Azerbaijan’s 4th Municipal Elections
Azadliq Radiosu Azerbaijan is holding nationwide local elections today, 4th since it gained independence in 1991. Around 37,000 people submitted their candidacies for 15,035 seats [more >>>]
Month: December 2014
Turkey’s President Accuses Advocates of Birth Control of Being Traitors
By CEYLAN YEGINSU The New York Times ISTANBUL — He has called women unequal to men. He has demanded that some high school students learn [more >>>]
Malta’s shady deal with Azerbaijan raises questions
The Malta Independent An agreement on strategic cooperation in the field of energy appears to have been the main aim of an official visit to [more >>>]
Turkey’s media watchdog fines TV show for dance ‘against public morality’
Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s media watchdog has fined a TV show 410,000 Turkish Liras for “immorality,” after it showed husbands dancing with other women while [more >>>]
“Time is on nobody’s side,” Azeri, Armenian analysts discussed Karabakh in Washington
By ALAKBAR RAUFOGLU contact.az WASHINGTON – A group of Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society actors and representatives of the US, European think-tanks gathered in Washington, [more >>>]
Hurriyet: University opens competition to mark ‘genocide committed by Armenians against Turks’
By BAHADIR ÖZGÜR Hurriyet Daily News A university in Ankara has opened a controversial poster competition to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 incidents [more >>>]
Why is Azerbaijan buying up sporting events? – video
By OWEN GIBSON The Guardian In 2015, Azerbaijan will host the first European Games in the capital city of Baku. President Ilham Aliyev sees it [more >>>]
Turkey Appeals ECHR Verdict on Compulsory Religion Classes
BIA News Desk On its last day of application, Turkey appealed to the European Court of Human Right (ECHR) verdict on compulsory religion classes including [more >>>]
Inside the court of Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev
By JAMES DEBONO Malta Today Other western governments have courted the Azeri dictatorship despite its abysmal human rights record. But has Joseph Muscat chosen the [more >>>]
IREX in Azerbaijan and the crisis of democracy promotion
By ALAKBAR RAUFOGLU Azadliq The U.S. nonprofit organization IREX (International Research and Exchange Board) has worked in post-Soviet Azerbaijan for 16 years supporting academic exchanges [more >>>]