Azerbaijan

Battle Lines Drawn for Azeri Election

Opinion is still divided on whether the opposition can topple the government at the ballot box – and whether the vote will be fair enough to show the true results.

4 Nov 05

Struggle for Rights in Azeri Oil Industry

Their conditions of employment seem commendable, but female oil workers say in reality things are very different.

3 Nov 05

Azerbaijan: Aliev Sees Off Rivals

Government allegations that ministers were involved in a coup plot suggests that an apparently monolithic ruling elite is in fact fragmented.

28 Oct 05

Heads Roll in Azerbaijan

Failed comeback by leading opposition politician Rasul Guliyev ends with several government ministers sacked.

20 Oct 05

Azerbaijan: Abortion Used for Family Planning

The myth that birth control pills cause facial hair is one of many Azeri misconceptions about contraception.

6 Oct 05

Azerbaijan: Traffic Cops' Pay Rise Unlikely to Curb Graft

Salary hikes for force blighted by endemic corruption not expected to get at root of problem.

30 Sep 05

Cash Crisis in Azerbaijan

Was the weekend hike in the manat’s value merely a hiccup, or an indication of more serious problems as an election looms?

23 Sep 05

Azerbaijan: Election Coverage Fuels TV Row

The start of election campaigning has reignited the controversy over how independent the country’s new public service television station is.

8 Sep 05

Azeri Lifers Demand Sentence Review

Azerbaijan’s Constitutional Court intervenes in a row that led to a prison hunger strike.

10 Aug 05

Spy Row Shakes Azerbaijan

Arrest of opposition activist on spying charge heats pre-election passions in Baku.