in the high school years in the U.S. After graduating from high school, he returned to Russia, where he continued composing songs. In 2005 he began working with his vocal and music teacher, the renowned Azerbaijani singer Muslim Magomayev, to whom he pays tribute at his concerts.

His first studio album "Still" was released in 2006, selling in the first six months 70,000 copies in Russia, and an additional 30,000 in CIS countries.

EMIN's media appearances include BBC Breakfast, Extra, ITV's Daybreak, Fox, Entertainment Tonight, Pro 7, The Today Show, E!, among others. He's been featured in The Sunday Times, The Sun, Bilt, Wall Street Journal, The Independent, GQ, Esquire, OK!, etc.

Agalarov is also one of the organizers of Zhara International Music Festival which has turned into annual gathering of celebrities.

In 2018, Emin Agalarov was named People's Artist of Azerbaijan.

Famous for its wonderful taste, Azerbaijani cuisine boasts some of the best gourmet delicacies. The national cuisine is very diverse and features many delicious meat recipes. Hearty, filling, and flavorful, kebab is absolutely must try during your stay in Azerbaijan.

Delicious and mouthwatering kebab is made from different kinds of marinated chopped or minced meat as well as fish and vegetables.  All ingredients are pinned on a skewer and is fried over fire like a barbecue.

There are many kebab recipes such as lyulya kebab, tika kebab, tas kebab, tava kebab and so on. Here are some kabab recipes for you to try:

Lyulya Kebab

This mouthwatering kebab recipe includes ingredients like minced meat, onion, sumac as well as salt and pepper for seasoning.

Tika Kebab

The meat for tika kebab is often prepared in basdirma (an onion gravy and thyme). The dish is may be served, wrapped in lavash, with narsharab (pomegranate sauce).

Tava Kebab

Delicious tava kebab is made of meat cutlets cooked with herbs, tomatoes, onion and eggs. The food is served with chopped herbs.

Ancient kebab recipe

Initially, the ancient recipe for Azerbaijani kebab looked completely different. Shish kebab was prepared from lamb no older than 4 months, meat was not salted and was not pickled with all kinds of spices. Moreover, cornel sticks were used instead of metal skewers. This dish was served with spicy herbs.

These meat recipes are for when you need to get dinner on the table!

The speed limit at the Heydar Aliyev Avenue-Airport-Bilgeh highway and Zigh-Airport highway was reduced by 20 km/h on all lanes due to weather conditions.

The goal is to ensure the security of traffic: "We urge drivers to observe the speed limit."

Narimanfilm Studio invites young people (13-18 years old) to join the jury of Taoba International Youth Film Festival.

Founded in 2018 by Culture and Education Foundation, Taoba International Youth Film Festival is one of the largest festivals of its kind in Georgia. Taoba is focused on development of young audience and promotion of film education. 

This year the event will be held in Tbilisi on April 10-14. The festival organizers pay special attention to educational values of each film screened at festival. 

The festival aims to stimulate social changes and facilitate the talents of young people by means of master classes and lectures, as well as their participation in foreign film festivals. 

The vision of Taoba is to enable the development of young people’s critical, creative and analytical thinking skills and stimulate dialogue between them on important social issues through film.

For more information, please contact:

Tel: +994 12 564 38 09

+99455 671 63 35

E-mail: jgahramanova@narimanfilm.az

Address: Baku, Narimanov district, Zia Bunyadov 1965. Chinar Park Business Center

The weather changed on January 13, showing signs of instability with rain observed in most regions.

Report says, citing the National Hydrometeorology Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, that rain fell in most regions on January 13, while snow arrived in some parts of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Upper Karabakh and the Greater Caucasus. 

The snow cover reached 8 cm in Aghdara (Ordubad), 7 cm in Saribash (Gakh), 6 cm in Dashkesan, 5cm in Khynalyk,  Qiriz, 4 cm in Shahbuz, 3 cm in Sadarak, 2 cm in Nakhchivan, Altiaghaj, Ordubad, Sharur, and 1 cm in Gusar, Khaltan, and Gadabay.

The minimum air temperature is +3C to +7C in mountainous areas and +10C to +13C in high mountain areas.

Azerbaijani chefs have successfully participated in the 17th International Culinary Championship in Turkey.

The national team brought home four medals, including two silvers and two golds.

The International Championship brought together chefs from 46 countries. President  of World Association of Chefs' Societies (WACS) Thomas  Thomas Gugle0r attended the event.

Azerbaijan was represented both in the jury and in the competitions at the championship. Gulnara Alasgarova won the gold medal for delicious lamb meat dish.

Naila Karimova, who participated in such a competition for the first time, grabbed silver for the best flour dishes and a gold medal for restaurant dessert.

Notably, Karimova was trained by member of the National Culinary Association Aga Salamov and members of the Azerbaijan Guild of Chefs Anar Gasimov and Ilkin Akperzade.

Gurbanali Huseynov won the silver medal for cooking mouthwatering fish dish.

