Latest Articles about Azerbaijan

GULIYEV STOPPED BEFORE REACHING BAKU

As Azerbaijan's November 6 parliamentary elections draw near, public interest in election-related events has increased dramatically. Perhaps counting on this heightened public attention, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP), Rasul Guliyev, recently announced that he would return to his country. Guliyev has been... MORE

PUBLIC MOOD IN AZERBAIJAN POINTS TO A NEW WAR

On September 26-27, OSCE Minsk co-chairs Bernard Fassier (France), Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), and Steven Mann (the United States) met in Vienna to discuss further steps in the Karabakh peace process. Before the meeting, Azerbaijan's foreign minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, declared, "The peace process has not yet... MORE

AZERBAIJAN’S OPPOSITION ANGERED BY LIMITS ON FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY

After three month of peaceful demonstrations, last Sunday (September 25) Azerbaijan's opposition parties and police clashed in downtown Baku. Ministry of Interior forces broke up the unauthorized rally by the main opposition alliance, Azadliq (Freedom), which unites the three largest opposition parties (Musavat, Popular Front,... MORE

AZERBAIJAN’S “ELECTION MOMENTUM” PICKS UP

As Azerbaijan's November 6 parliamentary elections draw closer, opposition parties are becoming more active. On Saturday September 10 the opposition bloc Azadliq (Freedom), a coalition of three major parties in Azerbaijan -- Musavat, Popular Front, and Democratic Party – held yet another rally in Baku... MORE

WILL TBILISI FACILITATE AN ANTI-ALIEV REVOLUTION IN AZERBAIJAN?

In recent weeks both the Georgian and the Azerbaijani media have actively speculated whether the government of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili would support a popular revolution in neighboring Azerbaijan. Some analysts tend to link the recently cooled relations between Tbilisi and Baku with this issue.... MORE

AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN KARABAKH

Although the Azerbaijani constitution sets the number of national parliamentary seats at 125, the actual number of deputies in the Azerbaijani parliament has always been 124. The empty seat belonged to district 122, located in Khankendi (Stepanakert), the capital of Karabakh, which is currently under... MORE

THE CONSPIRATOR AS BRAGGART

On August 4 and 5, Azerbaijani television channels screened a videotape of a meeting held on July 29 in Tbilisi between Ruslan Bashirli, leader of the Baku-based Yeni Fikir (New Thinking) youth association, and two Georgians who claimed to represent a youth group supporting regime... MORE