Day: May 14, 2025

In the first four months of 2024, unemployment insurance contributions in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic totalled nearly 1.5 million manats, Azernews reports, citing the State Tax Service. According to the information, this represents an…

In the first four months of 2025, Azerbaijan’s gross domestic product (GDP) shows notable increase in 1Q2025
Despite a 3.5% decline in value added in the oil and gas sector, the non-oil and gas sector experienced a…

On May 13, Georgian Dream Vice Prime Minister and Defense Minister Irakli Chikovani participated in the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin. He was invited by his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius.

Chikovani delivered a speech at the panel “Peacekeeping Reform: More Effective and Safer Peacekeeping.” According to the official press release from Georgia’s Defense Ministry, Chikovani “highlighted the importance of UN peacekeeping missions, new initiatives, challenges, and the ways of their solution.”

“As he outlined, Georgia, as a responsible global actor, has actively contributed to peacekeeping efforts over the years not only through UN missions, but also missions led by NATO and the European Union,” the official press release reads.

The biennial UN Peacekeeping Ministerial brings together defense and foreign ministers from 112 countries, as well as senior political officials from the UN, EU, NATO, OSCE, and the Red Cross, to discuss the future of peacekeeping and for member states to express and demonstrate their political support.

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The Middle Corridor is swiftly becoming a critical alternative to traditional trade routes, according to Stef Goris, Chairman of the Belgium-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce.

Azerbaijan significantly increased its exports of crude oil and oil products to Romania in the first quarter of 2025, according to the State Customs Committee, Azernews reports.

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