Politics
19 May 2005 [14:31]
The Central Police Department of Baku has warned against the unsanctioned rally of 'Trio' elections bloc scheduled for 21 May, Hassan Karimov, the vice chairman of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan party (PFAP, reformers), also head of the organization Committee, told Trend.
19 May 2005 [14:30]
The Venetian Commission of the Council of Europe (CE) plans to send response on the draft changes to the Election Code, proposed by the Azerbaijani authorities to Baku till the current weekend, the CE Venetian Commission told Trend.
19 May 2005 [14:27]
Armenians Roman Teryan and Arthur Apresyan detained in the Ministry of National Security (MNS) to be sent to the third country soon.
19 May 2005 [14:25]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs appreciate the next round of direct talks between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia held in Warsaw on 15 May, Yuriy Merzlyakov, the OSCE MG co-chairs, the Russian Ambassador, told Trend.
19 May 2005 [14:21]
The ceasefire was violated again.
19 May 2005 [14:16]
Inter-governmental agreement on cooperation in military field was signed between Iran and Azerbaijan.
19 May 2005 [14:13]
"Azerbaijan regards the United States as its strategic ally," Safar Abiyev, the Azerbaijani Defense Minister, said in a meeting with the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Reno Harnish, and Capestown group.
19 May 2005 [14:03]
President Ilham Aliyev yesterday received deputy chairman of Turkish Armed Staff, General Ilker Bashbugh.
18 May 2005 [21:23]
Azerbaijani citizens aged 18 to 60 years will be attracted to mobilization.
18 May 2005 [21:18]
As of June of the current year the diplomatic mission of Poland in Azerbaijan will be headed by Kshishtof Kraevski, the Polish Embassy to Azerbaijan told Trend.
18 May 2005 [21:16]
The monitoring considered to be held in the village Chamanli of Aghdam region, in the contact line of troops in accordance with the mandate of OSCE Chairman-in-office wasn't realized yesterday.
18 May 2005 [21:12]
"Our occupied territories will be liberated part by part. I have talked with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov on the resolution of the problem .As far as I know; first Aghdam and Fizuli then Jabrail, Zengilan and Gubadli will be liberated.
18 May 2005 [21:05]
Three important conventions on action against terrorism and human trafficking adopted by Council of Europe were declared open for signing in Warsaw Summit of Council of Europe Heads of state yesterday.
17 May 2005 [11:07]
Inclusion of a report by Goran Lenmarker, OSCE rapporteur on Nagorno Karabakh, in the agenda of an annual session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, to be held in Washington in July, is still questionable, Trend reports quoting Eldar Ibrahimov, the vice chairman of the parliamentary delegation to the PA OSCE.
17 May 2005 [11:01]
"The agenda of the Council of Europe June session has already included the discussion of issue about Azerbaijan.
17 May 2005 [10:59]
The Azerbaijani military will participate in the familiarity courses on arms control in Ankara, Turkey, and courses on Joint Operations Center in Oberammergau, Germany, from 16 to 20 May organized under the NATO's Partnership for Program.
17 May 2005 [10:40]
Five-sided talks on the status of the Caspian Sea have launched in Tehran yesterday.
17 May 2005 [10:38]
A summit of the heads of state and government of the Council of Europe member-states started in Warsaw on Monday, Baku Office of the CE.
17 May 2005 [10:35]
President of Azerbaijani Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Robert Kocharyan held next meeting on the regulation of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in Warsaw.
14 May 2005 [14:35]
Azeri soldier Jafarov Orkhan serving in military unit #"N" in Nakhchivan who was captivated by Armenians on May 5 has been released yesterday.
14 May 2005 [14:28]
The reasons for disappearance of Orkhan Jafarov, 19, a soldier of the Nakhchivan garrison called up from Sharur Ministry for War, on 5 May, are still to be defined, Ramiz Malikov, the spokesman for the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, told Trend.
14 May 2005 [14:25]
Talish separatists are going to hold a conference on "Talish problem" in the capital of Armenia.
14 May 2005 [14:17]
The members of the "Ago" group of the Ministers Committee of Council of Europe (CE) will visit Baku on June 1-5.
14 May 2005 [14:14]
The Azerbaijan Defense Minister, Safar Abiyev will pay an official visit to Iran soon, Trend was reported from diplomatic sources.
14 May 2005 [14:13]
"There isn't a problem of appointing an ambassador to Azerbaijan in the daily of the European Union".
14 May 2005 [14:11]
An "NKR" citizen suspected of espionage in favor of Azerbaijan was arrested in Karabakh.
