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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...

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Azerbaijan leverages development summit to attract billions in new investment

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...

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

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...

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Animals that built Azerbaijan's countryside are getting second chance

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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Pashinyan’s renewed mandate and bunch of unanswered questions

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

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...

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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...

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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,...

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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 10

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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 10

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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 10

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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 20

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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 20

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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 20

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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....

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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'...

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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...

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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 30

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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 40

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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...

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