Nobel Week in Stockholm and Nobel Peace Prize events in Oslo 2019Dec 11, 2019 | 17:33 / Interesting informationThe official programme of Nobel Week in Stockholm begins on 6 December with an informal get-together for the 2019 Nobel Laureates at the Nobel Prize Museum. During the following days, the laureates will give press conferences and hold their Nobel Lec ...
Baku is included in the UNESCO Creative Cities ListOct 31, 2019 | 16:31 / Interesting informationBaku is included in the UNESCO Creative Cities List. This year, on October 31 - World Cities Day, UNESCO has incorporated 66 cities from 48 countries into a "network of creative cities." It brings together the cities that build networking on creativi ...
There was a solo concert by the honored artist Jacob ZurufchuOct 14, 2019 | 11:05 / Interesting informationOn October 12, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan Jacob Zurufchu hosted a grand solo concert in Baku. At the concert held at the Heydar Aliyev Palace, Zurufchun was accompanied by the State Orchestra of Folk Instruments and the choir and dance collective o ...
The Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 and 2019Oct 10, 2019 | 16:52 / Interesting informationThe Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 is awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life" and for 2019 to the Austrian author Peter Handk ...
Uzeyir Hajibeyli XI International Music FestivalSep 19, 2019 | 17:32 / Interesting informationSeptember 18, Baku hosted XI International Music Festival Uzeir Hajibeyli, co-organized Fund by Fund of Heydar Aliyev and Ministry of Culture. The Minister of Culture Abulfas Garayev, Head of the Humanitarian Policy Department of the Presidential Adm ...
Luis Rapozu has been elected president of the International Museums CouncilSep 05, 2019 | 10:20 / Interesting informationLuis Rapozo, the Portuguese archaeologist, has been elected president of the International Museum of Museums (ICOM). This information was announced at the 25th annual conference of the same international organization in Kyoto. ICOM is the largest int ...