Fiscal Transparency in Azerbaijan: The U.S. Department of State’s 2026 Report

Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR said it cut greenhouse-gas emissions from its domestic operations by about 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2025 and issued $200 million in green bonds to finance renewable-energy projects. The...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has ordered 258 million manats, or about $152 million, to be earmarked for accelerating the socio-economic development of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, which Baku aims to turn into a major transport and...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved sweeping amendments to information-security legislation that establish a centralised cyber-incident response system and empower a state authority to seek the termination of websites’ registrations in...

Azerbaijan has tightened the rules governing protection orders for victims of domestic violence, but the effectiveness of the new provisions will depend on the speed of the authorities’ response, interagency information-sharing and access to...