Business
18 December 2006 [14:09]
Greek Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas said that, Greek section of a natural gas pipeline to Turkey is due to begin operating in May 2007.
18 December 2006 [13:54]
By December 20 Azerbaijani and Russian energy officials plan to agreement on energy imports to Azerbaijan from 2007, said Azerenergy Vice-President Marlen Asgarov.
18 December 2006 [13:36]
Workers on Saturday began extracting natural gas from Azerbaijan's massive Shah Deniz field operated by British Petroleum PLC, state energy officials said.
18 December 2006 [13:35]
Communications and Information technologies Ministry has developed Telecommunications Policy Plan for implementation of the State Program for ICT Technologies in Azerbaijan (e-Azerbaijan).
18 December 2006 [13:20]
Chairman of Jordan Trade Chamber Senator Hider Murad discussed on Sunday with Ambassador of Azerbaijan Elman Arasli means of following up the outcomes of Premier's visit to Azerbaijan last month.
18 December 2006 [11:16]
During the period of January-September the incomes of Azerbaijani population brew by 22.5%, year-over-year, to AZN 9.2bn at face value, State Statistical Committee told.
16 December 2006 [13:05]
The delegation of Turkish businessmen led by Minister of Industry, Ali Coskun, will visit Baku December 18-20, Turkey's Embassy in Baku informs.
16 December 2006 [12:24]
Azerbaijan International Operating Company increased oil output by 79%, year-over-year, to 20,961m metric tons in Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli field during the period of January-November.
16 December 2006 [12:21]
Glencore Energy UK Ltd. has won the bidding announced by SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations Department.
16 December 2006 [12:09]
Azerenergy and RAO EES (Unified Energy Systems) have met in Baku to discuss the issue concerning energy supplies to Azerbaijan, Azerenergy Vice-President Marlen Asgarov said.
16 December 2006 [11:41]
BP-Azerbaijan has announced the 5th Biodiversity Competition award in Azerbaijan in the theme of Biodiversity in Azerbaijan.
15 December 2006 [23:00]
Azeri Taxes Minister Fazil Mammadov said the rules for excise duties are based on the engine capacity. The duty per cu cm will be AZN 0.15 for cars with engine of up-to 2,000 cu cm.
15 December 2006 [22:51]
There was a phone call to the main office of Bank Respublika warning of explosive planted there, Chingiz Bagirov, Sebayel district Police Office Department chief told.
15 December 2006 [16:37]
There was a phone call to the main office of Bank Respublika warning of explosive planted there, Chingiz Bagirov, Sebayel district Police Office Department chief stated.
15 December 2006 [13:23]
OPEC ministers agreed in principle Thursday to leave oil production unchanged for now but set the stage for a likely cut of half a million barrels day in February.
15 December 2006 [13:07]
Azercell doesn't intend to change its operation strategy after the government's stake in the company is privatized.
15 December 2006 [11:48]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8720 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
15 December 2006 [11:38]
Next year Georgia will pay on average USD 170 per 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas imports, independent expert Giya Khukhashvili told.
15 December 2006 [00:37]
Azerbaijan's leading mobile operator Azercell Telecom JV prefers to provide high-quality services to its customers, Azercell Director General Halim Atesh said.
14 December 2006 [22:04]
Turkey and Israel have agreed to set up an energy corridor that will carry to Israel oil from Baku, Azerbaijan, via Ceyhan, Turkey.
14 December 2006 [17:40]
As of December 1, Georgia amortized its government debts owed to Azerbaijan to USD 14.553m, by reducing the debt by 12.46% or $2.071m in November.
14 December 2006 [17:12]
Experts from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey are meeting in Baku Thursday to discuss the technical and financial aspects of distributing Turkey's quota of natural gas between the three nations.
14 December 2006 [11:56]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 157 061 various kinds of trade facilities and found serious irregularities in 36 911 of them.
14 December 2006 [11:45]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8721 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
14 December 2006 [11:15]
Mortgagors can be partially exempted from some taxes in Azerbaijan.
