Founded in 2007 ‘The First News’ Information Agency and its website www.1news.az are now one of the most popular news sources in Azerbaijan and the region of South Caucasus.
Our daily audience is around 10,000 unique visitors (according to Google Analytics) and the number of our subscribers in social networks (i.e. Facebook and Twitter) is around 25,000 active users (see www.fb.com/1news.az and @www_1news_az).
We work 24 hours a day with no holidays to provide actual and prompt information on the most important local and global issues.
The editor-in-chief – Rahman Haji – is a holder of a degree of Master in international relations at Baku State Univesity and has a huge experience of work in various fields of economy, including public relations.
We are officially registered as an information agency at the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of taxes (copies of the docs can be presented at request).