Polling-station cameras set up by Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission for the presidential election appear to have captured commission members switching a ballot box.
Azerbaijan is holding a referendum on amending the constitution that is expected to strengthen the grip on power of President Ilham Aliyev and his family.
Azerbaijan is holding a referendum on September 26 on constitutional amendments to expand its president's powers, but voters have little information about what they are being asked to approve.
Azerbaijan is about to host its first Formula One race, the latest international event in the authoritarian government's multiyear effort to showcase the former Soviet republic. For many in Baku, the race has created inconveniences while offering few rewards.
Noted Western expert on the Caucasus Thomas de Waal says tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh make the dispute one of the most menacing unresolved conflicts from the Soviet collapse, but he rejects the idea that Moscow is behind recent fighting.
Azerbaijan is struggling to cope with the collapse of the national currency, with one man suffering from debt woes setting himself alight.
Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova -- a prominent contributor to RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service -- has been in custody in Baku for more than one month. Despite a mounting international outcry, there is no end in sight for her ordeal.
