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SOCAR’s $7 billion expansion deepens Azerbaijan’s industrial strategy

SOCAR’s $7 billion expansion deepens Azerbaijan’s industrial strategy

In the modern era, as the global energy map is rapidly changing and carbon neutrality targets and the transition to renewable energy are accelerating,...

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AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Armenia’s revanchists rise as peace begins to change Caucasus

Armenia’s revanchists rise as peace begins to change Caucasus

Keeping old wounds open has always been easier than building new bridges. Yet as cities are rebuilt, supply chains are reconnected, and pragmatic...

yesterday 9

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Akbar Novruz

'Turkic quality mark’ could ease market entry for businesses across OTS

'Turkic quality mark’ could ease market entry for businesses across OTS

Economic cooperation among the Organization of Turkic-speaking States is gaining momentum. But despite this, some companies still face differences in...

yesterday 9

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Future of Hormuz shipping remains uncertain despite Iran-Oman understanding

Future of Hormuz shipping remains uncertain despite Iran-Oman understanding

Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on specific entry and exit routes for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz following several weeks...

yesterday 9

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Ulviyya Poladova

Azerbaijan and Türkiye eye an “Electric TANAP” for green power

Azerbaijan and Türkiye eye an “Electric TANAP” for green power

For thirty years, the Azerbaijan-Türkiye energy relationship has meant one thing above all: gas, moving in one direction, through pipe. That...

yesterday 10

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Akbar Novruz

Why does heritage of Caucasian Albania bother Armenia?

Why does heritage of Caucasian Albania bother Armenia?

The recent visit of diplomats to Karabakh and their visit to places related to the Christian heritage of Caucasian Albania as part of the visit have...

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Qabil Ashirov

Middle Corridor expansion strengthens economic prospects across region

Middle Corridor expansion strengthens economic prospects across region

The expansion of the Middle Corridor is becoming increasingly important for the economic prospects of Central Asia and the South Caucasus. What was...

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Ulviyya Poladova

France moves into Armenia as Russia’s influence fades

France moves into Armenia as Russia’s influence fades

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan concluded his visit to France, which was the first one since his party’s victory in the June parliamentary...

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Ulviyya Poladova

When separatist propaganda turns against the West

When separatist propaganda turns against the West

The attempts by occupying and separatist circles to justify themselves and portray themselves as makers of history should, in reality, be described as...

sunday 10

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Azernews Staff

Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab: Iran’s two pressure points on global trade

Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab: Iran’s two pressure points on global trade

The situation in Yemen is becoming increasingly tense. In recent days, media outlets close to Saudi Arabia have been widely reporting on the rapid...

sunday 10

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

From Paris to Vilnius, the matryoshka politics of old divisions [OPINION]

From Paris to Vilnius, the matryoshka politics of old divisions [OPINION]

The Russians have a rather amusing and mind-bogglingly peculiar doll, famous under its own name: the russkiy matryoshka. Whenever you lift the lid of...

12.09.2026 10

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

TRIPP is redrawing the map - Iran is rethinking its position [ANALYSIS]

TRIPP is redrawing the map - Iran is rethinking its position [ANALYSIS]

Iranian officials have in recent days begun shifting from harsh rhetoric to a softer and more pragmatic policy regarding the Zangezur Corridor, or the...

12.09.2026 10

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

TAP expansion strengthens Azerbaijan-Albania energy links

TAP expansion strengthens Azerbaijan-Albania energy links

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) became capable of transporting an additional 1.2 billion cubic metres of gas per year as of January 1 this year....

11.09.2026 10

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Ulviyya Poladova

Iran’s new maritime restrictions put Hormuz under greater strain

Iran’s new maritime restrictions put Hormuz under greater strain

The problem of transit through the Strait of Hormuz is beginning to affect an increasing number of countries. The volume of liquefied natural gas...

10.09.2026 10

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Ulviyya Poladova

Nakhchivan gets ready for a corridor that could change its fortunes

Nakhchivan gets ready for a corridor that could change its fortunes

Nakhchivan has long been a geographical enigma of sorts: an enclave of Azerbaijan inhabited by about 460,000 people, cut off from the rest of...

