Baku/26.06.18/Turan: Silicon Valley business expert and investor Richard Rasmussen, a lecturer on Entrepreneurship at both UC Berkeley and Stanford University, is visiting Azerbaijan from June 26-30 to speak to participants from local incubators at the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Communication and Transportation and several local universities about how to solve startup ecosystem challenges.
Mr. Rasmussen will also act as one of the international judges at the Clean Tech Competition Program ClimateLaunchPad National Final, and will also conduct meetings at the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation, AZPROMO and the State Fund for Development of Information and Communication Technology to discuss investment policies and how the Azerbaijani government can support start-up companies. This is reported by the US Embassy.--0--
Politics
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The hearing scheduled for 21 January in the trial against the investigative outlet Abzas Media will unfold as repression and injustice proliferate in Azerbaijan. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands that the authorities immediately release the journalists and urges international partners of the regime to condition their cooperation on halting the misuse of the justice system as a tool to silence the press.
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On 21 January the Baku Court of Appeal considered an appeal of Director of the Institute of Political Management Azer Gasymly. He appealed against the refusal to place him under house arrest.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to Donald Trump on assuming the office of the US President on 21 January.
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On January 20, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Switzerland on a working visit to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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