Azerbaijan

  • Dec 20, 2010
  • 1 min read

AZERBAIJAN: Ministry rouses ire with hijab ban

The wave of protests against the authorities' ban on wearing the hijab in schools continues, with...

Azerbaijan
  • Nov 30, 2010
  • 2 min read

AZERBAIJAN/INT: Shah Deniz II drives pipeline upgrade

The BP-led consortium developing the Shah Deniz gasfield will spend about 3 billion dollars...

Azerbaijan
  • Nov 25, 2010
  • 8 min read

PROSPECTS 2011: Caucasus

Threats to regional stability continue in the South Caucasus, where Azerbaijan and Georgia face...

  • Nov 19, 2010
  • 2 min read

AZERBAIJAN: Confident Baku frees donkey satirists

The second of the two youth activists sentenced last November for hooliganism after posting a...

Azerbaijan
  • Nov 19, 2010
  • 2 min read

TURKMENISTAN: Caspian summit brightens Nabucco outlook

A majority of Caspian Sea littoral states have agreed on the principle that territorial waters...

Turkmenistan
  • Nov 18, 2010
  • 2 min read

AZERBAIJAN/IRAN: Self-interest drives trade deal

A bilateral memorandum on energy and transport cooperation was signed in Baku yesterday after a...

Azerbaijan
  • Nov 8, 2010
  • 2 min read

AZERBAIJAN: Regime offers stability not democracy

With 99% of electoral districts decided, the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) has raised its...

Azerbaijan
  • Nov 1, 2010
  • 2 min read

AZERBAIJAN: Conditions improve for weak banking sector

From today, a reserve requirement of 0.5% has been reimposed on commercial banks' foreign...

Azerbaijan