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Attestation of music and art schools teachers planned for this year completed [PHOTOS]

AzerNews · July 2, 2025

An attestation process has been conducted to assess the professional competence and skills of teachers at music and art schools operating under the Culture Ministry, Azernews reports. The attestation scheduled for 2025 has concluded as of July 1....

The Yekaterinburg Killings: FSB, Fear, and Fallout – Azerbaijan Pushes Back

Kyiv Post · July 2, 2025

The brothers – Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov – were respected members of Yekaterinburg’s Azerbaijani community. They owned a popular local restaurant and had no known ties to extremism. Yet during a night raid, they were shot and killed by FSB...

Moscow, Baku in contact at level of chief investigator, prosecutor general — Kremlin

TASS · July 2, 2025

MOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. Moscow and Baku are currently discussing issues of concern at the level of the head of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, and Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry...

Milli Majlis: Provocative calls for unfriendly steps against Azerbaijan are being voiced in Russian media

APA · July 2, 2025

As a result of monitoring conducted within its mandate, the Temporary Commission of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) against Foreign Interference and Hybrid Threats has determined that following the illegal actions committed against Azerbaijani...

New Plane Crash Allegations Add Fuel to Russia-Azerbaijan Dispute

Times of Central Asia · July 2, 2025

Earlier this year, Azerbaijan lashed out at Russia over the Dec. 25, 2024 crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that the government said was hit by accidental Russian ground fire before crashing in Kazakhstan. Now, Moscow is coming under fresh...

Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Simonyan suggests possible ban of Russian TV broadcasts

Open Caucasus Media · July 2, 2025

Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...

Prosecutor General’s Office holds briefing on torture and murder of Azerbaijani citizens in Russia

APA · July 2, 2025

A briefing is being held at the Prosecutor General’s Office regarding the torture and deliberate killing of Azerbaijani citizens in Russia, APA reports. Director of the Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office, Nemat Avazov;...

Turkmenistan Presented Its Energy Strategy at the Brussels Energy Club Roundtable

News Central Asia · July 8, 2025

On 7 July 2025, Brussels hosted an expert roundtable titled “Medium-Term Prospects for EU Gas Imports and Strategies of Exporting Countries,” organized by the Brussels Energy Club. The keynote speaker was the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the...

Iran Suspects Azerbaijan Directly Aided Israeli Strikes (Photos)

SouthFront · July 2, 2025

File image. Tensions are mounting between Iran and Azerbaijan amid suspicions in Tehran that Baku allowed the Israeli military its airspace to carry out recent strikes on Iranian territory during the recent 12-day war. Israel began the war on June...

UK adjusts arms embargo application to Armenia–Azerbaijan border in line with OSCE framework

AzerNews · July 2, 2025

The United Kingdom has updated its implementation of the OSCE arms embargo concerning Armenia and Azerbaijan to better align with international obligations and current conditions on the ground, the UK Government has announced, Azernews reports....

Tehran suspects Azerbaijan allowed Israel to access its airspace to strike Iran

All Israel News · July 2, 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Zeev Elkin visit in Azerbaijan on December 13, 2016. Photo by Haim Zach/ Flash 90 Tensions have increased between Iran and Azerbaijan over the last few weeks as Tehran accuses its...

Russian diplomat stresses importance of ties with Azerbaijan amid tensions

TASS · July 2, 2025

MOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. Friendly relations between Russia and Azerbaijan are of vital importance, while anyone seeking to undermine them should think about the consequences of their actions, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova...

Operation ‘Sputnik Azerbaijan’: A new spike in tensions with Russia

JAMnews · July 2, 2025

Arrest of Sputnik Azerbaijan staff Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has raided the Baku office of Sputnik Azerbaijan, a Russian state-run news agency. Pro-government media claim that some of those detained are linked to Russia’s Federal...

Russia Calls on Baku to Take Steps to Return Relations to Strategic Alliance

Sputnik News · July 2, 2025

"We, of course, also requested the opportunity for employees of the consular department of the embassy to visit Russian citizens. Alas, we have been literally in touch all this time, in an online format, with our embassy, the Russian ambassador...

Armenian parliament speaker urges ban on Russian TV broadcasting

The Kyiv Independent · July 2, 2025

Armenian authorities should "seriously" consider banning the broadcast of Russian television channels in Armenia, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said on July 1, citing concerns over interference and deteriorating ties. "We must very...

The Revolutionary Leader's strategy reinforces unity

Tehran Times · July 8, 2025

TEHRAN - In an analysis, Farhikhtegan highlighted the failure of Israel’s attempt to create a rift between the Iranian people and the ruling system. The publication noted that the Israelis had designed a comprehensive plan: to launch attacks that...

Azerbaijan Condemns Russian Police Raids in Yekaterinburg Over Azerbaijani Casualties

Mezha · June 28, 2025

As reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan On June 28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan summoned the acting chargé d’affaires of Russia in Baku, Petr Volokovikh, in connection with the actions of Russian law...

World News | Azerbaijan Detains 7 Linked to Russian Media Outlet as Rift Between Baku, Moscow Deepens

Latestly · July 1, 2025

Baku, Jul 1 (AP) Seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Azerbaijan's capital have been detained after a raid on its office, the Interior Ministry was quoted by local media as saying Tuesday, in the latest sign of the rift between...

Foreign Ministry comments on remarks by Mikhail Shvydkoy regarding cancellation of Russian cultural events in Azerbaijan

Azertag · July 1, 2025

Baku, July 1, AZERTAC Aykhan Hajizada, Spokesperson for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, commented on remarks made by Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation,...

Azerbaijan offers condolences to Pakistan following deadly attack in North Waziristan

AzerNews · June 28, 2025

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has extended its sympathies to Pakistan in the aftermath of a deadly terrorist attack that struck the North Waziristan region on June 28, Azernews reports. In an official statement shared via the...