Azerbaijan launches unified electronic archive system to accelerate digital governance

Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on Tuesday ordering additional measures to mitigate the impact of floods after heavy rains in March and April caused widespread damage across the country.

Azerbaijan has sharply reduced excise duties on imported fuel in a bid to stabilise domestic supply, highlighting structural imbalances in its downstream energy sector despite its status as an oil-producing country.

In St. Petersburg on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin received Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi. At first glance, the meeting appeared routine. Yet its timing, amid deepening uncertainty in Iran’s relations with the United States, points to a more consequential trend: a quiet realignment of alliances as diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear program enters a fragile new phase.

The reconstruction and redevelopment processes carried out in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories represent one of the largest-scale state investment programs in the country. The audits conducted in 2025 were primarily post-audits (ex-post reviews), and since project implementation is still ongoing, they present interim assessments rather than final conclusions.