14 December 2006 [10:54]
Construction of 87 MW module power plant has continued to progress during the period of May-December.
14 December 2006 [10:51]
Azerbaijan State Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Patents has sent the facts on companies producing products harmful to health to the law enforcement structures.
13 December 2006 [17:50]
2 out of 9 road bridge projects will be commissioned in Baku this week.
13 December 2006 [13:34]
The officers of Border Service of the Russian Federal Security Service on Dagestan detained Azerbaijani ship yesterday.
13 December 2006 [13:27]
Emergency Situations Ministry of Azerbaijan has found low-quality cement on sale in the domestic market.
13 December 2006 [13:04]
New banknotes have exceeded 95 percent in the circulation in Azerbaijan.
13 December 2006 [12:57]
"Inflation rate reached 8 percent during the period of January-November," National Bank of Azerbaijan Management Board Chairman Elman Rustamov said.
13 December 2006 [12:53]
65 tankers carrying 47m barrels of oil sailed from Ceyhan Port to the world market. Turkey gained USD 300m from taxes and customs tariffs.
13 December 2006 [11:31]
Azerbaijani Parliament will discuss the amendments to the Tax Code, Deputy Minister of Taxes Shahin Mustafayev stated.
13 December 2006 [11:30]
Passengers can use tokens to go by Baku Metro by this year end. Baku Metro chief Tagi Ahmadov stated.
13 December 2006 [11:29]
The board meeting of Rabitabank shareholders approved the USD 3m credit line opened by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Rabitabank Head Office informs.
12 December 2006 [23:32]
USAID-funded Azerbaijan Small and Medium Enterprise Support through Financial Sector Development Project held a presentation of proposals on December 11 on legal analysis and amendments to the legislation aimed at improving mortgage lending.
12 December 2006 [21:43]
BP PLC said oil production at the Azeri fields in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea has been partially disrupted by a power outage.
12 December 2006 [21:42]
Poachers will exhaust the Caspian Sea's caviar reserves in 14 years unless measures are taken to change the situation.
12 December 2006 [21:18]
Azerbaijan will stop importing Russian gas despite the danger of a resulting shortfall in energy supplies, a senior Azeri energy official said Tuesday, after Moscow asked for more than double its previous price.
12 December 2006 [21:17]
The Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan: prospects for cooperation business forum will greatly strengthen the partnership and economic ties between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, Heydar Babayev, the Economic Development Minister of Azerbaijan, said at the forum.
12 December 2006 [16:00]
Azerigas will sue the customers evaded paying the gas bills.
12 December 2006 [15:43]
"The representatives of the organizations realizing the security of oil and gas pipelines among Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey will meet in Ankara soon. The date of the meeting is being determined at the moment," chairman of the State Special Guard Service colonel-general Vagif Akhundov, told journalists.
12 December 2006 [15:26]
"The protection of oil-gas pipelines is a new field of activity for State Special Guard Service, notwithstanding it, we achieved to learn international experience in a short time and apply it to the practice," the chief of Sate Special Guard Service Vagif Akhundov told.
12 December 2006 [14:21]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8721 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
12 December 2006 [12:25]
Communication and Information Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov has left Baku for Moscow to attend 15th anniversary of the Organization of Regional Cooperation in Communications.
12 December 2006 [12:24]
Baku Interbank Currency Exchange intends to launch new trading system from the second quarter of 2007.
12 December 2006 [12:24]
Most of new high-rise buildings have not been registered in Baku, Real Estate Registration Service chair Arif Garashov said.
12 December 2006 [12:22]
The two-day conference on "Improvement of civil labor migration role and formation of efficient migration infrastructure in Russia and near foreign countries" organized by Labor Migration International Association started in Moscow.
12 December 2006 [11:29]
There are some 60 independent auditors and some 60 local and 5 foreign auditing companies in Azerbaijan, moreover, 30 more auditors will soon be granted license, Azerbaijan Auditors’ Chamber chairman Vahid Novruzov said.
