Fire kills 24 people in drug treatment centre in Azerbaijan
A fire killed 24 people in a drug abuse treatment centre in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, its General Prosecutor’s office said on Friday. Eldar Sultanov, spokesman...
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Police seek man for €2.5 million scam
Police issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday against a 53-year-old man from Azerbaijan after a 35-year-old Greek businessman reported that the suspect had tricked him...
Azerbaijan puts Eleni Theocharous on most wanted list
Azerbaijan has issued international arrest warrants for three MEPs, including Cypriot Eleni Theocharous, over their visit to breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh during a referendum on February 20....
Pope pays homage to tiny Catholic flock in Muslim Azerbaijan
By Philip Pullella and Nailia Bagirova Pope Francis said a Mass on Sunday for the miniscule Catholic community in Shi’ite Muslim Azerbaijan, urging the “precious...
Armenian prime minister resigns, says country needs new approach
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan tendered his resignation at a government meeting on Thursday, saying the country needed fresh policies, after an economic slowdown this...
Nagorno-Karabakh: a frozen conflict
By Dr Eleni Theocharous THE CPFA (Political Centre for Foreign Affairs- Brussels) organised, in collaboration with the Presidency of Armenia, an International Conference in Stepanakert...
Nagorno-Karabakh says one of its soldiers killed by Azeri gunfire
Nagorno-Karabakh’s defence ministry said on Friday that one of its soldiers died late on Thursday after he was hit by gunfire from Azerbaijan’s forces. Dozens...
Azerbaijan reports more losses as Nagorno-Karabakh fighting rumbles on
Sixteen Azeri servicemen have been killed in fighting around the Armenian-backed breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region in the past two days, Azerbaijan‘s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, as...
Azerbaijan says three of its servicemen killed in Nagorno-Karabakh clashes (Updated)
By Nailia Bagirova and Hasmik Mkrtchyan BAKU/YEREVAN, April 4 (Reuters) – Azerbaijan said three of its soldiers were killed on Monday in clashes over the...
Azerbaijan says will stop fighting Armenian-backed troops over region (Updated)
By Hasmik Mkrtchyan Azerbaijan said on Sunday it would stop fighting Armenian-backed troops over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region after two days of renewed clashes killed...
Fighting erupts in Nagorno-Karabakh, dozens of casualties reported
By Nailia Bagirova and Hasmik Mkrtchyan A new wave of fighting broke out in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region on Saturday, killing at least a dozen...
32 workers die after fire on Azeri oil platform – committee head
Thirty-two workers have died after an offshore oil platform operated by Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR caught fire in the Caspian Sea, the head of...