Politics
07 July 2005 [09:01]
President Ilham Aliyev today received European Union special representative on the South Caucasus Heike Talvitie.
07 July 2005 [08:57]
The issue of definition of the Caspian status should not put a shadow on bilateral relationships between Azerbaijan and Iran, Afshar Suleymani, the Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, said. He was commenting on the position of the new authorities of Iran.
07 July 2005 [08:51]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has come up with a recommendatory proposal on the introduction of unified standards for the activity of international observation missions of OSCE during the monitoring of the election process.
07 July 2005 [08:41]
The forming of the chairman’s office, as well as the participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections and socioeconomic situation in the country have topped the agenda of the first meeting of the Party of Democratic Reforms’ Political Council, on July 6.
07 July 2005 [08:39]
The Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) jointly with the UNO Office on Drugs and Criminality (UNODC) will hold a number of workshops in Baku on the topics “Prevention of money laundering facts” and “Fighting the terrorism financing”.
07 July 2005 [08:37]
The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Romania (FAM) spread information for the press in connection with the fake elections in Nagorno Karabakh held by the separatist regime occupied the lands of Azerbaijan.
07 July 2005 [08:35]
French Ambassador Bernard Facie, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, will arrive in Baku on 9 July, the French embassy in Baku told Trend.
07 July 2005 [08:33]
IFES will implement two projects related to the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
07 July 2005 [08:24]
The issue of clarification and stepping forth from the single position towards ‘political prisoners’ will be submitted for discussion to human rights activists and other participants of the July 7 meeting at the Committee on Democracy and Human Rights (DIHK).
07 July 2005 [08:22]
USA will allocate for Azerbaijan $38 million aid in 2006 for realization of the programmes of support to democracy, economic reforms and pre-eminence of law.
07 July 2005 [08:16]
Defense Minister, colonel-General Safar Abiyev received USA ambassador in Azerbaijan Reno Harnish.
07 July 2005 [08:11]
“If one of the sides of the Karabakh conflict starts military operations it will quit the Council of Europe”- stated Council of Europe Secretary-General Terry Davis.
06 July 2005 [10:02]
As a result of carried out by the Ministry of National Security investigations had been exposed and neutralized especially dangerous criminal group in structure of citizens of the foreign countries, intended to organize acts of terrorism.
06 July 2005 [10:00]
57 countries, members of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), have unanimously supported the position of Azerbaijan by adopting 3 resolutions at the next 32-th conference of the Foreign Ministries (FM) heads of the OIC member-countries, which took place in the Yemen’s capital city, Sana, head of the II territorial Administration of the Azerbaijan’s FM, Azer Husseyn told the briefing on 5 July, Trend reports.
06 July 2005 [09:57]
Closed meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was held in Baku yesterday.
06 July 2005 [09:56]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Steven Mann (the USA) and Bernar Fasie (France) will come to Baku on 11 July. Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov told journalists yesterday.
06 July 2005 [09:43]
President Ilham Aliyev will pay one day visit to Agdash region on July 07.
06 July 2005 [09:33]
In accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-office, monitoring was held in the territory of Karmirvan village of Terter region in the contact line of troops yesterday.
06 July 2005 [09:29]
The president Ilham Aliyev received the chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) George Frunda yesterday.
06 July 2005 [09:24]
The Great Creation party and the Adalyat party, having signed bilateral agreement on cooperation at the parliamentary elections, may enter the unified election block.
06 July 2005 [09:09]
There is hope, but there is no confidence, that the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan will be held democratically, the rapporteur on Azerbaijan, the deputy from Switzerland, Andreas Gross told journalists at the briefing, staged on 5 July after the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) monitoring committee sitting in Baku.
06 July 2005 [09:06]
The organization of mass actions by the opposition parties during the election campaign testifies for their aspiration to civil methods of struggling and it actually pleases us, MP Aydin Mirzazada, a member of the political council of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, told Trend.
06 July 2005 [09:00]
“Azerbaijan and USA feel pride in many-sided and strategic collaboration between them. Our relations are based on the general and developed interests, purposes and values and continue to more strengthen. We are here today and will be here tomorrow, because we take care of your nation, country and future”.
05 July 2005 [09:52]
The leader of the National Unity movement, Lala Shovkat has moved away from the New Policy (YeS) election bloc.
