Business
20 February 2007 [16:02]
In the nearest future, pension benefits will be delivered through plastic cards in large villages and settlements of Azerbaijan.
20 February 2007 [15:56]
Azerbaijan's Transport Ministry is working out an action plan on development of transport sector within 2007-08.
20 February 2007 [14:19]
Well SDA-02 drilled in Shah Deniz Field, the giant one in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian, returned on stream at full capacity at 0415 hrs. on Tuesday morning.
20 February 2007 [14:02]
Azersun Holding has commissioned Caucasus Sugar Refinery in Azerbaijan.
20 February 2007 [13:31]
Azerbaijan's Transport Ministry is negotiating with DaimlerChrysler to buy Mercedes Benz taxis for domestic use.
20 February 2007 [09:35]
European Union plans to provide citizens of non-member states with jobs. The Union is going to apply blue cards like US green card.
20 February 2007 [08:55]
The 40th anniversary of Baku Metro will be marked on October 8.
20 February 2007 [08:50]
Head of IMF mission for Azerbaijan Vitali Kramarenko has had meetings at Finance, Taxes Ministries and National Bank of Azerbaijan and discussed 2006 macroeconomic indicators and prospects and economic policy for medium term of 2007.
20 February 2007 [08:47]
Up-to-now results of a poll called People's expectations for petrodollars and their spending in Azerbaijan, commissioned by Entrepreneurship & Market Economy Development Assistance Foundation and carried out by Puls-R through funding from US Eurasia Foundation, was released.
20 February 2007 [08:04]
February 16, crude oil prices for March delivery rebounded $1.41, to $59.39 on Nymex.
20 February 2007 [08:02]
Employees of McDermott Caspian Contractors, Inc. (McDermott) became the first Azerbaijani nationals to gain internationally recognized saturation diving qualifications after completion of a special training course abroad.
20 February 2007 [07:40]
Azerbaijan banned fowl import from Russia, press secretary of the State Veterinary Service under Agriculture Ministry informs.
20 February 2007 [07:05]
By the end of 2006 ROSTIK'S-KFC had in its portfolio 118 outlets, 87 of which are managed by independent franchisees. 67 quick service restaurants are located in Moscow and Moscow Area.
19 February 2007 [22:55]
Alan Bryden, Secretary-General of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will be visiting Azerbaijan on March 1-2 at the invitation of Azerbaijan State Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Patents.
19 February 2007 [15:43]
Education Ministry will present its proposals on tuition fees in higher and technical schools to Tariff Council in April-May, Education Minister Misir Mardanov told.
19 February 2007 [15:06]
State Oil Company (SOCAR) President Rovnag Abdullayev received German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visiting Azerbaijan in an effort to explore possibilities of diversification of energy supplies.
19 February 2007 [14:42]
Sangachal-Gazimammad pipeline project to improve Shah Deniz gas delivery to the national grid has continued to progress and will be complete by the end of March, 2007.
19 February 2007 [14:38]
Applications on tender for ANS ChM radio and ANS TV will be received from Tuesday.
19 February 2007 [14:06]
Azerbaijan-Moldova business forum will be held in Baku by Azerbaijan Economic development Ministry, AzPromo and Moldova Commerce and Industry Chamber on February 23.
19 February 2007 [12:15]
Azerbaijani Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev has left for Israel on a working visit at invitation.
19 February 2007 [01:42]
State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is included in the ratings compiled by the American magazine DinarStandard, where profit taking 16th out of 100 positions in the ranking DS. The Oil Company of Azerbaijan is the the world's 68th largest company and valued at the time in the amount of about $ 20 billion.
18 February 2007 [01:30]
Fitch Ratings upgraded Azerbaijan's Kapital Bank to long-term BB-, 3 support rating and D/E individual rating.
17 February 2007 [22:52]
Kapital Bank foresees to have a net profit of AZN 3.2mln in 2007.
17 February 2007 [17:07]
"The sharp cooling of the Russian-Azeri relations in late 2006 formally began with outer reasons.
17 February 2007 [13:49]
Rodents are destroying grain fields in Jalilabad.
17 February 2007 [13:46]
Kapital Bank has held an annual report meeting.
