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Between the beats: Live music in techno-driven Tbilisi
Open Caucasus Media
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July 4, 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...
Azerbaijani vocalist channels ancient sounds into global expression
Euronews
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By Euronews Published on 03/07/2025 - 15:00 GMT+2•Updated 15:39 For Alim Qasimov, music is memory, resistance, and release. Raised in a modest household, he carved his first saz with his father and taught himself to play. Qasimov developed a...
Moroccan journalists visit Azerbaijan Culture Ministry
AzerNews
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July 4, 2025
The Azerbaijan Culture Ministry has received a group of well-known media representatives from the Kingdom of Morocco, Azernews reports. It was noted that representatives of reputable media outlets such as Morocco World News, Zamane, Al-Alam, Le...
Azerbaijan Is Enlarging Its Air Force Like Never Before
SouthFront
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July 3, 2025
Click to see full-size image. (Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense) Azerbaijan is enlarging its air force like never before, signaling an ambition to play a larger military role in South Caucasus, Middle East and Central Asia. The efforts, which began...
Prospects for anti-doping cooperation between Azerbaijan and Poland discussed
AzerNews
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July 4, 2025
A high-level delegation from the Polish Anti-Doping Agency (POLADA), led by its Director Michał Rynkowski, who also serves as Chair of the Monitoring Group of the Council of Europe Anti-Doping Convention, has completed a working visit to...
Bridging East and West: Azerbaijan’s Diplomatic Balancing Act and Vision for Peace
To Vima
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July 4, 2025
From deepening energy and diplomatic ties with the European Union to unprecedented progress toward peace with Armenia, the Ambassador outlines a vision of Azerbaijan as a sovereign, independent actor that is determined not to be tethered to any...
Azerbaijan's NOC Members Accede Various Commissions Of European Olympic Committees
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 3. The Executive Committee of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) has approved the new composition of the commissions for 2025-2029, a source in Azerbaijan's National Olympic Committee (NOC)...
Azerbaijan no longer backing down in row with Russia
Ukrainian Week
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July 3, 2025
The Kremlin’s usual mix of arrogance and impunity, long left unchecked, is beginning to lose its impact—especially on those it still hopes to intimidate. In Baku, patience has clearly run out. Neither the downing of a civilian plane over Chechnya...
Another round of escalation in relations between Azerbaijan and Russia
Global Voices
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July 4, 2025
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva, created via CanvaPro. Just this May, nearly six months after the fatal Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane crash near the city of Aqtau in Kazakhstan, tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan appeared to be at their peak,...
Imprisoned Meydan TV journalists begin hunger strike
The Azeri Times
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July 4, 2025
Imprisoned journalists of Meydan TV – Aynur Elgunesh, Aytaj Tapdig, Khayala Aghayeva, and Aysel Umudova – have gone on hunger strike starting from July 4 in support of “AbzasMedia.” Another journalist detained in connection with the “Meydan TV...
Russians in Azerbaijan say police are conducting nighttime raids as crisis enters 7th day
Open Caucasus Media
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July 4, 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...
Azerbaijan Proposes New Military Ideas Amid Conflict With Russia
Charter 97
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It is about the establishment of a Turkish military base on Azerbaijani soil. "It is necessary to make a decision on the deployment of the largest Turkish military base in the region, in Azerbaijan, in the near future," former aide to Azerbaijani...
Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan Forge $1B Trade Vision
Times of Central Asia
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July 4, 2025
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan arrived in Baku on July 2 for a state visit at the invitation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. He was received at the airport by Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov and other senior officials, with...
New media rules advance in Azerbaijani Parliament
AzerNews
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July 4, 2025
The Milli Majlis (Parliament of Azerbaijan) has approved a set of new requirements for information agencies during the first reading of a proposed amendment to the country’s “Law on Media.” According to Azernews, the legislative proposal was...
Azerbaijan May Lose Nearly $1.2Bln in Exports to Russia
Sputnik News
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July 3, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250703/azerbaijan-may-lose-nearly-12bln-in-exports-to-russia-1122389273.html Azerbaijan May Lose Nearly $1.2Bln in Exports to Russia Azerbaijan May Lose Nearly $1.2Bln in Exports to Russia Sputnik International...
Georgian media regulator says opposition TV channels violated law by using anti-government language
Open Caucasus Media
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July 4, 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...
News Digest: Foreign Media on Oil Output in Kazakhstan, Middle Corridor and More
The Astana Times
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July 4, 2025
ASTANA – The Astana Times has curated a selection of articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media digest includes topics such as relations with the West, the Middle Corridor, international flights and more....
How the media (cannot) cover trials in Georgia
Open Caucasus Media
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July 4, 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...
Iranian, Pakistani Foreign Ministers meet in Azerbaijan's Khankendi
APA
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July 4, 2025
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi met with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar, APA reports citing the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting took place within the framework of the 17th ECO Summit held in Khankendi. The Pakistani...
Azerbaijan summons Russian envoy as tensions escalate
Sun Online International
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Azerbaijan has summoned Russia’s ambassador to Baku as tensions between the two countries continue to rise following a raid in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg late last month that resulted in the death of two Azerbaijanis while in custody. A...