Business
05 March 2005 [17:06]
Despite the last increasing of prices for natural gas its cost doesn't correspond to the import from Russian system.
05 March 2005 [16:35]
The rising of price for SCADA system introduction is connected with expansion of project. As "Azenerji" reported, it is provided to add networks the realization of which is planned in future, which will require additional funds.
05 March 2005 [15:59]
The Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), operated by BP, today started Central Azeri crude oil export from the Sangachal terminal.
05 March 2005 [15:52]
In 2005 the production of tea in Azerbaijan forecasted as 1100-1200 tons. As the Ministry of Agriculture reported, for the present time the total area of tea plantations in Azerbaijan makes 3.7 hectares.
05 March 2005 [15:50]
137 of 284 corn wagons brought to Baku were unloaded.
05 March 2005 [15:45]
Azerbaijan in fact has reconsidered the plan of privatization of the state share of participation in the capital of International Bank of Azerbaijan.
05 March 2005 [15:24]
The Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), operated by bp, started Central Azeri crude oil export from the Sangachal terminal on March 4, reported bp press-service.
04 March 2005 [09:35]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev approved the signing of agreement with designers of new banknotes of national currency.
03 March 2005 [09:35]
The number of Turkish-Azerbaijan joint venture Azercell Telecom founded in 1996 increases.
03 March 2005 [09:17]
Azerigaz increased the price on natural.
03 March 2005 [09:15]
The benefits of some low-income people were increased in Azerbaijan from 1 March 2005 in compliance with the relevant presidential decree.
03 March 2005 [09:02]
Ten fish-factories of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan released 456,3 million fries of different species of fish into the Caspian Sea, Kura river and inner reservoirs in 2004.
02 March 2005 [08:52]
From March 16 to 19 Second International Automobile Exhibition will be held in Baku.
02 March 2005 [07:43]
Ganja automobile plant intends to increase its production share of local automobile production.
01 March 2005 [15:03]
Only 45.4% of common inflation in Azerbaijan (2.5%) in January had been caused by monetary factors. As the National Bank of Azerbaijan informed, in January the basic inflation was 1% towards December and 6.8% towards February 2004.
01 March 2005 [15:01]
The mission of International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive to Azerbaijan March 7 this year.
01 March 2005 [14:58]
SOCAR conducts offshore and onshore prospecting for revealing new hydrocarbon deposits.
27 February 2005 [09:12]
The 1st Azerbaijan International Consumer Electronics and Household Appliances Exhibition SEM Azerbaijan 2005 organized by UK ITE Group plc and its exclusive partner in Azerbaijan Iteca Caspian will be held at the Baku Sport-Concert Complex from March 10 to 12.
26 February 2005 [10:15]
BTC Co has opened its new web site.
26 February 2005 [10:06]
The director of World Bank projects of "Reconstruction and completion of irrigation and drainage infrastructure building" and "Improvement of irrigation distribution systems and control" Up Stalterdyke arrived to Baku with the aim of familiarizing with execution of works.
26 February 2005 [10:02]
The number of Russian private petroleum companies who wish to use Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline to deliver their oil to the world markets increases.
26 February 2005 [09:39]
According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers "rules of using lands of Railway transport appointment and special security zone of railways, as well as norms of land share of railways and zones of sanitary security" was approved.
26 February 2005 [08:39]
The export price of oil delivered through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline per barrel will be US $3,30 against $4 in 2005.
25 February 2005 [16:55]
The German-Azerbaijani Fund (GAF) completed the assimilation of the 2.6m euros second tranche of the GSF.
25 February 2005 [16:41]
Azerbaijan will attend international tourism exhibition "EMIT- 2005" to be held in Istanbul in nearest days.
25 February 2005 [16:39]
As of preliminary forecasts, in 2005 Azerbaijan will harvest 2,250 million tons of grains. The sowing of grains started in the country early April, Trend reports.
24 February 2005 [09:08]
The Association of Azerbaijani Leasing Companies received a status of a legal entity.
24 February 2005 [09:07]
The National Bank of Azerbaijan (NBA) cancelled the licenses of the commercial banks Bank of Baku and Ilkbank.
24 February 2005 [09:04]
President Ilham Aliyev has signed order on awarding Prime Minister Arthur Rasizadeh "Independence" order.
