Domestic politics

At a time when public services, banking operations, and everyday life are moving ever deeper into the digital sphere, Azerbaijan is undertaking its most significant cybersecurity reform in recent year...

On June 1, as in most countries around the world, Azerbaijan marks International Children's Day. This day carries not only symbolic but also strategic significance. This year, issues related...

The 2026 summer season has begun with a noticeable increase in rental prices across Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea resorts. The sharpest growth has been recorded in the country’s northern coastal areas, par...

Family businesses account for roughly two-thirds of all companies worldwide and remain one of the pillars of the global economy. Yet today this sector faces its greatest challenge in decades: the mass...

On sunny weekends in May, residents of the Azerbaijani capital once again head for the sea. The beaches of Bilgah, Mardakan, and Buzovna are already welcoming their first visitors. Children build sand...

According to the State Statistics Committee, the value of agricultural production in Azerbaijan at actual prices amounted to 2 billion 536.9 million manats in January–April 2026. Of this amount, 2 bil...

Azerbaijan’s metallurgical industry entered a contradictory phase at the beginning of 2026, marked by simultaneous growth and decline. According to the State Statistics Committee, the total value of m...

Azerbaijan is gradually entering a new phase in the development of its energy sector, where natural gas is beginning to assume the role that oil occupied for decades. While the country had been associ...

On May 28, Azerbaijan marks Independence Day. It was on this day, 108 years ago in 1918, that the Declaration of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democ...

In the old quarters of Baku, the morning of Eid al-Adha begins before dawn. Even before the first rays of sunlight touch the narrow streets, the air fills with the quiet voices of men hurrying to mosq...

Azerbaijan will celebrate Eid al-Adha on May 27–28. The holiday is included in the list of official public holidays and is observed as a non-working day.

Azerbaijan is accelerating its transition toward a cashless economy, turning digital payments into one of the key pillars of the country’s financial modernization. Amid the rapid expansion of mobile b...

On May 25, a meeting chaired by President Ilham Aliyev was held in Baku to discuss agricultural development and preparations for a new 2026–2030 State Programme worth nearly 6 billion manats ($3.5 bil...

In mid-May, the first charter flights carrying Azerbaijani pilgrims began departing from Baku airport for Saudi Arabia. As in previous years, the national Hajj quota was fully filled — around 1,500 pe...

A conflict surrounding a newly constructed sewerage line in the settlement of Buzovna in northeastern Baku continues to escalate, gradually transforming from a local коммунal dispute into a broader is...

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...