2014 in Azerbaijan

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Incumbents

January 22 - a 20-year old LGBT rights advocate İsa Şahmarlı hanged himself in his apartment in Baku. According to Eurasianet, his death sparked a debate about LGBT rights in Azerbaijan.

April 16 - Inauguration of the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku
April 23 - Opening of the new air terminal complex at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport
April 28 - Official opening of the Second Global Open Society Forum in Baku

August 1 - At least eight Azeri soldiers are killed following clashes with Armenian troops on the border and near the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan said Armenia had also suffered losses, although it did not provide any details.
August 2 - Five more Azeri troops are killed in overnight fighting with ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. The casualties bring the death toll to at least 13 in a flare-up of violence over the last few days around Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia has said that any further escalation is unacceptable.
August 3 - Four Azerbaijani soldiers are killed in fresh clashes with Armenian groups near the border of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
August 9 - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev declares a ‘state of war’ with Armenia on Twitter saying "We are not living in peace, we are living in a state of war".