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. | Each of the 26 finalists in turn went to the scene on a specially built bridge, and performed in front of Europe. All participants, including the representative of Azerbaijan Farid Mammadov, took to the stage with the flags of their countries.
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. | These days South Azerbaijan is under dictatorial and police regime of Islamic Republic of Iran, IRI. Neither personal nor national/ethnic rights of 30 million South Azerbaijanis were respected by despotic regime of IRI, especially when it comes to receiving education in Azerbaijani mother tongue. In result democratic demands and activities of South Azerbaijan young generation is under tremendous pressure by IRI. This strangulation and incarceration applies to anyone who demands environmental |
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. | In 1995 broadcasting ministry of Iran had published a survey in which Turks were introduced as low level citizens when even being their neighbour was an embarrassment to other Iranian (Fars in particular, as the government believes all Iranians has to be Fars!). Azerbaijani students were angry about that act and they wrote to the officials |
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. | The media freedom representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has criticized (North) Azerbaijan for not living up to its commitments to decriminalize defamation.
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. | Israel’s president on Monday praised (North) Azerbaijan for playing a key role in countering Iran’s influence in the Middle East as the Muslim country’s foreign minister visited the Jewish state for the first time.
The visit by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov comes amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran. |
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. | The United States notes with grave concern the closure of the Free Thought University facility in Baku, Azerbaijan, on April 10.
The Free Thought University was the first organization to receive the Ambassadorial Award for Freedom of Expression over the Internet from the U.S. Mission to the OSCE, which was awarded during the 2010 Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. The University received this award for its innovative use of new media to promote democratic reforms, |
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. | The quake made people panic and run for their life however there is no report of casualties. Latest quakes in the country called Iran have created suspicion of the countries recent involvement in conflicts over its nuclear activities. |
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. | Yasamal District Court has again arrested the bank account of “Azadlig” newspaper, Turan was told by the Acting editor of the opposition daily newspaper, Rahim Hajiyev. The decision was made in connection with a lawsuit filed by the head of the Baku Metro, Tagi Akhmedov, because of an article published on April 8, 2012: “Tagi Akhmedov appropriates five-gepik.” |
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. | The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy and Human Rights, Thomas Melia, will arrive in Azerbaijan next week to discuss the situation in the sphere of democracy and human rights, Turan was told by diplomatic sources. This information was confirmed by the U.S. Embassy, ??which has not yet issued an official report on the visit.
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. | A member of North Azerbaijan’s ruling political party has reacted gleefully to calls from Iranian lawmakers for the renegotiation of the 19th-century treaty that created the border between their countries.
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. | Sayilov said that this number will increase, when the burial places in the occupied territories are specified: “There are a lot of unknown graves in those places, as the combat operations were conducted in the occupied territories.”
Sayilov said that Armenians will not impede the disclosure of unknown graves in Azerbaijan’s territories occupied by Armenia: “Armenia has also signed a framework agreement |
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. | Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel in 1999-2001, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister in 2009-2013, will visit Azerbaijan to attend “South Caucasus Forum” organized by Nizami Ganjavi International Center and Club of Madrid with the support of the State Committee on Work with Diaspora on May 6-8.
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. | A corporate mogul whose business empire has won building contracts worth billions of dollars amid Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s massive construction spree is tied to the president’s family through secretive offshore companies.
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. | He said that this article has been written in response to the conference on “The future of contemporary South Azerbaijan” organized by the South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement in Baku on March 30: “Heinous event attended by few people was against the territorial integrity of Iran. Let Iran offer Azerbaijan to hold a referendum among its population “Would you like to unite with Iran, or not?”. The Republic of Azerbaijan has a population of around 10 million people, most of them are Shias. They have |
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. | The massacre of about 20,000 innocent people – elderly, women and children started at the night of March 30, 1918.
Armenian Bolshevik troops led by Stepan Shaumyan massacred thousands of people, burnt Muslim shrines and confiscated the 400-million-manat estate of Baku residents. Tezepir Mosque was bombed, and one of the magnificent architectural buildings – Ismailiyyeh was burnt. |
