Azerbaijan

The decline in Azerbaijani oil and gas output throughout 2011 has seen the volume of total exports drop by 3.7% year-on-year in the 10 months to October, according to the State Statistical... 2012-01-03

A court has sentenced a journalist from an independent newspaper in Azerbaijan to three years of jail, while the paper's editor-in-chief may potentially face 12 years imprisonment on... 2012-01-03

A court has sentenced a journalist from an independent newspaper in Azerbaijan to three years of jail, while the paper's editor-in-chief may potentially face 12 years imprisonment... 2011-12-22

Azerbaijan's oil wealth no longer provides the economic cushion it once did, and the economy already appears to be in the midst of a rebalancing act, having posted barely any positive... 2011-12-22

Azerbaijan's political risk profile continues to be characterised by concerns over mounting diplomatic tensions with neighbouring Armenia over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.... 2011-10-26

Latest data released by the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan show that the volume of exports in the first nine months of 2011 fell by 6.4% compared to the same period a year... 2011-10-26

A weaker performance of Azerbaijan's oil sector has seen the economy expand by just 1.1% in the seven months to July, presenting downside risks to our 5.6% full-year growth forecast.... 2011-08-30

We remain reaffirmed in our belief that a direct military confrontation between both sides is unlikely. While we have previously noted that Azerbaijan is more uncomfortable with the... 2011-08-30

Headline consumer price inflation in Azerbaijan remained at elevated levels in recent months, with prices rising 8.7% over the same period in the previous year, during the first seven... 2011-08-30

Headline consumer price inflation slowed in April, measuring 8.9% year-on-year (y-o-y), as the index fell 0.3% on the previous month. This marks a slowdown from the 9.2% y-o-y headline... 2011-06-29