BAKU, Azerbaijan, Tickets for three stands of the Formula-1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023 have already been sold out, Trend reports citing the Baku City Circuit (BCC) Operations Company. Along with the Philharmonic and Absheron tribunes in Sector B, the Sahil tribune tickets have also been sold out. Ticket sales for the Formula-1 Azerbaijan […]
Hardship in Nagorno-Karabakh as Lifeline Road Remains Blocked
Hardships have accumulated for residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnic Armenian breakaway enclave in Azerbaijan, since the Lachin corridor, the lifeline road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia to the outside world, was closed to regular traffic on December 12, 2022. Armine, 40, who lives in Nagorno-Karabakh with her family, told Human Rights Watch she is the […]
UN Court Orders Azerbaijan To Unblock Lachin Corridor Amid Armenian Accusations Of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
The UN’s top court has ordered Azerbaijan to allow free passage through the Lachin Corridor, which extends between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan clawed back from ethnic Armenians in 2020 in a six-week intensification of a decades-old conflict between the post-Soviet foes. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in favor of […]
Lachin Corridor standoff between Azerbaijan and Armenia enters third month
The blockade of Lachin Corridor, which started on December 12, 2022, continues with residents saying food and energy are depleting quickly while no solution is in sight. In December 2022, Azerbaijani citizens claiming to be environmental activists began blocking the Lachin Corridor, the sole land route connecting Armenia to the Karabakh region. The protestors are […]
Press Release on the decision of the International Court of Justice on provisional measures
Azerbaijan notes the decisions of the International Court of Justice of February 22, 2023 in the cases concerning the Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. We welcome the Court’s recognition that Armenia is still under an obligation to refrain from aggravating the parties’ dispute, per the […]
Abdal village, Aghdam district
Abdal village of Aghdam district is located at the Gulabli village administrative district. The village was occupied by Armenian armed forces during the First Karabakh War on September 4, 1992. During the occupation, Armenian vandals destroyed the village and turned it into ruins. After the glorious Victory of the Azerbaijan Army in the […]
Peaceful protests of Azerbaijani eco-activists on Lachin–Khankendi road enter 73rd day
The peaceful protests of Azerbaijani ecologists and young volunteers on the Lachin-Khankendi road over the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits, especially the Gizilbulag and Damirli ones located in the Azerbaijani territories, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily deployed, have been going on for the 73rd day back-to-back. Despite the freezing weather, the protestors […]
Ericsson to cut 1,400 jobs in Sweden
Telecoms gear maker Ericsson plans to cut about 1,400 jobs in Sweden as part of a broader plan to reduce costs globally, it said on Monday, according to Reuters. The company had earlier announced plans to cut costs by 9 billion crowns ($880 million) by the end of 2023 as demand slows in some […]