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Azerbaijani scientists rebuked Armenian colleagues for politicizing science via the Lancet medical journal

Azerbaijani scientists rebuked Armenian colleagues for politicizing science via the Lancet medical journal

Airazat Kazaryan and colleagues describe the unfortunate rise in COVID-19 cases in Armenia during the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. However, Azerbaijani scientists  Samir Babayev, Sabina Hajiyeva, Leyla Baghirzada, Sait Ashina and Tural Alekberli in the world-renowned medical journal, the Lancet, argue that this Comment is an attempt to politicise scientific data via misrepresentation of COVID-19 statistics, distortion of facts, and omission of important historical context

Serzh Sargsyan acknowledges Armenia's war crimes against Azerbaijan

Serzh Sargsyan acknowledges Armenia's war crimes against Azerbaijan

The ex-president of Armenia, one of the instigators of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Serzh Sargsyan confirmed the facts of the war crimes committed by Yerevan against the civilian population of Azerbaijan during the Second Karabakh War, speaking …

February 26 declared Azerbaijan's Day in Minnesota

February 26 declared Azerbaijan's Day in Minnesota

The governor of the state of Minnesota signed last week a declaration to publicize the Khojaly Genocide of Azerbaijanis in the state on February 26, the day commemorating the victims. Governor Tim Waltz proclaimed the same day as Azerbaijan Day in Minnesota

Armenia and Azerbaijan's civil society can create peace platform

Armenia and Azerbaijan's civil society can create peace platform

After decades of conflict, sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan can only be achieved through civil society-led reconciliation, Georgi Vanyan, a Chairman of the Caucasus Center of Peace-Making Initiatives, writes in the article The key to lasting peace in the Caucasus is reconciliation for Al Jazeera. On January 30, the trilateral working group comprised of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was formed in the wake of last year’s devastating 44-day conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh to oversee the re-establishment of transport links between the warring nations, held its first meeting in Moscow

Karabakh separatists have no energy and food prospects

Karabakh separatists have no energy and food prospects

Previous autumn, after the restoration of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, the already weak economic and financial foundations of the separatist regime in Karabakh collapsed. (See Karabakh separatists have no prospects for industrial development, Financial hopelessness of Karabakh separatists). The separatist regime was deprived of energy generation sources, which it illegally used until 2020. However, now the Armenian population of Karabakh will be able to use the possibilities of Azerbaijan, rich in energy resources, for energy supply

Azerbaijan sues Armenia in ECtHR for crimes against humanity

Azerbaijan sues Armenia in ECtHR for crimes against humanity

Azerbaijan applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) last month, suing Armenia for its human rights violations during its 30-year occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as the recent 44-day conflict over the region

Psychologists treat Karabakh syndrome

Psychologists treat Karabakh syndrome

The Karabakh peace accord of 10 November 2020 between Azerbaijan and Armenia brought an end to a 30-year conflict that has cost almost 40,000 lives over this period. The world now watches on as the region tries to rebuild, recover, and reconcile. One struggle, however, is seldom talked about or reported on – the psychological fallout of war, particularly for those on the frontline, Tale Heydarov, a founder of The European Azerbaijan Society, writes for Eurasia Review

The end of the Armenia's post-revolution honeymoon

The end of the Armenia's post-revolution honeymoon

Since the impressive victory of Armenia’s non-violent ‘Velvet Revolution’ in 2018, the early euphoria and enthusiasm in support of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has waned considerably. As International Politics and …

Six-country platform gives opportunity for stability in Armenia

Six-country platform gives opportunity for stability in Armenia

The first meeting of the trilateral working group was held in Moscow today in pursuance of the January 11 statement of Presidents Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk agreed to create expert subgroups for rail, road and combined transport and on issues of ensuring transportation, including security, border, customs, sanitary, veterinary, phytosanitary and other types of control.

Karabakh welcomes online-tourists

Karabakh welcomes online-tourists

Azerbaijan’s leading state-run tourism organization, the Azerbaijan Tourism Board (ATB), has unveiled a brand-new website to promote Azerbaijan’s historical Karabakh region worldwide. Dubbed “Where is Karabakh?” the platform is focused on the geography of the Karabakh region, as well as comprehensive information about the region, Caspian News writes in the article Online Platform Launched to Promote Azerbaijan's Karabakh Region