4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (777+ words) Former Georgian prosecutor general Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze says that before forming his own unit to take part in the war against Ukraine, he served for nine months in Russia’s Arbat volunteer corps. Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported his statement. In…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1293+ words) Persecution of Talysh activists in Azerbaijan Talysh activists and researchers in Azerbaijan have over the years received lengthy prison sentences on charges of high treason, separatism and inciting ethnic hatred. Two of them, Novruzali Mammadov and Fakhraddin Abbasov, died while…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (768+ words) Opposition politicians in Armenia and some local media reported that the new Constitution had been published on Sahmanadrutyun․com. Artashes Ikonomov, co-founder of the Njhar constitutional movement, reported it on social media and described it as his “sensational discovery”. However,…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1221+ words) The US made Armenia’s access to advanced Nvidia processors one of the economic incentives offered during the peace talks. The project is already under way in Yerevan. Azerbaijan, meanwhile, received a strategic partnership document from Washington, the suspension of Section…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1009+ words) Trials of Armenian prisoners in Baku “The lives of all Armenians held in Baku are in danger. They may even express views that are contrary to their own will,” Siranush Sahakyan, who represents the interests of Armenian prisoners at the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (796+ words) Four separate reports about Azerbaijan have appeared in international media: a TVP World programme by Poland’s public broadcaster on political repression, an Independent report on the conditions in which Ali Karimli is being held, a BBC analysis of political prisoners,…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1020+ words) The average price of a 65-square-metre flat in Baku is now around 178,000 manats (about $105,000). Someone earning the country’s average monthly salary of 1,174 manats (about $690) would have to save their entire income for 12 and a half years to afford it. But…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1120+ words) A new state programme, approved by a decree from President Ilham Aliyev, sets out plans to develop the tourism sector in the coming years, attract more foreign visitors and expand tourism beyond Baku. The programme comes into force as the…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (593+ words) Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Uzbekistan The state visit to Tashkent was presented by official media as a “new, symbolic and practical stage” in relations between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a one-on-one meeting, chaired the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (554+ words) Exports from Armenia to Azerbaijan Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told journalists that “exports from Armenia to Azerbaijan could begin in the near future”. He also said that bilateral trade was already on the agenda. According to Pashinyan, Azerbaijani specialists…...