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Thousands of words used in the Azerbaijani language have been borrowed from Russian. Even though Azerbaijani equivalents exist, Russian-based expressions continue to be used at official and social lev...

Azerbaijan continues to face systemic challenges in tackling domestic violence despite an established legal framework, with experts warning that official statistics reflect only a fraction of the prob...

The State Service for Mobilization and Conscription of Azerbaijan reports that in the first quarter of 2026, disciplinary measures and organizational actions were taken against 27 employees (including...

On paper, Azerbaijan is still growing. Its population reached just over 10.25 million in 2025, edging upward by a modest 0.3 percent. But beneath that steady headline figure, a more consequential tran...

This year in Azerbaijan, spring officially began on March 20 at 13:45 Baku time (UTC+4), when the spring equinox occurred, marking the arrival of the Novruz holiday.

In the hills of Khojavend on March 16th, officials from Azerbaijan’s presidential administration gathered for another meeting of the Coordination Headquarters overseeing the reconstruction of territor...

On March 12, a joint meeting of the Milli Majlis Committee on Legal Policy and State Building and the Committee on Human Rights discussed the addition of a new article — 523-1 “Engaging in Begging” —...

On March 2, President Ilham Aliyev inspected a new fleet of municipal garbage trucks assembled at the Ganja Automobile Plant in the courtyard of the Baku Expo Center. Seventy vehicles, each with a cap...

Azerbaijan’s human rights commissioner on Monday renewed a call for the international community to formally recognize the 1992 Khojaly killings as genocide, urging a legal assessment under internation...

Many have seen the documentary film "The Endless Corridor" — a journalistic investigation into the Khojaly tragedy. According to the official version, the authors of the film are Lithuanians led by pr...

February 21 marks International Native Language Day. Proclaimed by UNESCO in November 1999 and observed since 2000, the day promotes linguistic and cultural diversity as well as the protection of moth...

The Azerbaijani opposition based in Europe has launched a coordinated campaign against the family of President Ilham Aliyev, further intensifying the country’s already polarised political environment...

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a law amending the Law “On Information, Informatization and Protection of Information” on December 30 last year. The document, which was published in the of...

In a wide-ranging interview with Azerbaijani television journalists on Monday, President Ilham Aliyev described 2025 as a decisive year that will reshape his country’s geopolitical position, mark a ne...

Azerbaijan is concluding 2025 having reassessed not only its borders, but also the logic of its foreign policy. After years of practicing multi-vector diplomacy, Baku has moved from tactical balancing...

As the end of 2025 draws near, Azerbaijan’s political system remains firmly centered around President Ilham Aliyev, whose authority has only strengthened following victory in Karabakh and the neutrali...