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News Azerbaijan » Politics: UAE-Azerbaijan CEPA takes effect as non-oil trade exceeds $2.2bn in 2025

News channel or source: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/politics/uae-azerbaijan-cepa-takes-effect-as-non-oil-trade-exceeds-2-2bn-in-2025
Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026

UAE-Azerbaijan CEPA comes into force, boosting trade, investment and market access as non-oil trade surpasses $2.2bn in 2025 ...

News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan joins Trump-backed peace board in a bid to increase its global profile

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/azerbaijan-joins-trump-backed-peace-board-in-a-bid-to-increase-its-global-profile/ar-AA1VOrGf
Published on: Thursday 05 February 2026

In the tightly choreographed and particularly high-stakes setting of the World Economic Forum in Davos this past January, Azerbaijan signed up to be a founding member of the newly created “Board of ...

News Azerbaijan » Politics: Armenians deserve more than a transactional peace deal with Azerbaijan

News channel or source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-21/armenia-azerbaijan-artsakh-nagorno-karabakh-peace-deal-trump
Published on: Wednesday 20 August 2025

On Aug. 8, as the White House hosted the trilateral signing of a peace agreement between Armenia, Azerbaijan and the United States, I spoke to a group of Armenian high school students from Los Angeles ...

News Azerbaijan » Politics: Promoting democracy and civic responsibility in Azerbaijan: Key developments

News channel or source: https://news.az/news/promoting-democracy-and-civic-responsibility-in-azerbaijan-key-developments
Published on: Monday 06 April 2026

Through legal reforms, institutional development, digital transformation, and international cooperation, Azerbaijan has made notable progress in this ...

News Azerbaijan » Politics: Protesters say they were attacked by bodyguards for Azerbaijan president after Trump’s Board of Peace meeting

News channel or source: https://kvia.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/02/20/protesters-say-they-were-attacked-by-bodyguards-for-azerbaijan-president-after-trumps-board-of-peace-meeting/
Published on: Thursday 19 February 2026

(CNN) — Protesters calling for the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan told CNN they were attacked by security guards protecting the country’s President Ilham Aliyev in Washington, DC on ...

News Azerbaijan » Politics: Trump brings peace to Caucasus: Inside the Armenia–Azerbaijan deal 30 years in the making

News channel or source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-brings-peace-caucasus-inside-armenia-azerbaijan-deal-30-years-making
Published on: Thursday 14 August 2025

In exclusive interviews with Fox News Digital, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev described a U.S.-brokered peace deal as a "historic" opportunity to end ...

News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan: Crackdown on political opposition intensified in 2025

News channel or source: https://ifex.org/azerbaijan-crackdown-on-political-opposition-intensified-in-2025/
Published on: Saturday 03 January 2026

"Azerbaijani authorities should immediately release all individuals detained solely for peaceful political activity, [and] lift restrictions on political opposition" - HRW This statement was ...

News Azerbaijan » Politics: Building an open information society in Azerbaijan: Progress in freedom of speech and media diversity

News channel or source: https://news.az/news/building-an-open-information-society-in-azerbaijan-progress-in-freedom-of-speech-and-media-diversity
Published on: Wednesday 08 April 2026

In Azerbaijan, the development of these freedoms and the strengthening of media pluralism have been important components of state policy since the ...