Day: September 8, 2025

On September 7, Eldar Salahov, Director of “Baku International Sea Trade Port” LLC — a subsidiary of AZCON Holding and part of “Azerbaijan Railways” CJSC — met with Natig Bakhishov, Executive Director of the U.S.-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce (USACC), Azernews reports, citing the company.

In a stark admission of the diplomatic fallout from the January 2023 attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Anoushirvan Mohseni, revealed that the country lost approximately 1.8 million Azerbaijani tourists as a direct consequence, Azernews reports.

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Baku has been selected to host the SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit in 2026 — one of the most prestigious global events in the fields of sport and business, Azernews reports.

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The Azerbaijani women’s 3×3 basketball team has claimed the silver medal at the European Cup held in Copenhagen, Denmark, Azernews reports.

These steps align with broader developments across Europe. The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which delivers Caspian gas to the continent, is undergoing its first expansion phase. Binding commitments already secure an extra 1.2 bcm annually from 2026, with the possibility of further increases depending on demand. TAP, linked to Bulgaria through the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria, is thus poised to deepen Azerbaijan’s integration into European energy security frameworks while also supporting EU decarbonization goals.

For Bulgaria, this means not only guaranteed supplies but also the possibility of becoming a regional gas hub.

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