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

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 ago. For some time now, weapons have effectively fallen silent between the two countries, while contacts between NGOs and limited exchanges involving officials have gradually increased.

Nation
Azerbaijan, bp explore cooperation on historical film production [PHOTOS]

Azerbaijan, bp explore cooperation on historical film production [PHOTOS]

Azerbaijan's Minister of Culture Adil Karimli has met with Gio Cristofoli, bp's Regional President for the Caspian-Central Asia-Türkiye region, to discuss cooperation in the cultural sphere.

Oil & Gas
Lummus, SOCAR develop roadmap to expand Azerbaijan’s oil refining capacity

Lummus, SOCAR develop roadmap to expand Azerbaijan’s oil refining capacity

US-based Lummus Technology and Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR) are developing a roadmap aimed at increasing Azerbaijan’s oil refining capacity and strengthening the country’s petrochemical capabilities, Lummus Vice President and Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa Fadi Mkhaini told Trend.

Business
PASHA Real Estate Group and Marriott International sign multi-property agreement across Azerbaijan and Georgia [PHOTOS]

PASHA Real Estate Group and Marriott International sign multi-property agreement across Azerbaijan and Georgia [PHOTOS]

PASHA Real Estate Group and Marriott International, Inc., announced this week a signed agreement to launch three new hotel and residential properties across Azerbaijan and Georgia. The planned projects include a luxury hotel and branded residences under The Ritz-Carlton along the shores of Zagulba Beach in Baku, along with the extension of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Baku, within a new residential tower. The agreement also includes the anticipated addition of a Le Méridien hotel in Tbilisi.

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

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 new constitution as the institutional foundation of a political era built around peace rather than conflict. But how reachable is that idea? And what does it say about Armenia's political landscape in broader implications?

World
Azerbaijan banks’ construction-sector business loans rise 33.1% year-on-year

Azerbaijan banks’ construction-sector business loans rise 33.1% year-on-year

As of August 1, 2026, the business loan portfolio of Azerbaijani banks in the construction sector stood at ₼1.823 billion ($1.072 billion). According to the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA), the sector’s business loan portfolio increased by...

Analysis

Lifestyle
Shamakhi to host Grape and Wine Festival

Shamakhi to host Grape and Wine Festival

The next Grape and Wine Festival will take place in Shamakhi on September 19-20.

Culture
Vampire Diaries stars back together on screen

Vampire Diaries stars back together on screen

Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley are set to share the screen again, nearly a decade after The Vampire Diaries came to an end.

Travel
Azerbaijani pilgrims currently at Medina international airport

Azerbaijani pilgrims currently at Medina international airport
Second group of Azerbaijani pilgrims to depart for Hajj this month

Second group of Azerbaijani pilgrims to depart for Hajj this month
Astana celebrates Novruz with festive events and cultural celebrations [PHOTOS]

Astana celebrates Novruz with festive events and cultural celebrations [PHOTOS]
Albania’s impeccable hospitality and exuberant architecture

Albania’s impeccable hospitality and exuberant architecture
Experience charm of autumn season at Shahdag National Park

Experience charm of autumn season at Shahdag National Park
Georgian foreign travelers arrive in Shusha

Georgian foreign travelers arrive in Shusha

Events
Azerbaijan clears more than 7,500 hectares of land in August

Azerbaijan clears more than 7,500 hectares of land in August

Organizations involved in mine clearance in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories carried out extensive demining operations throughout August.

Sports
Traffic restrictions to be introduced in Baku for IRONMAN 70.3 race

Traffic restrictions to be introduced in Baku for IRONMAN 70.3 race

Temporary traffic restrictions will be introduced on several streets and avenues in Baku on September 4 and 5 to ensure the safe and orderly staging of the international IRONMAN 70.3 race.

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