Azerbaijan Updates Film Law to Boost Industry and Attract Foreign Productions

Azerbaijan has introduced new legal mechanisms regulating the circulation of precious metals and gemstones, tightening control over the import and export of rough diamonds.

Azerbaijan’s interagency Coordination Headquarters overseeing the restoration of territories recaptured from Armenia held its latest meeting on March 16 in the city of Khojavend, underscoring the government’s continued efforts to accelerate reconstruction and resettlement in the region.

Azerbaijan has once again extended the special quarantine regime across its territory, a measure that effectively keeps the country’s land borders closed to passenger traffic while allowing air travel and cargo transportation to continue, according to Cabinet of Ministers decision No. 80 dated March 16 this year. The resolution, signed by Prime Minister Ali Asadov, prolongs restrictions introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic and repeatedly extended since 2020.

A temporary U.S. decision allowing the completion of transactions involving Russian oil already at sea underscores Washington’s increasingly pragmatic approach to managing energy markets while maintaining pressure on Moscow.