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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

20.05.2026 10

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SOCAR adds another piece to its expansion strategy in Africa

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...

20.05.2026 10

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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 20

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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...

05.05.2026 30

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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 20

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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...

01.05.2026 30

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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 20

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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...

28.04.2026 30

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Baku becomes capital of Europe’s new pragmatism [ANALYSIS]

When Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš touched down in Azerbaijan on 27 April, he made a point of noting publicly that Baku was his first destination...

28.04.2026 30

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Azerbaijan confronts missing links in its non-oil economy

In a country where almost 90% of its exports remain in the form of hydrocarbons, the presence of a small Azerbaijan company’s jams and dried fruit...

27.04.2026 20

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Druzhba shutdown hastens Europe’s case for a pipeline beyond Russia and Iran [ANALYSIS]

We are already in the second month of the Gulf War, and the parties remain unable to reach a common ground, even on the resolution of the conflict....

23.04.2026 30

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WUF13: Baku opens its doors to world's urban planners with ambitious plans

On May 17th, between 15,000 and 25,000 individuals will make their way to Baku for the 13th edition of the UN World Urban Forum. Urban planners,...

22.04.2026 30

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Why Brussels speaks with two voices on Azerbaijan [OPINION]

Wednesday, April 16th, was a busy day in Brussels. One room saw discussions between a high-level delegation from Azerbaijan and representatives of the...

21.04.2026 30

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Non-oil sectors power ahead as Azerbaijan navigates energy turbulence

A more fragile global backdrop is beginning to weigh on growth prospects, as highlighted by the International Monetary Fund in its April 2026 World...

21.04.2026 20

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Gulf war hits Caucasus tourism: How Azerbaijan bucks the trend [ANALYSIS]

Ever since the onset of the Gulf conflict - the US and Israel against Iran, the world economy has found itself in a precarious 'tightrope'...

20.04.2026 30

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Azerbaijan’s non-oil surge offers hope for bigger economy

The first step with regard to the Oliver Wyman projection is, of course, the math. Azerbaijan’s GDP in 2025 was estimated at around $75 billion....

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Europe’s expanding footprint in Armenia raises old questions

There is a restaurant in Tsaghkadzor, a ski resort town an hour north of Yerevan, called Dahook. The restaurant specializes in Armenian food served in...

19.04.2026 30

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€90bn and counting: Orbán gone, but will anything really change for Ukraine?

The political earthquake in Hungary, marked by the electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán and the rise of Péter Magyar, signals more than just a domestic...

15.04.2026 20

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Baku bourse shows signs of life after decades of underdevelopment

For a country that exports oil to twelve European nations and sits at the centre of Eurasia's most active transit corridor, Azerbaijan's...

15.04.2026 30

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Islamabad Talks: hidden winners of war with no end in sight [ANALYSIS]

If you ask who emerged as a loser in Islamabad, the answer is quite clear. After more than 21 hours of face-to-face talks, the most serious...

13.04.2026 30

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Orbán vs Magyar: Election that could shake Europe’s balance

Hungary stands at what could be a defining political turning point, as voters head to the polls in one of the most competitive elections the country...

12.04.2026 30

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US–Iran 'uneasy' ceasefire: What happened and what comes next?

On April 8, less than two hours before the deadline for the ultimatum issued by the United States against Iran, an interim agreement on a ceasefire...

10.04.2026 20

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Middle Corridor moment: How crisis rewriting global trade paths

At the recent G20 summit held in New Delhi in September 2023, when the leaders announced the formation of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic...

10.04.2026 20

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Azerbaijan’s short war in a long-war era: strategy, restraint and politics of winning

The world has grown accustomed to wars that do not end. The ongoing war in Ukraine, four years since Russia’s annexation, has cost hundreds of...

09.04.2026 20

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Can taking Kharg Island really break Iran’s resistance?

From the very beginning of the US–Israel–Iran war, the central question has been deceptively simple: who will win, and how will it end? Yet with...

07.04.2026 20

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Oil markets on borrowed time as US–Iran deadline looms over Hormuz [ANALYSIS]

For five weeks, the world's oil markets have been operating on borrowed time. Commercial reserves have been drawn down, tanker traffic has been...

07.04.2026 30

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Baku-Tbilisi partnership that Europe depends on but rarely notices

When Mikheil Kavelashvili was elected as Georgia's new president, the first visit he undertook was neither to Brussels nor Washington nor Ankara;...

06.04.2026 20

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In shadow of regional war, South Caucasus turns to cooperation

Three years ago, the idea of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia building a common regional home seemed a noble wish - admirable in concept, impossibly...

04.04.2026 30

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Azerbaijan’s energy pivot gains traction in TotalEnergies–Masdar deal

On Thursday, two of the world's most powerful energy companies signed a document that said something significant about where they think the...

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Brotherhood meets business as OTS sets its sights on global influence

There’s a phrase that keeps turning up in the official verbiage of the Organization of Turkic States - "fraternal peoples,"...

02.04.2026 30

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Leaving Iran, keeping pressure: Paradox of Washington’s Gulf policy

"All I have to do is leave Iran." That was Donald Trump on Wednesday, standing in the Oval Office, speaking to reporters about gas prices....

01.04.2026 20

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Missiles over Türkiye, talks in Islamabad: Is this Washington's last exit?

As Iranian missiles strike Türkiye for the fourth time and a new regional security order stirs quietly in Riyadh, Pakistan is threading an almost...

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Japan’s Hormuz shock triggers Caspian oil pivot as INPEX rewrites supply chains

For decades, Tokyo’s energy planners quietly recognized an uncomfortable reality: Japan’s economy was balanced on a single thread – a...

30.03.2026 30

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Corridor of consequence: Armenia, Azerbaijan and politics of transit

When Yerevan's deputy prime minister called the opening of Azerbaijani transit routes "significant", he was understating a seismic...

29.03.2026 30

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Ballots or battlefront? Ukraine confronts limits of democracy under martial law [ANALYSIS]

Reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may announce presidential elections and a peace referendum this spring have triggered intense...

28.03.2026 20

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Brussels’ blind spot: why a convicted figure still commands EU sympathy

In February of this year, a court in Baku delivered its verdict. Ruben Vardanyan, former State Minister of so-called Nagorno-Karabakh, was sentenced...

27.03.2026 20

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Riga eyes Baku as northern gateway for trans-Caspian trade

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reordered the commercial geography of Europe, and some of the less remarked effects include the emergence of...

26.03.2026 30

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US-Israel-Iran war exposes cracks in transatlantic alliance, limits of Western strategy [COMMENTARY]

The US–Israel war with Iran is entering a phase where escalation and limitation are unfolding simultaneously, creating the illusion of both climax...

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Trump, Tehran and truth gap: US-Iran talk bluff or breakdown

In the autumn of 1956, Britain and France launched a military operation to seize the Suez Canal from Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser. The operation...

24.03.2026 30

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When memory becomes battlefield: Politics of denial in Armenia’s election year [Op-Ed]

As elections approach in Armenia, the government’s efforts to normalize relations with Azerbaijan are being met with a wave of domestic populist...

23.03.2026 40

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Armenia heads to polls: state and old elites collide [ANALYSIS]

Armenia is once again entering election season in a familiar mood: fragmented and quietly uncertain about its own direction. They have been here...

21.03.2026 30

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