40 results for Azerbaijan

6 September 2017

As Brexit business papers are leaked, we take stock of the reaction and potential consequences. Plus: a potential silver lining to the Azerbaijan lobbying scandal, the mellowing of Italy’s populist movement and why Super…

5 September 2017

Analysis of the day’s top news stories from Samira Shackle, Matthew Green and Chris Lord, including escalating tensions between North Korea and the US, the security situation in Myanmar, immigration in the US, a secret…

5 September 2017

We get the latest on the joint investigation that uncovered a slush fund that handled $2.9bn from Azerbaijan. Plus: schedule changes at Hong Kong’s public broadcaster, Boeing wins its lengthy dispute with Airbus and we meet…

14 June 2016

Turkey’s new transport minister Ahmet Arslan is looking to make his mark. One of his first moves has been to promise that a delayed railway from Turkey to Azerbaijan and Georgia will be operational by the end of the year…

8 April 2016

We assess a week of conflict in Azerbaijan, ask whether Bill Clinton is overshadowing his wife Hillary’s campaign and check in with Tyler Brûlé as we preview the upcoming Monocle Quality of Life Conference in Vienna.

23 December 2015

There’s a ski skirmish going on across the Caucasus as nations try to entice more travellers to their long-overlooked slopes. From Mount Elbrus to Tsaghkadzor in Armenia, investment is being bolstered to get skiers – esp…

16 September 2015

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen; Turkey’s renewed fight on its borders; the quiet arms race between Armenia and Azerbaijan. All of these conflicts will be underpinning London’s Defence and Security Equipment Inte…

14 September 2015

Armenia is hemmed in by closed borders to its east and west. But the threat of a return to war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh – a self-proclaimed independent republic of ethnic Armenians nestled within Azerbaijan …

3 September 2015

As China commemorates the Second World War, we discuses the political and diplomatic subtext. Plus we find out why Azerbaijan has jailed a top journalist and we get the business news from Russia.

13 June 2015

As Baku hosts the European Games, Steve Bloomfield talks to Ramute Remezaite and Emin Milli about the crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan. Plus: sports writer David Goldblatt reflects on the interaction between sports…

17 April 2015

As Azerbaijan warms up to host the inaugural European Games this summer, we discuss the conviction of a leading rights defender there. Plus we hear about new ‘country’ Liberland – proclaimed independent by a Czech national…