Articles related to "Azerbaijan"

Footballers from Azerbaijan played for the USSR side until the break-up of the Soviet Union. Since then they have performed as a national side in their own right.

The Slow Food Movement is celebrating its 20th anniversary with Terra Madre Day, a worldwide celebration of eco-friendly, traditional, locally produced foods.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a proliferation of new national sides began to play international football. One of these was Armenia.

On May 7, 2009, the European Union hosted a summit in Prague where the representatives of member states and 6 former Soviet republics met to formalize a new relationship.

This week, I'll start looking at the Middle Ages in the news.

If you are heading to this corner of the world, read the Lonely Planet Travel Guide, Georgia: Sovereign Country of the Caucusus, Ali and Nino, Stories I Stole and others

How can the question of stability in the Caucasus and Washington's policies toward the region help explain this war in the small breakaway province of South Ossetia?

You may have never heard of Dagestan or Abkhazia. They are small political entities left over from the Soviet era. There are about a dozen of them in the Caucasus.

Nicholas Holding is a Scottish based writer who has been visiting Armenia since the break up of the Soviet Union.

Berti Vogts played his entire professional club career at Borussia Mönchengladbach and helped the team to legendary status. Recently he has been a globetrotting coach.

Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are the four cities bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The winner will be decided on October 2, 2009.

About 60% of the world's population lives in Asia, where there are huge differences in Gross National Product both by country and per capita.

At the end of the Cold War and following the rejection of its application to join the EC, Turkey turned towards Central Asia in search of a new direction.

If UEFA change the qualifying format they must ensure the new format benefits Europe as a continent as well as improving international competition. .

The Caucasus Mountains is a geographic region where four countries form the bounday between Europe and Asia - Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.

Inspired by the fertile floodplains of early civilization, The Kronos Quartet plays music from Palestine, Serbia, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, India and Azerbaijan.

Before the Second World War, Moldova was part of Romania, and afterwards the country was integrated into the USSR. Independence only came in the early 1990's.

While the United States exports only 12.6% of its own domestically produced oil, the top 10 oil export countries generate over half of global oil export shipments.

The world of football was shocked on November 20, 2009 when Hannover goalkeeper Robert Enke committed suicide.

Cher, Charlez Aznavour, Andre Agassi, Gari Kasparov, Dennis Agadjanian, even Princess Diana - all these famous people are Armenians or have Armenian genes!

International football is becoming more competitive and changes are needed to ensure the qualifying campaigns for major tournaments do not become progressively stagnant.

The winners of the Welsh and Irish leagues face fixtures against the victors in Slovenia, Luxembourg, Malta, Croatia, Slovakia, Andorra, Lithuania and Finland.

Ashley Williams is set to become John Toshack's eleventh Welsh captain as an injury-ravaged Wales prepare to face Scotland this weekend.

The 2010 World Cup is seven months from starting but European teams are already looking forward to the draw for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine.

Norwegian singer/songwriter Alexander Rybak wins the popular Eurovision contest.

How can pipeline geopolitics in the Caspian Sea region and Central Asia help explain this war between Russia and Georgia in the small breakaway province of South Ossetia?

Karl Marx was a revolutionary economist. His communist manifesto was followed by dozens of countries during its peak popularity. Today only a handful remain.

Most people think of microfinance as a financial tool that helps the developing world. Now the San Francisco charity Kiva includes microloans to American entrepreneurs.

A list of books you should read or take with you if you are planning to travel in Afghanistan and the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia.

Commercial hunting, fishing gear entanglement, habitat loss, pollution and disease are all implicated as IUCN changes the Caspian seal's red list status to endangered.

There´s a Clematis for every season, but spring-flowering Clematis are the most rewarding and least difficult to grow

In addition to being the two most important artists in music history, Elvis Presley and the Beatles are also the most popular subjects on postage stamps.

The countries of the former USSR are not only located in Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union also included nations that now occupy Transcaucasian and Central Asian regions.

It is widely believed that liberal democracies are inherently peaceful; what is widely believed is not always true.

Further qualification games for next summer's competition: England fall behind but Poland,Germany, Czech Republic, France,Greece,Croatia and Romania make further progress

International bribery is more rampant than most realize: India, China and Russia are the 3 most corrupt trade nations among 30 of the world's top exporting countries.

Russian cellist Rostropovich was laid to rest in the same cemetery which houses Shostakovich and Prokofiev. He left behind several passionate recordings.

Kiva.org is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website. It allows anyone to make a small loan to someone in the developing world to alleviate poverty.

The 2006 results from PISA, an international education study, were released this week. According to the study, US students are falling behind other nations.

Since the break up of Yugoslavia at the beginning of the 1990's, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have achieved some notable victories in international football.

Since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in the early 1993, Slovakia have struggled in the wake of their more illustrious neighbours, the Czech Republic.

Trompenaar's cultural dimensions model helps to identify cultures in which emotions are expressed openly as well as nations in which emotions are held in check.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral international financial organisation, was established May 29, 1990.

Norooz is an ancient holiday that has been embraced by different religions and nationalities. This article will briefly describe its history and tradition.

At the halfway point of the Bologna Process, European Ministers met in Bergen to assess progress toward creating a European Higher Education Area by 2010.

Since the splintering of the Soviet Union Kazakhstan have competed in international football under their own flag, firstly in Asia, and latterly in Europe.

For most of its history Russia provided the bulwark for the USSR team, winning the European Championship in 1960. But since the 1990's Russia have competed separately.

Both together and apart, Serbia and Montenegro have enjoyed mixed success since the break-up of the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990's.

Premium Ceylon black tea flavored with spicy cinnamon, pungent cloves and tangy orange peels may rule at Christmas, but which countries export the most tea year-round?

Genghis Khan had an empire which stretched from China to the Caspian Sea, and everyone within these lands feared his name.