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The organization has been facing accusations of political bias in its investigations (or lack thereof) into cultural heritage in Karabakh.

Questioning the territorial integrity of the neighboring country, once a taboo topic, is increasingly entering official discourse both in Baku and Tehran.

The arrests come as tension between Baku and Tehran has been reaching a peak.

A new $100 million project run by members of both presidents’ families highlights the tight relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan.

A jazzy kids’ song is the latest salvo in Baku’s ongoing offensive against the French leader.

Baku promised to prosecute if the videos are determined to be authentic. But past experience suggests the prosecutions won’t go far.

The ruling party already holds complete control in the country. Now a new law would make it almost impossible for a new party to be formed.

But just as Azerbaijani troops were entering the territory, however, it emerged that the new road that was the purported reason for the handover would not be ready for another week.

It was the latest in a string of arrests of people accused of smuggling in the territories Azerbaijan recaptured from Armenia in the 2020 war.

A series of personnel appointments connected to the powerful Pashayev family have raised questions about the bank’s independence.

This year it is spending more than 10 percent more than it did before its 2020 defeat of Armenia, and is planning to spend even more in coming years.

The country’s sports federations are invariably led by a government minister or other high-ranking official. Critics say it’s a model of corruption.

An online sale of subsidized housing sold out in under five seconds, and would-be buyers called foul.

A proposed new amendment would give a state committee the authority to appoint imams and register new religious communities.

The film seems to have been caught up in the contested legacy of the man many consider the country’s founding father, and the government’s uneasiness about him.

Last year Baku took the surprising step of announcing the prosecutions of four soldiers for crimes against Armenians. But there is no word on what happened since – and no reciprocation from Armenia, either.

While the day was an occasion for Azerbaijanis to celebrate, for Armenians it was marked by political attacks and introspection.

More than 100 suspected of spying for Armenia have been tortured, the prosecutor said, after years of denials.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijan released two truck drivers whose arrest sparked the tensions, while Iran agreed to forbid trucks from entering Karabakh from now on.

Armenia lost more than half its hydropower capacity in the war. Now Azerbaijan is building new dams in the territories it retook.

The country already leads in vaccination rates in the South Caucasus. Many expect the new rules to drive a black market for fake vaccination passports.

The remarks earned the country’s senior Islamic official a rebuke from a senior adviser to Turkey’s president and a smear campaign in Azerbaijani pro-government media.

Some of the soldiers have been used as bargaining chips, and more deals appear to be in the works.

Azerbaijanis, the largest ethnic minority in Georgia, say that Tbilisi neglects their culture while Baku tries to co-opt it. Now they are claiming it for themselves.

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the first foreign leader to visit Karabakh since the end of last year’s war, in which Turkish backing helped Azerbaijan secure its victory.