14 May 2005 [13:43]
Armenian goods appeared in the Azeri markets again, Day.az reports.
14 May 2005 [13:39]
The USA welcomes the Azerbaijan President, Ilham Aliyev's enactment signed recently, on improvement of election practice, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Rino Harnish told the media on 12 May, Trend reports.
14 May 2005 [13:37]
The OSCE Office in Baku today welcomed President Ilham Aliyev's decree on improving the practice of elections in Azerbaijan, OSCE reported on Tuesday.
13 May 2005 [12:47]
The special representative of the European Union on the Southern Caucasus countries Heyki Talvitiye met with the representatives of the "YeS" and "Tripartite" blocks - the chairman of PFPA (r) Ali Karimli, the deputy of the chairman of the Musavat Party Sulhaddin Akbar, the general secretary of ADP Sardar Jalaloglu, the leader of the National Unity Movement Lala Shovkat, the president of Azerbaijan Social Forum Eldar Namazov and the chairman of ANIP Ali Aliyev in the embassy of Great Britain in our country yesterday.
13 May 2005 [12:35]
"The order signed by the state head for perfection of the elections practice is directed for providing the executive mechanisms in the regions correctly. This order will create an opportunity for holding elections under the law-governed conditions".
13 May 2005 [12:30]
Yesterday 11 years have passed since signing the agreement about ceasefire in the Azerbaijan-Armenia front line.
13 May 2005 [12:19]
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili phoned Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev yesterday.
13 May 2005 [12:00]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on 11 May enumerating measures intended to preclude violations and falsification during the parliamentary elections due in November.
13 May 2005 [11:58]
Armenians violated the ceasefire again.
13 May 2005 [11:57]
Results of the sociological poll, carried out on the initiative of the Centre for sociological researches "Gullop International" in April, in the South Caucasus countries and aimed at the studying of the degree of trust of Armenians, Georgians and Azerbaijanis to the first persons of a number of countries, revealed that the 2003 presidential elections in Azerbaijan were democratic, chairman of the State Committee on Azerbaijanis, living abroad, Nazim Ibragimov told Trend.
13 May 2005 [11:54]
The first required condition for the conflict settlement is unconditional liberation of occupied territories around the Nagorno Karabakh, returning of people, driven out from these areas, to their native lands.
13 May 2005 [11:47]
The next meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharyan will be held in the capital of Poland, Warsaw, in the evening on May 15.
12 May 2005 [19:03]
?zerbaijan fulfilled the most part of its commitments before the Council of Europe.
12 May 2005 [18:57]
Two Armenian captives were given back to Armenia in the village Bala Jeferli of Gazakh region yesterday.
12 May 2005 [18:56]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammedyarov received the delegation of the Joint Executive Councils of the Worldwide Food Program, the Development Program of UNO, the Population Fund of UNO and Child Fund of UNO.
12 May 2005 [18:54]
"The participation of President's Executive Office representatives in the dialogue among parties in some stage is not excluded" Head of President's Executive Office Ramiz Mehdiyev told the journalists.
12 May 2005 [18:48]
"There is no need for the organization of a dialogue between the authorities and the opposition by the OSCE. Why should we wait for a dialogue to be organized by the OSCE," the head-of- staff of the President's Executive Power, Ramiz Mehdiyev, told journalists.
12 May 2005 [18:42]
The majority complaints addressed to the Press Council by media representatives are linked with restriction of their rights for executive information, Trend reports.
12 May 2005 [18:34]
Divisions of Armed forces of Armenia keep on breaking the ceasefire.
12 May 2005 [18:30]
Ilham Aliyev yesterday received European Union (EU) special representative for the Southern Caucasus Heike Talvitie.
12 May 2005 [18:29]
The Azerbaijan authorities are keen on releasing the media from politicization.
12 May 2005 [18:27]
The visit to Azerbaijan of the representative on Southern Caucasus of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, the representative of Belgium in OSCE Bertran Crombrugge is finishing today.
11 May 2005 [18:53]
Yesterday in the capital of Hungary, Budapest the court process of Ramil Safarov was held, who is changed of murdering the Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan.
11 May 2005 [18:51]
The president Ilham Aliyev received the representative staff consisting of the members of the Executive Council of the Children Fund (UNICEF), Development Program (UNDP), Population Fund (UNFPA) and Worldwide Food Program (WFP) of UNO yesterday.
11 May 2005 [18:48]
Armenians violated the ceasefire in two directions on May 9.
11 May 2005 [18:43]
The Next 17th meeting of working groups of five Caspian Sea States on the status of the Caspian Sea will be held in Teheran, capital of Iran on May 16-17.
