AZE.US Baku’s kitten market now stretches across one of the widest price ranges in the city’s consumer classifieds, running from roughly 10 manats for ordinary house cats or symbolic “good hands” listings to as much as 8,000 manats for rare breeds such as savannah cats. The spread looks chaotic at first glance, but the market … Read more
AZE.US Baby formula prices in Azerbaijan remain high because the country is fully dependent on imports, faces added logistics costs and still applies a hefty tax burden to these products. Parents in Baku say some baby formula products now cost 90, 110 and even 120 manats for just 400 to 800 grams. In many cases, … Read more
AZE.US The military campaign against Iran has not made Israel safer and has instead deepened the region’s instability, political analyst Rizvan Guseynov said in comments on the Daily Europe Online channel. He argued that the confrontation has sharpened, rather than reduced, the security risks facing Israel and pushed the Middle East into a more dangerous … Read more
AZE.US Demand for small apartments is rising in Baku as more buyers adjust to a housing market that has become increasingly detached from household incomes. What is driving the shift is not just investor interest or changing taste, but a widening affordability gap that is forcing people to buy less space than they originally planned. … Read more
AZE.US The war around Iran widened further on March 29, as military escalation, oil market panic and last-minute diplomacy all intensified at once. Reporting from Reuters suggests the conflict is no longer defined only by direct strikes and missile exchanges involving Iran, Israel and the United States. It is now spreading across multiple regional fronts … Read more
AZE.US Azerbaijan’s birth trend has moved sharply downward over the past decade, and the shift is no longer easy to dismiss as a temporary fluctuation. Official statistics show that the number of live births fell from 166,210 in 2015 to 102,310 in 2024, a drop that helps explain why the country’s demographic debate has become … Read more
AZE.US Land prices in several areas around Baku and across the Absheron Peninsula could increase by 20% to 25% this year as construction activity picks up and demand for plots grows, according to a local market expert. Speaking to Bizim.Media, Vugar Oruj, chairman of the Azerbaijan Society of Appraisers, said the land market traditionally becomes … Read more
AZE.US Heavy rain in Baku has revived a frustrating problem for drivers: when a registration plate is torn off in floodwater and disappears, they cannot simply request a replacement with the same number combination. Under Azerbaijan’s road traffic law, the owner must first report the loss or theft to the police, and if the missing … Read more
AZE.US A new discussion is taking shape in Azerbaijan over whether some universities should eventually be moved out of Baku, with the issue reportedly already reflected in official planning documents and now being debated more openly in the public space. At this stage, it is being discussed as a phased reform idea rather than an … Read more
AZE.US Rasim Balayev, one of the most recognizable faces in Azerbaijani cinema and a holder of the title People’s Artist, has died at the age of 77 while receiving medical treatment in Istanbul, according to Azerbaijani media and the Union of Cinematographers. Balayev was born on August 8, 1948, in the Agsu district and went … Read more