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AI race reaches South Caucasus through US-Azerbaijan partnership [INTERVIEW]

On the technical side, competitiveness today is less about owning “a big model” and more about building a reliable model factory. That means strong data engineering and governance, serious evaluation harnesses, and the ability to fine-tune and deploy models repeatedly with measurable improvements and known failure modes. It also means setting up secure compute enclaves for sensitive workloads (government, energy, telecom, defense-adjacent) so that not everything has to run in a single risk tier. Finally, for Azerbaijan specifically, the “space industry” angle is a strategic advantage if it’s translated into high-quality geospatial and remote-sensing pipelines - curated national datasets, standardized metadata, and licensing frameworks - because those become durable assets for local model development and downstream products.

Nation

“Shusha” Park to be established in Bulgaria [PHOTOS]

A delegation led by Anar Guliyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture, is on a working visit to the Republic of Bulgaria, AzerNEWS reports.

Oil & Gas

Azeri Light crude rises to $72.20 per barrel at Italy’s Augusta port

The price of Azerbaijan’s “Azeri Light” crude oil continued its upward trajectory on international markets, reflecting broader gains in global energy benchmarks, AzerNEWS reports.

Business

Azercell Business launches IoT and M2M platform for corporate customers

Azercell announces the launch of a new IoT and M2M platform developed specifically for corporate customers as part of the Azercell Business digital ecosystem. The new platform provides advanced tools for centralized management and monitoring of IoT and M2M devices, supporting increased operational efficiency and greater transparency across business processes.

Analysis

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict

JD Vance visits Armenia as separatist narratives re-emerge in court and on streets [COMMENTARY]

The recent Armenian court ruling related to Samvel Shahramanyan, the last representative of the now-defunct Armenian separatist administration in Karabakh, has triggered sharp debate, not so much for its legal substance, but for how it is being politically interpreted and publicly weaponized. While formally a domestic court matter, the decision has been framed by some actors as reopening questions that, in reality, have already been settled on the ground and in international law.

Armenian Aggression

Defense concludes in Ruben Vardanyan trial, final verdict pending

The defense has concluded its statements in the ongoing trial of Armenian citizen Ruben Vardanyan, who faces multiple charges under the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, including crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, terrorism, and financing terrorism.