Those on trial include the organisation's editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi, director Ulvi Hasanli, translator Mahammad Kekalov, staff journalists Nargiz Absalamova and Elnara Gasimova, and freelance journalist Hafiz Babali. They all deny the smuggling charges.

Tehran wants better rail and road links, which dovetails with Pezeshkian’s drive to improve the energy and transportation links between the states.

Azerbaijan is once again at the 'forefront' of World Economic Forum held in Davos. In an era defined by rapid digital transformation, Azerbaijan is positioning itself as a competitive hub for local and international investments.

Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.

At a meeting with his Armenian counterpart in Moscow, Lavrov said the Kremlin was ready to assist in the normalisation of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations.View on euronews

Azerbaijan has refused to renew its cooperation agreement with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Thursday, accusing Washington of using USAID to pursue its political agenda.

Azerbaijan intensifies its crackdown on independent media, targeting journalists and activists under contentious charges.

Accusations include physical abuse, including beating, an attempt to strangle one athlete, weight-shaming, verbal abuse, depriving athletes of speaking with their families, and withholding financial awards from athletes.

A billionaire former banker and 15 other ex-officials in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region which Azerbaijan retook in 2023 went on trial on Friday in Baku in closed-door proceedings. The most prominent of the defendants,

Ex-Moscow investment banker Ruben Vardanyan and 15 other Armenian leaders of the formerly contested Nagorno-Karabakh region went on trial in Azerbaijan on Friday.

A case of mpox has been found in Azerbaijan, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, adding that the patient had been isolated and was receiving treatment in hospital.

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