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Nakhchivan Agroservice chairman arrested over misappropriation of state property

EditorOctober 22, 2026October 22, 2026

by EditorOctober 22, 2026October 22, 202604

Javid Agamaliyev, chairman of the board of "Nakhchivan Agroservice" OJSC, has been arrested on charges of misappropriating state property. The company operates under the Nakhchivan...

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Former SOCAR-AQS head Ramin Isayev stripped of 100 million manats in assets

EditorOctober 22, 2026October 22, 2026

by EditorOctober 22, 2026October 22, 202604

Ramin Isayev, the former head of SOCAR-AQS, has been convicted of embezzling 54 million manats in state funds, and a court has ordered the seizure...

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Ilham Aliyev appoints Teymur Musayev as deputy prime minister

EditorOctober 19, 2026October 19, 2026

by EditorOctober 19, 2026October 19, 202604

President Ilham Aliyev has appointed Teymur Musayev as deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan. Musayev has simultaneously been relieved of his post as health minister....

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Ruling party expels Ramiz Mehdiyev, seeks to strip his state awards

EditorOctober 17, 2026October 17, 2026

by EditorOctober 17, 2026October 17, 202604

The Board of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) has ended Ramiz Mehdiyev's party membership and decided to petition state bodies to strip him of his...

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Azerbaijan opens criminal case against Turkish publicist Celal Çiftçi

EditorOctober 16, 2026October 16, 2026

by EditorOctober 16, 2026October 16, 202604

Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General's Office has launched a criminal investigation against Turkish publicist Celal Çiftçi over calls to forcibly seize power and incite religious hatred. An...

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Azerbaijan recovers 41 million of 160 million manats lost in Defence Ministry fraud

EditorOctober 8, 2026October 16, 2026

by EditorOctober 8, 2026October 16, 202606

Defendants in a corruption case involving Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defence have repaid nearly 41 million manats of the 160 million manats in state losses attributed...

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Aliyev pushes back deadline for extra-budgetary payment rules to October 10

EditorOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026

by EditorOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026015

President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree moving the start date for new limits on salary top-ups, bonuses and other payments funded from extra-budgetary sources...

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Supreme Court upholds 14-year sentence for ex-SOCAR-AQS chief Ramin Isayev

EditorOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026

by EditorOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026059

Azerbaijan's Supreme Court has rejected a cassation appeal filed by Ramin Isayev, former head of SOCAR-AQS LLC, dismissing it as unfounded. The ruling leaves intact...

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Agdam’s Khidirli village school named after Aykol Manas

EditorOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026

by EditorOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026011

Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has decided to name the Khidirli village secondary school in Agdam district after Aykol Manas....

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Azerbaijan raises ombudsman’s salary nearly fourfold to 12,000 manats

EditorOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026

by EditorOctober 7, 2026October 7, 202605

President Ilham Aliyev has signed amendments to the Constitutional Law on Azerbaijan's Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), raising the official's monthly salary from 3,060 manats...