Pandora papers: what has been revealed so far?
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The prize-winning poetry of the Azerbaijani president’s daughter and the Dubai Expo both lack inspirationYou might think of poets as poor – starving in their garrets, receiving tiny sums for their...
View ArticleAzerbaijan ‘laundromat’ – court orders family to hand over £5.6m brought into UK
Multimillionaire politician and family to forfeit funds arising ‘from criminal conduct and money laundering’A multimillionaire Azerbaijani politician and his family have been ordered to hand over £5.6m...
View Article‘London laundromat’: how golden visa scheme created UK haven for dirty money
Wealthy investors, many with links to Putin, could gain open access to the UK business and social scene under 2008 schemeScheme axed after fraud and Russia concernsA multimillionaire DJ and her husband...
View ArticleHuge explosion rips though nightclub in Azerbaijan capital Baku, killing at...
Rescue workers dig through rubble to find survivors which also injured dozens of peopleRescue workers were digging through the rubble of a nightclub in Azerbaijan’s capital early on Sunday after an...
View Article‘They gave me a chance’: refuge where abused Azerbaijani women find hope
The Baku shelter, run by someone who spent years homeless and on the streets, helps 650 mothers and children annuallyA green-painted four-storey house near the main bus station on the outskirts of Baku...
View ArticleHuman rights groups criticise EU’s Azerbaijan gas deal
Agreement with autocratic ruler to double supplies within five years comes as EU seeks to reduce reliance on Russian energyHuman rights groups have criticised an EU deal to ramp up gas supplies from...
View ArticleEU urges member states to slash gas use by 15% to counter ‘Russian blackmail’
Call for voluntary cut until March 2023 with binding reduction targets possible when Moscow ‘likely’ halts suppliesThe European Union’s executive body has urged member states to slash their gas...
View ArticleWhy has fighting broken out between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Nearly 50 Armenian soldiers killed in deadliest violence since 2020 war over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh regionFighting has broken out between Armenia and Azerbaijan, republics in the Caucasus that have...
View ArticleAbout 100 troops killed in clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Escalation of hostilities between south Caucasus countries prompts Russia and US to call for restraintFighting on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan has killed about 100 troops as attacks on...
View ArticleFormer Soviet states eye opportunities as Russia suffers Ukraine rout
Moscow’s influence in the Caucasus and central Asia is being unravelled by its ‘special military operation’The rout of the Russian army in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region seems likely to be a turning point in...
View ArticleAbout 100 killed as fighting erupts at the Armenia-Azerbaijan border – video
Armenia's defence ministry has released footage purporting to show Azerbaijani troops advancing towards its border after fresh fighting broke out between the countries in the early hours of Tuesday....
View ArticleThe catwalk with a difference: adaptive fashion comes to Azerbaijan
An enterprising student and a designer want to make attractive clothes that disabled people can wear – and model too Zinyet Veliyeva took her first trip down the catwalk at the age of 48, dressed in a...
View ArticlePutin’s grip on regional allies loosens again after Armenia snub
Damaging optics of ‘family’ photo at CSTO summit highlights fragility of Russia’s influence in wake of war in UkraineRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesArmenia has asked the French president,...
View ArticleWomen behind the lens: ‘I didn’t realise she felt the same way about our...
Photographer Lali Binyatova recalls an emotional moment when she reconnected with a childhood friend after years of separationWhen I was 16, my parents decided to move back to Baku in Azerbaijan, where...
View ArticleQantas plane en route to London makes emergency landing in Azerbaijan
QF1 landed safely at Baku airport and was met by emergency services on the runwayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Qantas flight from Singapore to London has...
View ArticleQantas flight recovering stranded passengers from Azerbaijan finally lands in...
It comes as another Qantas flight leaving Sydney for London on Christmas Day was delayed from taking off due to a technical issueGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news...
View ArticleAzerbaijan sues Armenia for wartime environmental damage
Case brought under Bern convention on nature may set precedent for destruction of biodiversity in warAzerbaijan has launched a landmark legal challenge against Armenia for allegedly destroying its...
View Article‘Russia has lost its soft power’: how war in Ukraine destabilises old Soviet...
Protests in Georgia last week were just the latest indication of how Putin’s disastrous invasion has damaged relations with former Eastern bloc nations• Russia-Ukraine war – latest updatesAs Georgian...
View ArticleArmenian and Azeri soldiers clash near contested Nagorno-Karabakh region
Rivals have accused each other of initiating fire which killed seven peopleSouth Caucasus rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of initiating a fatal clash around the contested...
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