• Azerbaijan, Baku, 8 February / corr Trend S.Ilhamgizi / In the present conditions the primaries are impossible in our country, Lala Shovkat, the leader of the oppositional National Unity Movement and Liberal Party of Azerbaijan, started. (trend.az)
  • Azerbaijan, Baku, 16 August / Trend corr. (trend.az)
  • The Interior Ministry said that Amirov's latest arrest was for trying to move from the city of Masalli in southern Azerbaijan to Baku, which is prohibited during the quarantine regime. (oc-media.org)
  • A statement by the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation said Minister Rania El-Mashat has headed the Egyptian side during the fifth session of the joint Egypt- Azerbaijan committee held in Baku. (egypttoday.com)
  • Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) announced on Saturday the resumption of charter flights from Baku to Cairo starting July 8 and to Sharm El Sheikh starting July 18. (egypttoday.com)
  • Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) announced its intention to resume weekly direct flights between Sharm al-Sheikh and Baku on Nov. 8. (egypttoday.com)
  • The Baku European Games, the first multi-sport mega-event held at a European level, was a major public relations undertaking by Azerbaijan. (cambridge.org)
  • She later criticized the government's policy on the eastern Mediterranean, as well as a recent diplomatic incident with Iran after President Erdoğan recited lines from a poem at a military parade in Baku, Azerbaijan, to celebrate Azerbaijan's victory over Armenia in Nagorno-Karabagh. (memri.org)
  • BAKU, 8 November 2010 - Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan were characterized by a peaceful atmosphere and all opposition parties participated in the political process, but the conduct of these elections overall was not sufficient to constitute meaningful progress in the democratic development of the country, international observers said in a statement issued today. (oscepa.org)
  • BAKU, 6 November 2010 - The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 8 November, in Baku. (oscepa.org)
  • Azerbaijan is a country between Russia to the north and Iran to the south with a population over 8 million and capital city of Baku. (sourcewatch.org)
  • The country's largest opposition newspaper, Yeni Musavat , stopped publication for several months in early 2005 after a court in the capital, Baku, ordered it to pay 800 million manats (US$160,000) in libel damages to several government officials. (cpj.org)
  • Agramunt has been consistent in this approach to Azerbaijan: from the very beginning of his relationship with Baku he has been a defender of the Aliyev regime. (esiweb.org)
  • Lukashenka, who oversaw a brutal crackdown against opposition activists in the wake of his controversial reelection last year, has signaled he is ready to pardon all of his country's political prisoners by mid-October. (rferl.org)
  • Lukashenka's apparent about-face -- accompanied by the release of four activists today -- came after EU member-state Bulgaria entered talks with the Belarusian leadership with the aim of softening his stance on the political opposition. (rferl.org)
  • Who is spying on Mexico's opposition leaders, journalists and activists? (latimes.com)
  • Amirov was one of the first of dozens of opposition activists arrested during the quarantine regime in Azerbaijan. (oc-media.org)
  • Amid the growing suppression of the few remaining vocal critics of the government, a fierce campaign has been launched against 'no war' activists in Azerbaijan. (eurasianet.org)
  • A climate of fear following the disappearance of leading opposition figures in 1999 has continued with the harassment and arrests of opposition activists and the forced closure of independent newspapers. (csce.gov)
  • Independent news websites and opposition activists suffered cyberattacks ahead of April's snap presidential election (see Technical Attacks). (freedomhouse.org)
  • Internet freedom declined in Azerbaijan after a court upheld the blocking of independent news websites and technical attacks targeted both news outlets and opposition activists. (freedomhouse.org)
  • Authorities also pressured exiled activists to cease their online activities by detaining and threatening relatives residing in Azerbaijan. (freedomhouse.org)
  • As a result, social media platforms remain popular tools among opposition activists and the general public. (freedomhouse.org)
  • The release of Arifoglu and six other opposition activists failed to meet Western demands that they be exonerated of the criminal charges, which were widely seen as politically motivated. (cpj.org)
  • The ruling New Azerbaijan Party has officially nominated the candidature of current President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. (trend.az)
  • However, the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, in power since 1993, has been accused of authoritarian leadership under the leadership of both Heydar Aliyev and his son Ilham Aliyev, and deteriorating the country's human rights record, including increasing restrictions on civil liberties, particularly on press freedom and political repression. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, arrives for a working dinner at the White House March 31, 2016 in Washington, DC. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • On November 10, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev addressed the nation. (president.az)
