Nagorno-Karabakh: Preventive and Remedial Recognition vs. Azerbaijani Threats
Source: Asbarez
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-06-17 14:07:11 -0700 | political-news
Monday, June 17th, 2013 | Posted by Contributor Nagorno-Karabakh: Preventive and Remedial Recognition vs. From The Armenian Weekly The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, one of the longest-lasting conflicts in the region, seems to have passed into an essential phase of its settlement....
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Azerbaijan's Human Rights Record
Source: Asbarez
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-06-13 11:07:37 -0700 | political-news
European Parliament on Thursday, adopted yet another resolution on the sorry Human Rights record of Azerbaijan, this time focusing on the case of Ilgar Mammadov, a hopeful presidential candidate against incumbent Ilham Aliyev. EU Parliament during the debate said, that...
OIC seeks $ 300 m aid to boost Palestine budget
Source: Arab News
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-06-11 15:21:55 -0700 | political-news
Nadeem Al-Hamid Wednesday 12 June 2013 Last Update 12 June 2013 1:17 am Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has stressed the group's unwavering support toward the Palestinian cause. Speaking on the sidelines of the conference...
Through the Baku Looking Glass
Source: Asia Times Online
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-06-11 01:54:55 -0700 | political-news
The taxi-drivers competing for a US$45 fare into Baku city center denied point blank the existence of an airport bus which I could see 200 meters away, and which cheerfully carried me in to Baku city center for 45 cents....
GCC Secretary-General arrives in Azerbaijan
Source: Qatar English Daily
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-06-09 23:59:26 -0700 | political-news
Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr. Abdul-Latif bin Rashid Al-Zayani arrived today in Azerbaijan's Capital, Baku, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. The GCC Secretary-General is scheduled to take part in the donors' conference to finance the...
Baku Declares Renowned Opera Star ‘Persona Non-Grata'
Source: Asbarez
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-06-06 16:29:43 -0700 | political-news
Baku Declares Renowned Opera Star Persona Non-Grata' Soprano Montserrat Caballe at Gandzasar with Artsakh Primate Arch. Spain soprano Montserrat Caballe performed Groung by Komitas at the Gandzasar monastery in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, she was being declared persona non grata by...
Remarks with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
Source: Scoop
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-06-03 21:21:33 -0700 | political-news
I am very, very happy to welcome Foreign Minister Mammadyarov from Azerbaijan and very, very pleased to spend some time with him today. I've had occasion to talk to President Aliyev several times in the last months and we've talked...
Gibbs, Messina, Plouffe headline Azerbaijan trip
Source: Politico
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-05-30 17:56:23 -0700 | political-news
A group of more than 40 high-level former White House officials, members of Congress and state officials traveled this week to Azerbaijan for a convention sponsored by top energy companies. Former White House deputy chief of staff and Obama 2012...
Armenia-Azerbaijan: Behind the Rhetoric
Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-05-30 07:46:07 -0700 | political-news
Virtual discussion brings experts together to discuss impasse of talks, and possible ways forward. Yerevan and Baku provided a rare opportunity for open Armenian-Azerbaijani debate when they hosted a joint discussion on the issues behind the hostile relationship between the...
Azerbaijan's crackdown on dissent
Source: BBC
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-05-28 23:07:48 -0700 | political-news
I try not to cry so that I can be strong for my son," mathematics teacher Sakina Gurbanova says, struggling to hold back the tears, as she shows me a picture of her son. A handsome, smiling 27-year-old law graduate,...
Harlem Shakedown in Azerbaijan
Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-05-22 15:32:11 -0700 | political-news
In latest political arrest, official accuse youth activist of making dance video. May 13 The Azerbaijani authorities are continuing to harass dissidents, with a special focus on youth activists. In the latest case, a court in Baku ordered 21-year-old Ilkin...
IHT Rendezvous: Vote Allegations Rattle Eurovision Song Contest
Source: Newyork Times
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-05-22 06:37:31 -0700 | political-news
Jens Astrup/Agence France-Presse Getty Images Denmark's Emmelie de Forest, this year's Eurovision winner. Tension has been rising between Russia and neighboring Azerbaijan since the weekend over an alleged vote-rigging scandal whose reverberations are being felt across Europe.
Your Town: Accused NPS professor's slay trial on hold
Source: The Herald
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-05-21 23:08:19 -0700 | political-news
Accused NPS professor's trial on hold A preliminary hearing for former Naval Postgraduate School professor Lawrence Jones, accused of killing his wife around the time of their divorce, has been put off until fall. The hearing, originally scheduled for Friday,...
Moscow Finds Karabakh Status Quo ‘Unacceptable'
Source: Asbarez
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-05-21 16:39:40 -0700 | political-news
Combined Sources)Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said that the status quo in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was unacceptable, while his Azeri counterpart, Elmar Mammadyarov said Baku would push for peace after the presidential elections there slated for the fall....
Petrykivsky painting may be included in UNESCO cultural heritage list
Source: Forum
Baku :: Azerbaijan | updated 2013-05-21 03:23:50 -0700 | political-news
Foreign Ministry informs. "I am confident that Petrykivsky painting will get the status of an element of intangible heritage of humanity and deservedly take its rightful place in the treasury of the world cultural heritage," Kozhara said during a working...
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