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AZERBAIJAN: Ministry rouses ire with hijab ban
The wave of protests against the authorities' ban on wearing the hijab in schools continues, with...
AzerbaijanAZERBAIJAN/INT: Shah Deniz II drives pipeline upgrade
The BP-led consortium developing the Shah Deniz gasfield will spend about 3 billion dollars...
AzerbaijanPROSPECTS 2011: Caucasus
Threats to regional stability continue in the South Caucasus, where Azerbaijan and Georgia face...
AZERBAIJAN: Confident Baku frees donkey satirists
The second of the two youth activists sentenced last November for hooliganism after posting a...
AzerbaijanTURKMENISTAN: Caspian summit brightens Nabucco outlook
A majority of Caspian Sea littoral states have agreed on the principle that territorial waters...
TurkmenistanAZERBAIJAN/IRAN: Self-interest drives trade deal
A bilateral memorandum on energy and transport cooperation was signed in Baku yesterday after a...
AzerbaijanAZERBAIJAN: Regime offers stability not democracy
With 99% of electoral districts decided, the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) has raised its...
AzerbaijanAZERBAIJAN: Conditions improve for weak banking sector
From today, a reserve requirement of 0.5% has been reimposed on commercial banks' foreign...
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