Nilza Sena has been nominated by the PA President to be the Special Co-ordinator for the OSCE short-term observer team to the early presidential election in Azerbaijan on 11 April.

The wind is blowing in Baku today as Azerbaijan celebrates Wind Tuesday, the third of four Tuesdays in the run-up to the Novruz spring holiday.

Turkey has sent Germany a diplomatic note over the recent upsurge of attacks targeting Turkish mosques and cultural associations, Anadolu reports.

Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili has completed his official visit to Azerbaijan, APA reports.

French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, who dominated the industry for more than three decades and whose clothes were worn by movie stars Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, has died at the age of 91.

Montenegrin parliament speaker Ivan Brajovic is paying an official visit to Azerbaijan.

USSR People’s Artist Oleg Tabakov has died in Moscow, the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater reports.

Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland has sent a letter of condolences to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between foreign ministries of Azerbaijan and Mongolia, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a message March 12.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has received a delegation led by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly George Tsereteli.