Ali S. Novruzov in Azerbaijan
Ambassador-at-Last
As anti-American hysteria of official Baku reaches its climax these days, Steve LeVine brings back an old rumour - after nearly eight months with a Chargé d'affaires, US has decided to appoint an ambassador to Baku.
News from America, 130-year old
There was a beautiful Azerbaijani newspaper Akinchi (The Cultivator) published between 1875 and 1877. So what did The Cultivator wrote about America then? Below are some excerpts published in Aynur Bashirli's In a Spotlight of Free Press: New York Times about Azerbaijan and translated here by me.
Pro-gov't MP: Designate birthday of President's mother as Mothers' Day in Azerbaijan
For 70 years, Soviet Azerbaijan celebrated 28 April as a national holiday - it was conceived as the victory of revolution in the country, the date of its Sovetization and liberation of workers.
Democracy is ... POSSIBLE
Despite the arrest and conviction of one of their co-founders, Adnan Hajizade with an apparently trumped-up charges, OL! Youth movement has released a new video telling that they are still in and not disillusioned in their quests.
Azeri Ambassador proposes to rename Kazakhstan's capital in favor of Nazarbayev
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan Latif Gandilov suggested to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to rename its capital Astana into Sultan-Ata ("Father Sultan"), Interfax-Azerbaijan reported.
EU resolution "an attempt to damage democratic image of Azerbaijan"
Recently, the European Parliament has adopted a resolution initiated mainly by Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake and Lithuanian MEP Vytautas Landsbergis condemning the current state of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan.
'In Facebook, it is not me,' says Azeri politician
Recently, one Azeri politician and analyst Ilgar Mammadov called another politician and analyst Eldar Namazov: "I've sent you a friendship request through Facebook, accept it please." Eldar Namazov raised his eyebrows in surprise: "But I have no profile in Facebook!"
Two Azeri Bloggers receive prison terms
On 11th November, despite huge international and internal pressure, Sabail District Court of Baku presided by Justice Araz Huseynov convicted two Azerbaijani bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade on controversial hooliganism charges.
Ali S. Novruzov in Azerbaijan:
Ali S. Novruzov is a blogging researcher based in Baku who also writes for Global Voices Online. Ali has a...