The scale of the country's methane emissions is becoming a major embarrassment, but the government seems unwilling to do anything about it. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke bulletin.
This autonomous republic left only a scant and mostly negative impression on travel writer Sophie Ibbotson when she visited a decade ago. A lot has changed since then.
Baku is due to host at least another three Grand Prix, but locals continue to wonder what the races bring to the country apart from disrupting movement in the capital.
With little willingness among politicians to overcome the divisions that plague the country, some groups and individuals are taking matters into their own hands.