10.09.2026 10

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Akbar Novruz

Azerbaijan wants more than transit as Middle Corridor expands [COMMENTARY]

Azerbaijan wants more than transit as Middle Corridor expands [COMMENTARY]

The V International Black Sea-Caspian Transport Forum, titled "Corridors. Infrastructure. Investments," was held in Baku, bringing together...

10.09.2026 10

AzerNews

Ulviyya Poladova

Paradox of modern life: longer lives, fewer children and slower growth

The world’s demographic situation is changing rapidly, and for the first time in human history, the number of people aged 65 and over has surpassed...

09.09.2026 10

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Yemen becomes latest test of Iran’s regional power

At a time when the confrontation between the United States and Iran continues without any sign of easing, it is still too early to say that Washington...

09.09.2026 10

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

EU needs Azerbaijan more than it likes to admit

EU needs Azerbaijan more than it likes to admit

There is a particular kind of diplomatic choreography that gives away more than the speeches do. It must have raised questions as to who was courting...

09.09.2026 10

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Akbar Novruz

Azerbaijan's railway goes digital to chase Middle Corridor volumes

Azerbaijan's railway goes digital to chase Middle Corridor volumes

For a trade route billed as the 21st century's answer to the Silk Road, the Middle Corridor has spent most of its short life apologising for...

09.09.2026 20

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Akbar Novruz

Fed rate hike risks put Azerbaijan in focus as currency reserves hit record

Fed rate hike risks put Azerbaijan in focus as currency reserves hit record

The US Department of Labor's announcement of the number of non-farm payrolls in the country on September 4 was eagerly awaited around the world,...

08.09.2026 30

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Goldman Sachs raises its oil forecast: what it means for Azerbaijan’s economy

Goldman Sachs raises its oil forecast: what it means for Azerbaijan’s economy

Goldman Sachs’s $5 per barrel increase in its oil price forecast may at first glance seem like a normal piece of news about the global energy...

08.09.2026 20

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Akbar Novruz

Azerbaijan’s wind boom opens new front in Europe’s energy market

Azerbaijan’s wind boom opens new front in Europe’s energy market

A new stage is taking shape in Azerbaijan’s energy sector, whose exports have been largely associated with oil and natural gas for many years....

08.09.2026 30

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Ukraine war unlikely to end by February 2027 - harder days lie ahead: expert warns

Ukraine war unlikely to end by February 2027 - harder days lie ahead: expert warns

US-led effort to bring Russia and Ukraine closer to a possible settlement has entered a new stage. Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and...

07.09.2026 20

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Ulviyya Poladova

Franck Papazian wants France to act like the dictatorship it opposes

Franck Papazian wants France to act like the dictatorship it opposes

Last week, on September 2nd, Paris City Hall quietly skipped the opening of a photo exhibition of Armenian nationals imprisoned in Baku over war...

07.09.2026 20

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Akbar Novruz

Baku’s climate week seeks to turn continuity into regional action

Baku’s climate week seeks to turn continuity into regional action

The Baku Climate Action Week makes a comeback on the Caspian Sea's coastline on September 7 with a five-day program centered on a principle that...

07.09.2026 30

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Akbar Novruz

Michael Rubin’s Somaliland idea looks like a new front in an old war

Michael Rubin’s Somaliland idea looks like a new front in an old war

Forging even the smallest measure of peace and normalcy between Azerbaijan and Armenia has never been easy. It has been so difficult, in fact, that...

06.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

SOCAR and China Eximbank: new chapter for Azerbaijan’s industrial future

SOCAR and China Eximbank: new chapter for Azerbaijan’s industrial future

In Baku, a recent meeting between SOCAR President Rovshan Najaf and Wang Kang, chairman of China National Petroleum Corporation, points to a broader...

06.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Europe’s gas squeeze is giving Azerbaijan bigger role in energy security

Europe’s gas squeeze is giving Azerbaijan bigger role in energy security

The geopolitical processes unfolding across the world are creating a new gas challenge in Europe, the world’s largest premium gas market. Europe is...

06.09.2026 30

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Qabil Ashirov

US Patriot shortage puts Ukraine and Europe in tough spot

US Patriot shortage puts Ukraine and Europe in tough spot

When Zelenskyy left the White House after his July 28 meeting with Trump, he said the U.S. president had agreed to provide Ukraine with licenses to...

