The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has made a third ruling in favour of Azeri investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova (pictured above). The Azerbaijani government has been ordered to pay 6,000 euros in compensation and legal costs for...
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Governments across Eastern Europe and Central Asia are using the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse to clamp down on opposition, according to a new report from Amnesty...
A banking crisis in Azerbaijan deepened this week when four of the country’s largest banks – Atabank, AGBank, NBCBank, and Amrah Bank – were taken into...
The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), shows that the coming decade will be decisive for the future of journalism, with the...
Azerbaijani authorities are abusing restrictions imposed to slow the spread of Covid-19 to arrest opposition activists and silence government critics, Human Rights Watch...
The most puzzling aspect of Azerbaijan’s recent elections for its National Assembly (Milli Majlis) was not the outcome. It never is. The electoral process is tightly...
Bringing an end to the Donbas war, forging stronger defence ties within the EU and finding a definitive settlement to the Nagorno Karabakh dispute are among this year’s...
The results of Azerbaijan’s parliamentary election, held on February 9, offered little in the way of surprise. The ruling New Azerbaijan party (Yeni Azerbaijan;...
After another year of political change in emerging Europe, 12 countries from the region are scheduled to hold parliamentary or presidential elections in 2020, with...
Thanks to the political stability, a favourable geographical location, rich resources of fossil fuels and investment opportunities, Azerbaijan has historically been at...
Armenia’s foreign ministry has condemned the recent remarks of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said that the long disputed Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh)...
Ali Asadov (pictured above), previously an economic advisor to President Ilham Aliyev, has been named as the new prime minister of Azerbaijan. Mr Asadov’s...
