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Azerbaijani karate athletes won two gold, one silver, and two bronze medals at the IKF World Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry has proposed new rules for issuing driver’s licenses and other documents, allowing citizens to submit initial applications online as part of the country’s digital government reforms.

The Israeli Embassy in Baku has published a Hanukkah greeting on social media, wishing light and joy to all those celebrating the holiday.

Azerbaijan’s education minister says heavy school backpacks are not caused by textbooks alone, while high education spending in some regions fails to deliver results. Emin Amrullayev also discussed schools in the liberated territories, preschool education, and school optimization efforts.

Turkey has ordered the deportation of former Azerbaijani MP Gultekin Hajibeyli with a five-year entry ban. Hajibeyli says the decision is politically motivated and has appealed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Lower prices and higher rental returns are driving growing interest among Azerbaijani investors in residential and commercial real estate across Turkey, official data shows.

Inbound money transfers to Azerbaijan totaled $850 million in the first nine months of the year, slightly up year-on-year, while outgoing transfers reached $361 million, according to the central bank.

While electric vehicle adoption continues to grow worldwide and across the EU, Azerbaijan is seeing a sharp decline in EV imports, driven by infrastructure gaps and performance concerns.

A planned meeting between EU foreign ministers and Armenia’s top diplomat has renewed questions over whether Brussels is reacting to - rather than shaping - fast-moving developments in the South Caucasus.

Separate cases involving a 14-year-old who gave birth and a 15-year-old girl kept in an informal relationship have reignited debate over child protection and early relationships in Azerbaijan.