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President Aliyev's European diplomacy reflects Azerbaijan's rising international standing

President Aliyev's European diplomacy reflects Azerbaijan's rising international standing

Diplomacy is not measured solely by the number of agreements signed or the statements issued at international summits. Sometimes, its significance is...

yesterday 10

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

Azerbaijan pushes for transboundary water cooperation as peace agenda expands

Azerbaijan pushes for transboundary water cooperation as peace agenda expands

The peace agenda between Azerbaijan and Armenia is gradually expanding beyond political and security arrangements towards broader regional...

previous day 10

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Azerbaijan uses tax incentives to accelerate its shift beyond oil

Azerbaijan uses tax incentives to accelerate its shift beyond oil

Azerbaijan's expanding tax incentive framework represents an important step in the country's efforts to reshape its economic structure,...

previous day 10

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Dublin puts Azerbaijan at the centre of a changing European equation

Dublin puts Azerbaijan at the centre of a changing European equation

The European Political Community was formed with the purpose of bringing a divided continent into one room. At its ninth summit in Dublin, on...

previous day 10

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

How Azerbaijan turns its Caspian geography into geoeconomic power

How Azerbaijan turns its Caspian geography into geoeconomic power

For decades, Azerbaijan’s strategic value has been measured through energy exports and pipelines carrying Caspian resources westward. A broader...

thursday 10

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Azerbaijan's European influence grows as Baku secures 2028 summit

Azerbaijan's European influence grows as Baku secures 2028 summit

When the European Political Community (EPC) was established in 2022, its ambition was to create a broader political space in which European countries,...

thursday 10

AzerNews

Azernews Staff

Armenia's war on historical reality finds new battleground in Blue Mosque

Armenia's war on historical reality finds new battleground in Blue Mosque

It is difficult to watch the historical decline of a nation that has given so much to human civilisation. Our neighbours in Armenia have every reason...

11.11.2026 10

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

$15bn promise: Can Baku, Ankara turn their energy alliance into trading powerhouse?

$15bn promise: Can Baku, Ankara turn their energy alliance into trading powerhouse?

Azerbaijan and Türkiye have been talking about their economic partnership as if it were already an integrated industrial system. Oil flows to the...

11.11.2026 20

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Paris on Tuesday, Antalya on Wednesday - Armenian PM's diplomatic coincidence

Paris on Tuesday, Antalya on Wednesday - Armenian PM's diplomatic coincidence

First Paris, then Antalya, and, almost on cue, President Ilham Aliyev in Türkiye. Meanwhile, Moscow was left without Armenia’s prime minister. For...

11.11.2026 10

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Armenian lobby’s old playbook meets new geopolitical reality

Armenian lobby’s old playbook meets new geopolitical reality

This pamphlet is not intended to humiliate, discredit or antagonise any nation or its people. Nor does it seek to question the right of any society to...

10.11.2026 20

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

Azerbaijan seeks to turn COP29 legacy into lasting green energy influence at COP31 [COMMENTARY]

Azerbaijan seeks to turn COP29 legacy into lasting green energy influence at COP31 [COMMENTARY]

The global climate agenda is entering a new and increasingly challenging phase. While governments continue to announce ambitious emissions reduction...

10.11.2026 20

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Baku turns geopolitical balancing into economic and diplomatic advantage

In Uzhhorod, a western Ukrainian town closer to the EU border than to the battles on its eastern front, diplomacy during the week focused on an...

10.11.2026 20

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Delhi’s two-track gamble in South Caucasus [OPINION]

There are two Indias in the South Caucasus. One sends guided rockets to Armenia. The other sends its foreign minister to Azerbaijan to talk about...

09.11.2026 20

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Aghdam's industrial sales reach 2.96 billion manats as new factories boost growth

Aghdam's industrial sales reach 2.96 billion manats as new factories boost growth

President Ilham Aliyev inaugurated two new manufacturing facilities and visited a major agricultural enterprise in Aghdam on November 7, marking...

09.11.2026 20

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

The exclamation mark that changed the course of Azerbaijan's history

The exclamation mark that changed the course of Azerbaijan's history

Azerbaijan's victory over Armenia in the 44-day Patriotic War of 2020 was more than a decisive military triumph, as it marked the beginning of a...

08.11.2026 20

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

Behind the liberation of Karabakh were men who never made it home [EXCLUSİVE]

Behind the liberation of Karabakh were men who never made it home [EXCLUSİVE]

Azerbaijan’s victory in the Second Karabakh War in the autumn of 2020 was made possible by a combination of long-term military planning,...

08.11.2026 20

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Azerbaijan’s Karabakh victory offers lessons in the future of warfare

Azerbaijan’s Karabakh victory offers lessons in the future of warfare

10 November 2020 was a date that would be written in golden letters in Azerbaijan's history. It marked the day when territories forcibly...

07.11.2026 30

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Europe looks to Central Asia to break China's grip on critical minerals

Europe looks to Central Asia to break China's grip on critical minerals

While Europe faces growing challenges in securing critical raw materials, the Central Asian region has become key to the European Union's...

06.11.2026 30

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

SOCAR’s US gas deal advances Azerbaijan’s ambitions as global energy investor

SOCAR’s US gas deal advances Azerbaijan’s ambitions as global energy investor

SOCAR’s $1.65 billion agreement with Comstock Resources reshapes the geography of Azerbaijan’s energy investments. By acquiring interests in the...

06.11.2026 30

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

'AI boomerang' sends companies back to human workers

'AI boomerang' sends companies back to human workers

Just a few years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) seemed like something out of science fiction. Today, AI tools can hold lengthy conversations,...

