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Azerbaijani carpets: art and part of every life event, from birth to death. Photo story

Travel Azerbaijan

May 16, 2025

From infancy, children played on carpets; carpets were given as dowries, and when a person died, their body was covered with a carpet. Even in the early 20th century, most Azerbaijani homes had no furniture - carpets served in its place

Tours to Karabakh: tourist in one’s own country. Photo story

Azerbaijan

April 21, 2025

Although regular trips have since been organised to cities such as Shusha, Khankendi, and Fizuli, the free movement of people remains restricted.

Azerbaijani villages of Baskal and Lahij: history and craftsmanship — photo report

Travel Azerbaijan

April 02, 2025

It’s not only a place of historical landmarks and stunning nature — it’s also the birthplace of the famous silk kelagai scarves and home to unique handcrafted metalwork.

Nowruz in Azerbaijan: Ancient traditions of the arrival of spring. Video

Travel Azerbaijan

March 22, 2025

Dances, masks, fire. Nowruz symbolizes the arrival of spring, the awakening of nature, and the beginning of the New Year

«Distant grey island» — a report from Pirallahi, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

September 04, 2024

Residents say that the island's youth are leaving to pursue education and find better job opportunities, while those who remain mostly earn their living through fishing

How Nowruz is celebrated in Azerbaijan: video and photo

Travel Azerbaijan

March 21, 2024

On March 20 and 21, Azerbaijanis celebrate their national New Year

"Let's pray for the villages to survive. But it won't be without investment" - three stories from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan

Traveling the Caucasus

January 18, 2023

Villagers and farmers in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan tell their stories to JAMnews reporters - a photo and video deep dive

The festive New Year look of Baku, Yerevan and Tbilisi, and how much the authorities spent on it

Traveling the Caucasus

January 04, 2023

New Year in Baku, Yerevan and Tbilisi - what the three capitals of the South Caucasus look like and how much it cost their budgets

Ganja's unique space. Video

Travel Azerbaijan

June 18, 2021

Khazar Gasimli visits one of Ganja's most unique places. Watch the JAMnews blog and find out what's so special about it

Baku’s central square shares its story

Travel Azerbaijan

May 27, 2021

A candid interview with the Fountains Square: the past under different names and other stories

Outrage over footage of Arab hunters torturing pigeons on Azerbaijani reserve

Azerbaijan

March 22, 2021

The fact of the hunting of Arab tourists in the Ajynokhur field in the Gakh region of the country angered the society in Azerbaijan, it came to an open letter to the president

It’s not Baku, but it’s no worse?

Modern art in the Caucasus

September 21, 2020

The reconstruction of the Balakhani settlement near the center of Baku has been completed. Residents are happy, but architects say the authenticity of the historical site has been sacrificed

Baku opens several beaches with regulations, others closed

Azerbaijan

August 14, 2020

The permitted beaches operate under restrictions, and the prohibited ones do not

Why Baku cares for its feline friends

Azerbaijan

August 09, 2020

Baku cats protected by Islam and citizens’ kindness

Op-ed: Inaccessible Nakhchivan – a story on Azerbaijan’s state within a state

Travel Azerbaijan

June 25, 2020

The main rules are: read the classics, sweep the streets and talk less

No virus, no quarantine, no masks – photos from the Baku village

Travel Azerbaijan

April 27, 2020

Mashtaga where almost nothing has changed

What does Baku look like during quarantine?

Coronavirus

April 12, 2020

Azerbaijanis cannot go outside without SMS permission from the authorities because of the coronavirus epidemic, everything is closed, but few are observing social distance

A tourist trail: Azerbaijani enthusiasts hope to drag the nation off the couch

Travel Azerbaijan

January 01, 2020

A mountain trip suitable for anyone

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