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.
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.
Their conditions of employment seem commendable, but female oil workers say in reality things are very different.
Government allegations that ministers were involved in a coup plot suggests that an apparently monolithic ruling elite is in fact fragmented.
Failed comeback by leading opposition politician Rasul Guliyev ends with several government ministers sacked.
The myth that birth control pills cause facial hair is one of many Azeri misconceptions about contraception.
Salary hikes for force blighted by endemic corruption not expected to get at root of problem.
Was the weekend hike in the manat’s value merely a hiccup, or an indication of more serious problems as an election looms?
The start of election campaigning has reignited the controversy over how independent the country’s new public service television station is.
Azerbaijan’s Constitutional Court intervenes in a row that led to a prison hunger strike.
Arrest of opposition activist on spying charge heats pre-election passions in Baku.