Azerbaijan
Georgia leads South Caucasus for banking and investment, but Armenia is rising star
New index from GlobalSource Partners compares the banking sectors and business environments of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Baku pushes Middle Corridor and North-South projects at CIS railway summit
Azerbaijan Railways head says works on North-South corridor are reinforcing Azerbaijan’s position as a strategic link between northern and southern trade flows.
Demographic shifts threaten long-term growth in Emerging Europe, EBRD warns
Economies are "getting old before they get rich” as labour shortages, rising pension costs and declining working-age populations take their toll on region.
Azerbaijan pivots to non-oil growth
Azerbaijan’s economic growth is now entirely driven by the non-oil and gas sector, Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov said during discussions on the 2026 budget.
Azerbaijan expands prosecutions of exiled critics with new charges and extradition attempts
Azerbaijan has brought criminal charges against at least three exiled government critics and summoned others for questioning, in a campaign targeting journalists, historians and political figures living abroad.
Turkish military cargo plane flying from Azerbaijan crashes in Georgia
At least 20 personnel were on board aircraft that spiralled from sky and exploded in flames.
PANNIER: Booming breadbasket Kazakhstan now shipping grain to three continents
Drought-stricken countries such as Iran thankful Kazakhs are enjoying bumper crops. Improving cargo routes helping to push up shipments.
Turkey arrests directors of fuel retailer TP after SOCAR complaint
Police describe around 18,500 tonnes of fuel as "missing".
First Russian wheat train reaches Armenia via Azerbaijan as Baku-Tbilisi route reopens after decades
Azerbaijan has lifted all post-war restrictions on freight transit to Armenia.
Will Trump’s Central Asia summit in Washington help break the Chinese chokehold on rare earths?
“Rare earths”. As Donald Trump on November 6 hosts Central Asia’s five presidents in Washington, DC, observers can forgive themselves if they quickly lose count of the number of times these buzzwords are uttered.
Turkmenistan reveals electricity export aspirations
Ashgabat building Caspian power plant.
Pashinyan urges end to ‘Soviet KGB worldview’ in Armenian-Azerbaijani relations
In an animated speech, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called for a fundamental reset in the way Armenians and Azerbaijanis perceive one another, urging both nations to move beyond Cold War-era "KGB" mentalities are stil at play.
US push to pressure Iran providing fresh incentive for trans-Caspian pipeline
Turkmenistan showing interest in the idea.
The fall of Azerbaijan's Grey Cardinal
Ramiz Mehdiyev served as Azerbaijan's Presidential Administration head for 24 consecutive years, making him arguably the most powerful unelected official in post-Soviet Azerbaijan until his dramatic fall from grace.
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Kazakhstan renews push for lifting of Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions
Visiting Astana official hopes for “speedy resolution.”
Turkey widens doorway to workers from Turkic-speaking countries
Move coincides with decision by Russia to kick out hundreds of thousands of largely Central Asian nationals.
Putin pushes Central Asia for North-South trade corridor steps, analyst notes Kremlin’s “Turkic bloc” anxiety
To Moscow, “the fact that the Turks are united is alarming,” he says.
Azerbaijan’s SOFAZ invests in London’s Gatwick Airport in major European infrastructure deal
Gatwick investment positions Azerbaijan’s sovereign wealth fund as an increasingly active global investor in strategic infrastructure assets.
Baku touts reset in ties after Azerbaijan’s president Aliyev meets Putin in Dushanbe
Russian president detailed causes of Azerbaijan Airlines plane downing over Russian airspace at one-on-one meeting.
Putin arrives in Tajikistan for meetings with Central Asia, CIS leaders
Calls made for Tajiks to arrest Russian leader under international court warrant, but Dushanbe remains strategic ally of Kremlin.