October 18, Azerbaijan marks the Day of Independence.
On this day in 1991, the Azerbaijani parliament adopted the Constitutional Act on the restoration of the state independence of Azerbaijan.
By this document, the Republic of Azerbaijan was declared the successor of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic of 1918-20, which collapsed as a result of occupation of Azerbaijan by Bolshevik Russia.
According to the Constitutional Act, all citizens are guaranteed full equality, regardless of ethnicity or religion.
Until 2006, October 18 was celebrated as a festive holiday. However, the Parliament amended the legislation by eliminating October 18 as a holiday, and on the occasion of this date, no state measures are held by the current government.
The authorities unfairly marginalised the role of the then members of the Democratic Bloc who initiated the adoption of the Constitutional Act of Independence . They did not establish a parliamentary pension for them, whilst many members of the Communist Bloc which voted in March 1991 for the preservation of the USSR in the years of independence have always taken high government positions. -06D-
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As the Biden administration draws to a close, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed on an emergency trip to Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine with European allies.
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The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the deaths of two people during the recent floods in Baku, Baku Mayor Eldar Azizov said commenting on the consequences of the flooding of tunnels in the capital during the heavy rains on October 22 to journalists. According to him, the sewer system could not handle the large volume of floodwater, which led to the drowning of two people in a tunnel in the Sabunchu district of Baku. The floods revealed vulnerabilities in Baku's water infrastructure.
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The United States is ready to assist all countries, including Azerbaijan, in the transition to renewable energy sources, the U.S. National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi said at a briefing at COP29, in response to a question from Turan about how the U.S. could support Azerbaijan in moving from oil and gas to clean energy.
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