$5 billion from international lending institutions will be borrowed over the next few years for large infrastructure projects, including in the territories conquered in a lightning military offensive in September, the finance minister told Reuters

The Red Cross said the Azerbaijan government had ordered it to leave the country; the Azerbaijani division of the Red Cross was the only international organisation authorised to visit some 20 former Nagorno Karabakh officials held in Baku jails

The first meeting of the Pardon Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is scheduled for tomorrow 12 February

The best athletes of 2024 have been announced by Ministry of Youth and Sports: the best female athlete prize was awarded to archer Yaylagul Ramazanova, competing pregnant in 2024 Olympics, and the title of best male athlete to judoka Hidayat Heydarov

The consortium led by Saudi Arabian ACWA Power has won the tender to build a seawater desalination plant in Baku, considered a major step forward for water security and infrastructure development