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Azerbaijan is negotiating the purchase of $2 billion worth of advanced Israeli weapons, reports the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom (“Israel Today”), conducting a serious analysis of the upcoming deal.

There have been new positive trends in Azerbaijani-Israeli relations after the end of the 44-day war, the most important one being the opening of trade and tourism offices of Azerbaijan in Tel Aviv, which can be described as a new historical milestone in the bilateral cooperation.

People in Armenia, in general, do not think that Azerbaijan cares about the benefits for Armenia. The common perception here is that Azerbaijan is pursuing goals of its own, namely, carving a corridor from the eastern Azerbaijan not even to Nakhichevan, but to Turkey.

The confrontation with Armenian propaganda turned from diplomatic to public during the 44-day war. According to Mr. Taghizadeh, his online debates with representatives of the Armenian diaspora became regular, often stepping beyond the parliamentary discussion format.

Decades-long disagreements between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh came to an end in November last year, when the two warring sides agreed to a Russian brokered ceasefire deal that put an end to a 44-day devastating war between Baku and Yerevan.

“Pakistan always stands with Azerbaijan, and the nation of Azerbaijan would always remember the role of Pakistan in 44-days against Armenia when Pakistan stood as a brother– shoulder to shoulder with Azerbaijanis”.

Azerbaijani positions are being shelled more or less regularly by the Armenian Armed Forces these days. In particular, the Armenian side opened fire on our soldiers in the village of Garalar, Tovuz District. And the military unit near the village of Aliagaly, Aghdam District, was fired at by illegal Armenian armed groups ensconced in the territory of Azerbaijan where Russian peacekeepers are temporarily deployed. One Azerbaijani soldier was wounded. Before that, the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the area of ​​the villages of Zeylik and Imambinasi in Kalbajar received fire.

The military-political situation in the South Caucasus region became one of the main subjects of discussion during the visit of the acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to Russia. By the way, this is the Armenian leader’s first foreign trip after the recent snap parliamentary elections.

Tensions continue between Azerbaijan and Armenia as a result of mutual accusations of border breaching, despite Russia’s deployment of peacekeeping forces in the wake of a 44-day war between the two countries.

You might remember that Pashinyan recently danced Yalli in Shusha. The moment I saw the way he was dancing, I said that these people were alien to this geography—I even wrote about it. Everywhere in the Caucasus, people dance Yalli holding hands, but in Anatolia, they dance it shoulder to shoulder.

Azerbaijan’s host site for the Euro 2020 football cup was built for an Olympic Games that never was. Now it’s preparing for the biggest event it’s hosted so far.

EUvsDisinfo talked with three Azerbaijani journalists reflecting on their role in society. They represent different generations of Azerbaijani journalism: Shahin Hajiyev working in the press since 1986, inspired by the “perestroika” in then USSR; now he is editor-in-chief at Turan News Agency. Ilhamiyya Rza working since 1989 in print and electronic media, winner of the Hasan bey Zardabi-national award and now with Khazar TV, just as Seymur Kazimov freelance journalist since 2002 specialising in conflict reporting.

Tahir Ibishov was born in the Ukrainian city of Makiivka in 1986. In 2003, he graduated from No. 8 Baku Music School named after Gara Garayev as a violinist and enrolled in the Baku Academy of Music also as a violinist, but transferred to the composition faculty in 2005, on the guarantee of Prof. H. Mirzazade. In 2015-2019, he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, first at the Composition Faculty (Professor B. Furrer’s class), then at the Faculty of Education in Composition and Music Theory.

Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada has said that his country will start direct flights operation with Pakistan soon after the slowdown of Covid-19 which will yield positive impacts on economic and trade activities of both the countries.

"My second child was born right before the Mars flyby experiment, and I missed the first eight months of the baby’s life. I distracted myself in isolation watching various sports news, making phone calls to my family, talking to the other crew members."

This interviewee wished to be introduced by his baptismal name—Pavlos. He is an Azerbaijani who converted to Catholicism. Pavlos and I talked about the state of the Catholic Church in Azerbaijan, its congregation, and the local population’s attitude towards Christianity.

Republic Underground had the chance to interview French photographer Gregory Herpe on his visit to Azerbaijan. Herpe sees Azerbaijan as a nation waiting for the rest of the world, with arms open to welcome visitors from the West.

The current situation is that the West is rapidly advancing towards the peak of self-censorship, boxing itself in, virtually stalled and exhausted.

Azerbaijan has been growing its tourism economy for the last decade, reaching a record-breaking number of international travelers in 2019. Once the pandemic hit, the country’s tourism board realized they could use this time to emerge even stronger, thanks to Azerbaijan’s offerings that are equipped for a post-Covid-19 world.

In an exclusive interview, Jeyhun Bayramov lauds the “close and mutually beneficial” ties between Baku and Jerusalem, which cover “political, economic, military and other fields.”

According to the 2020 report on Human Rights by the US Department of State, there is the rise of anti-Semitism in Armenia.

Florian Sengstschmid has more than 25 years of experience in the tourism industry. He worked for the Austrian National Tourist Board, as regional director for Russia and CIS countries, and while in Moscow, also worked as a commercial attaché at the Austrian embassy.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, illiterate people, who were made millionaires overnight by oil gushing in their yards, invited European architects to build houses for them. That

"It’s nice to see plenty of young people at our events who are interested in the Jewish way of life, who want to learn more about our traditions and customs."