Nagorno-Karabakh commemorates victims of Sumgait pogroms

A mourning ceremony dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of Armenian pogroms in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait took place today in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenia, Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijan Society, Conflicts

Feb 26 2010, 18:00; CK correspondents

Azerbaijan commemorates victims of Khodzhaly tragedy

Today is 18 years after the Khodzhaly tragedy, when at night on February 26, 1992, the city of Khodzhaly in Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited by Azerbaijanis, was seized by Armenian armed formations with participation of the 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the former Soviet Army.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh Conflicts, Human rights, Society

Azerbaijan, Lenkoran. Fragment of Memorial "To Victims of Khodzhaly Genocide". Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org

Feb 25 2010, 23:30; CK correspondent

Authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh plan to launch airport this autumn

Construction of the Stepanakert Airport continues in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Anait Vardanyan, Minister of Town-Planning, has noted that construction goes on at a high rate, and by October 2010 the Airport will receive first passengers.

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Nagorno-Karabakh. Stepanakert Airport. February 25, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

Feb 23 2010, 23:00; CK correspondent

OSCE Mission fixed no ceasefire violations by Karabakh or Azerbaijan

On February 23, the OSCE Mission held a scheduled monitoring in the contact line of armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the Askeran direction.

Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh Incidents, Conflicts

Feb 20 2010, 13:00; CK correspondent

Shakhnazaryan: Moscow wants to make parallel format in Karabakh process

Russia tries to change the format of the Minsk OSCE Group and is interested to set up a parallel intermediary format in the Karabakh process. This is the opinion of David Shakhnazaryan, a member of the oppositional Armenian National Congress and former chairman of the local KGB.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh, Russia Conflicts, Politics

Feb 19 2010, 23:20

Azerbaijan reports casualties of skirmish in Karabakh conflict zone

Three soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army were lost and one more wounded as a result of the skirmishes that burst out in the contact line of the Karabakh conflict zone. This was reported on February 18 by Eldar Sabirogly, head of the press service of Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan. The Karabakh party refutes the data about the victims and the incident as such.

Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh, Armenia Conflicts, Incidents

Feb 17 2010, 23:10; CK correspondent

Nagorno-Karabakh: invalids undergo medical examination

In the end of 2009, the Centre of Medical-Sanitary Examination held a control physical examination of invalids. After that, some of them were dissatisfied with change of the category or complete lifting of their disability status, and with deprivation of privileges.

Nagorny Karabakh Economics, Society

Feb 15 2010, 22:50; CK correspondent

Mamedyarov: Azerbaijan accepts, as a whole, updated "Madrid Principles"

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that Elmar Mamedyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, has stated that Azerbaijan accepts, in general, the updated version of the "Madrid Document" on Karabakh settlement. This version was presented to Azerbaijan and Armenia by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the countries-co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - US, Russia and France - at the OSCE summit in Athens last December.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh Conflicts, Politics, Society

Feb 12 2010, 10:00

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 1-7

Incessant armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; loss of satellite signal of Georgian TV Channel causing an international conflict; Baku and Yerevan restart talking about a new war for Nagorno-Karabakh, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of February 1-7, 2010, in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District, Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh Crime, Human rights, Conflicts, Politics

Feb 06 2010, 09:00; CK correspondent

Feature film on Karabakh War shot in Nagorno-Karabakh

In Nagorno-Karabakh, the first in the region's history feature film about the Karabakh War - "House which Shot" - was made. It is planned that it will launch the cycle of feature films based on real facts.

Nagorny Karabakh Conflicts, Society