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In the face of international criticism, Azerbaijan sentences the Abzas Media team

Global Voices · June 30, 2025

Images of the Abzas Media journalists used with permission. Feature image of them against the backdrop of the Abzas logo created by Arzu Geybullayeva, using Canva Pro. On June 20, the Baku Court for Grave Crimes delivered sentences against key...

Russia summons Azerbaijani envoy after journalist detentions

PanARMENIAN.Net ·

June 30, 2025 - 18:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia’s foreign ministry has summoned Azerbaijan’s ambassador to protest what it describes as "unfriendly actions by Azerbaijan and illegal arrests of Russian journalists", RIA Novosti reports. Envoy...

Mass Detentions of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg Spark Diplomatic Tensions

Pravda.ru · June 30, 2025

Mass Detentions of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg Spark Diplomatic Tensions Law enforcement actions cannot be grounds for diplomatic demarches, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on a statement from Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry,...

Opera Days continues to bestow audience with musical revelations [PHOTOS]

AzerNews · June 30, 2025

The Opera Days project, carried out by the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, continues to bestow the audience with musical revelations, Azernews reports. The latest spectacular event was the concert titled "Night of Choral...

World-famous musician leaves music lovers in awe

AzerNews · June 30, 2025

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

News.Az ·

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

Olaylar · June 30, 2025

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

News.Az ·

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

Yahoo News ·

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

Mehr News Agency · June 30, 2025

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 · June 30, 2025

(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...

Azerbaijan's Baku Hosts Conference On Guadeloupe's Decolonization Challenges And Prospects

MENAFN · June 25, 2025

(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...

Simon Raab Jazz Trio mesmerizes audience in Baku [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

AzerNews · June 30, 2025

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 ·

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...

Baku Initiative Group, MIR Guadeloupe ink memorandum of cooperation

News.Az ·

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...

F1 to hold two Saturday races in 2025 as Baku date shifts, Las Vegas remains night event

Malay Mail · June 30, 2025

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...

The crisis between Russia and Azerbaijan deepens: new actions in Voronezh

1in.am · June 30, 2025

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...

Classical music concert held as part of Baku Piano Festival 2025 [PHOTOS]

AzerNews · June 30, 2025

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...

Media expert warning Armenian users against using Azerbaijani Contact Finder app

Arminfo ·

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...

Russian Ombudsman appeals to Prosecutor General’s Office over attacks on Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg

APA ·

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...