NY Times · Jun 29, 2015
Olympic Bid by Baku Is Expected
Photo A birdlike creature from Azerbaijani folklore was depicted as the 2015 European Games closed Sunday at the Olympic Stadium in Baku. Credit Sergey Dolzhenko/European Pressphoto Agency The president of the European Olympic Committees said he expected Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, to bid for the Olympics after hosting this month’s European Games.
Officially, the Azerbaijani government says it is waiting to analyze its hosting of the European Games, which closed Sunday, before making a decision on an Olympic bid. However, Patrick Hickey, the E.O.C. president, said he expected Azerbaijani officials to “announce very shortly that they will be a bidder for the future.”