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Pashinyan's reshuffle reveals leader preparing for tough years ahead

Nikol Pashinyan has begun his fourth term with a cabinet barely changed on the surface and substantially reorganised underneath it. The pattern of his appointments tells you more about the challenges ahead than the portfolio continuity does.

Nation

Azerbaijan’s non-oil revenues become key story behind its budget surplus

Azerbaijan's January-July budget data, released Monday, shows revenues exceeding forecast by 3.8% and a state surplus of 3.4 billion manats. The headline number is the oil price windfall. The more durable story is the 11.8% growth in non-oil tax collections that is slowly making the headline number less important.

Oil & Gas

Gas transportation via Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline rises 1.3%

In January-July of this year, 13.3851 billion cubic meters of gas was transported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum South Caucasus Pipeline.

Business

Azerbaijan’s potato exports surge as prices come under pressure

Azerbaijan exported 77,408 tons of potatoes in January-July 2026, with total export revenues reaching $29.713 million, AzerNEWS reports, citing the State Customs Committee. Compared with the same period last year, potato exports increased by...

Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations

Russia sends another 560 tons of wheat to Armenia through Azerbaijan

Another shipment from Russia to Armenia was carried out in transit through Azerbaijan on August 15, AzerNEWS reports.

World

China’s industrial production increased in July

China’s industrial production increased by 4.5% year-on-year in July, according to data released Monday by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. On a monthly basis, industrial output rose by 0.11%, indicating continued but relatively moderate growth, AzerNEWS reports, citing foreign media.