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Russia's diesel ban reveals Armenia's energy security dilemma

Russia's diesel ban reveals Armenia's energy security dilemma

At a televised government meeting chaired by President Putin on Wednesday morning, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak delivered the...

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Azerbaijan's transit boom entering its industrial phase

Azerbaijan's transit boom entering its industrial phase

Excess capacity at the logistics center is often challenging. It involves meeting demand, managing inventory capacity, and addressing all...

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Georgia's Anaklia shift opens door to new investment and stronger Middle Corridor

Georgia's Anaklia shift opens door to new investment and stronger Middle Corridor

It took a decade, three administrations, two tender cancellations, a lost arbitration case before the World Bank, and the subtle withdrawal of a...

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Azerbaijan's growing reserves reinforce confidence in manat peg

Azerbaijan's growing reserves reinforce confidence in manat peg

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan was involved in something that is quite uncommon for the monetary authority of an emerging economy in the first six...

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NATO at "strategic turning point": What awaits alliance in Ankara? [COMMENTARY]

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The upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara is shaping up to be far more than another gathering focused on defense budgets. As leaders of all 32 member states...

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Brussels finally realised what Baku has been saying for years

Brussels finally realised what Baku has been saying for years

There is a particular quality to diplomatic visits that arrive a little late. It brings the vigor of earnest intentions, tinged by the 'small...

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Europe’s green energy pivot runs through Caspian

Europe’s green energy pivot runs through Caspian

It should be understood, however, that there is a distinct variety of infrastructure ambition that originates from a presidential summit, leads to a...

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Europe's return to Baku comes with new strategic realities

Europe's return to Baku comes with new strategic realities

The last time Ursula von der Leyen flew to Baku, in the summer of 2022, Europe was in the grip of an energy emergency. Russia had made energy supply...

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Azerbaijan aims to rejuvenate its white gold with new cotton scheme

Azerbaijan aims to rejuvenate its white gold with new cotton scheme

There is no doubt that cotton in Azerbaijan carries significance far beyond its meager 2% contribution to the overall output in the agriculture...

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Azerbaijan's green tourism strategy looks beyond visitor numbers

Azerbaijan's green tourism strategy looks beyond visitor numbers

At an international conference on green tourism in CICA countries held in Baku last week, State Tourism Agency chairman Fuad Naghiyev offered a...

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Yerevan's peace agenda faces new test after Israel's genocide decision

Yerevan's peace agenda faces new test after Israel's genocide decision

The Israeli cabinet recently made a unanimous decision to recognise the Armenian genocide, 111 years after the incident took place and a couple of...

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Kyiv's ultimatum to Belarus raises questions over Minsk's balancing act with Moscow

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has escalated pressure on Belarus by demanding that Minsk dismantle infrastructure which Kyiv says is being...

26.06.2026 20

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When diaspora politics collides with Armenia's new reality [OPINION]

There is a familiar Washington ritual playing out on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that would once have seemed unremarkable. Armenian-American activists in...

25.06.2026 20

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Baku's second IsDB summit and a very long to-do list that stretches from Karabakh to Africa

Development finance conferences mostly provide two pieces of news: the figure that is released in the press release itself, and the transactions...

23.06.2026 20

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Azerbaijan’s connectivity vision expands as Armenia joins regional digital corridor

Telecommunications contracts are not usually very interesting to read, aren't they? The language used is functional; the press releases are...

22.06.2026 10

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Is US-Israel special relationship entering colder era?

The US and Iran reached a 14-point preliminary framework deal aimed at ending hostilities, lifting a US naval blockade, and reopening the Strait of...

19.06.2026 20

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Azerbaijan leverages development summit to attract billions in new investment

The 51st annual meeting of the Islamic Development Bank Group, which opened today in Baku under the patronage of President Ilham Aliyev, is precisely...

18.06.2026 20

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Without a mediator in sight, Azerbaijan and Armenia walk into a new chapter

Hikmet Hajiyev, Azerbaijani Presidential Aide, has made his inaugural working visit to Armenia, where he met with Armen Grigoryan, the Secretary of...

17.06.2026 20

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Animals that built Azerbaijan's countryside are getting second chance

At a regional agricultural meeting in Goygol on June 12th, Deputy Agriculture Minister Zaur Aliyev announced a target that, on the surface, sounds...

16.06.2026 20

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INRAIL: Türkiye’s answer to Bosphorus bottleneck that could redefine Eurasian trade

It turns out there’s a bottleneck right through the heart of one of the world’s most active cities, and until recently, it was hard to see any...

15.06.2026 20

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Can Türkiye maintain its “African solutions to African problems” approach in Niger?

The official visit of Nigerien President Abdourahamane Tchiani to Ankara has once again underscored the growing transformation of Türkiye’s Africa...

12.06.2026 20

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Pashinyan’s renewed mandate and bunch of unanswered questions

The votes have been tallied, the outcome is clear, and the interpretation is already hotly debated. Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party came out...

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Beijing's new Silk Road runs through Baku and Russia cannot stop it

For the greater part of the last three decades, the shortest overland connection between China and Europe passed through Russia. The Northern...

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US seeks bigger role in Azerbaijan’s energy, transit expansion [COMMENTARY]

The United States is seeking a greater role in Azerbaijan’s expanding energy and transport infrastructure, signaling a new phase in economic...

07.06.2026 30

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Day before vote, Russia, West, and internal pressure shape Armenia’s election atmosphere

With only one day remaining before the parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 7, debates surrounding the transparency and legitimacy of the...

