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Amnesty International: Azerbaijani authorities continue to intimidate and arrest those who criticize government 22:49 23/05/2013 » LAW The Azerbaijani government continues to intimidate and imprison people and groups who criticizes the government.

Interfax, Russia May 22 2013 Azerbaijan can change Karabakh status quo by recognizing it - Armenian diplomat YEREVAN.

By AzerNews The Gobustan national historical preserve in Azerbaijan became a special award winner of the 2013 European Museum of the Year contest in Belgium on May 18.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, NATO Deputy Secretary General Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and regional director of the World Tourism Organization for the Middle East Amr Abdul Ghafar will visit Azerbaijan to participate in the second World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue, according to a statement placed on the website of the Ministry of Culture ... (more)

Justice Minister of Azerbaijan, Fikret Mammadov met a delegation of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption led by its chair Edgardo Angara.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received OSCE Minsk group co-chairs Igor Popov of Russia, Ian Kelly of the United States and Jacques Faure of France, as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 23 / Trend / President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Gabor Iklody, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges.

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 23 / Trend /

Leyla Abdullayeva, Trend analytical centre expert

The population of Azerbaijan is becoming adapted to living on credit. It is now impossible to find an area where the citizens are not using borrowed funds. The majority of purchases such as housing, automobiles, home appliances and so forth are made through the borrowed money. In response to the increased demand, Azerbaijani banks have extended to a limit and simplified the range of loan programmes offered to the public.

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 23 / Trend E. Tariverdiyeva /

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's statement at the Astana Economic Forum has become significant for world expert circles, executive director of the Centre for Political Science North-South, director of the Centre for the Study of Socio-Political Processes in the Post-Soviet Space of the Moscow State University and member of Trend Expert Council Alexei Vlasov told Trend today.

Hosting the European Football Championship in 2020 in Baku is a great opportunity to represent our country and develop football in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov said on Thursday.

Azerbaijan demonstrates all the signs of sustained economic growth and has great potential, WB vice-president for external affairs Cyril Muller told media today.

Azerbaijan demonstrates all the signs of sustained economic growth and has great potential, WB vice-president for external affairs Cyril Muller told media today.

Subunits of the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire in Shikhlar, Shirvanli, Bash Garvand villages of Agdam region, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli and Ashagi Abdurrahmanli villages of Fuzuli region on May 21-22. The Armenians were silenced with a retail fire, the Defense Ministry said.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has visited the WorldFood Azerbaijan-2013, 19th Azerbaijan International Exhibition of Food Industry and the Agrihort 2013, 7th Azerbaijan International Agriculture Exhibition.

In the latest case, a court in Baku ordered 21-year-old Ilkin Rustamzade to be placed in pre-trial custody for two months while a criminal investigation takes place on a charge of "hooliganism". This case stands out even among a spate of recent arrests because of the nature of the offence Rustamzade is alleged to have committed.

Azerbaijan's parliament has approved tighter Internet controls in a move media freedom groups fear could be used to curb online dissent and paralyze independent journalists in advance of presidential elections this October.

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 21 / Trend / President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Georgia's Minister of Internal Affairs Irakli Gharibashvili.

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 21 / Trend / President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a Spanish delegation led by Minister of Defense Pedro de Morenes y Alvarez de Eulate.

Lovely summer is ahead, with the warmest and sunny days in store for us. However, the prolongation of the sunny hours that brighten up our life and souls also has adverse effects due to the danger of excessive sunlight causing undesirable impact on human health.

Dina Garipova of Russia performs the song "What If" during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.