Azerbaijan

Hold your breath – local university says Baku’s air is either ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’

July 04, 2019

The only clean air in the city can be found on the beachside settlements in the north of the city

Azerbaijani gas to make it to Europe by 2020 – pipeline completed

July 03, 2019

Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR says TANAP was 5 billion dollars less expensive than planned

Baku cinema wins bid to save building from destruction

July 02, 2019

The two-month fight to save the former Molokan house of worship and current underground cinema may finally be nearing a victorious end

Op-ed: when a man in Azerbaijan is guilty just for being a man

June 28, 2019

How a strange brand of feminism deprived me of my seat on a bus from Baku to Tbilisi

June in Azerbaijan: record heat and 16 sunstrokes

June 26, 2019

The current heat wave is setting a record high for the past 20 years

Explosion in Baku entertainment centre leaves 10 injured

June 24, 2019

An official account of events says that helium balloons exploded – but science would say otherwise

Armenian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers meet – mediators urge both sides to refrain from provocations

Azerbaijan-Armenia

June 22, 2019

For the first time in ten years, a meeting of the parties and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs was held in the USA

Diabetic in Azerbaijan – myths, stories and problems

June 21, 2019

In addition to being dangerous, in Azerbaijan being diabetic is also very expensive, and support from the government is hard to get

Azerbaijan shakes up heads of security, police – why?

June 21, 2019

Four officials have changed places in senior positions

Azerbaijan raises minimum wage by $41, and minimum pension by $23

June 20, 2019

Now employees cannot be payed less than $148 per month.

Blood feud in Azerbaijan: five dead, two wounded

June 18, 2019

The shooter handed himself in shortly after the attack

Azerbaijani health minister withdraws slander suit against journalist

June 17, 2019

Had the suit gone through, journalist Teymur Karimov could have served up to 6 months for slander

A video of Baku's female motor mechanic and her auto repair shop

June 16, 2019

“We are soft but not weak," - that’s what she tells those who advise her to ‘go and cook soup’

Tbilisi: Pro-Russian party supporters demand Azerbaijan cede claim to ancient border monastery

June 16, 2019

The Alliance of Patriots held a rally called “David Gareji is Georgia” in downtown Tbilisi, and also demanded the government give up its NATO plans

Zoroastrian holy site in Azerbaijan turned into reserve with cafe, amphitheater

June 15, 2019

Bakuvians have criticized the renewed Yanardag site

Popular beaches in Azerbaijan deemed unsuitable for swimming

June 13, 2019

Monitoring is conducted every year, but many ignore the results

Skating on thin ice – a sport that has ceased to exist in Azerbaijan

June 12, 2019

Azerbaijan has yet to develop figure skating, but things could be different

Azerbaijani MPs call for ban on unsanctioned pilgrimage sites, rituals

June 12, 2019

Large crowds are attracted to alleged ‘holy’ sites where they expect to be healed by rituals

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