Social sphere

The management of the Baku Metro has begun implementing the long-announced project to separate, or more precisely disentangle, the Red and Green lines of the city’s underground railway system. The mea...

Azerbaijan’s minimum wage exceeds the official subsistence minimum. But after mandatory deductions, the difference between the two falls to just 41 manats, while renting a home turns the formal surplu...

In the first half of 2026, average wages in Azerbaijan formally outpaced headline inflation. Yet food, rents, housing, utilities and some forms of transport rose faster than the incomes of many worker...

Electricity, gas, water and waste-collection tariffs remain regulated, yet consumers struggle to determine whether the price of services matches their reliability Every month, an Azerbaijani resident...

On July 28, the European Union reaffirmed its commitment to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and to its values and principles on the occasion of the document’s 75th anniversary....

Azerbaijan’s labour force exceeded 5.4 million people in the first half of 2026 and the official unemployment rate remained close to 5.2%, but falling births, the limited reach of salaried employment...

Every year, World Hepatitis Day is observed around the world on July 28. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers viral hepatitis one of the most dangerous yet least recognised public health prob...

BAKU, July 23 — The first half of 2026 brought no dramatic changes to Azerbaijan’s labor market. Employment continued to expand gradually, the non-state sector strengthened its position as the country...

Museums, as one of the most enduring institutional structures of human civilization, have played an important role throughout history in preserving cultural memory, transmitting knowledge from generat...

Why Spending on Children Is Not a Burden on the Budget but an Investment in the Country’s Future While debates continue in Azerbaijan about the need to restore child benefits, Belarus made its choice...

Under relentless May rain, Baku transformed for six days into the capital of global urbanism. Inside the pavilions of the Olympic Stadium, delegates from 182 countries discussed artificial intelligenc...

Despite the continuing growth of wages, Azerbaijan’s labor market in 2026 is increasingly showing signs of structural inequality typical of resource-based economies, where high incomes are concentrate...

At first glance, Azerbaijan’s demographic picture appears stable. The population continues to grow, the state is expanding infrastructure spending, and the economy shows resilience on the back of ener...

In Baku, it is becoming harder to say where the working day begins. It is no longer tied to an office, no longer measured by turnstiles, and no longer ends when the lights go out. It starts with a not...

Buzovna is an administrative unit in the Khazar district of the capital, representing a complex territorial structure. It includes three components: the historic village of Buzovna with a millennia-ol...

One of the key directions of social policy in Azerbaijan remains the improvement of housing and living conditions for the population. The institutional foundation of this policy is formed by the State...