azerbaijan
"No sign of life" has been detected after rescue teams found a crashed helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, according to state media. The semi-official Tasnim news did not elaborate further. State media said the helicopter was forced to make a 'hard landing' in the mountainous northern province of East Azerbaijan after getting into difficulties in heavy fog on Sunday.
Euronews (English)
France has accused Azerbaijan of meddling in its Pacific archipelago territory of New Caledonia. Despite the vast geographical and cultural distance between the Caspian state and the French Pacific territory, this claim is rooted in a complex web of historical, political, and diplomatic tensions. The Crisis in New CaledoniaNew Caledonia, located between Australia and Fiji, is a French territory with a history of striving for independence. The recent unrest in New Caledonia was ignited by a new electoral law perceived by the indigenous Kanak population as discriminatory. This law allows people ...
Euronews (English)
Thousands of people took to the streets of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on Thursday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. His government announced last month it would cede several uninhabited border villages to its neighbour and long-time rival Azerbaijan. The move is seen as an important milestone on the road to peace between the countries which have fought two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union. But the decision has angered many, with opposition politicians accusing the prime minister of giving up territory with no guarantees. The protesters had walked about...
Euronews (English)
The annual Petersberg Climate Dialogue conference has taken place in Berlin, Germany. Annalena Baerbock, German Foreign Minister, opened the conference with a reminder to countries with major economies to take responsibility for climate targets. She called on polluting countries to pay more to help poorer nations deal with climate change. "I strongly urge those who can to join our effort, and particularly the strongest polluters of today, particularly looking at the G20. Because strong economies share strong responsibilities," she said. The conference was an opportunity for discussing the agen...
Euronews (English)
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva This year's Petersberg Climate Dialogue, an annual international climate negotiation hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office, was more than just a discussion about the key challenges of international climate policy. The event took place from April 25–26 and was attended by Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, the country that is hosting the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), the world's largest international climate summit. The meeting was also a chance to ask some uncomfortable questions and hear some unsettling truths about Azerbaijan'...
Global Voices
Police in Armenia's northeastern Tavush Province have forcefully pushed protesters and their cars off a road they had been blockading since late on 19 April.
Euronews (English)
Russian forces are being withdrawn from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, where they have been stationed as peacekeepers since the end of a war in 2020, officials of both countries confirmed on Wednesday. Hikmet Hajiyev, the head of foreign policy in Azerbaijan’s presidential administration, did not say why the forces were being withdrawn. But he said their presence appeared superfluous after Azerbaijan regained full control of the region last year. The Karabakh region had been under the control of ethnic Armenians until a war in 2020 that resulted in Azerbaijan regaining control of parts of the r...
Euronews (English)
By Richard CARTER La Haye (AFP) - L'Arménie et l'Azerbaïdjan exposeront à partir de lundi devant la plus haute juridiction des Nations unies un différend de longue date portant sur la "purification ethnique", alors même que les tensions militaires s'intensifient entre ces deux pays voisins et rivaux du Caucase. Des avocats des deux parties entament deux semaines d'audiences, pour faire valoir leurs interprétations du droit international dans le Palais de la Paix de la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) de La Haye. Au début du mois, les deux parties se sont accusées d'avoir ouvert le feu le l...
AFP (Français)
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva Despite all its efforts, the government of Azerbaijan failed to prevent a scheduled EU–US–Armenia summit in Brussels with Armenia's prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, EU commissioner Von der Leyen and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on April 5. The meeting was highly criticized by the government of Azerbaijan on the grounds that it would negatively affect the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as per a statement from Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But the meeting was not at all about Azerbaijan nor the peace process. FOMO moment Days ahead of...
Global Voices
International Day for Mine Awareness has been celebrated at Baku’s Olympic stadium with a charity amputee football match. The majority of players sustained their injuries from landmines. "Today we went on to the field to say 'no' to the mines, to warn people not to enter prohibited areas for their safety, and to highlight that the mines should be cleaned," said amputee football player Senan Haciyev. "I call on everyone to stay safe." While Africa is the continent most severely affected by landmines, Europe is hugely impacted too. It's estimated that one-third of territory in Azerbaijan, Bosnia...
Euronews (English)
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら