Tensions continue between Azerbaijan and Armenia as a result of mutual accusations of border breaching, despite Russia’s deployment of peacekeeping forces in the wake of a 44-day war between the two countries.
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You might remember that Pashinyan recently danced Yalli in Shusha. The moment I saw the way he was dancing, I said that these people were alien to this geography—I even wrote about it. Everywhere in the Caucasus, people dance Yalli holding hands, but in Anatolia, they dance it shoulder to shoulder.
Azerbaijan’s host site for the Euro 2020 football cup was built for an Olympic Games that never was. Now it’s preparing for the biggest event it’s hosted so far.
EUvsDisinfo talked with three Azerbaijani journalists reflecting on their role in society. They represent different generations of Azerbaijani journalism: Shahin Hajiyev working in the press since 1986, inspired by the “perestroika” in then USSR; now he is editor-in-chief at Turan News Agency. Ilhamiyya Rza working since 1989 in print and electronic media, winner of the Hasan bey Zardabi-national award and now with Khazar TV, just as Seymur Kazimov freelance journalist since 2002 specialising in conflict reporting.
Tahir Ibishov was born in the Ukrainian city of Makiivka in 1986. In 2003, he graduated from No. 8 Baku Music School named after Gara Garayev as a violinist and enrolled in the Baku Academy of Music also as a violinist, but transferred to the composition faculty in 2005, on the guarantee of Prof. H. Mirzazade. In 2015-2019, he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, first at the Composition Faculty (Professor B. Furrer’s class), then at the Faculty of Education in Composition and Music Theory.
Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada has said that his country will start direct flights operation with Pakistan soon after the slowdown of Covid-19 which will yield positive impacts on economic and trade activities of both the countries.
"My second child was born right before the Mars flyby experiment, and I missed the first eight months of the baby’s life. I distracted myself in isolation watching various sports news, making phone calls to my family, talking to the other crew members."
This interviewee wished to be introduced by his baptismal name—Pavlos. He is an Azerbaijani who converted to Catholicism. Pavlos and I talked about the state of the Catholic Church in Azerbaijan, its congregation, and the local population’s attitude towards Christianity.
Republic Underground had the chance to interview French photographer Gregory Herpe on his visit to Azerbaijan. Herpe sees Azerbaijan as a nation waiting for the rest of the world, with arms open to welcome visitors from the West.
The current situation is that the West is rapidly advancing towards the peak of self-censorship, boxing itself in, virtually stalled and exhausted.
Azerbaijan has been growing its tourism economy for the last decade, reaching a record-breaking number of international travelers in 2019. Once the pandemic hit, the country’s tourism board realized they could use this time to emerge even stronger, thanks to Azerbaijan’s offerings that are equipped for a post-Covid-19 world.
In an exclusive interview, Jeyhun Bayramov lauds the “close and mutually beneficial” ties between Baku and Jerusalem, which cover “political, economic, military and other fields.”
According to the 2020 report on Human Rights by the US Department of State, there is the rise of anti-Semitism in Armenia.
Florian Sengstschmid has more than 25 years of experience in the tourism industry. He worked for the Austrian National Tourist Board, as regional director for Russia and CIS countries, and while in Moscow, also worked as a commercial attaché at the Austrian embassy.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, illiterate people, who were made millionaires overnight by oil gushing in their yards, invited European architects to build houses for them. That
"It’s nice to see plenty of young people at our events who are interested in the Jewish way of life, who want to learn more about our traditions and customs."
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter with a career spanning over forty years. Von Trier experiments with genre and technical innovation; his films highlight existential, social,
An interview with Messoud Ashina, Professor of Neurology and Senior Consultant at the University of Copenhagen, President of the International Headache Society, Director of the Human Migraine Research Unit at the Danish Headache Center, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the YASHAT Foundation.
Ahmad Obali, the founder of the popular U.S.-based Azeri-language television station Günaz TV, tells Ynet in an interview about the oppression the Azeri minority suffers under the Islamic Republic and its warm attitude toward Israel.