Day: June 13, 2026

Sweden’s armed forces dispatched fighter jets on two occasions on Friday to identify and monitor Russian military aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea, according to the public broadcaster SVT, AzerNEWS reports, citing Anadolu Agency.

The European Union will formally launch the first substantive phase of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova next week, after member states successfully bypassed a prolonged diplomatic impasse with Budapest, AzerNEWS reports.

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeyhun Bayramov, met today with Ben Blak, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), to map out the next generation of multi-faceted economic and strategic alignment between Baku and Washington, AzerNEWS reports.

The establishment of a dedicated cargo airport within the Alat Free Economic Zone (AFEZ), scheduled for operational launch next year, marks a watershed moment in Azerbaijan’s post-oil economic architecture. For decades, the conceptual framework of transforming the Caspian nation into a pivotal Eurasian logistics hub relied on incremental expansions of maritime and rail networks.