Court Review: July 30–31, 2026

The Azerbaijani government has designated a 711.4-square-kilometre area of the Caspian Sea as a renewable energy zone, creating a legal basis for the construction of the country’s first offshore wind farms. Decision No. 251, signed by Prime Minister...

A dispute between Armenia and Russia over restrictions on Armenian exports has spread to the railway sector, turning control of transport infrastructure into a new instrument of pressure in relations between the two formal allies. Armenian Prime...

Trials of politicians, civil society representatives and journalists On July 27, the Baku Court on Grave Crimes held the final hearing in the Toplum TV case, presided over by Judge Azer Taghiyev. Akif Gurbanov, coordinator of the Third Republic...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved amendments to the Tax Code allowing private companies in the non-oil and gas sector to use funds held in their VAT deposit accounts to pay mandatory state social insurance contributions. The law,...