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16:00 22/02/2014It is ex-employee of National Security Ministry of Azerbaijan who transferred classified material to IsmailovaAzerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismailova confessed that the material that she posted in Facebook which deals with the recruitment of opposition figures by Azerbaijani Special Forces was transferred...
09:30 22/02/2014Will Turkey become the new Pakistan?Some critics appear to fear that the country has assumed an outlook most incongruous with the legacy of Atatürk.
18:38 21/02/2014Mashable.com: Azerbaijani special services use spyware to monitor computersFour cyber sleuths claim to have found evidence of "untraceable," government-grade surveillance software in use in 21 countries, including Azerbaijan, with dubious practices in human rights and...
15:11 21/02/2014Ian Bremmer: Smaller powers will more often have to choose between Russia and EuropeInterview with Dr. Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and the author of Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World
09:32 21/02/2014Protect Syria: Will Samantha Power's words fool us again?The problem with this narrative is that the ‘innocents’ whom Power and others call to protect, never end up better off.
15:54 20/02/2014Twitter users honored memory of Gurgen Margaryan by spreading #Justice4Margaryan hashtag activelySince yesterday, the users of Twitter micro blog, using the hashtag #Justice4Margaryan, honor memory of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan who was murdered by Azerbaijani Ramil Safarov 10 years ago.
09:23 20/02/2014Is Japan’s Shinzo Abe pivoting to the past?Shinzo Abe has placed himself at the helm of countries that seek to counter China’s rise, as Tokyo’s right-wing leadership looks intent to ramp up its aggressive nationalistic stance with US support.
09:35 19/02/2014US missile shield: ‘Russian Bear sleeping with one eye open’Washington’s explanation that its strengthening missile shield in Europe is being built to guard against the Iranian nuclear threat is no more believable than it was 10 years ago.
19:02 18/02/2014Austrian company packs ‘‘back-offs’’ of CBA head into ‘‘Stephansplatz’’ logo bagsIn Vienna, the prosecutor, during the trial on corruption scandal, which arose between Central Bank of Azerbaijan and the Austrian company OeBS, which was engaged in Azerbaijani manat printing,...
09:33 18/02/2014Palestinian mother of 7, bombings survivor, documents Israeli war crimesA Palestinian women’s organization has published a book with details of the deaths of children and women in 89 Palestinian families.
16:47 17/02/2014Human rights activist: 83 women were killed at home last year in Azerbaijan, 98 committed suicideRights activists in Azerbaijan say the government has yet to live up to its promises to protect women from domestic violence, writes Aytan Farhadova in an article published on the site of IWPR.
09:32 17/02/2014Afghanistan: The USSR left, the US wants to stayThe USSR was officially out of Afghanistan. It was a unilateral withdrawal – even as Daddy Bush, then US President, wanted to keep weaponizing those Afghan “freedom fighters.”
14:51 15/02/2014Belarusian media: Israeli ambassador in Minsk, Baku resident Yosef Shagal is involved in anti-Armenian scandalIsraeli ambassador to Belarus Yosef Shagal, who was born in Baku, in recent years, has been involved in several international scandals, Belarus news portal Khartia’97 reports.
09:24 15/02/2014Protests paranoia: Why Erdogan wants to perfect Turkey’s nanny stateOver the past years, internet freedom has been a contentious topic in Turkey. The popular video-sharing website YouTube has been banned for long swathes of time in recent years.
09:23 14/02/2014EU immigration: Don’t target the immigrants, blame turbo-capitalismWhat’s going on – why has EU immigration become such a big issue?
17:17 13/02/2014Azerbaijan: A country on brink of break upAzerbaijan is considered to be and is recognized as a “failed state”.
16:45 13/02/2014EurasiaNet on linguistic authoritarianism: Azerbaijani authorities banned naming children AtaturkThe Azerbaijani government has decided that citizens cannot name their children after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of the Turkish Republic, or after their favorite fruits and objects,...
09:36 13/02/2014Foreign investors ditching France for RussiaShort-term traders may be fleeing emerging markets, but long-term investors are endorsing a new world order.
09:28 12/02/2014British neo-McCarthyism or why UK media coverage falls shortGiven that only 1 percent or so of the Snowden revelations have actually been released to the wider public, we’ll be hoping Sir David comes on again to give us his insights.
09:28 11/02/2014Erdogan vs Gulenists: Drawing Turkey away from independent foreign policyAt first glance, the Turkish scandals that emerged in December 2013 appear to be cases of ordinary corruption, but under the surface a power struggle is unfolding.