Azerbaijan

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

Azerbaijani woman commits suicide facing deportation from Germany

July 24, 2019

In 2018, 3719 citizens of Azerbaijan tried to obtain political asylum in other countries

Baku hosting 15th European Olympic Festival for young athletes

July 22, 2019

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has remained silent about how much this event will cost the country.

Azerbaijan issues 30% less residence permits in first half of 2019

July 18, 2019

75 foreigners received Azerbaijani citizenship in the first half of 2019, while 86 asked for refugee status

Baku demonstrators protest plight of Iranian Azerbaijanis in front of Iranian embassy

July 12, 2019

Protesters demanded the release from prison of activists fighting for the rights of ethnic Azerbaijanis in Iran

Baku’s Shanghai – a disappearing legend

July 11, 2019

One of Baku’s most ‘dangerous’ quarters will soon cease to exist

Man accused of assassination attempt against official dies in prison in Azerbaijan

July 10, 2019

Aydin Gurbanov suffered from stomach cancer. His relatives say he was not provided treatment in prison

Historic centre of Azerbaijan's Sheki included in UNESCO World Heritage List

July 08, 2019

Azerbaijan can now boast three items on the UNESCO list

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

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