05 July 2005 [09:48]
43 % of the Armenian citizens consider that the integration of the country to the North Atlantic bloc is important.
05 July 2005 [09:45]
The ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani held a press-conference yesterday.
05 July 2005 [09:36]
109 soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan left for Iraq in the morning today for accomplishing the peaceful mission.
05 July 2005 [09:33]
The elections to Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan will be held on 6 November. The respective Decree has been signed today by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
05 July 2005 [09:31]
The Party of Democratic Reforms held its Constituent Congress on July 4, approving the members of the credentials committee, as well as drafting committee and counting committee.
05 July 2005 [09:28]
In accordance with individual program signed between NATO and Azerbaijan Republic, course on “NATO peace supporting measures” in Oberammergau city of Germany on 4-8 July in the frame of “Program of Partnership for Peace”.
05 July 2005 [09:27]
The Party of Democratic Reforms (PDR) will be very active in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for November, according to PDR chairman.
05 July 2005 [09:25]
A joint seminar organized by the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, sub-committee on refugees and Milli Majlis was held in the “Hyatt Regency” hotel yesterday.
05 July 2005 [09:25]
“There is a brilliant chance for the solution of the conflict on the conception of “victory-victory, if this chance is realized Armenia and Azerbaijan will go out from this situation with minimum loss”.
05 July 2005 [09:24]
(Washington) - Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, met with Azerbaijani parliamentarians to urge that Baku hold free and fair parliamentary elections this November.
05 July 2005 [09:19]
President Ilham Aliyev congratulated the USA President George Bush on Independence Day of this country.
05 July 2005 [09:12]
Russia’s Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard, in the regional city of Nizhniy Novgorod, on July 3 launched the Shah Ismayil Khatai tanker, in the framework of the project #19619, envisioning the building of three vessels for the Caspian Shipping Company (Kaspar).
05 July 2005 [08:45]
The parties being the members of the “Azadlig” bloc held actions in the different regions last saturday.
05 July 2005 [08:44]
“We are preparing not to take part in this election but to boycott it. Because, in this situation participation in the election means cheating of the people. It is necessary to change the authority first then to hold election. Because I have once taken part in the election and I have tried it”.
05 July 2005 [08:43]
“The appraisal of 10 biggest oil and gas fields in Azerbaijan by 2007 under the State Program on development of fuel and energy complex in Azerbaijan (2005-2015)”, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy told Trend.
02 July 2005 [09:55]
A working group comprised of representatives from the law-defense organizations of Azerbaijan plan to hold the next-in-turn meeting on 8 July, Samad Seyidov, the head of the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, told a news conference held at the headquarters of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP).
02 July 2005 [09:05]
Winners of a tender announced by the U.S. government on holding Exit Polls during the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, should be defined till August 2005, Reno Harhish, the U.S.
02 July 2005 [09:03]
An appeal of the Musavat Party made in connection with placing a picket in front of the Executive Power of Baku city was responded yesterday.
02 July 2005 [09:02]
“Disagreeable events may take place in Azerbaijan under various colors and symbols. And these events do not promise anything good for our country.”
02 July 2005 [08:24]
The delegation of the AGO monitoring group of the Council of Europe (CE) Committee of Ministries spread a statement on July 1, in which it gave the assessment of its three-day visit to Azerbaijan.
02 July 2005 [08:21]
The USA goes on preparation work for the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
02 July 2005 [08:20]
“USA does not recognize the “Republic of Nagorno Karabakh” announced itself independent”.
01 July 2005 [09:57]
New president’s seizing the power in Iran can result in changes to the question of the status of the Caspian Sea.
01 July 2005 [09:51]
“Azerbaijan will do its best for avoiding Turkish Republic of North Cyprus from isolation”-told President Ilham Aliyev.”
01 July 2005 [09:47]
“As official Washington, we support both the government and opposition in the eve of the elections in Azerbaijan. Washington does not intend to lose its positions in this region of strategic importance”.
01 July 2005 [09:38]
?zerbaijan fulfilled many of its commitments before the Council of Europe (CE), which allows holding democratic parliamentary elections in the country.
01 July 2005 [09:22]
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers “Ago” group met a group of human rights defenders in the building of Council of Europe representation in Baku yesterday.