06.06.2026 20

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SOCAR’s tech expansion strengthens Azerbaijan’s geopolitical reach

The global energy landscape is undergoing a profound metamorphosis, one where the traditional boundaries of resource extraction are dissolving into...

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Infrastructure Azerbaijan built to bypass Armenia could now be Yerevan's lifeline

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway finally got a full-scale launch after opening in 2017 but only running tests for nine years. When it began operations,...

04.06.2026 20

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Iran's weapons in Armenia reveal a strategy, not a friendship

Military parades are designed to communicate. When Armenia staged its first such display in a decade on May 28th in Yerevan's Republic Square,...

02.06.2026 20

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Caspian’s shifting role takes center stage at Baku Energy Week [ANALYSIS]

Thirty years ago, Azerbaijan was a country importing electricity and natural gas, with a poverty rate above 50 per cent and nearly a million...

02.06.2026 30

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Türkiye’s regional vision seeks to reshape Middle Eastern security, but can it really?

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has proposed a new regional security architecture stretching from Pakistan to the Persian Gulf, describing it as...

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Battle for Armenia shows how Kremlin’s imperial strategy evolving

When Russia wants to remind a neighbour of its dependence, it reaches for the fruit bowl. Recently, the Russian consumer safety regulator, known as...

30.05.2026 30

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Azerbaijan launches multi-billion-dollar push to transform agriculture [OPINION]

The World Urban Forum ended in Baku three days ago with a Call for Action on housing and sustainable urbanism. The agricultural development conference...

27.05.2026 30

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Next phase of Europe’s energy security runs through Azerbaijan

Since the Gulf crisis, most countries have reevaluated their energy security policies and the methods for delivering energy supplies. Moreover,...

26.05.2026 30

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Baku built biggest housing forum in history with production of genuine innovations

The flag was lowered from the Baku Olympic Stadium later that Friday afternoon, marking the end of the biggest gathering of the World Urban Forum in...

23.05.2026 20

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Former Bosnian President: Garabagh’s reconstruction can become a global post-war model [INTERVIEW]

On the penultimate day of the 13th session of the United Nations World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku, AzerNEWS had the honor to talk with former...

22.05.2026 30

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Penultimate day of WUF13: What world's largest urban gathering actually achieved in Baku

There is a figure that has characterized every discussion held so far during the current week's World Urban Forum in Baku, and it is worth...

21.05.2026 30

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Pakistani local government leader sees Baku as future regional hub, highlights cooperation opportunities with Azerbaijan

World Urban Forum's 13th session in Baku enters its fourth day and speaking to AzerNEWS on the outskirts of the session, Syed Kumail Hyder Shah...

20.05.2026 30

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Climate Minister: Azerbaijan setting example in bringing global urban stakeholders together [INTERVIEW]

Pakistan’s Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Musadik Masood Malik, praised Azerbaijan’s leadership role during the 13th...

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SOCAR adds another piece to its expansion strategy in Africa

On the face of it, a meeting between the president of Kenya and the CEO of Azerbaijan’s state oil company can be assumed to be one of those courtesy...

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Azerbaijan's $10bn reconstruction drive finds global stage at WUF13

Azerbaijan is once again at the center of the global agenda, hosting the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in partnership with the United Nations Human...

18.05.2026 30

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bp joins SOCAR in race to unlock Ustyurt’s untapped reserves

The Ustyurt Plateau lies along the Uzbek-Kazakh border like a gigantic geological whispering, dry, barely investigated, and holding the sort of...

14.05.2026 30

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Türkiye targets central role in Europe’s strategic order through Erdoğan’s EU push

President Erdoğan met Belgian Queen Mathilde in Istanbul on Monday. He called updating the EU-Türkiye Customs Union "a key area necessitating...

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Global trade chokepoints turning Baku into Eurasia’s gateway

Since 2008, the International Transport Forum has been hosted in Leipzig every year in May, and there have been few exceptions when the situation was...

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Middle Corridor boom triggers ADB’s $10 bln infrastructure push

There is a figure hidden within an ADB research paper that needs to be highlighted and understood. Based on IMF gravity model calculations, as pointed...

06.05.2026 30

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Italy, Azerbaijan upgrade partnership built on mutual need

After a month full of visits, the leaders of four of Europe's strategically essential countries realized that the strategic importance of...

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Could Baku really become the table where Russia's war ends?

On April 25, standing alongside President Ilham Aliyev in Gabala during his first state visit to the South Caucasus region following the start of...

03.05.2026 30

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Italy’s energy strategy turns northbound as Caspian gas flows rise

In the early hours of Monday, 5 May, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will board a flight from Yerevan, where she will participate in the...

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Azerbaijan's 'second pipeline' and how it is wiring itself for post-oil future

The biggest infrastructure project Azerbaijan will undertake within the next two years will not be a pipeline but rather a power line. Construction of...

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Made in Karabakh, sold in Europe: Industrial park that wants to reach big market

Agdam sat deserted for almost three decades, completely looted of any material of value, its houses standing as mere skeletons, its streets empty. The...

29.04.2026 40

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Road through Baku: Why Azerbaijan is one of most realistic platforms for Russia-Ukraine dialogue [COMMENTARY]

As the Russian-Ukrainian conflict drags on without any breakthrough, diplomatic endeavors have begun shifting from grand peace congresses to smaller...

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