by Tale Heydarov | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Business, News, Personal
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to inflict suffering across the globe and poses unprecedented challenges to governments and to us all. However, despite these challenges, there are some rays of hope in this time of crisis. Please see my latest article for Eurasia...
by Tale Heydarov | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog, Education, News, Personal
As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, schools and colleges around the world have closed. In response, the European Azerbaijan School (EAS) has moved to an online learning programme, which I am pleased to say has been a smooth transition for both teachers and students...
by Tale Heydarov | Mar 17, 2020 | Blog, Education, News, Personal
I have often spoken about the importance of learning English as a second language, especially for children. When I founded the European Azerbaijan School in 2011, one of my goals was to create an environment where children can learn and become truly global citizens –...
by Tale Heydarov | Feb 22, 2020 | Blog, Heritage, News
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) recently announced Qabala in Azerbaijan as its ‘City of Tourism’ for 2020. This designation provides the city and region with an opportunity to showcase itself to the world and to create an...
by Tale Heydarov | Nov 13, 2019 | Blog, Heritage, News
It is not often that Azerbaijanis are pleasantly surprised regarding the media’s reporting of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. Yet the BBC’s recent HardTalk interview with Armenia’s Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, did just that. For the first time in memory, a key...
by Tale Heydarov | Oct 24, 2019 | Heritage, News, Sport
In the US, Monday evenings are synonymous with football, albeit a pigskin-throwing, rumbustious American variant to what the rest of the world identifies as the ‘beautiful game.’ In Europe, however – and particularly in Azerbaijan – the world game (soccer to our...
