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Türkiye and Armenia advance fragile normalization with joint border bridge restoration deal

Türkiye and Armenia are taking new steps toward normalizing relations, marked by an agreement to jointly restore an ancient border bridge, a move experts describe as symbolic yet fragile but potentially full of opportunity.

10 May 2026-17:08
Pashinyan says Karabakh was not ours amid political debate over Armenia’s past - VIDEO

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has made another controversial statement on Karabakh, questioning claims that Armenia “lost land”. “They say we lost land. How was that land ours? Did we build a school there, a kindergarten, a factory? Did we live there, create a settlement? It was not ours.”

10 May 2026-11:35
Azerbaijan condemns Russian TV display of 'distorted map'

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada has condemned the display of what he called a “distorted map” of Azerbaijan and references to the country’s Karabakh region as “Nagorno-Karabakh” on Russian state television.

08 May 2026-14:25
Macron backs Pashinyan as Armenia deepens shift toward Europe ahead of election

Emmanuel Macron threw his weight behind Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a high-profile state visit, offering strong political support for Yerevan’s shift towards Europe just weeks before a closely contested election.

07 May 2026-08:49
Europe’s moral authority cracks over Azerbaijan

Editor’s note: Abulfaz Babazadeh is a scientist, a scholar of Japanese studies, a political observer, and a member of the Union of Journalists of Azerbaijan. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the position of News.Az.

04 May 2026-15:37
European Parliament has gone too far

The rupture between the European Parliament and Azerbaijan no longer appears to be an accidental diplomatic episode, but rather the logical outcome of accumulated contradictions. It is no longer just a series of resolutions and counterstatements — it reflects a deeper transformation in Baku’s relations with European institutions.

04 May 2026-13:23
Alexander Esaulenko: The restoration of the Gazanchi Church is a vivid example of Azerbaijan’s approach to cultural heritage

“Azerbaijan’s large-scale restoration and reconstruction efforts, particularly the return of internally displaced persons, infrastructure redevelopment, and cultural heritage restoration, are highly praised by the diplomatic corps,” Moldovan Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Alexander Esaulenko, told journalists.

02 May 2026-13:30
Foreign diplomats tour Gazanchi Church in Azerbaijan's Shusha

Diplomatic representatives accredited in Azerbaijan have visited the Gazanchi Church in Shusha.

02 May 2026-09:37
Hikmet Hajiyev: Azerbaijan built friendly ties with all neighbors, including Armenia

Azerbaijan preserves the memory of the tragedies of the Karabakh war, but remains consistently committed to establishing lasting peace in the South Caucasus, Hikmet Hajiyev, the Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, said in his address to the diplomatic corps at Karabakh University.

01 May 2026-15:42
EU removes sanctions on five Azerbaijani vessels - PHOTOS

The Council of the European Union has lifted sanctions on the ASCO-owned Zagatala vessel, as well as the Shusha, Karabakh, Khankendi and Zangezur vessels owned by a joint venture between ASCO and SOCAR. The decision, adopted on Thursday, removes the vessels from the EU sanctions list.

24 Apr 2026-11:20