Bashir Kitachayev

Sharing classroom with your ‘enemy’: how Armenians and Azeris study together in Tbilisi

Azerbaijan-Armenia

July 24, 2022

Karabakh conflict isolated Armenian and Azerbaijani societies but there is a chance for both peoples to meet and communicate - by studing journallism at the Georgian GİPA university

Price of water doubles in Azerbaijan – but what about the quality?

Azerbaijan

February 26, 2021

In Baku, all residents are provided with piped water, and one cannot drink from the tap. But officials claim that the water is potable

Chinese vaccine in Azerbaijan: the questions to which there are answers

Azerbaijan

January 27, 2021

How effective and safe is CoronaVac vaccine?

Stuck abroad and unable to return to Azerbaijan — a blessing or a curse?

Coronavirus

July 29, 2020

“I was lucky not to be there” vs “I miss the warm wind”

“They only made it worse”: medical mistakes in Azerbaijan

Coronavirus

July 24, 2020

Stories from both doctors and patients

Baku: Hide a coronavirus diagnosis or just ignore it? Why not both?

Coronavirus

June 22, 2020

The number of coronavirus cases in Azerbaijan continues to grow and the government has once again introduced a quarantine, but many citizens continue to be unconcerned

Law and coronavirus: the legality of Azerbaijan’s quarantine

June 06, 2020

We explain what laws were violated by the authorities during the pandemic and why no one was surprised

Coronavirus in the life of an Azerbaijani family: unjust fines and empty pockets

Coronavirus

April 20, 2020

“I feel guilty for violating quarantine, but I only had 80 manats left.”

Oil and coronavirus – the troubles of the Azerbaijani economy

Coronavirus

April 17, 2020

The crisis has already affected many Azerbaijani citizens

Homegrown art: how Azerbaijani youth is cultivating culture in the regions

April 03, 2020

Creative spaces that are breaking stereotypes and help break out of the vicious circle of “home, work, home, repeat”

Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan: what’s happening and why it’s important

February 06, 2020

Everything about the unusual pre-election buzz - opinions, options, and forecasts

How Baku police turned a short protest march into a two-hour rally – video

October 21, 2019

Despite police cordons, detentions and handcuffs, the march went its planned route

Georgians in Azerbaijan: between identity and alienation

Azerbaijan

October 10, 2019

Many Georgians in Azerbaijan look at their ethnic homeland as a place of financial and career opportunity – but many feel reluctant to move from their birthplace

Op-Ed: Why it is so hard to be a pacifist in Azerbaijan

September 25, 2019

“Traitors” and bloodthirsty love for the motherland

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

Witnesses remember Azerbaijan’s April 30 terrorist attack

May 01, 2019

A decade has past since the terror attack that took the lives of 12 people

Azerbaijan’s first ever feminist march ends in bizarre confrontation

March 09, 2019

‘Aggressive older women’ attempted to disperse the first feminist march in the history of Azerbaijan

“Not my problem” – drug addiction in Azerbaijan

February 09, 2019

Corruption in hospitals and police aside, there is a more daunting problem preventing drug addicts from receiving proper treatment