New Year in the foreshortening of the 44-day war

Wages are rising, but family budgets barely notice Azerbaijan’s statistics offer a reassuring picture. Household incomes are rising faster than inflation, wages continue to grow and the manat remains stable. Yet a family budget is a stubborn...

Azerbaijan’s preparations for the winter season How ready are the energy, heating, water and emergency systems for the winter of 2026–2027? The Azerbaijani proverb “Prepare for summer in winter, and for winter in summer” echoes the principle of...

The management of the Baku Metro has begun implementing the long-announced project to separate, or more precisely disentangle, the Red and Green lines of the city’s underground railway system. The measures are intended to reduce train intervals on...

Azerbaijan’s minimum wage exceeds the official subsistence minimum. But after mandatory deductions, the difference between the two falls to just 41 manats, while renting a home turns the formal surplus into a deep deficit. Azerbaijan’s system of...