Journalist Farid Mehralizada, currently in detention, stated in court that his imprisonment is linked to his economic investigations and analyses published by RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, known locally as Azadliq Radiosu.
European Union politicians said they are continuing their push into possible support for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty after the US government moved to cut the Prague-based broadcaster's funding amid concerns its closure would be a blow to pro-democracy media.
The rival South Caucasus neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan look set to finalize a historic peace deal after agreeing on the final text of a treaty that would end more than three decades of hostilities.
People on the streets of Yerevan and Baku, the capitals of Armenia and Azerbaijan, reacted to news that the text of a peace agreement had been agreed between the two countries. If signed, the deal will put an end to decades of hostilities between the neighboring South Caucasus nations.
The United States has praised Armenia and Azerbaijan for concluding negotiations on a "historic peace treaty," marking a significant step toward ending decades of hostilities between the two nations.
Armenia and Azerbaijan, have fought a series of wars since the late 1980s, have finalized the text of a long-awaited peace agreement aimed at establishing formal relations, marking a significant step toward ending decades of hostilities.
Azerbaijan has banned Russian State Duma lawmaker Nikolai Valuev from entering the country after he accused Baku of using Azerbaijani diaspora in Russia for criminal activities.
In Baku, Azerbaijan, the trial of 16 people, including former leaders of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, started after more than one year in pre-trial detention.
The trial of Ruben Vardanian, the former de facto prime minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, on charges of terrorism, crimes against humanity, and crimes against the state of Azerbaijan is set to begin on January 17 in Baku.
A lab run by Brazil's air force has sent data from the flight recorders recovered from the Brazilian-made Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed last month to the Kazakhstan authority investigating the crash.
Evidence that a Russian missile may have shot down an Azerbaijani passenger jet has sparked anger in the Caucasus and beyond. Putin issued an apology of sorts, a move that was unprecedented but may not eliminate the effects of the disaster on Russia’s already damaged reputation in the region.
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