17 February 2007 [13:25]
First meeting of GUAM Transportation Coordination Council will be held in Baku on March 15.
17 February 2007 [09:20]
Azerbaijan's Sinam has sent a package of proposals on the project of establishment of innovation zones in Azerbaijan to Booz Allen Hamilton consulting firm.
17 February 2007 [08:50]
150 post offices in Baku, Sumgait and Absheron, will provide banking-financial services from October or November this year.
17 February 2007 [08:45]
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey will use a parallel power grid in a few years and the parties are carrying out technical and economic assessment of the project.
17 February 2007 [08:40]
International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, will start cooperation with Azerbaijan Investment Company in the nearest future.
17 February 2007 [08:35]
Investments of US $22mln have been made in Almali food retail chain in Azerbaijan, ADA Group Management Board Chairman Rafael Hajiyev said.
17 February 2007 [08:30]
International Finance Corporation (IFC) intends to acquire a stake in Azerbaijan's Bank Respublika, Head of IFC Office in Azerbaijan Aliya Azimova said.
17 February 2007 [08:20]
A conference on overall results of 2006 was held in Zagatala.
17 February 2007 [08:15]
International symposium on the theme "Management of projects: Government. Society. Business" is being held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
17 February 2007 [07:40]
As of January 1, 2007, total net investment of Azerbaijan leasing companies amounted to AZN 61.9mln and leasing operations reached AZN 90mln, an IFC annual report said.
17 February 2007 [07:30]
State bodies prepared a number of projects corresponding to the Plan of Measures for improving ecological situation in Azerbaijan in 2006-2010, signed by Azerbaijan's President last year.
16 February 2007 [20:28]
International Monetary Fund mission, came to Azerbaijan on February 14, are holding meetings with relevant bodies in Azerbaijan.
16 February 2007 [20:26]
A number of agreements have been reached during Germany-Azerbaijan Business Forum held in Berlin by Azerbaijani embassy, Economci Development Ministry and Azpromo.
16 February 2007 [20:21]
Richard L. Morningstar, a lecturer at Stanford Law School, analyses the potential of the Caspian Region to lessen Europe's over-dependence on Russian gas, particularly considering the potential of gas-rich nations such as Kazakhstan.
16 February 2007 [20:19]
Georgia will receive 1,3 million cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas per day until April 1 at USD 120 per 1000 cubic meters, instead of 1 million cubic meters as agreed previously, the state-run Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation (GOGC) said on February 16.
16 February 2007 [17:32]
Statoil is marketing the first oil to be exported by very large crude carrier (VLCC) from the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Oil from the Caspian Sea is transported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, in which the group holds an interest.
16 February 2007 [17:30]
Influential Georgian business mogul Badri Patarkatsishvili sold his Kulevi oil terminal to Azeri investors "in order to restore the correct balance between our relations with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan," the businessman said during an interview with Imedi TV, which he owns.
16 February 2007 [17:04]
IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, Friday signed agreements to provide financing to the ADA Group, which operates Almali, the first local food retail chain in Azerbaijan.
16 February 2007 [15:40]
National Bank of Azerbaijan and State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) foresee the country will earn between $200mln and 250mln from effective management of assets for 2007.
16 February 2007 [14:34]
Despite bank sector is a dynamically developing business in Azerbaijan, high-tech process, especially Internet banking, e-commerce etc. is limping.
16 February 2007 [14:32]
Despite reduced supply and a fall in tonnage, demand for gold in 2006 reached a record US$65.3bn, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday.
16 February 2007 [09:45]
Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) will prepare trailer on country's economy and investment milieu.
16 February 2007 [09:35]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8694 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on February 15.
16 February 2007 [09:25]
Alan Bryden, Secretary-General of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will be visiting Azerbaijan on March 1-2 at the invitation of Azerbaijan State Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Patents.
16 February 2007 [08:50]
Industrial production grew 52.4%, in January, to AZN 14.95bn in Azerbaijan.
16 February 2007 [08:45]
Within the scope of the 2005-2008 State Program for Information and Communications Technologies, telecommunications networks will be expanded and subscribers will more than double, said Communications and Information technologies Minister Ali Abbasov.
