Azerbaijan’s Culture Minister delivers speech at UNESCO Conference

Baku, September 29, AZERTAC Azerbaijan’s Minister of Culture Adil Karimli delivered a speech at the Third High-Level Ministerial Dialogue of the “Group of Friends for Culture-Based Climate Action,” held within the framework of UNESCO’s MONDIACULT...

Caspian Sea, Economy and Cultural Ties Top Agenda as Turkmenistan National Leader and Azerbaijan President Meet in Gabala

On 7 October 2025, on the sidelines of the 12th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States in the Azerbaijani city of Gabala, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met...

Azerbaijan Culture Minister speaks at UNESCO Conference [PHOTOS]

Azerbaijan's Culture Minister Adil Karimli has delivered a speech at the Third High-Level Ministerial Dialogue of the Group of Friends on Climate Action Based on Culture held within the framework of UNESCO's MONDIACULT 2025 conference, Azernews...

Several documents signed at 2nd Azerbaijan Halal Business Forum

Baku, October 7, AZERTAC Two key documents were signed as part of the 2nd Azerbaijan Halal Business (AZHAB) Forum taking place in Baku. Azerbaijan's Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBIA) and Türkiye's Bilisim Vadisi (IT Valley)...

® Trendyol joins “Walk for Climate Action” in Baku

Trendyol, the leading e-commerce platform in Türkiye and one of the top e-commerce platforms in the world, has once again joined the “Walk for Climate Action” held at the Seaside National Park. As part of Baku Climate Action Week, the walk took...

COP29 Presidency to co-host Flagship Climate Dialogue on Sea Level Fluctuations in London

Baku, October 7, AZERTAC The COP29 Presidency will co-host a Flagship Dialogue on Sea Level Fluctuations and Unequal Consequences alongside the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, UK, on October 7. “This event will highlight the environmental,...

Meeting held at Azerbaijan's MDDT with representative of US "Lincoln" Club for international cooperation

Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport Samir Mammadov held a meeting with Benny Moore, the international cooperation representative of the “Lincoln” Club from Orange County, USA. The “Lincoln” Club is one of the largest business...

Opinion | By imprisoning Abzas Media, Azerbaijan has turned its prisons into newsrooms

We are building a newsroom powered by our readers From the repression of queer people and women in North Caucasus to attacks on basic democratic freedoms in the region, we provide fact-based, independent reporting in English. Help us hit 500...

"Peacekeepers" on the Diaspora's payroll: a new attempt to go against Azerbaijan

When the money is received, but there are no tools to complete the task, such bills appear. They are clearly and neatly written, accompanied by all the necessary links and references. They have authors who seem to be considered serious people. But...

Azerbaijan to be represented UNESCO's conference in Barcelona

Azerbaijani delegation will participate in UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development (MONDIACULT 2025), to be held in Barcelona on September 29-October 1, Azernews reports. The delegation will be headed by Azerbaijan...

Kazakhstan Aligns Itself With Trump, Calling Climate Change ‘Fraud’

For more than decade, gas and oil rich Kazakhstan has made bold pledges on transitioning to renewable energy, in step with global concern about the causes an implications of climate change. But concrete progress has long been difficult for...

Baku Climate Action Week kicks off with high-level participation

Baku Climate Action Week has officially begun, gathering senior officials, diplomats, and climate experts to discuss the outcomes of COP29 and the global road to COP30, Azernews reports. The opening session was attended by Mukhtar Babayev,...

Zayed Sustainability Prize announces the 2026 finalists driving sustainability and humanitarianism

33 finalists selected from 7,761 submissions across 173 countries This year’s finalists are pioneering inclusive, tech enabled, and locally adapted solutions that tackle urgent global challenges delivering clean energy, safe water, nutritious...

Baku Climate Action Week 2025 gets underway

Baku, September 29, AZERTAC The Baku Climate Action Week 2025 (BCAW2025) kicked off on September 29. The event is one of the key fixtures on the region’s climate calendar, bringing together world leaders, experts, investors, entrepreneurs, youth,...

Azerbaijan, UN set to sign 2026–2030 program on climate action

A program covering 2026–2030 may soon be signed between Azerbaijan and the United Nations, according to Vladanka Andreyeva, the UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan, speaking at the Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW2025), Azernews reports. Andreyeva...

Azerbaijani banks have so far issued AZN 300 million in green loans

The Azerbaijani banking sector has made a voluntary commitment of 2 billion manats to transition to a green economy by 2030, which was announced during COP29, said Shahin Mahmudzadeh, Director General of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, on the...

Azerbaijan draws over $344B in investments in 20 years - economy minister

10:58 En Over the past two decades, Azerbaijan has attracted more than USD 344 billion in investment, said Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov, Olaylar reports. Speaking at the INMerge Innovation Summit organized by PASHA Holding in...

Uzbekistan’s Priorities in the Organization of Turkic States: A Factor Ensuring Sustainable Development of Turkic Countries

Fourth, alongside deepening cooperation in humanitarian, economic, and legal spheres, Uzbekistan consistently develops avenues of interaction related to coordinating responses to threats to regional stability. For example, at the Shusha Summit in...

Climate finance will be first casualty of rising global militarism, says expert

As the COP30 approaches amid darkening geopolitical clouds — marked by rising rightwing extremism, corporate backtracking, and rising militarism — Ali T Sheikh, Pakistan’s leading expert on sustainable development and climate change, views the...

Azerbaijan to boost renewable energy potential through Karabakh and East Zangezur

The renewable energy potential in Azerbaijan is 27 gigawatts and this figure is aimed to be increased, said Chairman of the Milli Majlis Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology, Sadig Gurbanov, during his speech at the round table held...