Azerbaijan
-
Woman who spent £16m in Harrods says court order is 'intrusive'Zamira Hajiyeva subject to unexplained wealth order on £15m home and £10.5m golf course
-
Court releases £16m Harrods shopping list in 'McMafia' case107-page bill lists items from jewels to crisps in UK’s first unexplained wealth order case -
Europa League final venue drenched in controversy but full of beautyBaku has plenty worth seeing but the country’s human rights record is described by Amnesty as appalling -
Amnesty: don’t let Azerbaijan hide human rights abuses behind footballAmnesty International has increased the pressure on Uefa by saying Azerbaijan must not be allowed to ‘sportswash its appalling human rights record’ by staging high-profile football matches such as the Europa League final
-
Monumental loss: Azerbaijan and 'the worst cultural genocide of the 21st century'A damning new report details an attempted erasure by Azerbaijan of its Armenian cultural heritage, including the destruction of tens of thousands of Unesco-protected ancient stone carvings
-
Azerbaijani banker’s £1m diamond ring seized in ‘dirty money’ inquiryRing bought by Jahangir Hajiyev from Harrods department store confiscated by National Crime Agency
-
Azerbaijan leader's daughters tried to buy £60m London home with offshore fundsPurchase would have carried ‘significant risk of money laundering’, tribunal hears
-
Why I'm riffing on Layla: Yo-Yo Ma on rebooting the lovers who inspired ClaptonIt is the ‘Persian Romeo and Juliet’ – a hokey old work full of paper beards, corny wedding tunes and lots of camels. So why has the great cellist teamed up with choreographer Mark Morris to freshen up Layla and Majnun?
-
Landmark Caspian Sea deal signed by five coastal nationsConvention seen as vital to break Iran’s sense of economic isolation after US sanctions
-
'Culture of impunity' among MPs over hospitality from corrupt regimesTransparency International UK finds that thousands was spent for MPs to visit Azerbaijan
-
UK law firm accused of failings over Azerbaijan leader's daughters' offshore assetsChild & Child set up secret company in British Virgin Islands and claimed Leyla and Arzu Aliyev had no political connections -
Council of Europe bans ex-president from top posts over vote riggingPedro Agramunt banned from senior roles for 10 years after probe into vote-rigging
-
Malta losing money 'hand over fist' from Azerbaijan energy deal, claim expertsLeaked files reveal cost of agreement to taxpayers as opposition calls for more transparency -
The Azerbaijani president's children and the Dubai property empireIlham Aliyev’s daughters are joint owners of company behind hotel resort and luxury villas, sources say
Topics



Baku farce is a reminder football should use its influence for the better