16 February 2007 [08:40]
Under a presidential decree, international telephone operators will be licensed in Azerbaijan, Communications and Information Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov said.
16 February 2007 [08:35]
Azerbaijan Microfinance Bank's current loan portfolio has beaten $50mln, said General Manager Andrew Pospilovski.
16 February 2007 [08:30]
The proposals to limit excessive home telephone use have been submitted to the Tariff Council.
16 February 2007 [07:35]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of congratulations to Azerbaijan National Bank on its 15th anniversary.
16 February 2007 [07:30]
Azerbaijan-Iran Insurance Company Azer-Asia intends to increase its authorized capital 43.8% to AZN 1mln this year.
16 February 2007 [07:25]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is supporting the expansion of Azerbaijan's Nikoil Bank with a $2 million loan and up to $1 million under the EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP).
16 February 2007 [01:53]
20 big enterprises in Sumgait have been included into the State Program for Industrial Development in Azerbaijan being worked out by the Industry and Energy Ministry.
15 February 2007 [22:48]
Jordan and Azerbaijan on Thursday discussed ways of increasing cooperation in the oil and natural gas in addition to the mining devices.
15 February 2007 [18:51]
Bakielectricshebeke, Baku Electricity Network Company, began to cut off electricity supply to debtors from 1500 hrs, February 15.
15 February 2007 [17:47]
Azerbaijan's national aircarrier AZAL will stop using Russian-made Tupolev aircrafts by 2008.
15 February 2007 [17:43]
A workshop has been organized for Azeri insurance and brokerage company personnel in Baku by Malakut Insurance (Azerbaijan), Malakut Russia and Kapital (Russia).
15 February 2007 [17:07]
The proposals to limit excessive home telephone use have been submitted to the Tariff Council.
15 February 2007 [16:52]
Communications and Information technologies Minister met with Caspian Integration Business Club members.
15 February 2007 [16:03]
U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Wednesday he will discourage any plans to form an overseas natural gas cartel, saying open, not limited, markets are key to meeting future energy demand.
15 February 2007 [16:00]
The Economic Research Center (ERC) delivered a presentation of the Alternative Inflation Methodology Development Project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) at the International Press Center, February 15.
15 February 2007 [15:58]
"Technical and economic assessment has been implemented on the creation of free economic zone and industrial area in Sumgait, while no serious activities are ongoing on the issue," Sumgait Executive Committee Chairman Vagif Aliyev said.
15 February 2007 [13:33]
Azerbaijan's gross domestic product grew 46.7% in January, year-on-year, or by 524 million manat (over $681 million), to 1.6 billion manat (about $2.1 billion), the statistics committee of the energy-rich South Caucasus nation said Thursday.
15 February 2007 [13:31]
Azerbaijan-focused gold and copper company Anglo Asian Mining PLC said it received a very positive outcome from the scoping study it completed on the Gedabek gold-copper-silver property.
15 February 2007 [13:06]
A US government lending agency has been told by its own internal accountability watchdog that it must monitor more closely the safety of BP's vital pipeline in central Asia, amid allegations that the company failed to report immediately cracks and leaks in its coating.
15 February 2007 [10:00]
Azerbaijan believes it can boost natural gas production within the coming five years to a point where it could be exporting 20 billion cubic metres by 2012, a U.S. official said on Wednesday after a visit to the region.
15 February 2007 [09:55]
On January 24, Microfinance Bank of Azerbaijan has opened a new branch in the center of Baku, at 15, Rasul Rza Street.
15 February 2007 [09:50]
On February 21-24, Azerbaijan will be represented by Azerinvest LLC in International Competition of Winemaking Industries to be held in Moldova.
15 February 2007 [09:15]
According to the information for January of this year, the amount of Georgia's state debt has not changed; this debt amounts to $14, 527m.
France and Japan forge closer military alliance
SOCAR of Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabian companies identify prospective collaboration areas
United States moves fighter jets from UAE to Qatar
6th World Forum draws attention to cultural heritage in face of climate change
Deputy Speaker of Russian Parilament visits Milli Majlis
President Ilham Aliyev congratulates President of Republic of Poland
Poisonous clouds hands over Berlin after chemical factory blaze