On October 27, in Baku, representatives of the Council of Europe and the European Union presented several new projects to be implemented in the six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries—Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia as well as Azerbaijan. The two European organizations have allocated 4.7 million euros ($5.1 million) for the realization of four of these projects within Azerbaijan itself. These are aimed at improving media freedom, building up capacities to fight and prevent corruption in administrative bodies, increasing the role and capacity of the Academy of Justice and training judges, as well as enhancing the efficiency and quality of judicial …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
