05/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU hails amnesty but notes radio station closure. On Wednesday 31 December, the spokesperson for High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini believed that the New Year pardon announced on 29 December by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev for several prisoners, including a number of journalists and opposition youth activists, was “a welcome step”. Mogherini's spokesperson nevertheless noted that at the same time a...