Business
19 February 2008 [10:10]
Iran has begun importing 1 million cubic metres of natural gas per day from Azerbaijan, an Iranian news agency said on Monday, in an apparent move to help compensate for shortages caused by a cut in Turkmen deliveries.
18 February 2008 [18:43]
The Azerbaijan Investment Company is waiting for proposals of the Estonian Caspian Group and Investment bank GILD regarding further activity of the joint venture fund.
18 February 2008 [18:21]
Azerbaijan recorded 1783 expatriates, engaged in its economic sector, as of January 1 of 2008.
18 February 2008 [18:15]
Representatives of Russian Inter RAO EEC will arrive in Azerbaijan to hold talks on electric power sale and purchase on February 21.
18 February 2008 [17:50]
The Azerbaijan Investment Company has introduced results of surveys on the project of oil refinery, carried out by the Allied Investment Company, to the government.
18 February 2008 [17:33]
The observation council of the Kuwait financial house made a decision on allocation of first investments of $15,000,000 into the project of creation of an investment fund, with the Azerbaijan Investment Company.
18 February 2008 [12:06]
The Azerbaijani representation of Transparency International held trainings against corruption in Baku, Ganja, Lenkoran, Guba and Sheki on February 11 and 16.
16 February 2008 [15:37]
The activity of the Azerbaijani government aims at encouraging inflation rate rather than curbing it.
16 February 2008 [13:59]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan lends its ships to foreign companies, operating in the Caspian Sea.
16 February 2008 [10:55]
Havana Cigars House will open in Baku in April-May, Kaballero Torres, Cuban charg? d’affaires in Azerbaijan said, APA reports.
16 February 2008 [10:34]
The government of Azerbaijan will allocate funds for featuring its tourism potential on Euronews, according to country’s Minister of Culture and Tourism.
16 February 2008 [10:28]
The Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) and Kavkaztransservis (member of Azersun Holding group) have launched talks with foreign banks to raise additional credits for construction of the Sangachal-Garadagh oil and gas terminal.
15 February 2008 [18:57]
Azerbaijan has introduced a draft resolution, support Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to the UN Secretariat.
15 February 2008 [15:18]
Project "Anti-corruption enlightenment and virtual center of consultations" is being implemented by the Fund of Combat with Corruption in 12 regions of Azerbaijan.
15 February 2008 [14:39]
Royal Jordan delegation will hold regular discussions on establishment of direct air flights Amman-Baku in Baku.
15 February 2008 [13:25]
"If we want to reduce corruption to minimum, we should undertake due steps".
15 February 2008 [13:10]
Iran plans to import natural gas from Azerbaijan, country’s ambassador to Azerbaijan Nasir Hamidi Zare told APA.
15 February 2008 [12:31]
We will start exportation of 10,000,000 cubic meters of gas to Georgia in the near future.
15 February 2008 [11:58]
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Economic development forecasts Azerbaijan's demand for cement to rise by 3,000,000 tons from the current 4,000,000 in the next three years.
15 February 2008 [10:31]
14 February 2008 [17:43]
Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia are discussing establishment of a direct air flights.
14 February 2008 [17:09]
Inflation rate made up 15.3% in Azerbaijan in January of 2008.
13 February 2008 [18:10]
Iran Aseman Airlines consider possible arrangement of chartered route Resht (Iran)-Baku (Azerbaijan)-Astrakhan in spring of 2008.
13 February 2008 [17:53]
Azerbaijan's Minister of Industry and Energy Natik Aliyev met with Georgia's Energy Minister Alexander Khetaguri, currently visiting Baku.
13 February 2008 [16:19]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by Gulomdja Bobozoda, Tajikistan's Minister of Economic Development and Trade, co-chairman of the joint intergovernmental commission for issue of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
13 February 2008 [12:50]
The seminar has been arranged by the Canadian Russian Eurasian Business Association (CERBA). It was carried out by CERBA regional representative Frank Kense.
13 February 2008 [12:14]
A delegation from Azerbaijan led by deputy Foreign Minister Makhmud Mamedkuliyev left for Ukraine Wednesday morning.
13 February 2008 [11:53]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov received a delegation of Tajikistan led by Minister of Economic Development and Trade Gulumjan Bobozodo.
13 February 2008 [10:43]
State Concern Azerbaijan Airlines will open two regional airports in Zagatala and Lenkoran, reconstructed from the budget,in 2008.
13 February 2008 [10:30]
Azerbaijan's postal administration has joined the system of permanent control of the World Postal Union of quality of international air-mail in February of this year.
13 February 2008 [10:02]
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev has today met with a delegation led by Tajikistan’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade Gulomjon Bobozode.
12 February 2008 [12:28]
We have already reported the sale of state share in Azercell, Azerbaijan's biggest mobile operator.
12 February 2008 [11:02]
By the end of this year, Azerbaijan International Mining Operating Company plans to complete exploration of gold fields in Balakan, Gedebey, Dashkesen and Nakhchivan.
12 February 2008 [10:32]
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has developed two reports on damages to the environment and natural resources caused by arsons committed in the occupied lands by Armenians.
12 February 2008 [10:30]
The World Bank will allocate credits in the amount of $465,000,000 to Azerbaijan.
11 February 2008 [17:28]
US Agency for International Development (USAID) will allocate $6,000,000 for implementation of projects in Azerbaijan in 2008.
11 February 2008 [17:25]
The National Bank of Azerbaijan plans to introduce banknotes of AZN 200 in the near future.
11 February 2008 [17:02]
The state-owned share of Azerbaijan's biggest mobile operator Azercell has been fully privatized today.
