Express analysis

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov, who visited Tashkent to attend the fifteenth meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Cooperation...

On July 16, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Csaba Lejko, John Deere’s President for the Commonwealth of Independent States and Central Asia and Chief Executive Officer of John Deere Walldo...

Azerbaijan is beginning work on establishing a Regional Artificial Intelligence Center in Baku, which is expected not only to serve the domestic market but also to provide services to countries in Cen...

Azerbaijan maintained stable natural gas production in the first half of 2026 but faced a further decline in oil production and exports. Higher revenues from gas supplies helped partially offset the d...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking for 2026–2030. However, the text of the plan and the list of measures it contains have not yet been...

Azerbaijan Airlines Closed Joint-Stock Company, known as AZAL, has presented the public with an image-building video based on the “Towards Infinite Horizons” concept, reflecting the company’s vision f...

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov is on a two-day official visit to Russia, during which he will hold talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, the two countries’ foreign ministrie...

Court Proceedings Involving Politicians, Civil Society Representatives and Journalists 1. On July 13, the Baku Court for Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Azar Taghiyev, continued hearings in the Toplum...

The United States is taking another step from diplomacy to implementation in its ambitious TRIPP transport corridor initiative. One of the clearest signs of that transition is the appointment of the h...

The Main Purpose of the New Presidential Decree and Its Expected Impact At first glance, the new Decree signed by the President of Azerbaijan on 15 July 2026, implementing Decree No. 226 of 7 November...

As the publication season for first-half economic results approaches, official statistics traditionally become the primary source of information for businesses, investors, analysts, journalists, and g...

Azerbaijan's economy returned to growth in the first half of 2026 after virtually stagnating during the first five months of the year. According to the State Statistics Committee, gross domestic produ...

A gasoline shortage in Russia and the rising cost of road transportation have begun to affect supplies of Azerbaijani fruit and vegetable products to the country’s largest export market, industry repr...

The European Union on Monday unveiled a series of interconnected measures that signal a significant shift in its approach to security along Europe's eastern frontier. Condemning what it described as a...

By its Resolution of 10 July 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan introduced amendments to a number of regulatory acts governing the protection of historical and cultural monum...

At first glance, Azerbaijan's investment environment appears resilient. Unlike a number of countries in the region, the economy is not experiencing an investment crisis. The government continues to im...