The Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum (WEF) confirms that Azerbaijan is one of the countries in the world where social equality is ensured at the highest level, the Member of the Political Council of the Yeni Azerbaijan Party, the Chief Editor of İki Sahil newspaper Vugar Rahimzade told Trend Oct. 18.

Azerbaijan and China are expanding economic ties along with political ones, said Siyavush Novruzov, deputy executive secretary of Azerbaijan’s ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP), chairman of the parliamentary committee for public associations and religious structures, head of the working group for Azerbaijan-China inter-parliamentary relations.

Azerbaijan’s Agriculture Ministry is preparing proposals for amendments to the “Law on Apiculture” in order to increase the number of local honeybees, Vugar Huseynov, deputy head of the ministry’s Information Department, told Trend Oct. 19.

Azercell Telecom LLC continues to conduct training courses on "Internet security and digital citizenship" for schoolchildren, teachers and parents aiming to make internet safe for children.

Azerbaijan is one of the main trade partners of Georgia is ranked 4th among the country’s foreign trade partners after Turkey, Russia and China.

Small and medium-sized business houses in Azerbaijan will be able to receive, check and issue documents and various certificates related to state registration of rights to real estate, according to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani delegation, headed by Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov, took part at the 69th meeting of the Council for Rail Transport of the Commonwealth Member States in Moscow on October 18.

The prices for gold, silver and palladium increased in Azerbaijan on Oct. 19, while the price for platinum decreased, according to the data published by the country’s Central Bank.

Azerbaijan may export pomegranates to four EU countries - Germany, France, Latvia and Poland.

Licenses of two insurance companies and 13 insurance agents have been revoked, and eight new licenses have been issued by the Board of the Financial Market Supervisory Authority of Azerbaijan (FIMSA), the FIMSA reported on Oct. 18.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.9479 manats, respectively, for Oct. 19.

A new checkpoint to be built on the border between Azerbaijan and Georgia will further expand the possibilities of the Silk Road, Chairman of the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee Safar Mehdiyev said.

Japan is interested in using the Trans-Eurasian Transport Corridor in the framework of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) project for the development of trade with Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan will take part at the SIAL Paris exhibition on October 21-15.

An online rating of hotels will be created in Azerbaijan, as envisaged by the tourism strategy, the executive director of the Azerbaijan Tourism Bureau Florian Sengstschmid said Oct. 18, speaking at the National Tourism Summit.

Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wencai Zhang plans to discuss in Baku the bank’s five-year partnership strategy with Azerbaijan, which is under preparation, a source in the bank told Trend Oct. 18.

Azercell’s “Barama” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center has concluded the selection to the 3rd “Barama Incubation Program” announced for those who wish to turn their innovative ideas into business and make a successful career.

Azerbaijan ranks first among the CIS countries by the "Protection of Intellectual Property" indicator in the report of the World Economic Forum, the commentary of the Intellectual Property Agency of Azerbaijan related to the Global Competitiveness Report (GCI-2018) published by the World Economic Forum for 2018, reads.

Prices for gold increased in Azerbaijan Oct. 18, while prices for silver, platinum and palladium decreased, according to the data published by the country’s Central Bank.

Turkmenistan’s joining the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway launched in 2017 will give impetus to the further development of trade and economic relations between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Hajibala Abutalibov said.

The Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) held a regular auction for placement of short-term notes of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) worth 250 million manats with a circulation period of 28 days, BSE said.

The oil extraction plant of the American Cargill company in the Volgograd region of Russia reached an agreement on the supply of its products to Azerbaijan, the press service of the regional government told TASS.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.9550 manats, respectively, for Oct. 18.

Norway is open to explore potential fields of trade cooperation with Azerbaijan, Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen, state secretary to Norway's minister of trade, industry and fisheries told Trend.

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan SOCAR carried out the eighth regular interest payments on bonds.