  • The region and seven surrounding districts are internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, pending a solution to the status of Nagorno-Karabakh through negotiations facilitated by the OSCE, although it became de facto independent with the end of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994. (wikipedia.org)
  • Protesters march during a rally after Azerbaijan reclaimed control of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a blitz offensive, and forced tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians flooded over its borders, in Athens, Greece, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (wboy.com)
  • The Homeland party said in a statement that Vanetsian's arrest is part of the Armenian authorities' efforts to quell opposition protests against a Russia-mediated cease-fire agreement that stopped fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh. (eurasiareview.com)
  • While the Moscow-brokered truce ended fighting that has killed more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians on each side, it has been rejected by Armenians because it allows Azerbaijan to keep large swaths of Nagorno-Karabakh. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Nagorno-Karabakh is recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but its majority Armenian population has governed its own affairs since Azerbaijani troops and Azeri civilians were pushed out of the region in a war that ended in a cease-fire in 1994. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Armenian opposition MP Tigran Abrahamyan claims Azerbaijan's war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) has not ended. (panorama.am)
  • An end is being put to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict today. (president.az)
  • 6. The Republic of Armenia shall return Kalbajar district to the Republic of Azerbaijan by November 15, 2020, and Lachin district by December 1, 2020, while retaining the Lachin corridor (5km wide), which shall provide a connection of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and shall not affect the city of Shusha. (president.az)
  • The decade-long Armenian occupation of the western province of Nagorno-Karabakh remained a politically explosive issue in both Azerbaijan and neighboring Armenia. (cpj.org)
  • 3 In June, 15 Armenian POWs were freed by Azerbaijan and returned home in exchange for maps of minefields around Nagorno-Karabakh, due in part to the mediation of the United States and Georgia, 4 and in July, another 15 returned home with mediation from Russia. (freedomhouse.org)
  • Separatist Karabakh's decades-long, bloody dream of independence ended on Thursday with a formal decree declaring that the so-called Armenian statelet in Azerbaijan 'ceases to exist' at the end of the year. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • Azerbaijan has presented its 'reintegration plan' to Karabakhi Armenian representatives. (eurasianet.org)
  • Pashinyan's agreement to the truce with Azerbaijan on November 10 prompted a furious reaction in the Armenian capital, with protesters storming government buildings and parliament. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Homeland is one of 17 Armenian opposition groups that launched the protests and demanded Pashinyan's resignation. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Speaking at a meeting of the Armenian parliament's standing committee on legal affairs, Kirakosyan underscored the UN court ruling is legally binding and must be implemented by Azerbaijan. (panorama.am)
  • The unclear fate of Armenian prisoners of war held in Azerbaijan, numbering some 200 POWs at the start of 2021, was the most sensitive and politically controversial question in Armenia during the year. (freedomhouse.org)
  • However, in 2021, the advancement of Azerbaijani armed forces in Gegharkunik region and border crisis in November created security concerns for four Armenian regions: Tavush, Gegharkunik, and Syunik bordering Azerbaijan, and Vayots Dzor bordering Azerbaijan's Nakhijevan autonomous republic. (freedomhouse.org)
  • The proposed framework accord calls for the transfer to Azerbaijan of virtually all the liberated Armenian territories around Karabakh in return for a future referendum on self-determination in the Karabakh Republic. (asbarez.com)
  • The opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation also criticized the document for favoring Azerbaijan. (asbarez.com)
  • Azerbaijan has unveiled its final entry list for the European Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Yerevan. (panorama.am)
  • Elder Namazov, the President of re Public Forum for Azerbaijan, former head of the Azerbaijani President's Secretariat, told Trend that the candidates from the opposition camp should rival openly through the conduct of primaries to define the most successful candidate to the presidency. (trend.az)
  • Azerbaijani authorities placed an opposition leader into pre-trial detention on Monday for counterfeiting and for being allied with the exiled Turkish cleric Fetullah Gullen, whom Ankara has blamed for plotting the 2016 coup. (occrp.org)
  • In June, Ibadoghlu established a foundation in the U.K. called the Azerbaijani Youth Education Foundation with fellow Azerbaijani opposition politicians Jamil Hasanli and Arif Mammadov. (occrp.org)
  • Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan, [ɑːzæɾbɑjˈdʒɑn]), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia. (wikipedia.org)
  • The email invitation stated that "Muslim and Jewish leaders" would gather for lunch at the Azerbaijani embassy in Washington to "express appreciation to Azerbaijan for its pioneering work in Muslim-Jewish relations. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Jahangir is among a number of journalists in Azerbaijan who have been barred from leaving the country in what lawyers and media workers said appeared to be an increasingly widespread measure used by the Azerbaijani government to target its critics. (voanews.com)
  • Unfortunately, the reality we are all facing is that Azerbaijan is simply ignoring the ruling and trying to twist it," the lawyer said, adding it was evidenced by the Azerbaijani foreign minister's letter addressed to the UN secretary general. (panorama.am)
  • Azerbaijan's state-run and public media compete with private and opposition publications and broadcasters. (sourcewatch.org)
  • The new policy would allow "the temporary accommodation of foreign military bases" in Azerbaijan under international accords and "in the case of radical changes in Azerbaijan's military-political situation. (sourcewatch.org)
  • Osman Gunduz, head of the Azerbaijan Internet Forum, cites Azerbaijan's underdeveloped infrastructure as a key obstacle toward attaining greater access and higher connection speeds. (freedomhouse.org)
  • Members of the political opposition in Belarus are cautiously welcoming a pledge by the country's authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, to release all political prisoners in hopes of resuming dialogue with the West. (rferl.org)
  • A spying scandal in Mexico widened Thursday after it was confirmed by experts that several of the country's top opposition leaders - along with journalists and human rights advocates - were targeted by high-tech spyware exclusively sold to governments. (latimes.com)
  • Recently the country's oldest opposition party have found itself in hot waters over a fraudulent asylum scheme. (az-netwatch.org)
  • The country's main opposition parties have been granted registration by the state after initially being refused. (eurasianet.org)
  • RFE/RL ) - The leader of Armenia's opposition Homeland party, Artur Vanetsian, has been arrested and accused of plotting to overthrow the government and kill the country's embattled prime minister, as the country's main security body said it had thwarted an assassination attempt. (eurasiareview.com)
  • National Democratic Governance rating improved from 2.25 to 2.50 due to snap parliamentary elections and resulting stabilization of governance in the wake of the 2020 conflict with Azerbaijan, creating a path towards resolving the country's postwar political crisis. (freedomhouse.org)
  • In response, the government called snap parliamentary elections in June as a means to overcome the country's internal political crisis and to quell continuous opposition protests. (freedomhouse.org)
  • The party's press secretary Mustafa Hajibeyli told Turan News Agency the targeting was related to the upcoming early parliamentary election in Azerbaijan [scheduled on February 9, 2020] and the news of the pre-election violations. (az-netwatch.org)
  • Harutyunyan led the breakaway region, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but was largely populated by ethnic Armenians, between May 2020 and the beginning of September. (wboy.com)
  • 2. Aghdam district shall be returned to the Republic of Azerbaijan by November 20, 2020. (president.az)
  • The security and border crisis that started after the Second Karabakh War in 2020 and territorial transfers to Azerbaijan initially affected only Armenia's Syunik region. (freedomhouse.org)
  • The first half of 2021 was turbulent, with a wave of antigovernment protests over the previous year's military defeat and subsequent ceasefire agreement with Azerbaijan on November 9, 2020. (freedomhouse.org)
  • Anatol Lyabedzka, the leader of the opposition United Civic Party, was among the hundreds of people detained for participating in protests against Lukashenka's win on December 19. (rferl.org)
  • Human Rights Watch documented the arrest and imprisonment of several high-ranking members of opposition political parties, government critics with large followings on social media, and people who have frequently been involved in political protests. (hrw.org)
