Tapdig Farkhadoglu

A striking contradiction has emerged in Azerbaijan’s clothing market: consumer demand is substantial and imports are high, while domestic production of finished garments does not match the scale of th...

Azerbaijan produced only 85,400 tonnes of salt in 2025 — 95.5% of the previous year's level, a decline of about 4.5%. The figure is small, but the question behind it is large: to what extent does a co...

How much do Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia spend on education, how many pupils and students do their systems enrol relative to population, and do those investments translate into international result...

Azerbaijan’s higher education system is entering a new stage of internationalisation. The number of foreign students has risen significantly over the past decade and their geographical reach has widen...

Azerbaijan produced just 85,400 tonnes of salt in 2025 — 95.5% of the previous year’s level, a decline of about 4.5%. The figure is small, but the question behind it is large: to what extent does a co...

Why Is Azerbaijan Failing to Make Full Use of Its Iodine Potential? Azerbaijan stands out globally for its iodine reserves and ranks among the five largest producers. Yet output is declining, export r...

In 2025, 784 minors were registered as victims of crime in Azerbaijan. The Child Helpline (116111) received 5,520 appeals that year. These figures show that the system is functioning — but they also r...

Azerbaijan's lakes, reservoirs and changing aquatic ecosystems The unseen water map The Caspian Sea, the Kura and the Araz dominate Azerbaijan's water map. Yet in their shadow lies another system whos...

Reserves are large — the question is the depth of processing The sector’s real scale: how much metal? In the statistical classification, copper, silver, alunite and gold ores form a separate non-ferro...

Baku has built sorting and waste-to-energy infrastructure, but the country remains better at counting the rubbish it removes than the raw materials it returns to production. Without regional logistics...