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13:20 20/05/2015IWPR: Azerbaijan works out new methods to keep tabs on its citizens living abroadNew rules requiring Azerbaijani nationals living abroad to report to their nearest consulate look like an attempt to keep tabs on political émigrés, Afgan Mukhtarli, an Azerbaijani journalist living...
20:35 19/05/2015Jailed Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova to get John Aubuchon Press Freedom AwardWashington-based National Press Club will honor an Azerbaijani reporter, Khadija Ismayilova – arrested in December, 2014 - with John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award in July, the National press Club...
18:44 19/05/2015Azerbaijani capital stuffed with deadly residential buildings: causes of dreadful fire in Baku revealedFire erupted in a multi-story building in Azadlig Avenue, 289, Baku on May 19. According to the information, the plastic cover of the building burnt down. The workers of the Fire Service of the...
12:28 19/05/2015Armenian church leader speaks on suit to reclaim seized property - The New York TimesCatholicos Aram I said that if the Turkish legal authorities rejected the lawsuit, it would “deepen the divide” between Turkey and the 10-million-member Armenian diaspora.
12:33 18/05/2015Turkey's Armenians begin street protests against demolition of Armenian orphanageArmenian youths in Turkey have launched a protest campaign against the demolition of Camp Armen, the Armenian orphanage that housed hundreds of Armenian children in summer sessions.
16:19 16/05/2015Jewish News Agency: Anti-Semitism and xenophobia still not exterminated in Azerbaijan and Jews face their displaysEnergy distribution monopolist CJSC Azerigaz demonstratively turned off the gas supply to apartment of the Baku correspondent of the Jewish News Agency (Agenstvo Yevreyskikh Novostey, AEN) on May 13.
12:19 16/05/2015Turkish government to take over Armenian orphanageThe Turkish government is planning to nationalize the Armenian orphanage located in the Tuzla region of Istanbul to save it from demolition.
12:08 16/05/2015Eurasianet.org: If oil market does not recover within 2-3 years, Azerbaijani government could well have social crisis on its hanAzerbaijan is one of the most oil-dependent economies in Eurasia and has been hit hard by lower oil prices.
20:31 15/05/2015Heydar and Ilham Aliyevs’ portraits removed from underground crossings and bridges in Baku ahead of European GamesThe portraits of the nationwide leader Heydar Aliyev and the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, are removed from some parts in Baku, particularly from underground crossings and bridges.
18:29 15/05/201512 Dersim Armenians baptized to complete return to their identityFollowing a six-month course of church doctrine and basic knowledge of Christian belief, 12 more Dersim Armenians took their first step back to Christianity with a collective baptism ceremony.
14:22 15/05/2015Group of Israelis engaged in illegal transplants and organ trafficking in Azerbaijan rendered harmlessIsraeli prosecutors charged seven Israelis with international organ trafficking and organizing illegal transplants in Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Kosovo, using paid local donors for Israeli...
18:53 14/05/2015Brother of political activist - who fled to France to avoid repressions - sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment in AzerbaijanToday Lankaran court on grave crimes issued a verdict against Murad Adilov, activist of Popular Front Party (PFPA), in Azerbaijan.
15:36 14/05/2015Breaking point in Azerbaijan: Promotion and glamour abroad, repression and imprisonment at homeEU lawmakers have called on Azerbaijan to release individuals widely seen as political prisoners ahead of the inaugural European Games and urged European leaders to skip the event’s June 12 opening...
17:27 13/05/2015President Sahakyan attends opening of fully renovated barrackArtsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan on Wednesday attended the opening of a fully renovated barrack in one of the Defense Army's military units stationed in the southern part of the republic.
13:32 13/05/2015Corporate Europe Observatory: Azerbaijan spends millions on international PR to whitewash repressions in countryPR help international seemingly independent associations or societies - which are in fact front groups set up by the regimes - to host and organize events such as the first 2015 European Olympics in...
18:00 12/05/2015Ceasefire Agreement is most tangible result of Minsk process – MayilyanExactly 21 years ago, on May 12, 1994, the Ceasefire Agreement between Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic took effect.
14:07 12/05/2015Hassan Rouhani: Iran and Armenia both benefit from development of their relationsArtashes Tumanyan, the newly appointed Armenian ambassador to Iran, handed his credentials to the IRI President Hassan Rouhani, the official website of the Iranian President reports.
20:32 11/05/2015Millions of dollars spent on Flower Holiday in Baku turned into garbage dumpOn Sunday, Baku celebrated the annual unofficial Holiday of Flowers, which is held since 2000 in the Azerbaijani capital and other cities and districts in the memory of the late president of the...
18:03 11/05/2015Selfie-taking Ottoman prince statue installed in Turkish townA bizarre steel statue showing an Ottoman prince taking a selfie with a smart phone while grasping his sword has raised eyebrows in a historic Turkish town - only to be physically attacked hours...
17:42 11/05/2015Bako Sahakyan holds consultation with heads of regional administrationsArtsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan on Monday held a working consultation with the heads of regional administrations to discuss the ongoing activities in the agricultural sector.