Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani sports commentator suspended for month in racist joke scandal

August 19, 2019

Ismail Abdullaev will not be able to comment on matches but will continue to read the news

Police tear gas relatives of deadly 2018 Ganja riot convicts protesting verdict in court

August 16, 2019

Relatives of those arrested in Ganja case disagree with the verdict

Four children drown in unguarded waters near Baku – who’s to blame?

August 14, 2019

Azerbaijani Facebook users are divided into two camps – one side demands the parents be punished, while the other points the finger at officials

Sufi tombs in Azerbaijan: whatever you do, don’t disturb the snakes

Travel Azerbaijan

August 13, 2019

The members of the Chilkey Sheikhs Sufi order are buried there, members of one of the most ancient and famous tribes in Islamic culture

Updated: Armenian soldier crosses line of contact, moves into Azerbaijani territory

August 13, 2019

It is not yet known why the soldier left his position – information from both sides

How Azerbaijan has tried to ‘modernise’ the sacrificial holiday of Qurban Bayram

August 12, 2019

Some ways to tame this bloody holiday include the introduction of ordering sacrificial sheep online and special slaughter sites

Why are Karabakh Armenians restoring a mosque?

Karabakh conflict

August 10, 2019

The project involves Armenia, the Karabakh authorities, an Iranian charity and a Kazakh oligarch

Azerbaijani officials, MPs organise rally to clean beach of garbage

August 09, 2019

Official speeches, performances by artists and 10 clean hectares of beach

Azerbaijan: two girls commit suicide in one week to avoid forced marriages

August 08, 2019

Both of the girls were just 17 years old

Patrol car dummies appear on Azerbaijani highways – one has already been in an ‘accident’

August 08, 2019

Traffic police hope the dummies will help prevent accidents, but locals are skeptical

Azerbaijani opposition activist released after long arrest, ten-day hunger strike

August 05, 2019

Azad Hasanov was accused of drug trafficking, but says he was arrested for political reasons

16 people injured in Baku market fire

August 05, 2019

900 square meters of warehouses with goods burned down

Op-ed: Why are people drowning at Azerbaijan's beaches?

August 04, 2019

How to bathe in the Caspian Sea and not force corn sellers to drop their wares and rescue you

Baku cat café – video

Travel Azerbaijan

August 04, 2019

Soulmate is the first cafe for cat lovers in Azerbaijan

One dead of anthrax in Azerbaijan

August 01, 2019

This is the country's first case of anthrax death in many years

Nomadic Culture Festival in Azerbaijan: tents, horse racing and archery

July 30, 2019

Two riders collided with each other, but got off with light injuries.

Baku to handpick and give green light to ‘legitimate’ street artists

July 26, 2019

The Azerbaijani Tourism Agency hopes that street art will attract tourists

The Baku baths that never made it and got left behind. Photos

July 26, 2019

These baths were initially meant to serve an entire neighborhood

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