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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'...
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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Russian forces are being withdrawn from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, where they have been stationed as peacekeepers since the end of a war in 2020, officials of both countries confirmed on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Hajiyev, the head of foreign policy in Azerbaijan’s presidential administration, did not say why the forces were being withdrawn.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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva This article was first published on OC Media. An edited version is republished here under a content partnership agreement. Azerbaijan's LGBTQI+ community was rocked by the news of yet another murder of a trans woman whose body was found on March 12 on the outskirts of the capital Baku. The news of the murder as well the victim's photos were circulated among the #LGBTQI\+ community. Minority Azerbaijan, an LGBTQI+ rights organisation in a statement asked anyone with additional information to come forward in an attempt to aid the investigation. Meanwhile, LGBTQI+ activ...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva Azerbaijan and Armenia, two bitter neighboring rivals, are yet to reach a deal that could finally end their three decade long impasse. Even after two wars, a military operation, and a deadly flare-up, the two countries are still negotiating. At the heart of the negotiations is a bilateral agreement proposed by Azerbaijan in May 2022. The deal consists of five principles, which include recognizing each other's territorial integrity, the absence of territorial claims, abstaining from threats, demarcating the border, and opening transportation links. Both countries have...
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Three armed men on March 24 attempted to break into a police department in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, the country's Interior Ministry reported. One of them threw a grenade, injuring the two other attackers. The injured, a 52-year-old and a 56-year-old, have been hospitalized following the explosion, the Armenian office of the RFE/RL reported. One of the attackers is standing opposite the police department building, and the police are trying to arrest him, the local news outlet News.Am reported. The demands of the armed men are unknown. Some of the Russian media reports and propagandists claim...
Kyiv Independent
Three armed men on March 24 attempted to break into a police department in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, the country's Interior Ministry reported. One of them threw a grenade, injuring the two other attackers. The injured, a 52-year-old and a 56-year-old, have been hospitalized following the explosion, the Armenian office of the RFE/RL reported. One of the attackers is standing opposite the police department building, and the police are trying to arrest him, the local news outlet News.Am reported. The demands of the armed men are unknown. Some of the Russian media reports and propagandists claim...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
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