24 February 2005 [09:02]
Mr. Ragif Abbasov, Head of Press Service of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism, told the Trend Agency that the flow of tourists to Azerbaijan during the current year had decreased.
23 February 2005 [17:58]
Azerbaijan will continue the cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) even after the expiration of efficiency term of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Program, due to complete on 4 July, Farhad Aliyev, the Minister for Economic Development, told journalists on Tuesday.
23 February 2005 [17:54]
The Azerbaijani government is preparing for injecting tariffs on different communal services for all consumers, Farhad Aliyev, the Minister for Economic Development, told a business forum held in Sumgayit on Tuesday.
23 February 2005 [17:53]
Filling of Azerbaijan part of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Main Export Pipeline with oil will begin in the middle of May.
23 February 2005 [17:51]
Hydrocarbon reserve of Azeri-Chirag-Guneneshli deposits signed in the frame of "Contract of the Century" was calculated to be in the volume of 730 million tons.
22 February 2005 [09:23]
In Boyuk Kesik station of Georgia-Azerbaijan borderline, 420 wagons are kept.
22 February 2005 [09:20]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is probable to cease the export of its oil via the Baku-Novorossisyk northern export oil pipeline from April 2005 to the commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export oil pipeline.
22 February 2005 [09:16]
An economic conference on Azerbaijan will be held in Germany late this May in Berlin, the Azerbaijani-Germany Union of Economic Assistance told Trend.
22 February 2005 [09:10]
In January 2005 the tax remittances comprised 472,043,1m manats.
22 February 2005 [09:08]
The first tanker with Azerbaijani oil might be unloaded I the Turkish port Ceyhan on 30 September - 1 October 2005, Natig Aliyev, the President of the State Oil Company (SOCAR) told local television company ANS.
21 February 2005 [12:06]
The Austrian airlines plan to increase the number of flights `to Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani-German Economic Assistance Union told Trend.
21 February 2005 [12:04]
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement on cooperation in the sphere of terror, organized crime and drug trafficking, a diplomatic source told Trend.
21 February 2005 [12:01]
According to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, to date 71 oil and gas fields have been discovered in the republic including 42 onshore and 28 in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea.
21 February 2005 [11:59]
The Board of the Directors of the World Bank intends to implement a project on Defense of rural areas, Baku Office of the WB told Trend.
19 February 2005 [11:02]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will allocate a $1m credit to Bank of Baku, according to the EBRD.
19 February 2005 [11:01]
Heydar Babayev, the chairman of the State Securities Committee at the Azerbaijani President, held a meeting with Yorg Bongarts, he Managing Director of German bank Deutschebank.
18 February 2005 [09:15]
During the visit to Azerbaijan from 21 to 22 February 2005 Noreen Doyle, the First Vice President of the Euopen Bank fior R%cisnctrion and development (EBRD) will discuss three perspective projects, Nail Fataliyev, the deputy head of the monetary and Economic Policy Department of the Cabinet of Ministry of Azerbaijan, told journalists.
18 February 2005 [09:12]
613 wagons are detained in Boyuk-Kasik station of Georgia-Azerbaijan border now.
18 February 2005 [09:11]
Reconstruction of Ganja airport will be completed by the end of this year.
18 February 2005 [09:10]
In 2004 the goods turnover between Azerbaijan and Italy comprised $1,722bn. In 2002 the figure comprised $1,200bn, in 2003 - $1,420bn, The State Customs Committee told Trend.
18 February 2005 [09:09]
A mission of the Chambers of Commerce of Aberdeen and Grampian will visit Azerbaijan on 20-25 February, the British Embassy in Azerbaijan told Trend.
17 February 2005 [09:16]
1012,8 billion manats ($202,6 mln.) were spent for alcohol and cigarettes in Azerbaijan in 2004. For alcohol - 556,6 billion manats and for cigarettes - 456,2 billion manats were spent.
17 February 2005 [09:14]
Azerbaijan has faced yet another significant rise in cooperative Rate Of Inflation (ROI): the January level of ROI has climbed 11% as compared to the corresponding figure of 2004.
17 February 2005 [09:13]
Azerbaijan's gross domestic products rose through January to 3.28 trillion AZM (roughly 669.1 million U.S. dollars according to USD/AZM exchange rate of 4,902.2), up 7% from the corresponding figure of 2004 (2.778 trillion AZM).
17 February 2005 [09:12]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and Russia's No 1. oil company LUKoil have arrived at an agreement to annul a production-sharing agreement (PSA) on rehabilitation, exploration and development of the Hovsan - Zygh onshore concession.
17 February 2005 [09:11]
Yesterday Rino Harnish- ambassador of USA in our country and Jeffrey Li-vice director of International Development Agency (USAID) met with Ismat Abbasov-Minister of Agriculture.
17 February 2005 [09:09]
Oil & gas production enterprises (OGPE) of the State oil company (SOCAR) put four production wells into operation in January, up 3 holes from the monthly target figure.
16 February 2005 [09:16]
The SOCAR plans to increase oil and gas production through drilling new wells.
15 February 2005 [09:16]
World Bank (WB) to allocate 11 million dollars credit to Azerbaijan.
15 February 2005 [09:12]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is involved exploration of new hydrocarbon reserves in onshore and offshore fields. The drilling units are currently implementing the exploration in the North Naphtalan and Shurabad.
15 February 2005 [09:10]
Signing of 5-6 bilateral documents is expected during first official visit of the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to Saudi Arabia, as diplomatic sources informed Trend.
15 February 2005 [09:09]
B? Azerbaijan has presented to the Ministry of ecology and Aural Resources proposals on the improvement of ecological monitoring system
15 February 2005 [09:09]
Salyan Oil (SOL), involved in he development of Kursangi-Garabaghly field, sent a letter to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, to apologize for the damage to the environment, Huseyn Bagirov, the Minister for Ecology and natural Resources told Trend.
15 February 2005 [09:08]
Aluminum production will increase in Azerbaijan shortly, Ali Ozkurt, the chairman of the Board of Directors of Azeraluminum, told journalists.
15 February 2005 [09:07]
A model project targeting technical assistance to oil machine-building, carried by the Japanese government is nearing to end on 31 March 2005.
15 February 2005 [09:06]
Lankaran will be able to receive more than 10,000 tourists yearly after some years, Zeynal Nagdaliyev, the head of the Executive Authority of Lankaran told.
14 February 2005 [10:16]
The Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), operated by BP, today announced the start-up of oil production from the Central Azeri development, part of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field, in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.
12 February 2005 [13:08]
Procedures on audit of the financial-economic activities of the National Bank of Azerbaijan (NBA) will start on 14 February, Elman Rustamov, the chairman of the Managing Board of the NBA told Trend on Friday.
12 February 2005 [13:06]
The activities program of the American Company R.V.Investment Group Services LTD in 6 gold fields of Azerbaijan is in the examination of he Cabinet of Ministers (CM), the Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Minister told Trend.
12 February 2005 [13:03]
In 2004 the non-oil sector of Azerbaijani economy grew 20%, Farhad Aliyev, the Minister for Economic Development, told a meeting of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev with entrepreneurs.
11 February 2005 [16:38]
Reforms in the tax sector target changing the tax policy along with fiscal objectives, which stimulate, enhance and regulate the sources.
11 February 2005 [11:35]
The Court of Appeals presented to Salyan Oil Limited (SOL), which involved in the development of the Kursangi-Garabaghly fields, an additional term for the treatment of polluted areas.
11 February 2005 [11:01]
In 2005 the European Bank for Reconstruction and development (EBRD) confirmed its readiness to approve $100m for the construction of a highway from Baku to the Russian border and $50mfor the improvement of a locomotive park of the Azerbaijani railway, Musa Panahov, the Azerbaijani Deputy Transport Minister.
11 February 2005 [10:00]
The cargo inspection in the state border with Georgia is about to complete, Musa Panahov, the Azerbaijani Deputy Transport Minister, told Trend.
11 February 2005 [09:36]
In 2005 the Azerbaijani government plans to continue holding investment conferences, Emil Majidov, the head of the Fund for Enhancing Investments and Consultations (FEIC), told Trend.
10 February 2005 [09:31]
The construction of water reservoir of 200 thousand cubic meters in the frames of budget opportunities for increasing water reservoir in the capital will be over this year.
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