2010 in Azerbaijan

Major events of 2010 in Azerbaijan.

Events

February

• February 18 — Three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and one wounded as a result of the 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh skirmish.^[1]

April

• April 13 — 2010 European Wrestling Championships opened in Baku (ended on April 18).
• April 25 — 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships opened in Baku (ended on May 3).

May

• May 23 — The 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup final between FK Baku and FK Khazar Lankaran took place in Baku.

October

• October 26 — The eighteenth season of Azerbaijan Cup competitions opened.

November

• November 7 — 2010 parliamentary election was held.
• November 19 — Two opposition bloggers, Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, were released from imprisonment.
• November 20 — An Armenian sniper opened fire on Azerbaijani positions in Khojavend Rayon, killing one Azerbaijani soldier and bringing the number of soldiers killed from both opposing sides in August—November, 2010 to twelve.^[2]

Scheduled events

References