Azerbaijan eases procedures for changing and using land categories

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved amendments to the country’s subsoil law and signed a decree reorganising natural resource governance, introducing a more centralised system alongside new environmental and investment rules.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved a law ratifying a protocol amending the statute of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), more than two years after it was signed, while introducing a reservation limiting the powers of the Secretary General in political coordination.

Azerbaijan’s mortgage lending market contracted sharply in the first quarter of 2026 amid limited state funding and rising housing prices, despite continued strong demand from the population.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had agreed to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks, accepting a 14-day truce proposal put forward by mediators in the ongoing conflict. Trump said the decision followed talks with Pakistan’s leadership, which has acted as a mediator between Washington and Tehran and had been pushing for a temporary ceasefire.