  • The government of Azerbaijan has for many years had a poor human rights record, but the number of arrests, the adoption of harsher laws, and extensive government efforts to stop and prevent peaceful public protests indicate a new concerted government effort to curtail political and civic activism in the country, Human Rights Watch said. (hrw.org)
  • Participating in the elections form the opposition will be from the parties Musavat, Great Establishment, whereas the parties entering the Azadlyg blocАthe Popular Front of Azerbaijan, the Liberal Party and the Citizens Development Party insist to boycott the elections. (trend.az)
  • Isa Gambar, the leader of Musavat Party said that his party is prepared to for holding primary elections among candidates from the opposition to presidency. (trend.az)
  • The Open Society, Musavat, Civil Solidarity, Democratic and Great Establishment parties, Azadlig bloc, as well as Eldar Namazov, the head of Public Forum of 'For Azerbaijan' refused to participate in the elections. (trend.az)
  • The name Azerbaijan was first adopted for the area of the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan by the government of Musavat in 1918, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, when the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established. (wikipedia.org)
  • Yeni Musavat and other opposition newspapers resorted to self-censorship in the face of harsh laws that allow authorities to imprison journalists for up to seven years in defamation and insult cases. (cpj.org)
  • Arifoglu, who is primarily a journalist, is also deputy director of the Musavat opposition party. (cpj.org)
  • The next presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held in November. (trend.az)
  • The presidential elections will be held in Azerbaijan on 15 October. (trend.az)
  • Azadlig bloc, uniting three opposition parties (Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, Liberal Party and Citizen and Development Party), and Classical Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan decided to boycott the presidential elections. (trend.az)
  • I think that the opposition does not need any mediator to establish a coalition and device a united document, expressing general position of the opposition concerning the elections," Huseyn said. (trend.az)
  • The opposition claims the Georgian Dream "usurped power," and rigged the elections, citing, among others, discrepancies in a number of final vote tallies. (civil.ge)
  • Protesting the "stolen elections," the opposition leaders and protesters are rallying towards the hilltop residence of GD leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, after blocking Rustaveli Avenue, the main thoroughfare of the Georgian capital, outside the Parliament. (civil.ge)
  • The move came as the conservative ruling party, Law and Justice, stepped up its attacks on the main opposition leader, Donald Tusk, ahead of parliamentary elections in the fall, which the president scheduled this week for Oct. 15. (wkbn.com)
  • See RFE/RL news, analysis, and background on our dedicated webpage at http://www.azadiradio.org/en/specials/elections. (hri.org)
  • In fact, it is a sophisticated effort to hide a simple truth, a portrait of deception: in all areas a democracy cannot do without - from free and fair elections to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly or basic political and human rights, including the rule of law through an independent judiciary - the situation in Azerbaijan, already terrible a decade ago, is even worse today. (esiweb.org)
  • The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, hereinafter referred to as the Parties, shall stop at their current positions. (president.az)
  • The Republic of Azerbaijan shall guarantee the safety of citizens, vehicles and goods traveling along the Lachin corridor in both directions. (president.az)
  • The Republic of Armenia guarantees the safety of transport links between the western regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in order to organize an unhindered movement of citizens, vehicles and goods in both directions. (president.az)
  • The Republic of Azerbaijan gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. (sourcewatch.org)
  • Azeri authorities accuse Democratic Party of Azerbaijan leader Rasul Quliyev of embezzlement. (rferl.org)
  • Authorities considered independent and opposition journalists to be traitors, and pressured private companies not to advertise in media that did not support Aliyev. (cpj.org)
  • 55 Armenians are being held by Azerbaijan, international law expert Siranush Sahakyan said at a press conference on Thursday, citing official. (panorama.am)
  • 14 October 2005 -- Azeri authorities say there is a jail cell waiting for an opposition leader who has promised to return from self-imposed exile. (rferl.org)
  • Apart from his academic career, Ibadoghlu is the chairman of the Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity Party, which authorities have refused to register. (occrp.org)
  • A journalist working for an independent media outlet in Azerbaijan says authorities are preventing her from travel. (voanews.com)
  • I consider this [travel ban] to be related to my oppositionist views, my membership in the [decision-making body] of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party and my critical thoughts against the authorities. (voanews.com)
  • Lyabedzka now says he's confident Lukashenka will see his pledge all the way through and release the nearly 20 opposition protesters -- including three presidential candidates -- who are still in jail. (rferl.org)
  • On Monday, at least five opposition parties, including the main opposition Republican Peoples Party, or CHP, filed criminal complaints demanding that the judiciary - which they accuse of being subservient to Erdogan's nationalist government - take action over the allegations. (fox2now.com)
  • A court cleared the way for Uganda's main opposition leader to run in next week's presidential election by rejecting claims Friday that his nomination was illegal. (pravda.ru)
  • We know that the judiciary is currently in the service of the government," said Mustafa Yeneroglu of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party, or DEVA. (fox2now.com)
  • According to the nongovernmental Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center, 18 journalists were banned from leaving Azerbaijan in 2019, some without prior notification. (voanews.com)
  • This would have a very positive effect of stabilization and progress for Karabakh and would no longer submit such actions to a veto from Azerbaijan," said the statement. (asbarez.com)
  • E.Babayev / In Azerbaijan, it is expected to establish a new organization, which will comprise famous opposition leaders and independent politicians. (trend.az)
  • The opposition politicians argue the united opposition forces garnered more votes in total than the incumbent ruling party. (civil.ge)
  • journalists and opposition politicians believed that Huseynov was murdered in retaliation for his work. (cpj.org)
  • MP Irma Inashvili, leader of Kremlin-friendly Alliance of Patriots party, that is at odds with UNM and other opposition parties, also announced that today her party rejects the results, vowing to hold separate rallies. (civil.ge)
  • Belarus has "woken up" and the nation's revolution is neither "pro-Russian nor anti-Russian" and neither "anti-European Union nor pro-European Union," Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told MEPs Tuesday. (politico.eu)
  • At present she is the co-chair of the largest opposition bloc Azadlyg. (trend.az)
  • In August, police arrested a subway vendor for selling the opposition daily Azadlyg and confiscated copies of the newspaper, according to local press reports. (cpj.org)
  • According to Shovkat, Today the priority for us is bringing an end the war against the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan and release of the imprisoned journalists. (trend.az)
  • The murder of a prominent editor, detentions of other journalists, police abuses, and bureaucratic obstruction curtailed independent reporting in the run-up to a November 6 parliamentary election that saw President Ilham Aliyev's ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party and its allies sweep to victory. (cpj.org)
  • The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Azerbaijan to take all measures at its disposal to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions in late February. (panorama.am)
  • The opposition has been staging regular rallies and says the government is planning to rig the vote. (rferl.org)
  • Opposition parties have ratcheted up their criticisms against the government over massive corruption and graft claims in their pre-election rallies, accusing the prime minister and government members of robbing the state and the people. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • Those participating in opposition rallies also reported experiencing connectivity issues. (freedomhouse.org)
  • Users also experience connectivity issues during politically-sensitive events such as opposition rallies. (freedomhouse.org)
  • The repressive environment has made it difficult for opposition candidates to engage in normal campaign activities. (csce.gov)
  • Azerbaijan is a developing country and ranks 91st on the Human Development Index. (wikipedia.org)
  • The sports event served to internationally portray Azerbaijan as a rapidly developing country and in this way to increase national consciousness within the society, which was lacking a collective narrative in the post-Soviet era. (cambridge.org)
  • Ahmadov's lawyer, Ahmad Farhadov, told BBC Azerbaijan on 18 May that he had been remanded in custody for four months. (oc-media.org)
  • Observers like opposition politician Alyaksandr Milinkevich say they see a direct connection between Lukashenka's pardon pledge and his mounting economic woes. (rferl.org)
  • Earlier on Friday, Armenia's Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Karen Giloyan said Azerbaijan had tentatively confirmed its participation in the event. (panorama.am)
  • According to the reports, the attack began 12.00 UTC time while most of the key party affiliates including page admins were attending commemoration ceremony, celebrating the birthday of the founder of Azerbaijan Republic, Mammad Amin Rasulzade . (az-netwatch.org)
  • Three members of the opposition Popular Front Party who were earlier detained on quarantine violations charges have been re-arrested. (oc-media.org)
  • Since Azerbaijan imposed a nationwide quarantine regime on 24 March in response to the coronavirus, the Popular Front Party has reported the arrest of over 30 of their members. (oc-media.org)
  • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish opposition parties on Monday filed legal complaints to press Turkish prosecutors into investigating corruption allegations made by a fugitive mafia boss against people close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party. (fox2now.com)
  • Georgia's major opposition parties, including the United National Movement of ex-President Saakashvili, European Georgia, Lelo, Strategy Aghmashenebeli, Labor Party, hit the streets on Sunday afternoon, rejecting the preliminary results of the October 31 parliamentary vote, that forecast the Georgian Dream to form a third consecutive government. (civil.ge)
  • In the meantime, Gigi Ugulava of the European Georgia party, announced the opposition parties will organize a large-scale rally on November 8. (civil.ge)
  • The Azerbaijan Popular Front Party is an opposition political party. (voanews.com)
  • Parliamentarian Fazil Mustafa, head of the Great Order Party, told VOA that there is no special ban on citizens leaving Azerbaijan and that it is impossible for any group to prevent anyone from leaving the country without a court decision. (voanews.com)
  • They will have before them two reports on Azerbaijan: one on political prisoners and one on the "honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan. (esiweb.org)
  • Azerbaijan and Turkey are close allies, especially when it comes to security issues. (occrp.org)
  • The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. (wikipedia.org)
  • The opposition should assess the existing political situation. (trend.az)
  • Moreover, the sports competition symbolized the government's commitment to impose reasons of state and nation-building over social needs and political freedoms in Azerbaijan. (cambridge.org)
  • The strategy is designed to curtail opposition political activity, limit public criticism of the government, and exercise greater control over nongovernmental organizations. (hrw.org)
  • Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with 182 countries and holds membership in 38 international organizations, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Non-Aligned Movement, the OSCE, and the NATO PfP program. (wikipedia.org)
  • The House of Representatives will discuss Monday a report on exempting diplomatic or special passport holders from entry visa requirements between Egypt and Azerbaijan. (egypttoday.com)
  • Dropping all diplomatic engagements with Azerbaijan would be against the interests of peace and security in the region, Matthew Miller, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, told a briefing. (arminfo.info)
  • The application for participation in the first workshop that qualifies for participation in the two competitions of Mexico and Azerbaijan begins on July 27 and August 10. (egypttoday.com)
  • At this point, Azerbaijan has confirmed its participation, but this isn't final yet," the ministry quoted him as saying. (panorama.am)
  • By agreement of the Parties, the construction of new transport communications linking the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic with the western regions of Azerbaijan shall be ensured. (president.az)
  • The detentions were denounced by the opposition as illegal, and the opposition figures were released two days later. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Svetlana Tikhanovskaya tells European Parliament: 'We are not the opposition anymore. (politico.eu)
  • Internet access remains expensive for much of the population, with Azerbaijan lagging behind its neighbors on indicators such as internet speed and affordability. (freedomhouse.org)
  • Internet in Azerbaijan remains expensive, though this does not translate into better quality or faster connections. (freedomhouse.org)
  • 2 In the lead-up to the vote, several opposition figures' Facebook pages were hacked, while independent websites suffered technical attacks. (freedomhouse.org)
  • Seadet Jahangir of the Azadliq news outlet in Azerbaijan is seen in an undated photo from her Facebook page. (voanews.com)
  • Azerbaijan netizens especially rely on Facebook as an important platform for publishing corruption investigations and discussion on the ongoing government clampdown, as well as daily grievances. (freedomhouse.org)
  • Baydemirli had criticized the government for failing to address the public health and environmental concerns of villagers in Gadabay in the western region of Azerbaijan. (occrp.org)
  • President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said that Egypt looks forward to increasing public and private investments with Azerbaijan, citing the business reforms introduced by the Egyptian government to simplify and facilitate investment procedures. (egypttoday.com)