Domestic passenger traffic through Azerbaijani Railways increased by 35.8 percent year-on-year in 2019 to reach 3,849 million people, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways’ CJSC Javid Gurbanov has said.

An exhibition of carpet products by the famous Azerbaijani artist and sculptor Chingiz Babayev has opened in the Azerbaijan Cultural Center in Vienna, Austria.

Some 645 families consisting of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Azerbaijan’s occupied Lachin region will receive apartments in Takhtakorpu village of Aghjabadi region, Azerbaijani State Committee for Refugees and IDPs reported on its website on January 16.

Spectacular jazz evening has been held at Heydar Aliyev Palace in Baku.

Week of Patriotic Cinema is underway in Azerbaijan. The event is timed to the 30th anniversary of the January 20 tragedy.

Azerbaijan’s capital Baku is preparing to host the IBSA Judo Grand Prix Baku 2020, an international parajudo tournament, on May 11-12.

"Leyli and Majnun" opera by great composer Uzeyir Hajibeyli has been successfully presented at the State Opera and Ballet Theater.

Defense Minister Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the leadership of the ministry took part in the opening of new food warehouses of the Main Department for Logistic Support.

Azerbaijan’s territories occupied by Armenia were indicated as a separate international entity called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" in the "Country Profiles" section on the official website of the EU Horizon 2020 Program, which is a rude and insidious provocative approach with respect to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, Trend reports referring to spokesperson for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva.

Chinese New Year has been solemnly marked in the National Carpet Museum. Co-organized by the Chinese Embassy in Azerbaijan and the Carpet Museum, the festivity was attended by prominent public and cultural figures.