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2 January 2012

Caucasus: The Year in Review

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Freedom of Speech, Arts & Culture

As popular uprisings spread through the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, opposition forces tried to replicate the Arab Spring in the South Caucasus. However, they failed.

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21 December 2011

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Garlic Wars

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Arts & Culture, Food

With tensions high between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a result of a still unresolved territorial dispute, the appearance of Azerbaijani garlic in Armenian supermarkets has made some local media hysterical.

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3 December 2011

Azerbaijan: Toy… Tying the Knot the Azeri Way

Written by Aygun Janmammadova · Arts & Culture, Food

Toy is the Azerbaijani word for a wedding, one of the most important events for families everywhere. However, in Azerbaijan such importance is placed on marriage that it takes months of planning.

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26 June 2011

Armenia: LGBT Persons Still Facing Discrimination

Written by Liana Aghajanian · Human Rights, Women & Gender

LGBT persons are still facing discrimination in Armenia and much of the rest of the South Caucasus, a new groundbreaking two-year study by the Council of Europe (CoE) has found.

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11 June 2011

Featured Translator: Fabienne Der Hagopian

Written by Claire Ulrich · Translated by Claire Ulrich · Blogger Profiles

Fabienne Der Hagopian is a volunteer translator for Global Voices in French. Being of Armenian descent, she has translated into French many posts about the Caucasus, but is also passionate about the world at large. Fabienne reflects on her experience as a volunteer translator.

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22 May 2011

Azerbaijan: Bloggers Divided Over Eurovision Win

Written by Pervin Muradli · Arts & Culture, Development

Last weekend, Azerbaijan was shaking, with thousands of people flooding onto the streets of Baku, the capital, celebrating their country's win in the Eurovision Song Contest held a few hours earlier. However, not everyone was euphoric about the victory in the international music competition.

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Updates about Azerbaijan

8 February 2012

English

Unzipped: Gay Armenia posts the video and lyrics of a song by Armenian rock band Dorians. One of the three most likely contenders to enter this year's Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the blog says that the group is also his favorite to represent Armenia in the international music competition.

• Onnik Krikorian

6 February 2012

English

Gultekin Garadaghly posts a rendition of Qubanin Ag Almasi, an Azerbaijani folk song. The YouTube channel of the young musical video blogger from Baku also features a cover of Drip Drop, her country's 2010 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as last year's winning Running Scared. Azerbaijan host the international music competition in May.

• Onnik Krikorian

31 January 2012

English

Ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku in May, a new Internet Meme has appeared on Twitter. With Azerbaijan known as the Land of Fire, the hashtag for the international singing contest is the same as this year's official motto, #LightYourFire.

• Onnik Krikorian

27 January 2012

English

Commonspace comments on news that Armenia will participate in this year's Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Despite a still unresolved conflict between the two countries, the site says Azerbaijan should welcome Armenians at the international music competition and Armenians should respond in the same manner.

• Onnik Krikorian

4 December 2011

English

Making Wool from Eggs, a Peace Corps Volunteer blog, puts together a list of random and funny local customs, noting which are approved or disapproved of in the provincial towns and villages of Azerbaijan.

• Aygun Janmammadova

3 December 2011

English

Caspian Intelligence comments on calls by the religious leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to withdraw snipers from the line of contact separating the forces of both countries in the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh. Amid increasing concerns about a new war between the two countries, the blog says that the issue is a microcosm of the unresolved conflict.

• Onnik Krikorian

1 December 2011

English

The Human Journalist posts a photograph of pomegranate juice from Azerbaijan sold at an Armenian market in Los Angeles. With the two countries still locked in bitter conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, the blog calls the culinary find ‘Pomegranate Diplomacy.'

• Onnik Krikorian

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