Month: May 2025

A narrow window: How Europeans can still halt Georgia’s authoritarian turn  European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

#Georgien am Kipppunkt.
Korruption, Repression, Gewalt: Das Land im Kaukasus rutscht in den Autoritarismus ab, Richtung Moskau, weg von Brüssel. Steht die EU davor, Tiflis als Partner zu verlieren?
Von St. Meister ⁦@meistefan1⁩ ⁦@Int_Politik⁩ https://t.co/aZroZQTO2h

— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) May 1, 2025

The grand closing of the 2nd Fidan Hajiyeva’s International Opera Festival has taken place in a festive atmosphere in the magnificent hall of the Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall, Azernews reports.

Azerbaijan’s apple exports rise 17% in Q1 2025  AzerNews

Azerbaijan exported apples worth $19.3 million in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 17% increase compared to the same period last year, Azernews reports, citing the April edition of the “Export Review” published by the Center for Economic Reforms Analysis and Communication.

#PresidentIlhamAliyev #Azerbaijan has signed strategic partnership declarations with many countries in the #SouthCaucasus region and even some #European countries, but the one with #China is the strongest among them.”@Milli_Majlis https://t.co/x5quGdXIXV

— Mezahir Efendiyev (@Mezahir_Efendi) May 1, 2025

The price of Azerbaijan’s flagship crude oil, Azeri Light, declined noticeably on global markets, falling below the country’s projected average for 2025, Azernews reports.

Despite the Trump administration’s public insistence that Beijing must make the first move in resolving the escalating tariff war, signs have emerged that Washington has quietly sought to re-establish contact. According to a Chinese state-linked social media account often used to signal official thinking, the U.S. has recently reached out through informal channels to explore the possibility of trade negotiations.