Politics - 2016
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The international rating agency Standard & Poor's lowered the long-term credit rating of Azerbaijan in local and foreign currencies from BBB, the last stage of the investment level, to the "junk" l...
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A hearing in the case of adviser to the head of the Popular Front Party Mamed Ibrahim took place in the Narimanov District Court on January 29 under the chairmanship of Turgay Huseynov. The third an...
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued a report on the results of 2015. The document says that the majority of complaints to the Strasbourg Court, involve a violation of Art. 5 (right to lib...
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The Presidential Aide on Social and Political Issues Ali Hasanov announced the possible restrictive measures on the Internet. In an interview with a number of pro-government media he explained this...
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President Ilham Aliyev on January 27 signed a decree on staff changes in the diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan abroad. So, Tural Rzayev was appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Egypt. Earlier Rzayev...
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Anxious Dictators: Global Freedom under Pressure is the title of the annual report on the world situation with human rights from Freedom House. As noted in the report, in 2015 the world survive...
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The Azerbaijani government’s unrelenting crackdown is decimating the country’s once vibrant community of independent nongovernmental organizations and media, Human Rights Watch said today in its W...
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The international movement Transparency International published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index. Compared with last year, Azerbaijan has somewhat improved the performance, getting 29 points...
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Today's session of the PACE in Strasbourg rejected the resolution on escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh - there are 66 votes for the text, 70 against, 45 abstain. MPs rejected a resoluti...
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PACE winter session on January 26 by majority of votes (98 - 71 and over - against) adopted a resolution Bosnian deputy Melitz Markovic called "Intentional deprivation of water the inhabitants of the...
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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) led a high-level parliamentary delegation to Baku for meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Parliament Speaker Og...
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From February 1, Azerbaijan introduces a simplified visa regime at all airports for citizens of Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. This...
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Today Nasimi Court dismissed the petition of the deputy chairman of the Popular Front Party (PFPA) Fuad Gahramanli to replace the arrest to house arrest. Protection intends to file an appeal. Gahra...
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At the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe a Spanish MP Pedro Agramunt was elected head of the structure. His candidacy was put forward by the political groups (factions)...
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The visit to Azerbaijan by OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva has been postponed due to health problems. The journalists were told by the Deputy Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly George Tserete...
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Today in Strasbourg opens a winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. On January 26, the second day of the session the parliament will be submitted two reports: by the...















