Business & Economics

EBRD Significantly Boosted its Investments and Activities in Azerbaijan in Recent Years

An interview with Francis Delaey, Country Manager of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Azerbaijan. AT: Could you please speak for us about the history of opening of the EBRD? Who are the founders? The European Bank for Reconstruction

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Statoil with our Participation in ACG, Shah Deniz, BTC and SCP is Proud to Have Contributed to these Developments

An interview with Lars T. Sorensen President, Statoil Azerbaijan. AT: Statoil has been functioning in Azerbaijan since 1992. How much have you invested in exploration, production and infrastructure projects in Azerbaijan as the participator of all important energy projects of

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Yngve Slyngstad: The Fund is Not Ear Marked for Pension Expenditures

Exclusie interview with Yngve Slyngstad, Managing Director, the Norwegian Government Pension Fund AT: Mr. Managing Director, the Government Pension Fund has existed for over 21 years. What would you like to underline in the activities of the fund up to

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Similar Economies and Different Human Factors

After Azerbaijan signed die first oil agreement with foreign companies (the PSA on the development of the Azeri-Chiraq- Gunashli fields) in September 1994, discussions began both inside and outside the country: what sort of path of future development will the

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Trans Adriatic Pipeline: The Missing Link in the Southern Gas Corridor

Azerbaijan Today’s interview with Kjetil Tungland, Managing Director of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline AT: The background to the TAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline): why the need and what are the benefits? Europe has in the last couple of years repeatedly expressed

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Azerbaijan is Indeed the Largest and Most Prosperous State in the South Caucasus.

An Interview with Mr. Peter Bateman, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Azerbaijan. AT: Mr. Bateman, diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the Azerbaijan Republic have historical roots. These relations began at the time of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

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Shah Deniz: Past, Present and Future

An interview with Al Cook, BP Vice-President for Shah Deniz Development  A.T.: Early this year the media first heard the full story of Shah Deniz Full Field Development and we would like to build our interview on this story, but

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Azerbaijan: For Austria Azerbaijan is the Most Important Trading Partner in the Southern Caucasus Region

An Interview with Mr Reinhold Mitterlehner, Minister for Economic Affairs and labour of the Austria.  By Rovshan Pashazadeh  AT: The diplomatic relations between Austria and Azerbaijan do not cover a very long period of time. But despite that, the foundations

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One of the Most Important Environmental Projects Carried out By SOCAR is the Ecological Park

Azerbaijan Today magazine interviews Vice-President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Rafiqa Huseynzada. AT: SOCAR has been taking a serious approach to the solution of environmental problems in the recent period. In general, we would like you to share

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We are a Proud Partner in Azerbaijan’s Two World Class Offshore Fields in the Caspian Sea

Exclusive interview with Helge Lund of Statoil President and CEO By Rovshan Pashzadeh AT: Mr. Helge Lund, in June this year HRH Crown Prince Haakon visited Azerbaijan and was received by President Ilham Aliyev. What is your assessment of the

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