11 February 2008 [16:47]
Azerbaijan's government to continue supporting development of entrepreneurship in the country.
11 February 2008 [16:04]
In February, Unicapital bought from Unibank its share in the authorized capital of the Baku Stock Exchange.
11 February 2008 [15:57]
GSMA World Congress is held in Barcelona, Spain from February 11 until February 14.
11 February 2008 [15:44]
Azerbaijan-based Nihad Motors plans to import 500 more buses from China.
11 February 2008 [15:02]
Volume of oil exportation from Azerbaijan made up 2,802,000 tons in January 2008, which is a 23.9% rise as compared to January of 2007.
11 February 2008 [13:48]
Microsoft Corporation plans to create a regional information center in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's minister of information and communication technologies Ali Abbasov said.
11 February 2008 [12:54]
Iran has suggested Azerbaijan to construct a 8 kilometers railroad Astara-Azerbaijan-Astara-Iran.
11 February 2008 [12:43]
The State Program for Development of Regions, adopted in February of 2004, has been executed almost by 98%.
11 February 2008 [12:22]
A conference on the four-year results of the implementation of “State Program on Socioeconomic Development of the regions of Azerbaijan Republic” (2004-2008) is being held in Gulustan palace.
11 February 2008 [11:34]
By some official reports, mutual commodity turnover between Azerbaijan and Iran makes up $600,000,000, while by unofficial reports it exceeds $1,000,000,000.
11 February 2008 [10:55]
The price of Azerbaijani gas, supplied to Georgia, may rise up to $180-200 per 1,000 cubic meters.
11 February 2008 [10:26]
The European commission hopes that the supplies of Azerbaijani gas to Greece will start by the end of this year.
09 February 2008 [14:50]
Azerbaijani importers have paid a working visit to Samtskhe-Javakheti.
09 February 2008 [12:48]
Ceyhan port shipped 27 tankers load of 2,611,376 tons of Azeri oil in January of 2008.
09 February 2008 [12:37]
AeroSvita-Ukrainian airlines will set new international flights in spring of 2008 including to Baku on March 30 and to Almaty on April 26.
09 February 2008 [12:33]
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline transported 2,877,793 tons of Azeri oil in January, 2008.
09 February 2008 [11:16]
Experts state that market prices will further rise.
09 February 2008 [10:50]
Azerbaijan is likely to pass the second valuation of compliance with FATF standards (International Group for Combat with Financial Irregularities) in late April of this year.
09 February 2008 [10:28]
A conference on the fourth anniversary of the State Pgram for socioeconomic development of the regions of the Azerbaijan Republic (2004-2008) will be held in the Gulistan palace on February 11-12.
09 February 2008 [10:21]
The US Citibank may receive a license on opening of a representative office in Azerbaijan.
08 February 2008 [17:57]
The international exhibition Expo-Pakistan 2008 will be held in Karachi (Pakistan) on March 13-16 of 2008.
08 February 2008 [17:52]
Azerbaijan’s 2008-2011 State Investment Program is predicted to take AZN 15.6 billion, country’s Ministry of Economic Development reports.
08 February 2008 [17:12]
Bakielektrikshebeke, power distribution company in Baku, plans to completely upgrade Azerbaijan's grid by 2020, Baba Rzayev, chief of the company, told a press conference.
08 February 2008 [17:07]
Germany’s Commerzbank has inaugurated a representative office in Baku.
08 February 2008 [11:02]
Azerfon LLC (Nar MobileTM) offered new campaign “Money Rain – even better!” which has no analogs in the country!
07 February 2008 [18:46]
The number of targeted social assistance benefits beneficiaries will surpass 150,000 in Azerbaijan at the end of 2008 after the standard criterion is raised by 12.5% to AZN 45.
07 February 2008 [18:32]
Azerbaijan generates 73–74 million kilowatt hours daily, according to vice president of energy company Azerenerji Marlen Askerov.
07 February 2008 [18:25]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided financial assistance for implementation of 80 projects in Azerbaijan in the total amount of $720,000,000.
07 February 2008 [17:49]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has approved Azerbaijani composition of Azerbaijan-Tajikistan Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation.
07 February 2008 [16:59]
The European Commission has introduced a financial agreement, a program of actions and a list of provisions to ensure budget assistance in the energy sector to the Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan.
07 February 2008 [16:30]
Investments into the construction of private electric station with a capacity of 750 MW in Alyat settlement of Azerbaijan is estimated by Korean KEPCO at $1 billion.
07 February 2008 [15:54]
The Spanish-Azerbaijani business-forum will be held in Barcelona (Spain) on April 6-11 of 2008.
07 February 2008 [12:41]
Ahmed Erentok, chairman of the Board of Azerbaijani-Turkish Businessmen Association, paid a visit to Kazakhstan.
07 February 2008 [12:20]
An expanded collegium of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Economic Development was dedicated to the results of the last year.
07 February 2008 [11:06]
Azerbaijan's Minister of Economic Development does not exclude that inflation rate might be one-digit this year.
06 February 2008 [16:18]
The third Azerbaijan-Russia-Turkey business-forum is scheduled for September of 2008.
06 February 2008 [16:12]
Türkiye's US envoy urges strategic approach over differences
Azerbaijan Unlocking Green Energy Potential of Garabagh
President Ilham Aliyev receives ICESCO Director-General in Shusha
101st birth anniversary of National Leader Heydar Aliyev celebrated in Romania
COP29 President-Designate visits COMSATS headquarters in Pakistan
National leader Heydar Aliyev`s memory commemorated in Kyrgyzstan
Weapons and ammunition found in Azerbaijan's liberated territories