Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani police officer fired after video of him cursing own mother appears online

Azerbaijan

September 02, 2020

Azerbaijani social media users were shocked by a recently shared video in which a young man, whom the video poster calls a police officer, fights with his own mother using uncensored profanity.

Two opposition parties registered in Azerbaijan

Opposition in Azerbaijan

September 01, 2020

There are two officially registered opposition parties in Azerbaijan: The Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (APFP) and the Republican Alternative Party (ReAl).

Baku intends to introduce single taxi fare – why passengers are unhappy

Azerbaijan

September 01, 2020

Public transport in Baku has been shut down due to quarantine, and the metro hasn't been running in the city since June. So the government has proposed introducing a single taxi fare

Ashura in Azerbaijan during quarantine: 208 fined, 10 arrested

Azerbaijan

August 31, 2020

Despite the ban on holding large events, hundreds of believers have staged rituals for which they have been fined

Baku accuses Moscow of supplying weapons disguised as building materials to Armenia and Syria

Azerbaijan

August 31, 2020

Azerbaijani Presidential Aide Hikmet Hajiyev announced that Russia is supplying weapons not only to Armenia, but also Syria. Baku does not trust Moscow's claims that the planes are only carrying construction materials.

Will Azerbaijan hold another snap parliamentary election?

Azerbaijan

August 31, 2020

"The president isn't changing, his team is changing" - independent lawyer Gunel Safarova on the new political processes in Azerbaijan in an interview with JAMnews

19 prisoners, 5 workers infected with coronavirus in Azerbaijani prison

Coronavirus

August 31, 2020

Workers and prisoners have been infected in Gobustan Prison in Azerbaijan, relatives say that the prison has no protective measures for coronavirus

Coronavirus in the Caucasus. Infections again on the rise in Armenia and Azerbaijan

Coronavirus

August 30, 2020

News, cases and deaths statistics, analysis, focus on the South and North Caucasus. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, coronavirus pandemic

Prison death, bus tragedy, captivity and prosecution - "Past week in the Caucasus" from JAMnews, video

Week in the Caucasus

August 29, 2020

A review of what happened in the South Caucasus in the week of August 24-29, 2020 - prison death, bus tragedy, captivity, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia

Quarantine in Azerbaijan extended for another month, museums, exhibition halls to open

Azerbaijan

August 29, 2020

Quarantine in Azerbaijan has been extended until September 30. The movement of people from the capital to the regions and back remains prohibited, buses do not work on weekends, shopping centers do not open

Will Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange prisoners? Opinions from Armenian experts

Azerbaijan-Armenia

August 29, 2020

The question has come up again, as another Armenian officer was captured in August. Baku called it a sabotage attempt, Yerevan refutes this claim and accuses Azerbaijan of violating the rights of a prisoner of war

Kidnapping of 17-year-old girl in Azerbaijan makes social media headlines 5 months later – police and family statements contradict each other

Azerbaijan

August 28, 2020

The 17-year-old girl was kidnapped in March, and her family says they have been unable to speak to her since

Azerbaijan likely to reopen schools on September 15

Azerbaijan

August 28, 2020

Only primary school students will be able to go to school and the traditional start date of the school year in Azerbaijan is September 15; the rest will have to wait

Two hospitals close in Azerbaijan after officials point finger at treatment centers as source of new outbreak

Azerbaijan

August 27, 2020

An outbreak of coronavirus in one city of Azerbaijan has led to the closure of two hospitals, new patients aren’t being taken in but treatment will continue for those already in the hospital

Non-existent witness called on to testify in case against Azerbaijani opposition member

Azerbaijan

August 26, 2020

An unidentified man and a 15-year-old schoolboy were called to the witness box in the trial of opposition member Tofiq Yaqublu

Azerbaijani ‘eminence grise’ causes uproar following critique of granddaughter’s large wedding during epidemic

Azerbaijan

August 25, 2020

The website of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan was blocked for several hours due to the statement of its president

How the Goose and the Dove Fell in Love: why Azerbaijan banned this “children’s” book

Azerbaijan

August 25, 2020

A book supposedly meant for children written by little-known poet Aygun Bal provoked a flurry of criticism, and was later banned in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani defense ministry reports ‘diversion attempt’ of Armenian forces, Armenia denies claim

Armenia

August 24, 2020

The press secretary for the Armenian defense minister made a statement refuting this information, saying that an Armenian officer simply got lost

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