As of January 1 this year, the economy of Azerbaijan had 1 million 514 thousand employees, which is 400 people less than a month earlier, the State Statistics Committee.
Reduction of the workforce is due to the outflow of workers in the private sector, where 624.1 thousand people worked as of January 1, 800 less than at the beginning of December 2016.
For the year employment increased by 18.2 thousand people, or by 1.2%. At the same time over the past 2 years the level of workers employed in Azerbaijan has not changed and varies within 1.5 million. ----08D
Economics
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed amendments to two presidential decrees, refining the roles and appointments of the State Customs Committee's representatives abroad, including in international organizations.
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Auditing organizations and independent auditors in Azerbaijan concluded 7,232 contracts valued at 133.2 million manats ($78.4 million) in 2023, reflecting increases of 20% in the number of contracts and 7.1% in their total value compared to the previous year, according to the Chamber of Auditors.
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The third meeting of the auction commission was held to evaluate the proposals submitted by participants in the auction for the Gobustan Solar Power Plant project, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The meeting focused primarily on determining qualification eligibility and selecting the auction winner, according to the State Agency for Renewable Energy Sources.
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There is no sensationalism in the recent renaming of the Azerbaijani ship Karabakh to Mingachevir; the new name was given to the ship to ensure that two vessels would not operate under the same name, the Merchant Fleet of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) CJSC told Turan.
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