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World-famous musician leaves music lovers in awe
World-famous pianist and composer Mike del Ferro has thrilled music lovers at the Baku Piano Festival 2025, Azernews reports. The concert featured musicians Mike del Ferro (piano), Berval Moraes (bass), and Elvin Bashirov (drums). Mike del Ferro...

Bodies of Azerbaijanis killed in Russia’s Yekaterinburg handed over to relatives
The bodies of Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov, the Azerbaijani brothers who died as a result of brutal beatings in Yekaterinburg on June 27, have been handed over to their relatives. The transfer process began on the morning of June 30. Azerbaijan’s...

EPF: France placing radioactive waste on Armenia's territory, close to conditional border with Azerbaijan
12:28 En The Environmental Protection First (EPF) coalition has issued a statement in connection with Francechr("39")s placement of uranium-containing radioactive waste in the territories of Armenia close to the conditional border with Azerbaijan,...

Russian ombudsperson calls for investigation into detention of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg
Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova, has submitted a petition to the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, requesting an investigation into the legality of the detention of Azerbaijani diaspora members in Yekaterinburg on...

Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan rise after Kremlin condemns Baku's reaction to arrests
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan rose on Monday after the Kremlin said it disagreed with a decision by Azerbaijan to cancel Russian cultural events in response to the arrest in Russia of ethnic Azerbaijanis suspected of...

Police raid Baku office of Russian state media agency
The move comes amid tensions between the two nations, following a police raid on suspected Azerbaijani gangs in Russia, Russia Today reports. There is a strong police presence around the building hosting the Sputnik newsroom in Baku, local media...

Russia Cracks Down On European Media With Website Access Limits
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 30. Russia has imposed restrictions on access to the websites of 15 European media outlets, Trend reports via the Russian MFA. "As a countermeasure to yet another round of restrictions by the...
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Simon Raab Jazz Trio mesmerizes audience in Baku [PHOTOS/VIDEO]
Simon Raab Jazz Trio (Austria) has mesmerized the audience at Baku Piano Festival 2025, Azernews reports. The concert took place at Rotunda Roof Garden. The concert featured Simon Raab (piano), Martin Kocian (bass), Michat Wirzgon (drums). Simon...

Watchful eye of Sauron-Erdogan in Baku, cowardly bleating of freaks in power in Yerevan and Russia`s silence: Armenians expelled from their places of thousand-year residence in Nagorno-Karabakh - analyst
ArmInfo. In Baku, under the watchful eye of Sauron-Erdogan, under the cowardly bleating of freaks in power in Yerevan and the silence of Russia, Armenians were expelled from their places of thousand-year residence in Nagorno-Karabakh and this was...

Azerbaijan's Baku Hosts Conference On Guadeloupe's Decolonization Challenges And Prospects
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 25. An international thematic conference "Towards the Decolonization of Guadeloupe! Challenges and Perspectives" dedicated to the island of Guadeloupe, which is under the colonial policy of...
F1 to hold two Saturday races in 2025 as Baku date shifts, Las Vegas remains night event
LONDON, June 30 — Formula One will race on a Saturday in Azerbaijan next year to avoid a clash with a national day and pre-season testing will start behind closed doors at Spain’s Barcelona circuit in January. Formula One and the governing FIA...

Baku Initiative Group, MIR Guadeloupe ink memorandum of cooperation
The Baku Initiative Group and MIR Guadeloupe have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation as part of the international thematic conference titled "Towards the Decolonization of Guadeloupe! Challenges and Perspectives," dedicated to addressing...

The crisis between Russia and Azerbaijan deepens: new actions in Voronezh
After Yekaterinburg, according to Russian media, large-scale searches are taking place in the Voronezh region of Russia, and representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora are being arrested. It is reported that law enforcement agencies have declared...
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Classical music concert held as part of Baku Piano Festival 2025 [PHOTOS]
International Mugham Center has hosted a classical music concert featuring pianist Rüya Taner (Northern Cyprus), pianist Yegana Akhundova and the Baku Chamber Orchestra conducted by Valid Aghayev as part of the Baku Piano Festival 2025, Azernews...

Russian Ombudsman appeals to Prosecutor General’s Office over attacks on Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg
Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) Tatyana Moskalkova has filed a formal request with the Prosecutor General’s Office regarding the recent incident in Yekaterinburg involving attacks on Azerbaijani nationals, APA reports citing...
Police raid Baku office of Russian state media agency Sputnik Azerbaijan — Meduza
Police raided the Baku office of the Russian media agency Sputnik Azerbaijan on Monday, according to local media reports citing the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry. Law enforcement reportedly took control of the building. Police said more...

Turkish Media: Yekaterinburg events are a manifestation of ethnic discrimination and chauvinism
Ankara, June 30, AZERTAC Türkiye’s leading newspapers, television channels, news agencies, and websites have extensively covered the tragic events in Yekaterinburg, where Russian law enforcement subjected ethnic Azerbaijanis to violence and...
Armenia to make ‘final decisions’ on CSTO if Russia will not criticize Azerbaijani occupation
OC-media.org Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan has said that Yerevan will make ‘final decisions’ on the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a Russia-led defence alliance, if Moscow and other treaty allies do not ‘make...

Vienna hosts official reception on margins of OPEC International Seminar
Vienna, July 10, AZERTAC On July 9, an official reception was held as part of the 9th International Seminar of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria. The event was hosted by OPEC Secretary General Haitham...

Media expert warning Armenian users against using Azerbaijani Contact Finder app
ArmInfo. An advertisement for the Contact Finder application, an alternative to the well-known Getcontact app (owned by Turkish citizens), is circulating in the Armenian section of the Facebook social network. After examining the new project's...