Azerbaijan

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has confirmed that it will send a 30-strong mission to Azerbaijan for the country's parliamentary elections in November. PACE... 2010-06-23

We believe that a near term breakthrough on the Nagorno-Karabakh frozen conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia will be extremely difficult to achieve, given the unlikelihood that... 2010-06-21

Latest balance of payments data show that Azerbaijani exports fell by a massive 43.6% y-o-y to US$14.8bn over Q109-Q309, reflecting the sharp drop off in oil prices compared to the... 2010-02-26

We expect Azerbaijan's economy to continue growing at a healthy rate over the medium term, and forecast an average 7.4% real GDP expansion over 2010-2014. That said, growth will remain... 2010-02-23

Azerbaijan posted real GDP growth of 8.3% from January to October, reflecting a strong uptick in growth since the middle of the year, with H109 economic expansion having stood at... 2009-12-31

Azerbaijan posted real GDP growth of 5.0% y-o-y over the first eight months of the year, bucking the regional trend to be the only Caucasus country to avoid recession. Sustained... 2009-10-27

An Azeri court of appeal on October 9 confirmed a three-month jail sentence for journalists Sardar Alibeili and Faramaz Allakhverdiyev, both convicted for slander against a high-ranking... 2009-10-27

Azerbaijan posted real GDP growth of just 2.7% y-o-y over the first seven months of the year, a sharp drop off from the 16.7% expansion recorded during January-July 2008. The latest... 2009-08-28

United Nations human rights experts and European Union officials have urged the Azeri government to end curbs on free speech. On July 20, an EU delegation including Swedish Foreign... 2009-08-28

We have revised down our end-2009 inflation forecast to 5.0% y-o-y to factor in lower than expected consumer price growth through to July. Nonetheless, we maintain that the trend... 2009-08-28