A determined Catalonia has formally called an independence referendum and has set the date for 9 November, putting it on a collision course with the Spanish government. Catalan President Artur Mas signed the decree in a ceremony at the regional...
Araz News: Iranian vice president for ethnicities and minorities’ affairs and the former minister of intelligence, Ali Younesi in an interview with Asr-e Azadi newspaper explained his viewpoints about ethnicities and minorities in Iran. In the reportage he stated: “We...
Araz News: Mrs. Aylin Fazelian, a Swedish national with South Azerbaijani parents has been elected to a regional parliament in Sweden. 22-year old Aylin Fazelian is member of Swedish Social Democratic Party. Last year she was vice-director of Social Democratic...
Araz News: Prominent South Azerbaijani researcher, writer, turcologist and surgeon, Prof. Dr. Javad Heyat has been commemorated in 40th day of his death via events in Tabriz, Baku and Washngton DC. Prof. Dr. Javad Heyat passed away and is buried...
A court in China has found a prominent Uighur scholar guilty of separatism and jailed him for life, his lawyer says. Ilham Tohti had spoken out on China’s policies towards the Muslim Uighur minority in the restive Xinjiang region, but...
The president of Spain’s Catalonia region said yesterday (21 September) he would formally call “in the next days” for a vote on independence from Spain which has been scheduled for 9 November. The Catalan parliament passed a law on Friday...
Günther Dauwen from the European Free Alliance is just one member of a regionalist party who will be in Edinburgh supporting the Yes campaign. Dauwen is Flemish and hoping that victory in Scotland will set a precedent for separatists in other European...
Turkey to stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Azerbaijan Turkish PM Davutoglu visited Baku against backdrop of renewed clashes with Armenia over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Turkey and Azerbaijan will work “shoulder to shoulder” to settle regional conflicts, Turkey’s prime...
Dozens of Turkish hostages being held by the radical Islamic State group have been released. The hostages arrived in Turkey in the early hours of Saturday, local time, after being held for 101 days. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced...
Araz News: Iranian vice president for ethnicities and minorities affairs and the former minister of intelligence, Ali Younesi told: “While there not any discrimination between ethnicities in our countries some people try to create hostility between ethnicities.” Speaking in a...
Araz News: Lake Urmia’s drying is not only an environmental disaster for Azerbaijani people which offers specific threats for many features of their lives. It has also a very deep psychological impact on any Azerbaijani person. Lake Urmia is a...
Officers of Russian Federal Security Service encircled Mejlis building Sept 16 and are currently conducting a search inside of the building. Commenting the incident, deputy head of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people Ahtem Chiygoz said it is connected with...
Araz News: Tractor Sazi football team of South Azerbaijan (Traxtor, as Azerbaijani people call) beats all hollow football teams of Iran. Today, September 12, Tractor Sazi has defeated Rah Ahan club of Tehran with score of 4-1, in Tabriz. Last...
Europe’s biggest rally ever? Up to 2 million Catalans march for independence Hundreds of thousands of Catalans have flooded the streets of Barcelona in the region’s national day to demand the right to vote on independence from Spain. The demonstrators...
Araz Nes: South Azerbaijani human rights activists made speech in UN Human Rights Council’s 27th session in Geneva. Mrs. Sharifeh Jafari, Mr. Mansour Seifi and Amir Nilou spoke in council’s session on 09 September 2014. Mr. Mansour Seifi made speech...
