Fully developing the Middle Corridor could add about $1.3 billion, or 1.84%, to Azerbaijan’s GDP, but the World Bank says major infrastructure and logistics reforms are needed.
Azerbaijan Airlines postponed some Baku-Nakhchivan flights scheduled for Sept. 28 because of adverse weather, saying service would resume when conditions stabilize.
Azerbaijan's weather service warned of heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail on Sept. 29-30, with snow possible at high elevations and flash flooding in several regions.
Baku will test daily vehicle restrictions on five central streets from Oct. 5, expanding a weekend-only pedestrian-zone system that has operated for more than two years.
Georgia secured new financing for a €316.8 million Middle Corridor road project as Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey moved to accelerate customs processing and data exchange.
BP completed intervention work on seven Deepwater Gunashli subsea wells about one month early after deploying riserless light-well technology in its Caspian operations for the first time.
The United States may need at least three years to rebuild inventories of several missile types depleted by the war with Iran and other military commitments.
A new central hospital has opened in Azerbaijan's Khojavend district, offering specialist consultations, diagnostics, laboratory tests, surgery and X-ray services.
British police arrested five men near RAF Fairford on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act after three vehicles were reported heading toward the U.S.-used base.
