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 | Jan 24, 2020 | Blog, Business, Personal
Successful businesses today recruit individuals, especially at a senior management level, who can think both outside the box and apply an analytical toolkit to problem-solving. While specific industry expertise is helpful, it is not a requisite for success. More...
by Tale Heydarov | Dec 24, 2019 | Blog, Education, Personal
As a graduate of the London School of Economics and Birkbeck, I am very grateful for the opportunities that studying in English has afforded me. This was one of my principal motivations to establish both the European Azerbaijan School (EAS) and the Azerbaijan Teacher...
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...
by Tale Heydarov | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog, Education
At the end of September, Azerbaijan hosted the 6th Baku International Book Fair, as organised by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture. This important annual event, dedicated to the 650th anniversary of the birth of the famous Azerbaijani poet and philosopher Imadeddin...
