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Official Number of Unemployed Growing
According to the State Statistics Committee, by 1 October of 2016 the able-bodied population of Azerbaijan was 4 million 978.3 thousand people at the employment of 4 million 731.4 thousand people. In comparison with indicators of the end of H1 of the year, the number of unemployed people increased by 2.7 thousand. The figures were announced by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Salim Muslimov about the decline in the banking sector.
According to the Ministry of Labor, the employment service officially registered 33,803 unemployed people, of which 6,194 receive social welfare benefits (the average is 247.3 manat or minus 15 manat to the beginning of the year. --17D-
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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