Azerbaijan

  • Mar 18, 2011
  • 2 min read

AZERBAIJAN: Deeper capital markets bring many gains

The World Bank yesterday approved the Capital Markets Modernisation Project (CMMP) to encourage...

Azerbaijan
  • Mar 16, 2011
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CAUCASUS: Karabakh solution is sensible but unlikely

Baku said today it might shoot down civilian aircraft using a reopened airport in...

Caucasus
  • Mar 11, 2011
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AZERBAIJAN: Baku can cope with young oppositionists

A heavy police presence thwarted an opposition attempt to stage an anti-government demonstration...

Azerbaijan
  • Mar 2, 2011
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AZERBAIJAN: Aliyev moves to forestall discontent

Living conditions will go on rising year after year, President Ilham Aliyev said yesterday at a...

Azerbaijan
  • Mar 1, 2011
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AZERBAIJAN: CBA takes orthodox action vs overheating

The Central Bank (CBA) decided yesterday to raise the refinancing rate from 3% to 5%, and the...

Azerbaijan
  • Feb 28, 2011
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AZERBAIJAN: Oil wealth has trickled down to poor

Economic expansion and government policies have reduced poverty amid a general increase in living...

Azerbaijan
  • Feb 17, 2011
  • 7 min read

AZERBAIJAN: Harsh approach to Islamists may backfire

A district court rejected on February 15 the petition of the chairman of the Islamic Party of...

Azerbaijan
  • Feb 10, 2011
  • 7 min read

AZERBAIJAN: Angry young are too few to copy Egypt

A handful of young people showed solidarity with the anti-Mubarak movement by a statue of the...

Azerbaijan