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Crystal Spring festival opens in Essentuki

Crystal Spring festival opens in Essentuki

The first open international film festival ‘Crystal Spring’ kicked off In Essentuki - dozens of honorable guests passed along the red carpet stretched from Privokzalnaya to the Theater Square of the city. Nona Grishaeva and …

Vienna Boys' Choir to perform in Yerevan

Vienna Boys' Choir to perform in Yerevan

The Vienna Boys' Choir will perform in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan this autumn within the framework of the Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival, the festival director Stepan Rostomyan said. …

Baku to host first international festival of animated films

Baku to host first international festival of animated films

ANIMAFILM, the first international festival of animation films, will be held in Baku on October 19-21, 2018. More than 80 applications from 22 countries have been submitted for participation in the festival, including France, the United …

Zhara festival among TOP 3 open-air CIS festivals

Zhara festival among TOP 3 open-air CIS festivals

International music festival Zhara was included in the rating of the best open-air festivals of CIS countries this summer. According to the  analytical agency TurStat, the Rock for Bobrov festivals in Minsk (Belarus), …

Summer Jazz Days festival kicks off in Azerbaijan

Summer Jazz Days festival kicks off in Azerbaijan

New jazz project Baku Summer Jazz Days kicked off at the International Mugham Center on June 4.  The festival was organized by the producer agency Premier Art Management jointly with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. …

Georgian director to attend Sydney Film Festival

Georgian director to attend Sydney Film Festival

Georgian filmmaker Ana Urushadze was included in a number of ten European women filmmakers which will attend the Sydney Film Festival this year. Emily Atef will bring her award-winning 3 Days In Quiberon …

Gala Reserve to host festival of ancient handicrafts

Gala Reserve to host festival of ancient handicrafts

Festival of ancient handicrafts will be held in Gala State Historical and Ethnographic Reserve on May 25-26. The event is co-organized by Mədəniyyət TV and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography. The festival  starts at …

Leonid Agutin: Baku has unique atmosphere

Leonid Agutin: Baku has unique atmosphere

Singer, Honored Artist of Russia Leonid Agutin plant to hold a solo concert in Baku on the occasion of his 50th jubilee, musician said in an exclusive interview to Vestnik Kavkaza. "I haven't talked to any …

Baku to host Francophonie Week Festival

Baku to host Francophonie Week Festival

Azerbaijan will host next edition of Francophonie weeks on April 1-14, 2018. The Embassies of Belgium, France, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Morocco, Mexico, Romania and Switzerland will jointly celebrate French language and …

Vladimir Presnyakov to celebrate his jubilee in Baku

Vladimir Presnyakov to celebrate his jubilee in Baku

The singer, musician and composer Vladimir Presnyakov will celebrate his jubilee participating  at the International Music Festival ‘ZHARA-2018’. A relevant message is published on the official page of the event. …

Knife Festival kicks off in Dombai

Knife Festival kicks off in Dombai

Gunsmiths from four Russian regions participate in the festival of the national blades, which takes place on Defender of the Fatherland Day in the resort village of Dombai in Karachaevo-Cherkessia, the festival’s organizing  committee …

Baku to host pre-party for summer music festival on April 26

Baku to host pre-party for summer music festival on April 26

A pre-party festival for International Music Festival Zhara 2018 will be held in Baku on April 26. "A great surprise awaits all those who are looking forward to International Music Festival Zhara 2018. Three months before the …

 Tbilisi New Year Book Fest opens on December 22

Tbilisi New Year Book Fest opens on December 22

Tbilisi New Year Book Festival will be held at the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia on December 22-24. Around 30 publishing houses and bookstores will present brand-new books in all genres, including both local authors and …

Baku to host the European Youth Olympics Festival

Baku to host the European Youth Olympics Festival

Today, a ceremony of signing a contract for holding the 2019 European Youth Olympics Festival in Baku was held in Zagreb, the press service of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan reports. The signing of the memorandum was …

Festival of Cheese to celebrate local heritage, diverse products

Festival of Cheese to celebrate local heritage, diverse products

A wide range of cheese products, live demonstration of their production and an unveiling of a state initiative for promoting Georgian cheese will be on the agenda for visitors of this year's Festival of Cheese, opening in Tbilisi today, …

 Oleg Gazmanov: I love Azerbaijan and Baku very much

Oleg Gazmanov: I love Azerbaijan and Baku very much

People's Artist of Russia Oleg Gazmanov, speaking with a correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza, said that he loves Azerbaijan and Baku very much. "As a rule, I mostly visit Baku. I've had a huge number of …