Last May, Ell & Nikki, an obscure duo from Azerbaijan, won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. The country’s President, Ilham Aliyev, treated the musical win like a military triumph, describing it as “a ...

This post is part of our special coverage Eurovision Azerbaijan 2012. Last weekend, Azerbaijan was shaking, with thousands of people flooding onto the streets of Baku, the capital, in the early hours ...

Editor’s Note: Maran Turner is the executive director of Freedom Now, a nonpartisan nongovernmental organization that represents individual prisoners of conscience, including Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. For ...

Azerbaijan have emerged victorious in the Eurovision Song Contest final with Ell/Nikki's 'Running Scared'. The duo's power ballad topped the scoreboard with 211 points after public and judges' votes ...

Targets included the song contest venue and major hotels housing foreigners, the National Security Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Azerbaijan has in recent months reported being the target of ...

OSLO -- Eurovision has concluded an investigation into charges that Azerbaijani officials harassed people who voted for the Armenian entry in May's Eurovision Song Content and will soon decide whether ...

In a certain sense, Azerbaijan's victory in Eurovision-2011 can be perceived regularity, because the steps taken by Azerbaijan in recent years in the region and in the international arena, its ...

The Eurovision Song Contest has announced rule changes it says are aimed at making the notoriously contentious voting process more transparent. Organizers from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) ...

Also from Azerbaijan Bagirov will announce points scored by the contestants in the final. Eurovision Song Contest 2012 hosts are the winner of Eurovision-2011 Eldar Gasimov, host of Public Television ...

As Azerbaijan takes the spotlight ahead of hosting Eurovision next year, some have high expectations that the international song contest will bring about positive changes in the country. Aaron in ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany, May 14 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, taking top honours with a love song in the annual competition of 43 countries that was watched by ...

A mother of two and an international relations student from Azerbaijan beat out the much-hyped Irish twins and 23 other finalists Saturday to secure their nation's first-ever win in the Eurovision ...