Tapdig Farkhadoglu

In 1926, delegates gathered in Baku for the First Turkological Congress and debated a question that would outlive empires and ideological blocs: could the Turkic world one day share a common alphabet?...

Failure to observe ethical standards on Azerbaijani television, non-ethical behavior on air, shows that create social and psychological tension, and the broadcasting of unlawful advertising are freque...

Azerbaijan’s drive to modernise one of the South Caucasus’s oldest vehicle fleets is entering a more uncertain phase. After several years of tax incentives that fuelled a surge in hybrid imports, the...

Ilham Aliyev on Feb. 23 signed into law the ratification of the “United Nations Convention against Cybercrime,” strengthening Azerbaijan’s legal framework for cross-border investigations of digital cr...

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...

Nearly 600 judges convened in the capital this week for the Second Forum of Azerbaijani Judges, a gathering that underscored both the government’s drive to modernize the judiciary and the enduring que...

Azerbaijan’s latest attempt to tighten control over public finances reflects a familiar dilemma for resource-rich states: how to modernise fiscal management without fundamentally reshaping the institu...

The meeting of Azerbaijan’s Commission on Combating Corruption held on February 15 was, formally, technical in nature. Proposals to enhance transparency were discussed, along with a draft framework fo...

In a case that has come to symbolize the consequences of the long-running conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Azerbaijani military court on February 17 sentenced Armenian businessman and political figure...

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...