The 9th Russia-Azerbaijan interregional forum will be held in Baku on Sept. 27, the Roscongress Foundation said in a message Sept. 24.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.996 manats, respectively, for Sept. 25.

Time of delivery of goods purchased through Azexport portal to Russia and Ukraine can be substantially reduced, Azexport told Trend.

Azerbaijan may amend the legislation to transfer a number of operations related to mortgage lending to electronic form, according to the proposals considered Sept. 24 at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Policy, Industry and Entrepreneurship.

Important steps are being taken in Azerbaijan to ensure and establish legal regulation in e-commerce.

The Department for Education Informatization System of the Azerbaijan Education Ministry provided five schools with educational robots Lego Mindstorms Education EV3, the ministry informed on September 22.

Opening of the first "Friend of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)" regional service of Azerbaijan's Agency for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Masalli region is a significant event, Chairman of the Agency’s Board Orkhan Mammadov said during presentation of the first regional service.

Projects of the state and consolidated budget of Azerbaijan, as well as forecasts on the indicators of the consolidated budget of the country for the next three years were sent to the Cabinet of Ministers.

Thanks to the successful agrarian policy conducted in Azerbaijan, the issue of the population’s provision with food has been resolved, and the purpose of the ongoing work is to further improve food provision, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ali Ahmadov said.

Prices for precious metals decreased in Azerbaijan Sept. 24, according to the data published by the country’s Central Bank.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.9967 manats, respectively, for Sept. 24.

Azerbaijan has become one of the most powerful players in the energy market, Azerbaijani MP, member of the parliamentary committee on economic policy, industry and entrepreneurship Rufat Guliyev said.

VTB Bank (Azerbaijan) is ready to participate actively in the projects implemented by the Government of Azerbaijan for entrepreneurs, chairman of the board of the bank, Yevgeny Kirin, said in an interview with Trend.

The number of European companies in Azerbaijan has increased from 300 to 385 in 2018, the Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Azerbaijan Kestutis Jankauskas said at a press conference dedicated to the EU Days in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan (NAR).

The price of one ounce of gold increased by 18.887 manats or 0.9271 percent last week in Azerbaijan.

Official exchange rate of the Azerbaijani manat against the US dollar, set by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA), remained unchanged last week.

An auction for placement of 15 million manats worth short-term bonds of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Finance will be held at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) Sept. 25, the BSE said.

In January-August 2018, Azerbaijani insurance companies collected premiums for 517 million manats, which is by 40 percent more than the same period last year, according to the report of Azerbaijan’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FIMSA) Sept. 21.

The Baku shipbuilding factory Baku Shipyard is negotiating with "Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company" (Kaspar) CJSC for the construction of new vessels, Baku Shipyard LLC told Tren

The State Committee on Property Issues of Azerbaijan held next auction on privatization of state property on September 18.

The State Customs Committee (SCC) of Azerbaijan intends to strengthen the fight against the abuse of the rules of import by individuals of goods not designed for production and commercial purposes, Deputy Chairman of the SCC Igbal Babayev told reporters.

The Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication held a presentation of the Internet portal www.enterpriseazerbaijan.com on September 20.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 2.0024 manats, respectively, for Sept. 21.

Prices for precious metals increased in Azerbaijan Sept. 21, according to the data published by the country’s Central Bank.

Geopolitical problems, in particular the rise of protectionism, pose a threat to the free flow of capital, which is extremely important for large global institutions, Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov, who was elected a member of the Board of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), said in an interview with Top1000funds on the sidelines of a meeting of the IFSWF in Morocco.