05.11.2026 40

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Azerbaijan's property boom reveals two visions of urban development

Azerbaijan's property boom reveals two visions of urban development

At the Sea Breeze stand in this seaside project near Baku on the Absheron Peninsula, visitors to the event this week saw plans for a 5.5km Formula One...

05.11.2026 40

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Iran sees new strategic threat in Trump’s South Caucasus project

Iran sees new strategic threat in Trump’s South Caucasus project

On November 2nd, Armenia's prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, told parliament that his government would soon start commissioning designs for the...

04.11.2026 20

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Washington's Iran debate moves from renewed strikes to nuclear threshold [COMMENTARY]

Washington's Iran debate moves from renewed strikes to nuclear threshold [COMMENTARY]

The latest American strikes on Iranian territory have brought Washington's confrontation with Tehran back into focus just as the United States...

04.11.2026 30

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Armenia under Pashinyan: growing concerns over democracy

Political history has a habit of repeating itself, sometimes with striking similarities between leaders who emerge from revolutionary movements...

03.11.2026 30

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

Azerbaijan bets on Caspian winds to build its next energy export industry

For most of modern history, Azerbaijan's economic and political influence has been closely tied to oil and gas. The country built its reputation...

03.11.2026 30

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

What Azerbaijan brings to G20 table goes beyond its economic weight

While Azerbaijan is certainly not one of the world's 20 largest economies, it is neither a permanent member of the G20 nor does it wield enough...

03.11.2026 30

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Can Azerbaijan convert its energy advantage into AI investment boom?

Last August, in the town of Hrazdan, 45km from Yerevan, Armenia's prime minister attended the opening of the largest AI data centre in the former...

02.11.2026 30

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Europe’s leaders losing public trust as anger spills onto streets of France and Germany

Europe’s political leaders have become increasingly accustomed to explaining why things cannot be done. There is always another crisis, another...

02.11.2026 40

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

Why Europeans are taking to the streets? [COMMENTARY]

Europe is facing a growing wave of public discontent as demonstrations, strikes and clashes with law enforcement continue to spread across several...

01.11.2026 30

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Baku, Jakarta set sights on broader economic cooperation

Azerbaijan and Indonesia are seeking to give their economic relationship a new direction, with investment, mining and industrial cooperation emerging...

01.11.2026 40

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Armenia’s TRIPP debate exposes contradictions of its regional isolation

For a road that has not yet been fully built, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity has already become a remarkably busy political...

31.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Azerbaijan’s external surplus gives manat stronger support heading into 2027

Azerbaijan enters the final months of 2026 with an external trade position that supports confidence in the manat. In January–September, the country...

31.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Baku wants to turn its agricultural abundance into industrial value

Every summer, refrigerated trucks and rail containers leave Azerbaijan's orchards and greenhouses for the north. Between January and September...

30.10.2026 90

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Protests in Europe expose growing generational divide

With the arrival of autumn, Europe has sunk into a wave of protests that still hasn't let up. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the...

29.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Azerbaijan’s tourism industry faces a decade of growth as global demand shifts

Azerbaijan has been welcoming travellers for centuries. Merchants once crossed the country along the Silk Road, carrying silk, spices, gold and other...

29.10.2026 40

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Baku’s crowded diplomatic calendar is becoming a foreign-policy doctrine

It is rather an odd way for a small state to try to make itself heard by gathering the entire world to talk about how to get along. However,...

28.10.2026 40

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Azerbaijan’s multiculturalism model draws on centuries of coexistence

Azerbaijan’s long history of coexistence among different ethnic groups and religious communities was at the centre of discussions at the opening of...

28.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Could Azerbaijan become part of Europe’s future? Stubb’s 40-member EU vision raises question

There are various ways to analyse relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union, but one approach stands out as particularly compelling: the...

27.10.2026 40

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

Azerbaijan is preparing to turn OIC diplomacy into investment as its next offering

The new Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation had already chosen Baku as his destination quite early. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed,...

27.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Baku, Delhi look beyond political rift to unlock trade potential

Diplomats prefer understatement, so Subrahmanyam Jaishankar's description of his visit to Baku on October 23rd as charting a "pathway"...

27.10.2026 40

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Oil trade’s shipping bottleneck threatens a fresh wave of inflation

The rise in oil prices on world markets is showing no sign of stopping. Growing security concerns in the Middle East and rising tanker freight rates...

27.10.2026 40

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

What happened to Armenia’s military resources before the 2020 war?

For years, Armenia sought to explain away its defeat in the 2020 war by pointing to military support for Azerbaijan from Türkiye, Pakistan and...

26.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Azerbaijan Central Bank interest rate decision: what to expect in October 2026

Azerbaijan’s monetary policy is entering a crucial phase as the Central Bank prepares to announce its latest interest rate decision on October 29....

26.10.2026 150

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Azerbaijan turns its hydrocarbon wealth into higher-value export engine

The global petrochemical landscape is undergoing a monumental shift driven by supply chain realignments, shifting energy corridors, and high global...

25.10.2026 40

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Middle Corridor offers new route for global trade, but can it deliver?

The vulnerability of global trade routes is once again forcing governments and logistics companies to reconsider how goods move between continents....

24.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Russia’s peace deal could be Europe’s next security crisis

Russia may eventually secure a ceasefire in Ukraine on terms that preserve its territorial gains, but that would not necessarily mean Moscow had won a...

23.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

Azerbaijan moves to extend its energy influence across Caspian

The decision by Baku to propose routing Turkmen electricity to European markets via Azerbaijan marks a transformative leap in Trans-Caspian energy...

23.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Azerbaijan reduces greenhouse gas emissions despite global rise

Every extra fraction of a degree in average global temperature is a direct contributor to the intensifying climate risks that humanity is now...

23.10.2026 30

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova