Living beyond the script: how ideas about family, career and success are changing in Azerbaijan

Residential districts across Baku and Absheron are expanding faster than their social infrastructure. As a result, thousands of children study in overcrowded classrooms, while new schools provide only temporary relief Crowds gather outside Secondary...

Work to drain groundwater in the centre of Baku’s Buzovna settlement has entered its final stage about six months after it began, but state institutions have yet to disclose the project’s cost, source of financing, client, contractor or documents...

The protected-area system: what lies behind the map? The institutional protection of wildlife in Azerbaijan dates back to the 1930s, when the Goygol, Zagatala and Gizilaghaj nature reserves were established. Today’s network consists of three legal...

Falling births, fewer marriages and the concentration of people around Baku are turning demography from an abstract statistic into a long-term economic risk. The Great Return may partly reshape Azerbaijan’s settlement map, but constructing houses is...