In order to eliminate the consequences of heavy rains in Baku and to bring the sanitary and hygienic condition of ...

Azerbaijan has cemented itself as a modern favorite among Formula 1 venues with a challenging street circuit around its capital, Baku. With walls awaiting any mistakes, high speeds that create a ...

A century and a half after Baku became the world's first oil city, President Ilham Aliyev is transforming the swamp of the Black City into the gleaming White City, designed among others by the studios ...

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 ...

The official slogan of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is “Ignite the City.” But many Baku residents are less than fired up about the race, believing that the international exposure it brings to ...

Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, has made several last-minute changes to the Baku City Circuit for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend. A key modification is the shortening of the DRS ...

Baku is a city that seems to be constantly trying to reconcile two distinct identities. On one side, you have the dust and stone of a Silk Road past; on the other, the polished glass and steel of a ...

Mirshahin Agayev, the news anchor for Azerbaijan's ANS television, wondered during a recent broadcast about the potential repercussions of a landslide in Baku. "A crack in the ground or a crack in the ...

Naming a favorite for Formula One’s first race back from “spring break” might seem easy, given the dominant form of Red Bull and, in particular, Max Verstappen so far this season. But when it comes to ...

Baku, Azerbaijan, is once again hosting a Formula 1 race between June 10–12, and the residents of the capital are in disagreement about whether the race is worth the cost, annoyances, and logistical ...

The 2024 F1 season heads to Azerbaijan this weekend for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. While many F1 tracks follow street circuits in beautiful cities around the world, this is the only F1 track to wind ...

Formula One is back on the streets of Baku this weekend for round six of the 2021 world championship, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The race was absent on the calendar last year due to Covid-19 ...