2 March: Azerbaijani authorities continue to investigate disturbances that took place yesterday in the town of Guba when protestors demanding the resignation of the local head of Administration burnt government buildings. Several people were arrested but
European Union Commissioner Stefan Fule said in a video-message that Eurovision offers Azerbaijan an opportunity to show that it is a European country where people can express themselves on their opinions and views.
1 March: The Turkish, Azerbaijani and Iranian foreign ministers are planning to meet on March 7 in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan as part of a series of meetings regularly held between the three states. (Todays Zaman)
29 February: There have been mixed reactions to the decision of the French Consitututional Council to annul the law passed recently by the French parliament to criminalise the denial of the characterisation of the massacre of Armenians at the end of the O