On 25 December 2023, the Azerbaijan parliament (the Milli Majlis) passed a declaration claiming that, in what is currently Armenia, there was previously an Azerbaijani community that was displaced by ...

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After several decades of legal commentary (or rather, lamentations) that UNESCO lacks proper enforcement mechanisms to protect cultural heritage and punish states for their intentional destruction of ...

Satellite imagery has confirmed the demolition of two historic Christian churches in Stepanakert, the main city in the ...

The foundation of youth policy in Azerbaijan is built on a clear ideological and strategic framework. The state considers ...

The Culture Ministry's Scientific, Methodological and Qualification Center for Culture (MEMİM) has conducted a ...

Irada Akhoundova remembers when the Soviet military rumbled outside her house. It was late 1991, post-perestroika, pre-independence, and Akhoundova, a principal of one of the schools of the Azerbaijan ...

Baku announced -- then partly walked back -- steps to remove what it calls "fictitious traces” of Armenian heritage from churches now under Azerbaijani control in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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In 2026, India and Azerbaijan are offering travelers rich cultural experiences, from India’s diverse festivals and mountain landscapes to Azerbaijan’s artisan workshops and heritage tours. Lantern ...