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Azerbaijan is Indeed the Largest and Most Prosperous State in the South Caucasus.

An Interview with Mr. Peter Bateman, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Azerbaijan. AT: Mr. Bateman, diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the Azerbaijan Republic have historical roots. These relations began at the time of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

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I Believe Azerbaijan is Becoming Increasingly Aware of The Importance of Ever Closer Ties with Europe

Exclusive interview with Herbert Quelle, Ambassador of Germany to Azerbaijan.AT: Mr. Ambassador, are you satisfied with today’s German-Azerbaijani relations? How does Germany see its future policy towards Azerbaijan? Our bilateral relations are close and trustful. They cover all areas you

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Terrorism Can be Defeated, Probably Piecemeal, but I Doubt that it Can be Eliminated Entirely.

Exclusive interview with Mr. Stanley Escudero, vice-president of American Chamber of Commerce in AzerbaijanBy Rovshan Pashzadeh AT: The whole world was shocked by the terrorist attack on Baku’s Oil Academy on 30 April, which took the lives of a dozen

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Shah Deniz: Past, Present and Future

An interview with Al Cook, BP Vice-President for Shah Deniz Development  A.T.: Early this year the media first heard the full story of Shah Deniz Full Field Development and we would like to build our interview on this story, but

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Switzerland’s Stability is The Result of Its Political System Based on Federalism

By Rovshan Pashazadeh  An Interview with Mr Didier Burkhalter, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Switzerland.  AT: Minister, Switzerland has attracted people from all over the world for centuries. Your country is rightly regarded as one of the most stable

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Azerbaijan: For Austria Azerbaijan is the Most Important Trading Partner in the Southern Caucasus Region

An Interview with Mr Reinhold Mitterlehner, Minister for Economic Affairs and labour of the Austria.  By Rovshan Pashazadeh  AT: The diplomatic relations between Austria and Azerbaijan do not cover a very long period of time. But despite that, the foundations

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İcheri Sheher-Old City Magic

By Jill Sperandio  I will be leaving my home in Icheri Shahar, Baku’s Old City, very soon and know I will miss it. But what will I miss the most? Will it be eating out in the summer under the

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One of the Most Important Environmental Projects Carried out By SOCAR is the Ecological Park

Azerbaijan Today magazine interviews Vice-President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Rafiqa Huseynzada. AT: SOCAR has been taking a serious approach to the solution of environmental problems in the recent period. In general, we would like you to share

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Eu-Azerbajan Relations An Ever-closer Partnership for a Better Future

By José Manuel Barroso The European Union was built as a project of peace and reconciliation in the aftermath of the Second World War. The idea underpinning it was to change confrontation into cooperation and integration. And this dream has

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America Should Be Doing More to Bring About a Peaceful Resolution of Armenia’s Unlawful Occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh

Interview with Congress Mr. Michael E. McMahon of New York.AT: Dear Mr. McMahon, first of all, it would be interesting to know your opinion about US-Azerbaijani political relations. As a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on

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