Battle between Armenia and Azerbaijan – dead
Fighting continues to flare up between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Now Azerbaijan is accusing its neighboring country of provocation. There were deaths on the Armenian side. There have been clashes in the border area between the hostile South Caucasus republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan, resulting in several deaths. Azerbaijani troops shelled positions near the village of […]
Nagorno-Karabakh declares dissolution of self-proclaimed republic void
In the fall, Azerbaijan conquered the Nagorno-Karabakh region and displaced thousands of residents. Now the president of Nagorno-Karabakh is showing resistance. The President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Samvel Shahramanyan, has annulled the dissolution of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (also called Artsakh) that he himself ordered. There is no legally binding document that requires […]
Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of aggression
In September, Azerbaijan captured the Nagorno-Karabakh region from Armenia. The Armenian president fears more fighting. There had already been an attack. Armenia in the South Caucasus has accused neighboring Azerbaijan of new war plans against the backdrop of the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. “It seems to us that preparations are underway to spark a […]
Azerbaijan and Armenia: None with Baku peace talks
After Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh, the road to peace with Armenia is a long one. Planned conversations will not take place. Azerbaijan has refused to take part in planned talks in the US to normalize its relations with neighboring Armenia. It is “not possible to hold the planned meeting at the level of foreign […]
Suddenly the big bang comes
On her trip to the Caucasus, Annalena Baerbock visits a section of the border in Armenia where exchanges of fire occur regularly. How can this conflict be resolved? Before the Foreign Minister’s talks, Turkey in particular is causing headaches. Patrick Diekmann reports from Baku It is a place that at first glance seems unreal and […]
Foreign Minister Baerbock visits Azerbaijan: in the crosshairs of the snipers
On her trip to the Caucasus, Annalena Baerbock visits a section of the border in Armenia where exchanges of fire occur regularly. How can this conflict be resolved? Before the Foreign Minister’s talks, Turkey in particular is causing headaches. Patrick Diekmann reports from Baku It is a place that at first glance seems unreal and […]
Azerbaijan’s President raises and kisses flag in Stepanakert
At the end of September, Azerbaijan’s army conquered the Armenian-dominated Nagorno-Karabakh region. President Ilham Aliyev has now hoisted and caressed his country’s flag there. After the recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev raised his country’s flag in the capital of the Caucasus region. “We achieved what we wanted,” Aliyev said in a speech in […]
Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan cancels talks
Azerbaijan has canceled talks with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The background is said to be French arms deliveries. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has rejected a meeting planned for Thursday in Spain with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The reason for this were “pro-Armenian statements by French officials (…) and statements about the supply of […]
100,000 people gone – photos show ghost town
Read video transcript Only a few hundred people remain here: Stepanakert, the regional capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, has become a ghost town. It is said that some sick people, people with disabilities and the elderly remained. This is also what these photos show: The city seems to have been swept empty, abandoned belongings and garbage line […]
Mass exodus to Armenia – hardly any local residents left
After the surrender of the pro-Armenian troops, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh flee to Armenia. There aren’t many of the 120,000 residents left. Ten days after the Azerbaijani army’s victory over pro-Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh, more than 100,000 people have now fled the Caucasus region. A spokeswoman for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Saturday […]