11 May 2005 [18:31]
The information spread on signing of a peace agreement during Warsaw meeting of Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia is groundless.
11 May 2005 [18:24]
The Dilyara Aliyeva Society for protection of rights of women holds actions in 9 districts of the country for raising activeness and awareness of women at the Parliamentary elections, head of the Society, Novella Djafarogli told Trend.
11 May 2005 [18:18]
The European Union (EU) plans to complete the implementation of the project on Support to legal and court reforms in Azerbaijan by the end of the year, the CE Baku Office told Trend.
11 May 2005 [18:10]
The opening ceremony of the monument of the late president Heydar Aliyev was held in the park situated in front of the Republican Palace.
09 May 2005 [18:18]
Azeri soldiers in Armenian captivity Hikmet Tagiyev, Khayal Abdullayev and Ruslan Bashirov were returned to Azerbaijani side in the direction of Aghdam on 7th of May.
09 May 2005 [18:16]
President Ilham Aliyev addressed to Azerbaijan people on the occasion of 60th anniversary of the victory over fascism.
09 May 2005 [18:14]
Violation of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan by Armenia and Armenian nationalists, occupation of lands, destruction and appropriation of historical and cultural values, violation of cultural rights of people contradicts fully to universally accepted international legal norms.
07 May 2005 [18:01]
Council of Europe Information Office held the presentation ceremony of its official website (www.coe.az).
07 May 2005 [17:58]
There are no grounds for some media to spread information about possible checking ups of the Azerbaijani NGOs by the Justice Ministry (JM) and the Prosecutor's General Office, head of the department for state registration of legal entities of Justice Ministry, Fazil Mammadov told Trend.
07 May 2005 [17:48]
A joint mission of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) will visit Azerbaijan on 9-14 May 2005.
07 May 2005 [17:45]
Azerbaijan is not included into the "Challenge of the millennium" program because Azerbaijan can't meet some required standards.
07 May 2005 [17:42]
Monitoring was held in the territory of village Gapanli of Terter region, on the borderline of troops, in accordance with the mandate of personnel representative of OSCE Chairman-in-office at 10.30a.m on 6th of May.
07 May 2005 [17:40]
USA conducts the work on program of aid to Azerbaijan.
06 May 2005 [16:13]
"I have no doubts, that the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan will be held in democratic and transparent environment", President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, stated at the meeting, related to the issues of the socio-economic development in the country, Trend reports.
06 May 2005 [16:11]
A visit of the Secretary General of the International Police Organization (Interpol), Ronald Noble has been scheduled for May 17,2005, head of the National Interpol Bureau, colonel Madat Guliyev, told Trend in his interview.
06 May 2005 [16:08]
OSCE office in Baku announced the report on registration problem of NGOs in Azerbaijan.
06 May 2005 [15:51]
Situation in the state is positive, development is observed everywhere, the president of the state Ilham Aliyev stated during the meeting, devoted to issues of social-economic development in the state, conducted under his chairmanship of the president, 4 May.
06 May 2005 [15:12]
"As soon as the co-chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (SDPA), former President, Ayaz Mutallibov and chairman of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan Rasul Guliyev, who is in the "red" search of the Interpol, set foot on Azerbaijan, they will be arrested", head of the National Central Interpol Bureau, colonel, Madat Guliyev told Trend in his interview.
06 May 2005 [15:00]
"European Union considers it very important to solve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict soon. The problems around this conflict present obstacle for the development of the Southern Caucasus."
06 May 2005 [14:47]
The Commissioner of Human Rights Elmira Suleymanova addressed a letter to the president of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Yakob Kellenberg, representations in Azerbaijan and Armenia of this organization, and to the Commissioner for Human Rights of Council of Europe Alvaro-Hil Robles for discharging the soldiers of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces Hikmet Taghiyev, Khayal Abdullayev and Ruslan Bashirov captivated by Armenians on February 15.
05 May 2005 [19:52]
A number of festive celebrations will take place in Azerbaijan on the occasion of the 60-th anniversary of the victory at the Great Patriotic War.
05 May 2005 [19:50]
Representatives of the Military Forces of Azerbaijan plan to participate in Gintarine viltis 2005 (Amber Hope) trainings, scheduled for 6-18 June 2005 in Lithuania, the Lithuania Defense Ministry, and organizer of the trainings reported.
05 May 2005 [19:38]
42 persons names included in the list of the political prisoners of the Right Protection Organizations Monitoring Group (RPOMG).