Shusha, Azerbaijan News

The Irish Times May 25, 2012 Friday Shusha still stands as symbol of vicious pogrom DANIEL McLAUGHLIN in Nagorno-Karabakh A T-72 TANK sits by the road that climbs the hill from Stepanakert to Shusha, a reminder that life was not always this quiet among the green mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh. Twenty years ago, these towns were at the epicentre of ... (more)

The Azerbaijani parliament has strongly condemned the anti-Azerbaijani propaganda which started recently in Iran.

Azerbaijani MP, chairperson of "Eurasian Institute of International Studies" NGO and Azerbaijan-Georgia inter-parliamentary friendship group Ganira Pashayeva will visit Georgia to attend a commemorative event on the 20th anniversary of the occupation of Shusha and Lachin by Armenian armed forces.

COSTS OF CELEBRATING By Thomas Reynolds Georgia Today http://www.georgiatoday.ge/article_details.php?id=10126 May 17 2012 Georgia This column appears twice monthly and discusses current topics that impact youth, women, those affected by conflict and those located in remote villages.

Armenian separatists occupied Shusha and Lachin with the help of former Russian Defence Minister Pavel Grachev, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov told media on Friday.

On May 18, 1992, the Armenian occupiers destroyed hundreds of cultural facilities, tens of settlements, villages and historical monuments.

The Azerbaijani embassy in France and Azerbaijan`s permanent representation at UNESCO held an event to mark the 20th anniversary of occupation of Shusha town.

An article titled, "Smoldering fire of the Karabakh conflict," dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Shusha's occupation, was published in the Hungarian Nepsava newspaper on May 9. The author, a well-known journalist and writer Ferenc Kepecs together with representatives of the Hungarian press visited Azerbaijan last year and was able to see the ... (more)

In connection with the 20th anniversary of the occupation of Shusha by Armenians the Ukrainian capital Kiev hosted an event.

APA, Azerbaijan May 8 2012 Ali Hasanov: `Armenians don't want to withdraw forces from the occupied areas and at this rate Azerbaijani government will show its strength by other means' [ 08 May 2012 18:46 ] Baku.

Turkish capital, Ankara, hosted a presentation of the documentary film "Destroyed cradle of culture - Shusha", prepared by the Public Association "Eurasian Institute of International Studies", the Association told Trend on Tuesday.

An art and photo exhibition entitled "Shusha - the pearl of history and culture of Azerbaijan" opened in Baku on Monday.

BAKU COUNTS ON INTL ASSISTANCE IN RESTORING TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY Interfax May 2 2012 Russia Azerbaijan's parliament has urged the world community to put pressure on Armenia in order to get the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settled.

Azerbaijani Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova has sent an appeal to international organisations in connection with the 20th anniversary of the Azerbaijani town of Shusha occupied by Armenia.

Shusha's history and all information about this city should be included in school textbooks, Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Maradanov said on Thursday.

Armenians must know that the Shusha people will return their lands either peacefully or by force, chairman of the public association 'Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh', head of Shusha regional executive power Bayram Safarov told Trend today.

Deputy Chairman Bahar Muradova, noting that Shusha has been for two decades under the heel of the Armenian occupiers, said she speaks not like a politician, but as an individual, exiled from native land.

The main issue under discussion at the next plenary session of the Azerbaijani Parliament on Tuesday is associated with the 20th anniversary of the occupation of Shusha by Armenia.

The agenda of the meeting of the Azerbaijani Parliament, which will be held on May 1, has been made public.