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In the East, the pomegranate has been considered the king of fruits from the earliest of times.

Archaeology in Azerbaijan is enjoying a renaissance. Research and excavations, which came to a halt

It was on a gloomy, rainy evening back in 1995, at my cosy local cinema, the Renoir, not far from

The scope of the second annual Baku International Humanitarian Forum (4-5 October) was evident from

From 17-19 October, The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) cooperated with Yahad–In Unum to

There are poets who are great and there are poets who are the greatest of the great. The

As a young boy, Sabir, while playing alone in the yard at his home in Borchali (a region of

Land of Fire? It may be that Azerbaijan is having an identity crisis, as it currently appears more

The spread of Islam in Azerbaijan was naturally bound up with the social and economic life of the

Baku and the Absheron peninsula are significant for their historic monuments and defence

Who could imagine the bustling, modern Baku inhabited by the fauna of an African savannah? Sounds

Don’t forget the past; it will be your teacher in the future There is a strong modern drive

A nation’s cultural values tell you much and attitudes towards those values are no less

Environmental sciences have been subject to increased popular focus in recent years but they are not

Once upon a time there was a great lord, who ruled over the Banu Amir. He was a very kind-hearted ma

Introduction Mountain Jews call themselves Juhuro (or Juvuro, in their Quba dialect), which means

Thousands of Azerbaijanis left for the front in the first years of the Second World War. There were

Elmira Rasulova presents now the most disarming face to the world; a quiet matriarchal presence in

In 1949 a unique oil deposit was discovered under the Caspian Sea. The field was named Oil Rocks

After the First World War, the Paris Peace Conference (18 January 1919 – 21 January 1920) set

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

- International Inspiration – For two

Six members of the UK’s Azerbaijan All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) flew in for an

SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) has been increasingly active lately. So

My interest in the Azerbaijani film The Precinct was piqued when I learned that it had been

The beach season is underway again; for many this is the end of an impatient wait. This year, as

For baker Elnara Mikayilova every morning begins with the national Azerbaijani bread. As usual, she

A life is like the flame from a lit match. Some burn unnoticed, sometimes in vain; others, in

VoA: Last December, Baku hosted the 32nd meeting of the Commission on Aquatic Bioresources of the

In early November 1887, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev and five other stockholders founded a joint stock

Gardens and parks are an important aspect of Azerbaijani culture and one of the most important is th

The Caspian Sea has always been known as a home to the sturgeon and the fish has iconic status in

 Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev was born into a poor family in Baku and began work as a bricklayer.

Nestled in the southern foothills of the Caucasus Mountains lies the tiny village of Chukhur. This i

1 April. A day when humour and laughter rocks the world, including Azerbaijan. People play pranks,

…The shoemaker Uncle Avshalum was supposed to meet us in Qirmizi Qesebe - Red Settlement -

The night of 8-9 May 1992 was dark and cold. There was no sign of a military attack. There had been

The French office of The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) was formally opened on 7 March at the

More than 250 Lords, MPs, diplomats, academics, and business people from Azerbaijan, Turkey and

I met her at a reception organized by the British Embassy in Baku to mark 100 Days to Go to the

Chingiz Huseinzadeh, Vice-president of the National Olympic Committee gave an interview to Visions o

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

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

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