Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan: Taxing Time for NGOs

Local non-governmental organisations are lobbying the authorities to overturn a damaging amendment to the grants law.

17 Apr 03

A row over leadership of the Azerbaijani football federation is virtually shutting down the whole national game

27 Feb 03

Presidential decree designed to put a stop to building spree in walled medieval section of Azerbaijani capital

21 Feb 03

Industrial collapse in Azerbaijan has spawned a popular street trade in a poisonous substance.

13 Feb 03

Police raid village that was at the centre of anti-Aliev protests last year

6 Feb 03

Eviction of residents of hilltop homes in Baku shows Azerbaijanis still have no secure property rights.

30 Jan 03

President Aliev's U-turn on deregistering a prominent opposition party may be a clever political manoeuvre or a sign that his powers are failing.

23 Jan 03

Hundreds of thousands of refugees hit hard by Azerbaijan's bitterest winter weather for decades.

9 Jan 03

The International Monetary Fund has halted funding to Azerbaijan after a quarrel over economic reform.

19 Dec 02

Opposition paper faces string of lawsuits and fugitive journalist escapes extradition, in latest clashes between media and government.

12 Dec 02

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