12 December 2006 [11:26]
USAID SME Support through Financial Sector Development Project, implemented by ACDI-VOCA delivered a presentation of the comprehensive legal analysis, proposals and recommendations to improve regulatory framework for mortgage lending system in Azerbaijan.
11 December 2006 [15:30]
"The Government don't intend to increase domestic gasoline prices from next year," SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev said.
11 December 2006 [15:20]
SOCAR & Turccas Joint Venture, established by the SOCAR (51%) and Turccas Petrol (49%), will be engaged in selling Azeri gas in Turkey, SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev said.
11 December 2006 [15:07]
"Activities for realization of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line have continued to progress and the current works are satisfactory," Transportation Minister Ziya Mammadov said.
10 December 2006 [09:25]
Azerbaijan's largest mobile company Azercell has signed roaming agreement with Indian 'Madhya Pradesh' and 'Mumbai' operators of 'Bharti Airtel' Company.
10 December 2006 [09:23]
Azerigasbank has received "The Bank of the Year" award for notable increase in financial indices and number of clients as well as application of up-to-date banking technologies and successful cooperation with the world’s biggest banks and financial institutions.
10 December 2006 [09:08]
The preliminary investigation on the accident in result of decline of drilling-pile device in Nasimi District was over.
10 December 2006 [09:00]
On Dec. 13 the first well will come operational in Shah Deniz gas and condensate field, Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev said in Tbilisi.
10 December 2006 [08:57]
Emergencies Minister Kamaleddin Heydarov received French Minister Delegate for Regional Development Christian Estrosi.
09 December 2006 [17:29]
"Japanese Embassy has partnership with Azerbaijani government in several spheres," Tadahiro Abe Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan told journalists.
09 December 2006 [13:32]
By this year's end Azerdemiryolbank intends to complete the use of $3m-credit lines opened by the EBRD in November, 2005 and May, 2006.
09 December 2006 [13:28]
In Azerbaijan gas and gasoline filling stations near (300 meters) residential areas can be closed.
09 December 2006 [01:14]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8722 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on December 8.
09 December 2006 [01:04]
The ferry communication from Ukraine to Georgia and Azerbaijan will intensify next year after Kars-Akhalkalaki-Baku railroad becomes operational, Ukrainian media quoted Azeri ambassador to Ukraine Taliat Aliyev as saying.
09 December 2006 [01:01]
Georgia will receive ten million cu m of Azerbaijani natural gas in 2006 via the South Caucasus Pipeline, operated by BP and Statoil, at a discounted price, the Georgian energy minister said Friday.
09 December 2006 [00:59]
The high-profile meeting of Energy Ministers of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey began at 12pm in Courtyard Marriott and last till 18pm.
09 December 2006 [00:57]
Turkey's energy minister agreed Friday to transfer part of his country's quota for natural gas produced in Azerbaijan's section of the Caspian to Georgia and Azerbaijan.
09 December 2006 [00:49]
The Government of Azerbaijan and Garadagh Cement are seeking for precautions to thwart increasing cement prices in the domestic market, Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev said after meeting with Garadagh Cement management.
08 December 2006 [16:49]
Rusal's proposals in their current forms turned out unacceptable.
08 December 2006 [16:01]
Minister of Industry and Energy Natig Aliyev met with European Commission's envoy to Azerbaijan Alan Waddams on December 7.
08 December 2006 [15:56]
A sitting of a commission over a fishing in the Caspian Sea was held in Moscow.
08 December 2006 [15:47]
On Thursday, the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors discussed a new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Azerbaijan.
08 December 2006 [13:28]
The trial of 6 Barmek-Azerbaijan Electric Network officers, presided over by Azer Jafarov in Grievous Crimes Court was over on Friday.
08 December 2006 [13:20]
The incomes of the State Social Protection Fund grew by 16%, year-over-year, during January-November to AZN 519.924m.
08 December 2006 [13:19]
First municipal bonds will be issued in Azerbaijan next year.
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