Azerbaijan and Italy will sign a new agreement “On the promotion and mutual protection of investments”.

The 19th Honey Fair will be held in Baku on October 5-28.

Political relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia are at a high level, cooperation has reached a strategic level, and relations are based on the principles of strong friendship, good neighborliness and mutual respect.

As part of the projects implemented by the Economy Ministry of Azerbaijan jointly with the Turkish Embassy, the sale of products manufactured in greenhouses and beekeeping farms established in Jojug Marjanli village of Jabrayil region has already begun.

The Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) held an auction for placement of short-term notes of Azerbaijan’s Central Bank (CBA) worth 300 million manats with a maturity period of 28 days, the BSE said in a message.

Prices for gold, silver and platinum decreased, while the palladium prices increased in Azerbaijan Oct. 4, according to the data published by the country’s Central Bank.

Currency reserves of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) amounted to $5,534.5 million at the end of September 2018, which is $367 million (7.1 percent) more than in the same period of 2017, according to statistical data posted on the CBA website on Oct. 3.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.9494 manats, respectively, for Oct. 4.

Having established an innovative model of customer services in the country, “Azercell Telecom” LLC continues to apply this concept successfully.

The Nakhchivan Automobile Plant is implementing a project for the production of a new generation of cars - electric vehicles, are environmentally friendly, said Director of the Nakhchivan Automobile Plant Musa Abdullayev.

The EU will support strengthening competitiveness of the horticulture sector in Azerbaijan’s Lankaran district, reads the agreement on financing the program of activities on Azerbaijan for 2017.

Prices for gold and platinum increased, while the silver and palladium prices decreased in Azerbaijan Oct. 2, 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 1.9681 manats, respectively, for Oct. 3.

Azerbaijan plans to amend the tax legislation providing for the introduction of benefits for bona fide taxpayers, the Deputy Director General of the Tax Policy and Strategic Research Department of the Ministry of Taxes of Azerbaijan Nijat Imanov said October 2 at the forum entitled as "Application of New Accounting Standards in Azerbaijan: Problems and Prospects".

The State Committee on Property Issues of Azerbaijan will hold next auction on privatization of state property on October 30, where 130 state objects will be put up for sale.

As a result of a 23-year operation of the Filizchay polymetallic deposit, rich in metals such as copper, silver, zinc and lead, it is expected to receive income in the amount of 6 billion manats ($3.53 billion).

Azerbaijan is in the top 11 countries in terms of GDP growth per capita, according to McKinsey Global Institute’s report.

The Entrepreneurship Development Fund of Azerbaijan (formerly the National Entrepreneurship Support Fund) plans to allocate preferential loans worth 170 million manats in 2018, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Economy Minister Sahib Mammadov told reporters in Baku Oct. 2.

Ural Airlines will launch flights to Azerbaijan in new directions, according to the message published on the website of the Federal Agency for Air Transport (Rosaviatsia).

The next export mission of Azerbaijan was organized in the Kazakhstan’s cities of Almaty and Shymkent.

On October 9, Baku will host German-Azerbaijani Business Forum 2018 on Energy and ICT, the German-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce told Trend Oct. 2.

The Entrepreneurship Development Fund of Azerbaijan (formerly the National Entrepreneurship Support Fund) has so far allocated preferential loans worth 4.9 billion manats, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Economy Minister Sahib Mammadov said Oct. 2 at an event in Baku.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has sold its stake in Holcim Azerbaijan (Garadagh Cement Plant) to one of the shareholders, spokesman for EBRD, Anton Usov, told Trend on Oct. 1.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.9668 manats, respectively, for Oct. 2.

Today, alternative energy sources are widely used to solve energy supply problems not only on an industrial scale, but also in the private sector.