After about 30 visits to Azerbaijan Andreas Gross, the co-rappoteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in 2001-2006 years, stopped work for the sake of democracy in this country seven years a…
Legislative, Press, CIS
Austria Austria Suspicions of bribery at Austria’s central bank have dragged it into a nationwide crackdown on corruption that has shaken confidence in the country’s highest ranks of power and prestige.
Europe, Publications
Europe, PACE, Press
Public statements of the head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Jean-Claude Mignon in Baku caused mixed reactions among representatives of the civil society of the country.
Europe, PACE, Press
Andreas Gross, the former co-rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Azerbaijan, answered the questions of RadioAzadliq in written form. Gross was co-ra… AZERBAIJAN is not really a democracy according to Freedom House, a watchdog. Since the early 1990s, it says, elections have been deeply flawed. Parliament is rubber-stamping the government’s decisions. Corruption is wi… Have you ever wondered how life would be in a nation entirely overtaken and ruled by an organized crime cartel? Take a look at the present-day Azerbaijan and you will see a telling example of such country. The recent e… Could it be that the there are some “forces” (as our beloved government officials would say) in the European Parliament and PACE who are keen supporters of the Aliyev regime? It seems so. And here is why.Austria corruption crackdown spreading its net wide
Andreas Gross about Ramiz Mehtiyev and «Caviar diplomacy»
Jean-Claude Mignon’s statement gains contradictory assessments
Andreas Gross - On the work of the co-rapporteur
Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe
Azerbaijan: a Mafia State
Behind the Tradition of Caviar Diplomacy
