The Schools That Cannot Keep Up With the City

Family remains one of the central values of Azerbaijani society. But young people are increasingly postponing marriage, women are seeking professional independence, and success is no longer invariably measured by a job title, an apartment and the...

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...