05.09.2026 20

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Ulviyya Poladova

Azerbaijan’s digital push meets Türkiye’s tech boom along Middle Corridor

Azerbaijan’s digital push meets Türkiye’s tech boom along Middle Corridor

Turkiye’s economy grew by 2.3 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, a relatively modest figure in an economy still dealing with high...

05.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

SOCAR’s €600 million Nis plant takes Azerbaijan’s gas strategy into power

The gas-fired power plant that Azerbaijan plans to build in the Serbian city of Nis could become an important element of the country’s evolving...

04.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Armenia’s first export to Azerbaijan opens bigger question of peace profits [ANALYSIS]

After nearly three decades of conflict, Azerbaijan and Armenia are witnessing developments that would have been difficult to imagine only a few years...

04.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Azerbaijan’s battle for a safe return begins beneath the ground

Wars end with ceasefires, declarations, and, at last, with peace agreements. Landmines never end. They lie waiting – in fields, on roadsides, in...

03.09.2026 20

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Akbar Novruz

Can Mecca Defense Alliance reshape security from Middle East to Caucasus?

The newly established defense partnership between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is already showing signs of evolving beyond its original...

03.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Akbar Novruz

Washington’s Venezuela oil deal threatens China and Russia’s energy grip

Late summer handed the oil market something it hadn't seen in decades. Washington and Caracas signed an energy agreement that can seriously...

03.09.2026 20

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Ulviyya Poladova

Armenia’s ‘Fourth Republic’: real break with past or new political narrative?

Over the past week, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced what he described as the country’s new “Fourth Republic,” presenting a...

02.09.2026 20

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Akbar Novruz

Azerbaijan puts AZN 189 million behind its healthcare workforce strategy [COMMENTARY]

For doctors on the front lines of healthcare, every day brings its own responsibilities, like a patient waiting for help, a difficult decision to make...

02.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

China’s CNOOC finds more than oil in Azerbaijan’s Caspian pivot

Azerbaijan’s appeal to Chinese energy companies is increasingly measurable in ships, tonnes and transit capacity. For instance, cargo moving through...

02.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov

Armenia wants Europe without giving up Russia’s economic lifeline [op-ed]

The 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek was not only a rich and productive event, but was also notable for some particularly...

02.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

France’s Armenian diaspora politics are becoming an exercise in political theatre

Evidently devoid of any grasp on international law or legal parlance, the leadership at Paris City Hall is now preparing to host a bespoke cultural...

01.09.2026 20

AzerNews

Elnur Enveroglu

Azerbaijan turns SCO partnership into broader Eurasian economic strategy [ANALYSIS]

Eurasia is becoming less about distance and more about connection, where trade routes are expanding, supply chains are being redirected, and countries...

01.09.2026 20

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Elnur Enveroglu

Azerbaijan seeks bigger role in Asia-Europe trade as SCO corridors expand

As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit is being held in Bishkek on August 31–September 1, transport and connectivity are again in...

01.09.2026 20

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Ulviyya Poladova

Karabakh narrative has lost the battlefield but found Paris [op-ed]

France is once again becoming a stage for separatist and anarchist groups seeking to turn political grievances into public spectacle. At a moment when...

31.08.2026 20

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Elnur Enveroglu

Azerbaijan’s SCO partnership meets rise of Middle Corridor

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is entering a period in which connectivity and economic cooperation are becoming increasingly important...

31.08.2026 20

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Qabil Ashirov

Why President Aliyev’s Kyrgyzstan visit matters for Eurasia’s new trade routes

Relations between Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan have evolved rapidly from traditional ties between two Turkic states into a more structured political and...

31.08.2026 30

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Elnur Enveroglu

Meta’s teen safety settlement changes argument for regulators everywhere

The genie is out of the bottle, and nobody in Silicon Valley knows how to put it back. For years, governments have struggled to keep pace with social...

31.08.2026 20

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Ulviyya Poladova

Russian media’s Qarabag coverage raises questions over Moscow’s Azerbaijan policy

Russian media outlets continue to draw criticism over their coverage of Karabakh, with accusations that some reporting and commentary show disregard...

30.08.2026 30

AzerNews

Qabil Ashirov