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· February, 2011

Stories about Azerbaijan from February, 2011

Azerbaijan: Great People's Day

Activists in Azerbaijan have opened a Facebook page, 11 March – Great People's Day in Azerbaijan / 11 Mart – Böyük Xalq Günü, to attract support for their plans to...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
27 February 2011

Azerbaijan: Join Us

Pro-opposition activists in the Armenian Diaspora are starting to use rap music to communicate their message ahead of next week's demonstration in Yerevan while youth movements in Azerbaijan have long...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
27 February 2011

Caucasus: Peace Village

Tamada Tales, a EurasiaNet blog, comments on plans by an Armenian peace activist to establish a peace building center in a village situated close to the intersection of Armenia, Azerbaijan,...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
24 February 2011

Azerbaijan: Assimilation Disorder

Known for its caustic humor and sarcastic insight, London-based Azerbaijani blogger Scary Azeri touches upon the sensitive issue of cultural (in)compatibility noting how a traditional mindset of her countrymen may...

Written by Aygun Janmammadova
22 February 2011

Azerbaijan: Corruption crackdown

In the wake of popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, the oil-rich former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan has unexpectedly launched a crackdown on corruption. Politics By Other Means analyses the...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
19 February 2011

Armenia: Blind nationalist hatred

Unzipped comments on what appears to be an orchestrated black PR campaign against a local musician in Armenia. One of four finalists in the running to compose the country's entry...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
19 February 2011

Azerbaijan: From Carpets to Socks

Azerbaijani carpets were last year inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. They also often attract the attention of bloggers.

Written by Aygun Janmammadova
18 February 2011

Caucasus: The Vagina Monologues

Georgia On My Mind provides its readers with a comprehensive review of The Vagina Monologues held earlier this week in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. Controversial as it was bound to...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
16 February 2011

Azerbaijan: The Sinner and The Saint

As irreverent as ever, Scary Azeri comments on Azerbaijan's entry into this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Contrasting the angelic look of the male singer with the seductive maturer attributes of...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
16 February 2011

Azerbaijan: We are all Junkies…

Jabbar Savalan updates its readers on the case of a youth activist recently arrested in Azerbaijan. In its latest entry, the blog reports that the Dalga Youth Movement have issued...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
15 February 2011

Azerbaijan: Statues and Revolution

Aaron in Azerbaijan comments on a recent article noting that among many statues to be found in the country is one of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak. While recognizing some of the...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
2 February 2011

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