Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s fintech sector posts growth as digital payments expand and regulatory reforms intensify

bne IntelliNews June 24, 2025

By April 2025, the monthly volume of cashless transactions using payment cards approached AZN10bn.

CAUCASUS BLOG: Baku's performance art of multilateralism

Cavid Aga in Ankara June 20, 2025

A critical look at Azerbaijan's Global South agenda.

EU sanctions Turkey’s jihadists in Syria for slaughtering Alawites

Akin Nazli in Belgrade June 19, 2025

Militias designated by Council of Ministers represent a failure by Ankara to organise militant groups during the Syria War.

Azerbaijan casino push aligns with business plans of president’s former son-in-law

Cavid Aga in Ankara June 19, 2025

The Azerbaijani parliament is set to adopt legislation to legalise casinos on artificial islands — which would pave the way for Emin Agalarov’s ‘Absheron Las Vegas’ project.

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