Despite near-total government control over the media, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service has built a high-impact social-media presence in Azerbaijan and a reputation as a leading source of independent news.
Azerbaijan's ruling party has nominated incumbent President Ilham Aliyev as its candidate in the snap April presidential election.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has brought forward the date of a planned presidential election to April 11 from October 17, a decree issued by the president's office said on February 5.
Azerbaijan has sentenced a prominent opposition leader to three years in prison on charges that she tried to smuggle undeclared cash across the border, according to her lawyer, who says the case is politically motivated.
Dozens of used-tire dealers have rallied in Azerbaijan's capital to protest against increased customs fees for imported used tires.
A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced journalist Afqan Muxtarli to six years in prison after convicting him of smuggling and other crimes in a politically charged trial condemned by rights groups.
A court in Baku has sentenced 12 men to lengthy prison terms in a high-profile case after convicting them of terrorism, publicly calling for the overthrow of the government, and inciting ethnic, religious, and social hatred.
The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey are set to meet on December 20 in Baku.
A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced a grandson of the oil-rich former Soviet republic's deputy prime minister to six years in prison for his role in a high-speed traffic accident that left two people dead and two others injured.
Parliamentarians at a book launch labeled a prominent Azerbaijani rights activist a traitor, while lawyers questioned the ethics of the book’s contents.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says it has approved two loans totaling $400 million to help strengthen the Azerbaijani railway sector and modernize a rail line connecting Azerbaijan with Russia and Iran.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in the Armenian capital of Yerevan as part of a regional tour that included talks in neighboring Azerbaijan.
A French court has rejected a lawsuit by Azerbaijan’s government against two French journalists it accuses of defamation in a case described by the defendants and media freedom activists as an attempt by the Caucasus nation's authorities to export censorship beyond the country's borders.
Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey have launched a rail link connecting the three countries, establishing a freight and passenger link between Europe and China that bypasses Russia and Armenia.
Hundreds of people have attended an opposition-organized anticorruption rally in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku.
The wife of an Azerbaijani journalist who had sought refuge in Georgia has left Tbilisi for Germany.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has expressed concerns over Azerbaijan’s “unprecedented crackdown on human rights” and urged reforms to ensure the independence of the judiciary.
Hundreds of opposition activists attended an anticorruption protest in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku.
Azerbaijani authorities say they arrested more than 80 people last month who offered "sexual services," following reports by international rights groups that the government had rounded up dozens of members of the country's gay community.
Aziz Orucov, the Baku manager of Internet television station Channel 13, has gone on trial on charges supporters contend are politically motivated.
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