01 July 2005 [08:46]
“The recognition of the so-called “Armenian genocide” and opening the borders with Armenia are not in the Copenhagen principles defined by The European Union for Turkey. Even if it is like that, Turkey is not in the intention of accepting these conditions”.
01 July 2005 [08:23]
The prime-minister of Turkey Rajab Tayyip Erdogan came on an official visit to our country last night.
30 June 2005 [09:25]
The Baku Office of the OSCE did not change its position of the staff of elections commissions. Maricio Pavesi, the head of Baku Office of OSCE told journalists that the Azerbaijani government was informed on position and recommendations of organizations in this respect, Trend reports.
30 June 2005 [09:23]
A roundtable on gender was held in OSCE Office in Baku yesterday.
30 June 2005 [09:15]
The opening ceremony of the Marketing Agency in Gazakh with participation of U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Rino Harnish, under th USAID-financed business support project in Azerbaijan, was held on Wednesday, Trend reports.
30 June 2005 [09:04]
The co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Andres Herkel considers insignificant the additions and changes made to the Election Code by Milli Majlis.
30 June 2005 [08:41]
At the VIII Euro-Asia economic summit to take place on 5-7 July, Azerbaijan will be represented by a delegation headed by the Minister of Economic Development, Farhad Aliyev, the Minister told Trend exclusively.
30 June 2005 [08:38]
A conference called “The role of the Caspian Sea in global energy security of the region” held in Geneva under the patronage of UNO ended with participants countries’ adopting a joint declaration.
30 June 2005 [08:34]
Head of foreign policy office of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammedyarov made a speech in the 32nd conference of Organization of Islamic Conference Foreign Ministers in Sana, capital of Yemen.
29 June 2005 [09:23]
Next meeting between human rights defenders and authority representatives will be held on 1 July.
29 June 2005 [09:01]
“Regrettably, OSCE and Venice Commission main recommendations have not been adopted after all”.
29 June 2005 [08:25]
Basing ourselves on parallels between what is happening is Azerbaijan and what [change of regime] has happened in post-Soviet republics, it is possible to rule out any possibility of a velvet revolution in Azerbaijan.
29 June 2005 [08:22]
Russia will provide the Northern Caucasus Military Circle with the most modern racket complexes of “Isgandar” type in the second half of this year.
29 June 2005 [08:12]
“Elmar Mammadyarov’s opinion about the agreement of two elements in the talks processes is true. It is possible to say these elements have been agreed on the base of the compromise”.
29 June 2005 [08:10]
The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Reno Harnish arrived in Gyanja on 28 June, a Trend regional correspondent reports.
29 June 2005 [08:08]
Draft law on additions and amendments to Election Code was discussed in the first part of sitting of Milli Majlis (parliament).
29 June 2005 [08:00]
“The state officials will receive the representatives of the non-governmental organizations in these days. Participation of NGOs in the elections, and generally the situation of III sector will be discussed in the meeting”.
29 June 2005 [07:59]
The next round of Caspian talks start in Baku in July, with the participation of experts from all the five littoral states. The event was originally scheduled for late June, but was layer postponed due to counter schedules of the experts.
29 June 2005 [07:58]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov visted Anakara on 27 June following the invitation of deputy Turkish Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul.
28 June 2005 [09:24]
The National Democracy Institute of USA (NDI) held training in the “Caspian Plaza” hotel yesterday for the persons whose candidacies were put forward in the parliamentary elections by the democratic blocs.
28 June 2005 [09:01]
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers “Aqo” monitoring group will come to Baku on 29 June.
28 June 2005 [08:56]
“I support Azerbaijan’s keeping more constructive initiatives. These initiatives generally are the correct direction. On the other hand, they should be estimated in real way. It is hardly be on that the offer will cause in a large-scaled agreement. Of course, the question of opening the communications is important, but it is not the most important task”.
28 June 2005 [08:55]
The results of the Council of Europe (CE) PACE summer session are, undoubtedly, positive for Azerbaijan, the Milli Mejlis (MM) PACE delegation member, Asim Mollazade told Trend.
28 June 2005 [08:49]
The Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company will air its debut broadcast in August, according to the chairman of the PTRBC Broadcasting Board.
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