As we broadcast this week from the U.N. climate talks in Baku, human rights groups have warned of Azerbaijan’s escalating crackdown on civil society groups, government critics and the press. Since the ...

The reason for Anthony Bourdain’s ban from Azerbaijan? He visited Nagorno-Karabakh. I however did not. For those of you unfamiliar with Nagorno-Karabakh until now (like I was), it’s a hotly contested ...

Our capital of Baku boasts an incomparably beautiful Heydar Mosque, the largest Mosque in the entire South Caucasus region. Named after Heydar Aliyev – the founder of the modern Azerbaijan and its ...

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Azerbaijan is a country about which unfortunately very few people speak about truthfully in the West. In any case such a feeling comes from articles that were published about the country in recent ...

The nation of Azerbaijan straddles both Asia and Europe and is being represented by two figure skaters at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Each country that competes at the Olympics has a designated ...

Azerbaijan's economic and political systems have been destined to collapse for quite some time. The recent drop in oil prices has merely accelerated the process and made it seem even more obvious. The ...

Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - was briefly independent from 1918 to 1920; it regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a ...

The recently concluded Human Capital Forum held in Baku brought together top-ranking officials, development experts and civil society partners to discuss ways to accelerate investment in human capital ...

The small Central Asian country of Azerbaijan has found itself caught up in the rising international tensions over neighboring Iran and its nuclear program. Despite traditional ties with Iran, the ...

(CNN) — For some, home is where the heart is. In Azerbaijan, however, the saying goes, “xalçam harada, yurdum orada,” meaning “wherever my carpet is, that’s where I live.” Azerbaijan’s love affair ...