March - June 2012

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

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

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

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

The European Parliament is the main political body in the European Union. It assembles more than

The Yerevan government has issued an order making plunder official. To this end they have already

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

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 -

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

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

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

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

It is a great feeling to stand before a Tahir Salahov painting and take in the expressive power of

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

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