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A community portal about Azerbaijan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus. Located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and... [more]

A community portal about Azerbaijan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus. Located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south. The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic borders Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and Turkey to the northwest. The Nagorno-Karabakh region in the southwest of Azerbaijan Proper declared itself independent from Azerbaijan in 1991, but it is not recognized by any nation.

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Armenian forces kill Azerbaijani civilian: reports

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Armenian forces killed an Azerbaijani civilian near the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijani media reported on Monday. ANS television and the Azeri Press Agency said a 41-year-old man was killed on Sunday when separatist forces opened fire on Azerbaijani positions in the Goranboy region on the de facto border with Karabakh. The Nagorny Karabakh administration denied its forces had killed a civilian and accused Azerbaijani soldiers of repeatedly firing on its positions over the weekend. Officials with Azerbaijan's defence ministry could not be reached for comment. Nagorny Karabakh's armed forces said in a statement that Azerbaijani soldiers had fired on its positions over ... Read Full Story

Court in Azerbaijan jails opposition bloggers

BAKU (Reuters) - A court in Azerbaijan sentenced two opposition bloggers to jail terms Wednesday in a case that has stirred international concern over freedom of expression in the oil-producing Caspian Sea state. Adnan Hajizade, 26, was sentenced to two years in prison and Emin Milli, 30, to two years and six months over an incident in a cafe in Baku, a member of their defense team told Reuters. The two have been held since the incident in July, in which the bloggers say they were the victims of an unprovoked attack which they reported to police. They were arrested and later charged with ... Read Full Story

Azerbaijan condemned over jail terms for bloggers

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An Azerbaijan court on Wednesday jailed two bloggers who posted a satirical Internet video of a donkey giving a press conference, in a ruling rights groups say is aimed at silencing independent media. Adnan Hajizade, 26, and Emin Milli, 30, were found guilty of hooliganism over a scuffle at a restaurant in Baku, their lawyer, Isakhan Ashurov, told AFP. Hajizade was jailed for two years and Milli two-and-a-half years. The bloggers, who had been in jail since their arrests in July, say they were targeted for political reasons because of their online criticism of authorities in the oil-rich ex-Soviet republic. "This sentence is unjust ... Read Full Story

US 'regrets' blogger jailings in Azerbaijan

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The United States "regrets" the jailing of two Azerbaijan bloggers who were critical of their country in online postings, the State Department said Wednesday. "The United States regrets today's court decision in Azerbaijan to imprison Azerbaijani youth leaders Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade," said spokesman Ian Kelly. "This court decision is a step backwards for Azerbaijan's progress towards democratic reform." Hajizade, 26, and Milli, 30, were found guilty of hooliganism over a scuffle at a restaurant in Baku, their lawyer, Isakhan Ashurov, told AFP. Hajizade was jailed for two years and Milli two and a half years. The bloggers, who had been in jail ... Read Full Story

Azerbaijan slams Armenia-Turkey deal

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Azerbaijan on Sunday slammed its ally Turkey for agreeing to normalise ties with Armenia and warned that the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border could cause instability in the volatile South Caucasus. "The normalisation of relations between Turkey and Armenia before the withdrawal of Armenian forces from occupied Azerbaijani territory is in direct contradiction with the interests of Azerbaijan and casts a shadow over the spirit of brotherly relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey, built on deep historical roots," the Azerbaijani foreign ministry said in a statement. "Azerbaijan believes that the unilateral opening of the Turkish-Armenian border calls into question the architecture of peace and stability ... Read Full Story
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Angry at Turkey, oil-rich Azerbaijan may spurn West
BAKU, Azerbaijani: On a windswept hilltop looking down at the Azerbaijani capital Baku, Turkish flags flutter over a monument that testifies to decades of close ties between the two nations. Surrounding an obelisk bearing the Turkish crescent and ...  
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About the shadow economy in Azerbaijan
An Azerbaijani Government assessment states that the shadow economy accounts for 10.2% of GDP. From January-September 2009 Azerbaijan's GDP was USD 29.3 billion. This would make the shadow economy worth around USD 3 billion. Independent Azeri analyst ...  
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Turkish Armenians hope for new era
Yet a more recent conflict, that between neighbouring Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Caucasian territory of Nagorno Karabakh, has also badly damaged relations. Turkey backed Azerbaijan in that 1994 conflict and instituted a land blockade of ...  
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Azerbaijan: Marriott to build hotel Absheron in Baku
The company Marriott will construct a 20-storey hotel Abshreon in Baku. 228 rooms will be located on four storeys, while others will include apartments, offices, restaurants, a conference-hall, and a shopping area. The group ReardonSmith Architects ...  
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Azerbaijan’s Aliyev to pay visit to Russia
Azerbaijans Ilham Aliyev will pay a visit to Russia on November 24, Aliyev said during the meeting with chief of Russias presidential administration in Baku Monday. Kremlin press service reports ...  
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