Azerbaijan

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

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

20 Oct 05

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

6 Oct 05

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

30 Sep 05

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

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

8 Sep 05

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

10 Aug 05

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

10 Aug 05

Azeri women determined to produce a male heir are risking their health in abortion clinics.

8 Aug 05

Nagorny Karabakh debates what freedoms to allow its new religious minorities.

28 Jul 05

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