Minister: After the Baku games, Azerbaijan will be an even more popular...
SPECIAL REPORT / After events such as the Eurovision song contest in 2012, and the Baku 2015 European Games, which start on 12 June, people across the world will know that Azerbaijan is in Europe, Azad...
View ArticleSOCAR executive: The European Games promote a healthy lifestyle
SPECIAL REPORT / By being sponsors to the Baku 2015 European Games, SOCAR, the state oil company of Azerbaijan which employs 60,000 people, wants to promote sports and a healthy lifestyle in the...
View ArticleThe 1st European Games preparations in photos
SPECIAL REPORT / Just a couple of weeks before the Baku 2015 European Games begin on 12 June, EurActiv presents a photo essay, capturing the venues in the capital of Azerbaijan, which will play host to...
View ArticleSimon Clegg: The whole world will be watching the Baku Games
SPECIAL REPORT / The Baku 2015 European Games are a fantastic promotional opportunity for Azerbaijan, as they will be watched not only by the whole of Europe, but in many continents, including China,...
View ArticleTourist boom in Georgia and Azerbaijan helps mitigate low oil prices
Georgia and Azerbaijan, two South Caucasus countries that offer breath-taking natural beauty, architectural treasures and rich histories, are going all-out to develop their tourism industries, writes...
View ArticleThe Sustainable Financing of Grassroots Sport – Hosted by the European Lotteries
The European Lotteries Association is a proud partner of the European Week of Sport, with its members providing sustainable funding of more than €2 Billion to European sport each year.
View ArticlePutin seeks way out doping scandal
President Vladimir Putin said yesterday (11 November) that Russia needed to conduct its own investigation into allegations its athletes had systematically taken performance-enhancing substances.
View ArticleScientists prepare for potential Zika virus outbreak in Southern Europe
Researchers from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) are developing tools to monitor the Zika virus, as it is highly likely that it will reach Southern...
View ArticleFootball: Brexit risk puts Premier League on defensive
The possibility of Britain voting to leave the European Union in its 23 June referendum leaves the lucrative and globally popular English Premier League facing an uncertain future.
View ArticlePlanned racetrack in Wales scuppered by EU state aid law
The future of a proposed motorsport venue in South Wales has been called into question after the Welsh government concluded that it would be unable to underwrite the site’s construction costs.
View ArticleEscalating strikes in France put Euro 2016 at risk
Striking rail workers halted about half of French train services on Wednesday (1 June) in a dispute over working time as a standoff between the militant CGT union and the Socialist government over a...
View ArticleFrench rail strike weakens but pilots call walkout during Euro championship
French rail travellers faced more misery today (3 June) as strikes cut train services by half but a militant union's bid to widen protests against planned labour reforms to air traffic control and the...
View ArticleState aid for Spanish football clubs was ‘illegal’, Vestager says
Some of Spain's top football teams - including Real Madrid and FC Barcelona - will have to pay back illegal public aid worth up to €70 million as it represented “an unfair advantage” versus other...
View ArticleRussian athletes face ban from Rio Olympics
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) yesterday (18 July) recommended that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee should consider banning all athletes entered by...
View ArticleKerry says US and Russia plan ‘concrete’ Syria steps
US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday (19 July) the United States and Russia have planned "concrete steps" for the direction they will take in Syria.
View ArticleRussian Olympic ban upheld, Moscow denounces ‘crime against sport’
Sport's highest tribunal rejected Russia's appeal on Thursday (21 July) against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics starting in 15 days, drawing swift and angry...
View ArticleGerman-Iranian gunman kills at least nine in Munich shopping mall
An 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman who apparently acted alone opened fire in a busy shopping mall in Munich on Friday (22 July) evening, killing at least nine people in the third attack against...
View ArticleMedia, sports companies rattled by planned EU copyright shake-up
The media and sports industries are preparing to lock horns with the European Commission over its plans to shake up copyright law to make more films, sports and TV shows available online throughout the...
View ArticleNationalism, technology, and the Olympics
The Olympic Games have turned into a competition between nations, rather than individuals, writes George Friedman.
View ArticleRio Olympics confirm Britain as sport superpower
Twenty years after a stinging Olympic failure, the UK has risen from the ashes to become a sporting "superpower" typified by the exploits of cycling lovebirds Jason Kenny and Laura Trott.
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