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by Jeyran Bayramova

The Christmas cracker has just celebrated a jubilee! The year 2011

Ian Peart and Saadat Ibrahimova spoke to Jamila Mustafayeva, designer of the mesmeric Azpetrol

Every year, on the 15th September, Baku descends into a grand traffic jam as parents rush their

In Soviet times, attitudes towards jazz across the USSR varied according to the prevailing

Ruslan Agababayev was born in Baku on 16 March 1976 into a family of doctors and musicians. Having

by Yagub Mahmudov

Uzun Hasan (1453-1478) of the Aghgoyunlu dynasty was the first

by Shamistan Nazirli

Words of the guide
The first time I heard his name was in the

by Nushaba Huseynli

She turns her head towards her mother and points to me. Although I

by Atakhan A.Pashayev

The Molla Nasreddin magazine was one of the most remarkable project

Given the Azerbaijan guide’s low publishing budget I couldn’t afford to include many

This city of quiet beauty and clean mountain air lies surrounded by the Caucasus Mountains and its

With over half of its land covered by mountains, Azerbaijan caters for outdoor

by Aydin Talibzadeh

Children perceive the world through fairy tales, they grow up

Frederique Lengaigne is now a documentary film-maker, but in 1992 she was working for the Reuters

Much has been said and written about the hostile attitude of the first and last president of the

Jeffrey Werbock made his first appearance on Azerbaijani television some twenty-four years ago when

Mum, what are you going to cook tonight?
Yarpaq dolması (grape leaf dolma), don’t forget to

The forum came in the wake of the passing of a presidential decree on diversification of the

Low oil prices naturally cause problems for producers – at least in the short term. The real

The first trilateral summit of the leaders of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan in Baku on 8 August 2016

The audience at a book launch in London on 6 February heard a distinguished panel of speakers

If your image of jazz piano is of deadly earnest, abstract plonking, or some old stager picking out

I remember from my childhood the old men sitting in the chaikhana (tea house) on hot summer days

Ensuring the security of energy supplies has long been a major priority for the European Union (EU).

ATDC Director Graeme Pollock opened proceedings and welcomed the two international keynote speakers

The oil industry is one of the major drivers of modern industrial growth and development throughout

While women in different corners of the world were campaigning for equal rights, those in

The great Azerbaijani poet Muhammad Fuzuli (c. 1483 – 1556) is one of the nation’s most

Elmira Abbasly has been many things in her life, but she is at heart a doll maker and her dolls are

From Chinese chisel….
The Chinese were the first people to drill wells, in around 2000 BC,

The rise and fall…
The fortifications in Bayil Bay, off Baku, are the remains of some of

Walking down the street of the capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku, I frequently receive salutations

A visit to the European Youth Festival which came to Ganja in 2016

Continuing our series of interviews with talented young Azerbaijanis around the world, Visions

Russia began a detailed survey of the Caspian Sea coastline in 1854 and was soon producing pilot

Throughout history, translators and interpreters have been vital links in contacts between nations.

There are many traditions in Azerbaijan surrounding the naming of children and some of these

People’s Artist Azim Azimzadeh (1880-1943) left us with a priceless artistic inheritance, but

Visions journeyed to Qakh in search of the Caucasian brown bear

There is a certain list of places which people could spend a lifetime being only vaguely aware of.

On 15 November Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery launched a groundbreaking exhibition of

In May I was in Baku for Eurovision, a competition regarded as kitschy at home, but what about for

That’s all! The regular Eurovision Song Contest that gave millions of viewers memorable

I looked at the horse and was struck numb. There stood the red-golden miracle of Karabakh… on

Azerbaijan had a new neighbour at the UK´s Royal Windsor Horse Show, held in May this year. Ou