Author: Leyla Mustafayeva

The Central Election Commission of Armenia has announced the final results of the parliamentary elections held on June 7. The Civil Contract Party, led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, secured a decisive victory over its rivals, winning the largest share of the vote. The new parliament will be composed of representatives from four political groups: Despite its […]

The lawyer retained by his family is not being allowed to meet with Ruben Vardanyan. According to information obtained by Qəzetçi, the new lawyer visited the Umbaki Penitentiary Center where Vardanyan is being held on several occasions, but has not been given the conditions necessary to meet with his client. According to the source, Ruben […]

Five years after the assassination attempt against Məhəmməd Mirzəli, an Azerbaijani blogger who received political asylum in France, a criminal trial opened on May 26 at the Rennes Criminal Court. Məhəmməd Mirzəli told Qəzetçi that during the proceedings, one of the defendants made a confession that played a significant role in the opening of the […]

“Ramin’s uncles went to collect his body. They looked at the corpse. They say the bullets struck from the head and from under the jaw. There were three bullet wounds. How can a person who shoots himself fire three bullets at himself? He would die or lose consciousness from the first round and fall to […]

Azerbaijan is one of two countries leading among Council of Europe member states in terms of prisoner numbers heading into 2025.  According to a report published on May 19 by the Council of Europe jointly with the University of Lausanne, Azerbaijan has 271 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants. By this indicator, Azerbaijan trails only its neighbor […]

Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR has appointed a new chief executive officer to “Italiana Petroli,” the company it acquired from Italy’s “API Holding.” “Policy Maker” reports that the person in question is Georgia’s former Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili. Levan Davitashvili served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia […]

During an audit of the Ministry of Science and Education’s activities on informatization of the education system, the Accounts Chamber discovered overpayments for internet fees at 39 educational institutions connected to ADSL, where 13 months were paid instead of 12. The Chamber’s audit covered computers, printers, and other similar equipment worth 8.5 million manats purchased […]

Although the government has not provided precise statistics on the damage caused to citizens’ property following the heavy rains that fell across the republic between March 27–30, some insurance companies have disclosed preliminary figures. The Azerbaijan Insurers Association has reported that the severe rains caused nearly 3 million manats in insured losses. As of April […]

The area of tea plantations in Azerbaijan has decreased by 18 percent. While tea areas totaled 1,100 hectares in 2019, that figure dropped to 900 hectares in 2024. According to the Chamber of Accounts, Azerbaijan is significantly lagging behind the targets set by the “State Program for the Development of Tea Growing for 2018–2027.”  One […]

Hello, my son! I am writing this congratulation to you from a place surrounded on all sides by barbed wire and iron bars. Perhaps you never imagined I would one day write your birthday greeting from such a place, but I had anticipated it. Because I was aware of what kind of political system exists […]