In 2019, the Azerbaijan Culinary Guild also showed its best at Gastro World Master Chefs International Competition held in Turkey. The national team grabbed four gold, one silver, four bronze medals and Gastro World Master Chefs Cup to the country's medal haul.

Moreover, national pastries enjoyed great success at the World of Food 2019 Culinary Festival held in Abu Dhabi. Chairman of the Azerbaijan Culinary Guild Ilkin Akbarzade delighted sweet lovers with 55 national desserts. The festival's guests enjoyed various kinds of shakarbura, pakhlava and much more.

Azerbaijan is in the list of best countries of 2019, which was prepared by the U.S. News & World Report», BAV Group and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

The list, which contains rankings and subrankings on various categories, includes 80 countries.

Azerbaijan ranked 35th in Movers and 45th in Power ranking.

The Top 5 countries in the ranking are Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Germany and the UK.

The study and model used to score and rank countries were developed by BAV Group and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, specifically professor David J. Reibstein, in consultation with U.S. News & World Report.

A set of 65 country attributes – terms that can be used to describe a country and that are also relevant to the success of a modern nation – were identified. Attributes by nation were presented in a survey of more than 20,000 people from across the globe. Participants assessed how closely they associated an attribute with a nation.

Azerbaijani model and beauty blogger Leyla Aliyeva has been named "Superlady of the World".

The beauty contest was held within World Golf Festival and Seoul Fashion Week.

Leyla Aliyeva has already successfully participated in many international competitions.

She already holds the title of Best Swimsuit of Miss Auto Moto Sport International competition (Serbia) and Best Bodyat of the Lady of Brilliancy International competition (Taiwan).

The fashion show was attended by beautiful models (28-35 years old). National model was awarded with a diploma.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2017 entered the top ten best Formula 1 races held in the last decade, according to the rating published by Formula 1 on its official website.

The most memorable moments of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2017 were noted in the ranking. During the race, Ferrari pilot Sebastian Vettel miscalculated the speed on the fourth turn, accidentally hitting Mercedes pilot Lewis Hamilton’s car that slowed down ahead, then passed the car and hit it intentionally.

Because of this, Vettel received a 10-second penalty, eventually arriving fourth. The first three places were taken by Red Bull-TAG Heuer RB13 pilot Daniel Ricciardo, Mercedes pilot Valtteri Bottas and Williams-Mercedes pilot Lance Stroll.

The report also said that Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen’s early tangle set a precedent in the second Grand Prix hosted in Azerbaijan, where the leaders clashed under the Safety Car and debris peppered a track “that treated us to nail-biting close-quarters racing and a stunning finish”.

Azerbaijan has ranked 6th. The first three places were taken by Brazilian Grand Prix 2019, Canadian Grand Prix 2011 and German Grand Prix 2019, accordingly.

Baku first hosted F1 in 2016, with its street circuit running in part along the shoreline of the city’s historic center, classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It soon grabbed the attention of motor fans and for the last two years running has been voted as the best race of the season in the annual survey by the F1 Fan Voice community.

Being a host to the one of the fastest street circuits in Formula 1 racing, Baku gathers more viewers from year to year.

Moreover, Baku City Circuit offers fans one of the most exciting live music line ups. Pop stars of world scale such as Chris Brown, Enrique Iglesias, Nicole Scherzinger, Christina Aguilera, Cardi B, Dua Lipa, Jessie J, The Black Eyed Peas band and DJ Afrojack performed in Baku.

This year, Azerbaijan will host the competition for the fifth time. In February 2019, Baku City Circuit revealed that Azerbaijan Grand Prix extended the contract with Formula 1 until 2023.

A groundbreaking ceremony has been held in Kyrgyz capital Bishkek for the construction of the Friendship Park of Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan.

Addressing the ceremony, Kyrgyzstan’s President Jeenbekov said that the opening of the park will take place as part of the official visit of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to Kyrgyzstan in 2020.

He noted that the agreement on the construction of the park was reached following talks between the heads of two states on the sidelines of the 6th and the 7th Summits of Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States held in Cholpon-Ata in 2018 and in Baku in 2019.

Jeenbekov went on saying that these activities testify to the high level of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

Azerbaijani Ambassador Hidayat Orujov was also attending the ceremony.

The park will occupy the area of 5.5 hectares. Along with other infrastructure, fountains, artificial pools, an outdoor amphitheatre, and playgrounds will also be installed in the park.

Apart from the park, Azerbaijan will also build a secondary school in the Kok-Jar housing estate in Bishkek.

The political, cultural and humanitarian between Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan have been growing in recent years.

As for economic cooperation, the figures indicate that Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan do not fully use the potential of trade and economic cooperation and the trade turnover between the two countries amounted to only $5 million in 2018.

Earlier, Kyrgyzstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov said that Azerbaijan is Kyrgyzstan’s important partner in the Caucasus. He noted that the development of mutually beneficial cooperation with fraternal Azerbaijan is one of the priorities in the foreign policy of Kyrgyzstan.