Baku sits on the edge of the Caspian Sea, where ancient stone walls stand not far from modern towers and offshore oil ...

Baku is a city of contrasts. Located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, it combines medieval architecture, Soviet-era planning, and large-scale modern development. In 2019, Baku gained ...

When did Baku become a modern city? Baku began to become a modern city in 1872, when the Russian tsarist power established what is now called a concession for oil field development. From that moment, ...

Baku's Tourism Boom Runs Into Diversification Reckoning By World Bank. Akbar Novruz Read more For a government that has spent ...

In Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, gleaming new architectural marvels and lush parks wrap around a compelling Unesco-heritage-listed medieval heart(Sonia Nazareth ...

The cold winds coming from the Caspian Sea make me shiver. But I persist. No way am I going to let my early morning stroll through Baku's Icherisheher (Old City) be ruined by the winds. I draw my ...

The place was literally and figuratively a crossroads. It wasn’t just the point where north-south highways and rail lines met their east-west compliments but the turning point of an entire nation ...

Baku has hosted the massively popular Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and the inaugural European Games organized by the European Olympic Committee in 2015. This year it welcomed athletes from ...