Azerbaijan trades barbs with French and US diplomats in online "Twiplomacy"

Azerbaijani foreign ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada calls France a "failed state" and slams US "hypocrisy" in heated exchanges on X.

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev lines up with Russia and Trump, admits Georgia interference

Azerbaijan’s president voices rightwing narratives and slams Western meddling in Rossiya Segodnya interview.

Trial of seven AbzasMedia journalists begins in Baku

Defence alleges political motives in case that could result in prison terms of up to 12 years of Azerbaijani journalists.

COMMENT: Could Iran open new fronts against Israel and Azerbaijan?

Hikmat Hajiyev, assistant to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, met with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in Jerusalem on December 9. in what could be a historic meeting.

COMMENT: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China accelerate efforts to expand the Middle Corridor

Pressing need for expanded infrastructure as freight traffic along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route increases.

Azerbaijan continues crackdown on independent media

Detentions of six journalists associated with Meydan TV follow similar actions against other independent media outlets.

Azerbaijan rights defender detained ahead of US award ceremony

Rufat Safarov has been ordered to serve four months in pre-trial detention, raising new concerns about civil society restrictions in post-COP29 Azerbaijan.

EBRD warns of risks for emerging markets pursuing industrial policies

Industrial policy is back "with a vengeance” but can have a distorting effect, EBRD chief economist Beata Javorcik told bne IntelliNews

Azerbaijani diplomat detained with 70kg of gold in Turkey

Incident sparked a major investigation, with initial findings suggesting a smuggling operation that involved exploiting diplomatic immunity to bypass border inspections

Azerbaijani and Iranian forces begin joint border exercises

COP29 ends in failure

After what was supposed to be a pivotal UN climate summit and probably the last chance to avoid an environmental disaster, the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan ended on November 23 in failure.

INTERVIEW: Mobilising private finance for a greener future

EBRD director of sustainable business Gianpiero Nacci details how MDBs are bringing in private investment to help close the climate finance gap.

COMMENT: Will COP29 become a milestone in Azerbaijan’s long-term energy strategy?

After years of reliance on fossil fuel exports, Azerbaijan is steadily switching to renewable energy sources.

Georgia’s Armenians and Azerbaijanis: an easy target for Georgian Dream vote manipulation

Georgia’s minority areas tended – with the help of extensive vote-buying and intimidation, the opposition argues – to vote overwhelmingly in favour of Georgian Dream.

COP29: Report reveals just 1% of 1,200 UNEP methane alerts triggered action

Governments and companies unresponsive even though emissions of the gas represent “low-hanging fruit” in climate crisis fight.

Animal rights activist detained after protesting stray dog killings at Baku COP29 climate summit

Animal rights activists have repeatedly demonstrated against the shooting of strays in Azerbaijan.

Oil sector lobbyists the forth largest delegation at COP29 climate summit

More than 1,770 oil sector lobbyists have travelled to the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, to try and slow or stop action to reduce the use of fossil fuels, making them the fourth largest delegation at the summit.

Aliyev roasts the West for double standards as COP29 goes off the rails

Azerbaijan is being slated for failing to lead the COP29 summit, which was expected to disappoint even before it started.

So you want to get on the right side of Donald Trump? Try gift-wrapping a hotel

Though he’s busy preparing for his second stint in the White House, his brand is still doing business the world over.

Azerbaijan calls at COP29 for global efforts to save small island states

The UN has repeatedly tried to draw the world’s attention to the plight of small island states as the climate crisis worsens.