Russian director Egor Konchalovsky has decided to prepare a 10-film project, titled “Baku, I love you”. Last week Konchalovsky visited Baku (capital of Azerbaijan) to discuss the project. Egor Konchalovsky is known in Russia for “Anti-Killer” and “Anti-Killer 2″ films. His father is Andrey Konchalovsky is also a film director (he worked with S. Stallone and Kurt Russell on “Tango & Cash”), and his uncle is well-known Russian actor and director Nikita Mikhalkov. 10 directors from Azerbaijan...Read Full Story
Azerbaijan travel will guide you if you are planning a trip to this country. The Republic of Azerbaijan has borders Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Russia and Iran along with the Caspian Sea acting as the coastline. Since the global tourist visit this country therefore the country is well-connected to different parts of the world. All the cities of Azerbaijan can be accessed from almost all corners of the world which makes it a favorite tourist haunt. The Azerbaijan travel is the complete guide to...Read Full Story
Couple of days ago, I stumbled upon a few film related news on Azerbaijan, that made me feel sorry once again for country’s “success” in the film business.
It seems like all of the recent movies shot in Azerbaijan are being commissioned by either Ministry of Culture and Tourism or by some other government related organization.
There’s no independent spirit, which is a shame, or course. This has been going on for quite a while, and it concerns even those films which were shot by foreigners...Read Full Story
Regarding the 33rd anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the capital of Azerbaijan (Baku) is hosting the days of Iranian cinema. The even will last for only two days, February 6-7. At the opening, head of the Iranian culture center, Ibrahim Nuri said that Iranian cinema gives preference to the moral and spiritual values, while staying away from immorality and violence. He also added, that over 100 feature films are being produced in Iran each year. It’s planned to...Read Full Story
French actor Gerard Depardieu reportedly said that he’s still sticking to the idea of making a documentary film about French writer Alexander Dumas’ visit to Azerbaijan, according to online information radio USA WNWI (1080 AM).
Not only that, he also plans to attract famous Hollywood and European actors to this project.
Last year, Depardieu visited Azerbaijani capital of Baku. Among the usual things that he did here (such as visiting Icheri Sheher, meeting country’s officials, etc), he...Read Full Story
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Azerbaijan International Operating Company, operated by BP, has awarded Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), a multi-million-dollar contract to automate a new offshore oil platform in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. The Chirag Oil Project, to be completed in 2013 and operated by BP Azerbaijan, will enable additional oil to be recovered from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli...
Azerbaijan’s ties to Israel and the West have stoked tensions with Iran. Azerbaijan said last month it thwarted a terrorist plot against the Israeli ambassador in Baku by a group linked to Iran. To contact the reporter on this story ...
Tehran (AFP) Feb 12, 2012
Iran on Sunday accused its neighbour Azerbaijan of collaborating with Israel's spy services and facilitating the assassins who have killed Iranian nuclear scientists in recent years.
The foreign ministry summoned Azerbaijan's ambassador in Tehran, Javanshir Akhundov, to protest against the alleged collaboration and demand that Baku prevent Mossad from carrying out anti-Tehran "activities" on
An intergovernmental agreement on the trans-Anatolia pipeline, also known as TANAP, is expected during Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s planned visit to Baku, State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan President Rovnaq Abdullayev said in an ...
Sabina Babayeva will represent Azerbaijan in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Sabina was selected in tonight's show broadcasted on Ictimai TV. The Azeri entry that will be performed by in Europe's favourite show will be chosen soon. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/18307)
A community portal about Azerbaijan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus. Located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia...more
A community portal about Azerbaijan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus. Located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south. The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic borders Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and Turkey to the northwest. The Nagorno-Karabakh region in the southwest of Azerbaijan Proper declared itself independent from Azerbaijan in 1991, but it is not recognized by any nation.