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17:45 12/06/2015Twitter hashtag war unfolds between Azerbaijani authorities and international human rights campaignersThe European Games kicked off in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, on Friday. But the hashtag #Baku2015 has been used by human rights campaigners to voice protest against the human rights situation in...
09:48 12/06/2015International rights groups launch online video-game: Now everyone can feel themselves as Azerbaijani political prisonerReporters Without Borders sent an open letter to the sponsors of the European Games in Baku urging them not to turn a blind eye to violations of freedom of information for the sake of their economic...
19:39 11/06/2015Artsakh revives tradition of breeding Karabakh stallion almost lost because of military aggression of AzerbaijanExclusive interview with assistant to the head of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Department of Tourism, Artak Grigoryan
19:32 11/06/2015The Star: Nagorno Karabakh stakes its future on babiesNagorno Karabakh’s “big wedding” — involving nearly 700 couples — was organized to encourage population growth.
18:36 11/06/2015Scandal around UNICEF lending its name to European Games in Azerbaijan, country accused of torturing young peopleThe goal of the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is to protect the rights of children. Yet UNICEF is lending its name to the European Games in Azerbaijan, a country accused of torturing young...
18:34 11/06/2015Nalbandian: PACE report on Karabakh conflict may undermine negotiation processArmenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Thursday hosted PACE Co-Rapporteurs Axel Fischer (Germany) and Alan Meale (UK).
18:10 11/06/2015First European Games in Baku may be last: Austrian athletes get in accident, Russians fight with UkrainiansThree representatives from the Austrian team, teenage synchronized swimmers, that had arrived in Baku for the European Games were hospitalized after being hit by a shuttle bus in the athletes...
17:31 11/06/2015Media: Ilham Aliyev boots out OSCE and runs smiling through Baku streets with Olympic torchTwo days after his government booted out the OSCE, a smiling Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ran through the streets of Baku with an Olympic torch of the European Games, a presidential pet-project...
15:20 11/06/2015Turkish President Erdogan urges swift governmentTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the country's political parties to "leave egos aside" and form a government as soon as possible, the BBC reports.
14:26 11/06/2015Open Democracy: Nagorno Karabakh Republic manages to pursue successful foreign policy and international tiesThe Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has actively sought to strengthen its ties with Europe. It has managed to pursue a dynamic European and global foreign policy, Lucas Goetz writes on the British online...
13:26 11/06/2015OSCE Office closure in Azerbaijan is response to Western criticism of country's human rights and media freedom recordOn the eve of the European Games in Baku – held by the European Olympic Committees – Azerbaijan authorities ordered Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) office to close down.
19:07 10/06/2015Armenian President receives OSCE Minsk Group Co-ChairArmenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Wednesday received U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick, the President’s press office reports. The sides discussed the current stage of the...
18:50 10/06/2015British journalist is deported from Baku and Amnesty International is denied entry to AzerbaijanA British activist working for a leading human rights organization Platform London that has been strongly critical of the relationship between oil and gas giant BP and the Azerbaijan regime, Emma...
20:31 09/06/2015Azerbaijani citizens say government arranges EuroGames for foreigners without thinking about locals who barely make ends meetMoney is no object as the Azerbaijani government puts the finishing touches on the venues for the European Games.
19:02 09/06/2015Islamic association head shot dead in southeast TurkeyFour people were killed in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast on Tuesday after the shooting of an Islamic aid group leader touched off a violent clash, security sources said, two days after a historic...
18:30 09/06/2015Armenian Defense Minister: Situation on border is calmThe situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Line of Contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces is calm, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan told reporters at the...
15:01 09/06/2015Azerbaijani Ambassador to Iran hasn't read Ramiz Mehdiyev's book yet but considers Nader Shah to be Iranian shahThe prominent historians around the world recognize Nader Shah as an Iranin shah, the Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mohsen Pakayin, said, according to the Iranian outlet Jamejamonline.ir.
13:47 09/06/2015RTVi: Baku hosts glamour festivals to assert itself on world stage with European sports officials deaf to criticismOn June 12, the first-ever European Games will kick off in Azerbaijan -- featuring 50 nations competing in 30 sports over two weeks.
19:31 08/06/2015Azerbaijan toughens requirements for foreign donors for NGOsAzerbaijan toughened the requirements for donor organizations. The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan introduced the corresponding amendments to the decision “On the approval of the unified budget...
17:51 08/06/2015Asbarez: Rigid foreign policy ideology, faltering economy and authoritarianism converge to isolate AzerbaijanGiven the geographic proximity of the South Caucasus to Europe, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union, virtually all developments in those areas have reverberations in Baku, Azerbaijan.