A moment of silence was observed for the victims of Khojaly genocide today at 17:00 local time across Azerbaijan. The traffic movement was halted for a minute. The national flags at cities, towns, districts and villages were lowered ...

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has released a statement of Secretary General Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide, which was committed by the Armenians in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly on the night of 25-26 February 1992 ...

The leading South Korean newspapers and web portals, including The Korea Post, The Seoul Times, The Korea Times have published articles commemorating the 28th anniversary of Khojaly genocide committed by the Armenian armed forces against the peaceful Azerbaijanis ...

An event commemorating the 28th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide has been held at Azerbaijan`s Constitutional Court. The event started with a minute of silence for victims of the Khojaly tragedy, which was followed by demonstration of works by young artists dedicated to the Khojaly massacre ...

An event commemorating the 28th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide has been held in Solothurn, Switzerland. Co-organized by the Azerbaijan-Turkish Culture Association, Friends of Azerbaijan and Cultural Center of Azerbaijanis in Switzerland diaspora organisations together with the ...

A number of Indonesian websites have posted articles by AZERTAC’s special correspondent Vugar Aghayev highlighting the Khojaly genocide committed by the Armenian armed forces against the peaceful Azerbaijanis. The “eurasiareview” published the article headlined “Genocide committed against Azerbaijanis ...

Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Samir Nuriyev has issued an order approving the plan of events on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide. The plan envisages laying wreaths at the Khojaly memorials in Khatai ...

On February 4, the Senate of the U.S. State of New Mexico adopted a proclamation honoring the 30th anniversary of Azerbaijan’s Black January tragedy. Adopted at the Senate’s floor session, the proclamation condemned the Black January massacre ...

Guivami Rahimli, BP Azerbaijan Senior Government Affairs Advisor, has shared with AZERTAC some highlights of the tragic events in January 1990 captured by world famous photographer Reza who arrived in Baku on 24 January ...

A commemoration ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the 20 January tragedy was organized at the “Karabakh” weekend school under the Azerbaijani-Turkish Cultural Association in Solothurn, Switzerland. Addressing the event, Azerbaijani Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation ...

A state-wide moment of silence was observed for the Black January victims today at 12:00 (local time) across Azerbaijan. Ships, cars, and trains sounded sirens throughout the country to remember victims of the January 20, 1990 tragedy ...

Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a statement on the 20 January tragedy. "On the night of January 19 to 20, 1990, by order of the USSR leadership, 26,000 soviet troops were deployed to launch an ...

Azerbaijan`s Embassy in Ethiopia has organized a lecture commemorating the 30th anniversary of 20 January events at the country’s Addis Ababa University (AAU). Professor of the Center for African Studies at AAU Dr. Samuel ...

The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has held a commemorative event with the participation of children to mark the 30th anniversary of the bloody January tragedy. As part of the event, an art exhibition entitled “January 20 through the eyes of children” was organized at SOFAZ ...

Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) hosted a commemorative event dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the 20 January tragedy. The participants of the event first paid a minute's tribute of silence to the memory of fallen martyrs who died as a result of the ...

Indonesian Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) has published an article by AZERTAC’s special correspondent in this country Vugar Aghayev commemorating the 30th anniversary of 20 January events. Headlined “Bloody “Black January” became the starting point ...

Azerbaijani Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) Sabina Aliyeva has issued a statement on the 30th anniversary of the January 20 tragedy. The statement reads: “Thirty years pass from the bloody 20 January tragedy, as a result of which hundreds ...

Paul Gosar, a member of the US House of Representatives, has made a statement on the 30th anniversary of the January 20 tragedy. The statement reads: “I rise today in remembrance of the 30th anniversary of the events in Azerbaijan culminating ...

Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Samir Nuriyev has issued an Order approving the plan of events on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of January 20 tragedy. Under the plan, meetings, conferences, lectures will be organized, plays will be staged ...

Bulgaria’s leading newspaper “Standart” has published an article by Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Community of the Nagorno-Karabakh Region of Azerbaijan Public Union, doctor of political science, professor Elchin Ahmadov commemorating March 31 - the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis ...