Speaking in Brussels on June 21, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said reports about restrictions on freedom of speech or media, or the jailing of political opponents in his country, were false.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has met with European Council President Herman van Rompuy for talks focusing on energy security, human rights, and the Nagorno-Karabakh territorial dispute.
Uzbekistan and Russia have received the lowest possible rating from the U.S. State Department in its annual report on human trafficking around the world.
Photographer Giuseppe Cacace visited the Azerbaijani capital to record some of the developments that are changing the face of that city, which is experiencing an often controversial construction boom fueled by an oil-rich economy.
Countries in Central Europe and Central Asia are increasingly being ruled by autocratic governments with little regard for democracy, according to the 2013 "Nations In Transit" report by democracy watchdog Freedom House.
Azerbaijani opposition leader Rustam Ibragimbekov has met with U.S. State Department officials in Washington this week to seek support ahead of the Caucasian country's presidential election in October.
Former residents of a collapsing building in the Azerbaijani village of Agalig have been living in tents since December while waiting for relocation assistance. If help doesn't come through by autumn, they say they'll occupy the local polling station to block voting in the October presidential election. (RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service)
A Finnish firm says it has developed a new, lightweight technology that will allow elevators to carry passengers to a height of up to one kilometer in a single run -- twice the distance currently feasible.
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the immediate release of opposition politician Ilgar Mammadov, who has been detained since February.
Azerbaijan's first lady, Mehriban Aliyeva, has never taken a back seat to her powerful husband. But could she replace him as president?
Is Mehriban Aliyeva, the formidable first lady of Azerbaijan, being groomed for the presidency? Some observers, looking at her recent promotion to the upper echelons of her husband's political party, say it's a distinct possibility. Here's a look back at Mehriban's life both before and during her marriage to President Ilham Aliyev. (12 PHOTOS)
Twenty-nine people will go on trial in Azerbaijan next month for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks -- including a purported plan to assassinate President Ilham Aliyev -- during last year's Eurovision Song Contest in Baku.
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