The Parliament of Azerbaijan.
Following a meeting of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party’s Political Council, the ruling party has announced plans to dissolve Parliament and prepare for snap elections. Some have speculated that the move is meant to strengthen the position of President Ilham Aliyev’s wife, Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva. [Read more…]
The building is a former Molokan church (Leyli Gafarova)
Around 200 people have occupied a building in Baku’s Nasimi District to prevent it from being demolished. Activists say they will not leave the former Molokan church and site of Azerbaijan’s first radio station until it is included in the Ministry of Culture’s list of protected historic buildings. [Read more…]
Ilham Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva (Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has announced snap presidential elections for April 2017. [Read more…]
