Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan calls snap presidential election

February 05, 2018

President Ilham Aliyev unexpectedly moves up the date of the presidential election from October to April

Azerbaijan simplifies procedures for obtaining entry visas

February 03, 2018

Nationals of 13 countries will be able to obtain visas at international airports upon arrival

Ilham Aliyev to run for presidency in Azerbaijan for the fourth time

February 01, 2018

Should Aliyev win the election, his term of presidency may well reach 22 years

Isa Qambar nominated as presidential candidate from opposition Musavat party

January 29, 2018

Azerbaijan’s new president will be elected on 17 October for a seven-year term

80 families in Baku evacuated due to landslide risk 

January 26, 2018

Cracks measuring seven meters deep have appeared in the area around the Baku TV tower

Azerbaijani Popular Front Party Deputy Chairperson sentenced to three years in prison

January 24, 2018

Gozal Bayramli claims this verdict was a political set-up

Azerbaijan officially backs Turkey’s military operation in Syria

January 22, 2018

“We wish that brotherly Turkey would never be subjected to treacherous terrorist attacks again,” said the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson.

OSCE monitoring to be expanded in Karabakh conflict zone

January 19, 2018

The decision resulted from a meeting held by the Azerbaijani and Armenian Ministers of Foreign Affairs

‘EU expects to conclude a new partnership agreement with Azerbaijan’ – EU envoy

January 19, 2018

99% of the text on the aviation deal has already been agreed upon and there are no principle differences left

Russian scientist returns home after being arrested in Azerbaijan

January 18, 2018

Dmitry Chulkov, an astronomer, spent 10 days in jail for unauthorized photographing

Court turns down journalist Afgan Mukhtarli’s request to attend his relatives’ funeral

January 07, 2018

Mukhtarli’s sister, niece and nephew died from carbon monoxide poisoning on New Year’s Eve

Search for missing climbers in Azerbaijan temporarily suspended due to severe weather conditions

January 05, 2018

Three young climbers went missing ten days ago. The search efforts haven’t yielded any results yet.

How the Russian Molokans preserve their ancestral traditions in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

January 03, 2018

Stories from the unique Ivanovka village

Parliament of Azerbaijan criticizes Georgian authorities

December 30, 2017

MPs are indignant over reports of Georgia possibly allowing the transportation of goods from Armenia to Russia through the disputed territory of South Ossetia

Former Azerbaijani Minister of Defence arrested in Baku

December 27, 2017

Rahim Gaziev has been sentenced to ten days administrative detention

Well-known Azerbaijani investigative journalist asked to leave theatrical performance

December 21, 2017

Khadija Ismail says that the assistant to the Vice President and First Lady of Azerbaijan threatened to interrupt the performance if she was in attendance

Op-ed: The Curtain Two - would you do the same?

December 20, 2017

The Azerbaijani film has been successful because audiences can see themselves in the heroes

Grandson of Azerbaijan deputy prime minister sentenced to six years in prison

December 18, 2017

Racing expensive cars ends in the deaths of two people

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