Culture news

Azeri city of of Sheki is cultural capital of Turkic world

Sheki in northern Azerbaijan lies on the ancient Silk Route. The city has been named ‘cultural capital of the Turkic world’ in 2016, and as such is

2 May 2016

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The UN's Alliance of Civilisations calls for hate speech crackdown

Two thousand five hundred heads of state and government officials, religious leaders and civil society representatives from 120 countries have

27 April 2016

Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenians protest against Russian arms sales

Hundreds of young Armenians have protested against Russian weapon sales to Azerbaijan. They held a march through central Yerevan on Wednesday (April

14 April 2016

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Baku residents take to the streets to show support amid Nagorno Karabakh conflict

People in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku took to the streets amid fighting in the region of Nagorno Karabakh.

8 April 2016

Azerbaijan

Nagorno-Karabakh truce shows signs of fracture

Azerbaijan has accused Armenian-backed separatists of violating a new ceasefire agreed on Tuesday. While the Armenian side accused Azerbaijan of shelling its positions.

8 April 2016

World News

Russia leads diplomatic efforts in brokering agreement over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev was in Yerevan to urge the Armenia and Azerbaijan to end the fighting which erupted this week over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.

7 April 2016

World News

Panama Papers probe focuses on the President of Azerbaijan and his family

Among the world leaders the Panama Papers probe has focused on are the financial dealings of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his family

6 April 2016

World News

Armenia urges international community to recognise 'autonomy' of Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan has called on the international community to recognise the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh’s right to

6 April 2016

Azerbaijan

Dates and facts around Nagorno-Karabakh's 30-year long conflict

Nagorno-Karabakh is a geographical area near the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It is a mountainous and heavily-forested patch of land that

5 April 2016

Azerbaijan

Calls for calm after third day of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia’s president has warned that renewed fighting in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh could spiral into all-out war after a third day of

4 April 2016

World News

Azerbaijan announces an end to fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan said on Sunday (April 3) it would end fighting with Armenian-backed troops over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region after two days of

3 April 2016

World News

Azerbaijan announces unilateral Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire

Both Azerbaijan and Armenia confirm dozens of dead and injured after fighting erupted on Saturday

3 April 2016

World News

International calls for restraint after dozens killed in new Nagorno-Karabakh clashes

Heavy fighting in the Armenian separatist enclave in Azerbaijan erupted on Saturday killing dozens of people

3 April 2016

World News

Worst deadly fighting in years hits breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh

The fighting erupted on Saturday killing dozens of people and threatening to shatter a fragile truce

2 April 2016

Economy

Azerbaijan's president insists low oil price are bringing reforms and diversification

Azerbaijan is one of the suffering from the oil price crisis but President Ilham Aliyev told euronews the economy is being reformed and is diversifying away from energy dependence.

11 March 2016

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Ice rink for cars

A cold snap in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku left car brakes useless and wheels spinning as drivers tried to navigate a junction. Amazingly there were no

29 January 2016

Azerbaijan

{Watch} 30 workers presumed dead after oil rig fire in Caspian Sea

Twenty three workers are still missing and presumed dead after an oil rig fire in the Caspian Sea. Azerbaijan’s state energy company says 33 workers

7 December 2015

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Deadly fire on the Caspian Sea

A search and rescue mission is underway after an Azeri oil platform caught fire during high winds in the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan. One body has been

7 December 2015

Azerbaijan

Thirty-two oil workers reported dead as rig catches fire in Caspian Sea

Thirty-two oil workers died in a fire on an offshore platform in the Caspian Sea on Saturday. The rig was operated by Azerbaijan’s state energy

5 December 2015

Azerbaijan

World Travel Market 2015 interview – Mahir Gahramanov, Azerbaijan

4 November 2015