Italian singer and composer Al Bano will perform at the opening ceremony of the World Judo Championship to be held in Baku on September 20-27.

Baku witnessed the grandiose show of the legendary Sanremo festival stars in the Crystal Hall, one of the country’s central halls, on December 18.

The name of the famous Italian singer Al Bano was deleted from the list of undesirable persons of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

Baku will study famous Italian singer Al Bano's appeal to remove his name from the list of ‘persona non grata’, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman told Trend news agency on November 7.