News: Azerbaijan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Azerbaijan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• October 16th 2020 – April 26th 2019
• March 26th 2019 – November 1st 2015
• October 10th 2015 – May 20th 2015
• May 19th 2015 – July 25th 2014
• July 1st 2014 – May 20th 2013
• May 3rd 2013 – May 26th 2012
• May 25th 2012 – June 7th 2011
• May 18th 2011 – October 29th 2009
• October 18th 2009 – November 2nd 2008
• October 16th 2008 – July 20th 2007
• July 19th 2007 – January 23rd 2006
• December 24th 2005 – November 13th 2005

Azerbaijan: news

Helicopters help combat Baku shopping centre fire

Tuesday, March 26th 2019, 13:43
related places: Baku

The fire broke out at a five-storey shopping mall in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku.
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Journalists in Azerbaijan get free flats for Press Day

Saturday, July 22nd 2017, 9:19

President Ilham Aliyev gives 255 flats to journalists on occasion of the country's National Press Day.
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Azerbaijan President Aliyev makes wife Mehriban his deputy

Tuesday, February 21st 2017, 11:52

Azerbaijan's authoritarian President Aliyev appoints his wife Mehriban as first vice-president.
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Nagorno-Karabakh: BBC visits Azerbaijan's side of frontline

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 1:36

BBC visits Azerbaijan's side of frontline in Karabakh conflict
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VIDEO: 'Why I'm defending Azerbaijani journalist'

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 6:08
related countries: United States

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney speaks to the BBC about representing Azerbaijan reporter Khadija Ismayilova, as well as US politics.
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VIDEO: Tensions rise over Azerbaijan ceasefire

Thursday, April 7th 2016, 10:33
related countries: Armenia

A ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces is being treated with caution only days after coming into effect.
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Karabakh ceasefire deal announced

Tuesday, April 5th 2016, 12:02
related countries: Armenia

Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces announce an immediate ceasefire after fighting in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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Azeris 'call truce' in Caucasus clash

Sunday, April 3rd 2016, 17:52
related countries: Armenia

Azerbaijan announces a "unilateral ceasefire" in fighting with Armenian forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, but its opponents say fighting continues.
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Turkey backs Azeris in Armenia clash

Sunday, April 3rd 2016, 9:16
related countries: Armenia

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he backs Azerbaijan "to the end", amid its clashes with Armenians in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Azeri leader pardons 148 prisoners

Thursday, March 17th 2016, 15:57

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev pardons 148 inmates, including a dozen of activists seen as political prisoners by human rights groups.
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Azeri rig workers missing after fire

Saturday, December 5th 2015, 17:45

At least one oil worker is dead and 30 are missing after a platform in the Caspian Sea caught fire in a storm, the office of President Ilham Aliyev says.
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Azerbaijan ruling party wins election

Sunday, November 1st 2015, 22:37

Azerbaijan's ruling party has won parliamentary elections that were boycotted by the main opposition parties, the country's electoral commission says.
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