Azerbaijan

Azeri Home Demolition Threat

Power companies try to clear allegedly illegal houses despite outcry from their owners.

Poor Azeri Harvest Threatens Bread Shortages

Chronic lack of productivity compounded by bad weather and grain import problems.

Azeri Human Traffickers Target Vulnerable Women

Azeri NGOs Protest Denial of Registration

Government accused of favouring regime-friendly groups and making life difficult for the rest.

Rise in Armenian-Azeri Border Gunfire

Armenian villagers say number of shooting incidents is increasing.

Azeri Human Traffickers Target Vulnerable Women

Those who return are often spurned by relatives and end up in prostitution.

Baku Defies European Judgement on Jailed Journalist

Rather than freeing Eynulla Fatullayev, the authorities are charging him with another offence.

Kosovo Ruling Pandora's Box for Caucasus

States and self-declared republics divided by international court ruling that Kosovo’s declaration of independence was legal.

Azerbaijani Opposition Finally Joins Forces

Leaders hope that together they stand a better chance of competing against dominant Yeni Azerbaijan.

Georgia's Neighbours Eye Plan to Sell Key Pipeline

Many Georgians oppose possible gas pipeline sale to Russia, while Armenia fears consequence if Azerbaijan buys stake in this key supply route.