Domestic politics

The trend of state borrowing has been increasing significantly in recent years. The primary catalyst for this surge was the global coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Across the world, state borrowing has g...

Diversification, which has long been crucial for Azerbaijan's economy, is even more relevant in the current situation. However, without a competitive environment, a diversification policy implemented...

In recent years, Azerbaijan has not only lagged behind the European and Central Asian regional indicators in terms of economic growth levels but also fell behind the average GDP growth rate of develop...

Azerbaijan is known worldwide as an oil country, and this is not without reason, as crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas have constituted at least 90% of the country's exports over the past...

According to data released by the State Statistics Committee, silk production in Azerbaijan reached 239.4 tons in the January-August period of 2024, which is 32.9% less compared to the previous year....

President Ilham Aliyev's recent address to the National Assembly served as yet another stark reminder of Azerbaijan’s complex geopolitical situation. The President spoke candidly about ongoing ideolog...

According to the data published by the State Statistics Committee, in August 2024, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Azerbaijan increased by 103.5% compared to August 2023. This includes an increase o...

On a quiet morning in early September, a social media storm erupted in Azerbaijan. Farid Pardaşunas, a member of the Board of the Press Council, publicly accused Wikipedia contributors of removing tho...

On September 23, during his speech[1] at the first session of the Seventh convocation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan, president Ilham Aliyev also touched upon the budget priori...

In his speech to the Milli Majlis on September 23, 2024, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev reaffirmed Azerbaijan’s strategic priorities: strengthening its army, securing its borders, and preserving...

It is reported that the issue of the human rights situation in Azerbaijan has been included in the agenda of the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

The Azerbaijani government is offering Israeli companies operating in the high-tech sector the opportunity to relocate to Azerbaijan in exchange for tax incentives.

On September 20, the 30th anniversary of the "Contract of the Century" was commemorated in Baku. This was Azerbaijan's first international oil agreement with foreign investors, which ushered in a new...

30 years ago, on September 20, 1994, Azerbaijan signed a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with foreign companies for the development of the “Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli” (ACG) oil fields located in the Ca...

According to information provided by the State Customs Committee, our calculations indicate that during the January-August period of 2024, the import value of food products increased by 9.8% compared...

A cyberattack by the Israeli intelligence service against the Lebanese organization "Hezbollah," which severely injured about 2,800 terrorists, has raised concerns among specialists in Azerbaijan. If...