Day.az
Encyclopedia
day.az is an Azerbaijani
news portal established in 2003 by MP Anar Mamedkhanov, trading as the Day.Az Media Company. The content is published in Russian
(day.az), English
(today.az) and in Azeri (milli.az) since February 1, 2010.
. On 11 August 2009, Day.az and ANS Press were disrupted, with day.az being inaccessible for almost two hours.
On 18 February 2009 the portal became inaccessible, and on the following day the domains day.az and today.az were removed from the .az
TLD. Reports concerning the cause ranged from speculation about "political mistakes", hacker
s, to creation of a new website.
The sale process was triggered by the interview of Boris Berezovsky who is in exile in UK which angered Russian president of the time, Vladimir Putin, who demanded the shut-off the website. Later the website was reopened by Trend News Agency management, loyal to the existing government.
Azerbaijani people
The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...
news portal established in 2003 by MP Anar Mamedkhanov, trading as the Day.Az Media Company. The content is published in Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
(day.az), English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
(today.az) and in Azeri (milli.az) since February 1, 2010.
Disruptions
The operators of Day.az claim that they were the victim of cyberattacks during the 2008 South Ossetia warCyberattacks during the 2008 South Ossetia war
During the 2008 South Ossetia war a series of cyberattacks swamped and disabled websites of numerous South Ossetian, Russian, Georgian, and Azerbaijani organisations.- Details :...
. On 11 August 2009, Day.az and ANS Press were disrupted, with day.az being inaccessible for almost two hours.
On 18 February 2009 the portal became inaccessible, and on the following day the domains day.az and today.az were removed from the .az
.az
.az is the Internet country code top-level domain for Azerbaijan. It is administered by Azerbaijan Communications. Some second-level domains under .az are com.az, net.az, int.az, gov.az, org.az, .edu.az, .info.az, .pp.az, .mil.az, .name.az, .pro.az, biz.az and co.az.-External links:*...
TLD. Reports concerning the cause ranged from speculation about "political mistakes", hacker
Hacker (computer security)
In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
s, to creation of a new website.
The sale process was triggered by the interview of Boris Berezovsky who is in exile in UK which angered Russian president of the time, Vladimir Putin, who demanded the shut-off the website. Later the website was reopened by Trend News Agency management, loyal to the existing government.