Representatives of the Data Processing Center (DPC) under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies met with delegates from the Turkic Council member countries, Trend reports referring to a source in DPC.

​Iran will soon send trade attachés to Azerbaijan, Russia, Oman, and China, Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade of Iran, Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Hamid Zadboum said, Trend reports citing the organization’s website.

The Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) will host an auction on placement of state medium-term bonds of the Azerbaijani Finance Ministry for a total of 40 million manat ($23.5 million) on April 20, 2021, Trend reports referring to the stock exchange.

Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR) and Belarus’s State Concern for Oil and Chemistry have signed a memorandum of understanding.

The total compensation on insured deposits worth over 633.8 million manat ($372.8 million) was paid to the depositors of the closed AtaBank, Amrahbank, NBC Bank, and AGBank, Trend reports on Apr.16 referring to Azerbaijan Deposit Insurance Fund (ADIF).

Prices for precious metals in Azerbaijan on April 16 increased compared to previous indicators, Trend reports citing data from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.

The volume of trade turnover between Azerbaijan and the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan increased by 13 percent to $80 million in 2020 despite COVID-19, Uzbekistan’s Ambassador Bahrom Ashrafkhanov has said.

The Agency for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) of Azerbaijan is expanding the network of ‘Friend of SMEs’ offices, a source in the agency told Trend.

Turkey ranks first among the countries investing in Azerbaijan's non-oil sector, the country’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov said during the meeting with Turkish Ambassador Erkan Ozoral on April 15.

Azerbaijani schools have been selected as nominees for the Microsoft Showcase School program of Microsoft Corporation, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijani Ministry of Education.

Azerbaijani citizens purchased 251 real estate properties in Turkey from January through March 2021, which is 33 properties less compared to the same period of 2020, Trend reports with reference to the Turkish State Authority on Land Cadastre and Real Estate Purchase and Sale.

The opening of the Zangazur corridor will ensure reviving the old system of routes passing through the South Caucasus, Ilgar Valizade, Head of the South Caucasus political scientists' club, told Trend.

Prices for precious metals in Azerbaijan on April 15, with the exception of gold, increased compared to previous indicators, Trend reports citing data from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company implemented investment projects worth over $13 billion in Turkey in recent years, the company’s president Rovnag Abdullayev said during the meeting with Turkish Ambassador Erkan Ozoral.

Azerbaijan increased electricity production by 65.8 million kWh bringing the volume to 2.3 billion kWh in March 2021, the Energy Ministry has reported.

Azerbaijan’s Energy Ministry and International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the use of offshore wind energy resources.

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) sold $53.8 million to the local banks at the foreign exchange auction held with the participation of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) on Apr.15, 2021, Trend reports citing the CBA.

The management of the Azerbaijan Insurers Association (AIA) and the Entrepreneurship Development Fund held a meeting, Trend reports referring to a source in AIA.

Belarus is ready to support Azerbaijan in reconstructing its liberated Karabakh region, Belarus Architecture and Construction Minister Ruslan Parkhamovich has said during a meeting with State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture Chairman Anar Guliyev in Baku on April 13.

The indicators of transactions carried out via mobile banking grew in Azerbaijan in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Director General of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) Farid Osmanov said.

Differences in reforms carried out by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) and other structures create difficulties in the creation of new mobile banking, President of Azerbaijan Banks Association (ABA) Zakir Nuriyev said, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan needs to ensure effectiveness of the procedure for online opening of a bank account, the Head of the country's Banks Association (ABA) Zakir Nuriyev said.

Prices for precious metals in Azerbaijan, with the exception of platinum, increased on April 14 compared to previous indicators, Trend reports citing data from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA).

Ukrainian companies are interested in participating in the reconstruction work carried out in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Vladislav Krikliy has said.

Prices for precious metals in Azerbaijan on April 13, with the exception of palladium, decreased compared to previous indicators, Trend reports citing data from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA).