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Life under constant fire. A story from Stepanakert with photos

The Second Karabakh War

October 13, 2020

Residents of Stepanakert, the capital of Karabakh, spend most of the day in basements, hiding from the attacks of the Azerbaijani military. Photo report

Republic Day celebration in Azerbaijan: this year, no one was detained

Opposition in Azerbaijan

May 28, 2020

The opposition usually celebrates the creation of the first Azerbaijani Republic on May 28 with a march, which is accompanied by arrests

How Abkhazia is trying to restore its historic archive which burned down 27 years ago during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

January 27, 2020

What has remained or can be restored since the fire took place? How international and Georgian experts are helping – in a report from the storage archive in Abkhazia

How Azerbaijani jazz became world-famous – a photo story

Modern art in the Caucasus

November 12, 2019

The story of the Azerbaijani jazz of the 20th and 21st centuries, shown through the photos of a jazz festival in Baku

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

In 90 seconds: Shebeke – Azerbaijan’s take on stained glass

June 04, 2019

Windows without nails – just glass, wood and exact calculations

Armenia’s Yazidis on their religion, language and discrimination

May 23, 2019

“We have no written sources about our faith. We convey information about our faith verbally, and because of this, its essence and principles are subject to change, sometimes even to distortion.”

How to forgive a father that beat you

GenderLife

February 24, 2019

Fidan's childhood memories have remained a family affair, however they could have become grounds for a criminal case

Latest web craze: ‘dad’ from BBC, ‘mom’ from South Korea and ‘toddler’ on air

March 28, 2017

Life is full of surprises

Azerbaijan honors 25th anniversary of Khojaly massacre  

February 26, 2017

A quarter century has passed since the most tragic events in the Karabakh war  

Black January in Azerbaijan

January 20, 2017

What do young people know about the Soviet terror of 1990?

Tank, helicopter, “zaporozhets” and state emblem

Traveling the Caucasus

January 15, 2016

The Soviet symbols still present in the Caucasus. Photo and video stories