Type of site | News site |
|---|---|
| Available in | Azerbaijani Russian |
| URL | www.day.az |
| Registration | Free/Subscription |
| Launched | 2003 |
| Current status | Active |
Day.az is anAzerbaijani news portal established in 2003 by MPAnar Mammadkhanov,[1] trading as the Day.Az Media Company. The content is published inRussian (day.az),English (today.az) and inAzerbaijani (milli.az) since February 1, 2010.[2][3][4][5][6]
The operators of Day.az claimed that they were the victim ofcyberattacks during the 2008 South Ossetia war. On 11 August 2009, Day.az andANS Press were disrupted, with day.az being inaccessible for almost two hours.[7] 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 top-level domain. Reports concerning the cause ranged from speculation about "political mistakes",hackers, to creation of a new website.[1][8]
The sale process was triggered by the interview ofBoris Berezovsky who is in exile in UK which angered Russian president at 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.
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