Politics
18 January 2007 [13:03]
Congress of Benelux Azerbaijanis along with Igdir municipality of Turkey will hold an international conference in the Hague, Netherlands, to inform the world community of the truths of Khojali genocide.
18 January 2007 [13:02]
New Ambassador of Georgia will be appointed to Azerbaijan.
18 January 2007 [12:59]
Azerbaijan's Permanent Representative to UN Agshin Mehdiyev interviewed by the APA.
18 January 2007 [01:20]
EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby condemned the erection of the monument devoted to Armenians' invasion of Shusha.
18 January 2007 [01:06]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) intends to hold mass rallies after the anniversary of 20 January tragedy.
18 January 2007 [01:05]
Azadliq block appealed to Baku major's office on the rally set on January 26.
18 January 2007 [01:04]
Musavat party does not intend to appeal to the opposition parties concerning the rally to be held on January 28.
18 January 2007 [01:03]
"It is not important for Azerbaijan in which PACE session the issue on its commitments will be discussed," said Samad Seyidov, head of Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE.
18 January 2007 [01:00]
18 January 2007 [00:59]
Only nine states, including Azerbaijan, had paid UN membership dues for 2007 by the first half of January.
18 January 2007 [00:45]
"No country and as well as Azerbaijan, where the stereotypes of Soviet period remain, can not be admitted to the EU, in this case it is difficult to speak of Azerbaijan's EU membership," said German ambassador Per Stankina.
17 January 2007 [23:03]
The Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) has set itself an ambitious agenda for the year in its leading role in the OSCE's work on the politico-military aspects of fostering security and peace in the OSCE region. This was underlined at the first 2007 session of the Forum that took place in Vienna on Wednesday.
17 January 2007 [22:56]
Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade received visiting delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia headed by education minister of this country Dr. Khaled Al-Angari, January 17.
17 January 2007 [22:54]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov on January 17 met with the newly appointed ambassador of Norway to the country John Ramberg. The latter presented copy of his credentials to the Foreign Minister.
17 January 2007 [22:53]
Head of the Greece-Azerbaijan inter-parliamentary friendship group Harakopouluos Maximos will visit Baku on January 23.
17 January 2007 [22:52]
Milli Majlis speaker Ogtay Asadov met January 17 with visiting president of the International Social Security Association (ISSA), Mrs. Corazon De la Paz.
17 January 2007 [22:42]
"Erection of monument symbolizing Shusha's invasion is not right," said PACE Rapporteur on monitoring of cultural monuments in the South Caucasus, British MP Edward O'Hara.
17 January 2007 [21:47]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will visit Azerbaijan late January, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in the meeting with new appointed ambassador of Turkey Husein Avni.
17 January 2007 [21:25]
The Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov received new Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Huseyn Avni Karslioglu.
17 January 2007 [21:13]
"Saddam Huseyn could have been executed in more normal condition. Iraq is to be responsible for the happenings there," US ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse told reporters.
17 January 2007 [21:00]
"I do not believe that Armenians claim on building monument dedicated to Shusha in Yerevan will turn to reality. XXI century is not the century of war, but this is the century of peace and economy. If they take this step, it will cause the protest of all international organizations," the chief of Nagorno Karabakh Azerbaijani community Nizami Behmanov told.
17 January 2007 [17:07]
The security of state and military objects have been strengthened because the probability of terror increases in Russia, Russia Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov told the journalists.
17 January 2007 [13:13]
Divisions of Armenian Armed Forces from their positions near Tapgaragoyunlu village of Goranboy region fired on the opposite positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from 02.05 till 02.35 by machine and submachine guns.
17 January 2007 [12:32]
Governmental representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and international partners, will discuss environmental issues that may threaten regional security at an OSCE-organized meeting that starts in Tbilisi on Wednesday.
17 January 2007 [11:05]
The most recent meeting of the Council of Chairmen of the Azadliq bloc was held on Tuesday.
17 January 2007 [11:04]
Justice Minister Fikret Mammadov received UN Resident-Coordinator Marco Borsotti, whose tenure ended in Azerbaijan.
17 January 2007 [10:53]
The first meeting of the Azerbaijan-Greece Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation will be held in March.
16 January 2007 [18:53]
Sabine Freizer who served for two and a half years as International Crisis Group Caucasus Project Director, based in Tbilisi, has been promoted to the position of Europe Program Director with ICG. She will take up her assignment on February 1.
16 January 2007 [18:33]
New Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Huseyn Avni Karslioglu came to Baku on Tuesday.
16 January 2007 [16:00]
Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday confirmed that Russia has sold Tor-M1 air defense missile systems to Iran.
16 January 2007 [15:55]
"Germany supports OSCE line in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Being a member of the OSCE Minsk Group will continue to support the peaceful solution to the conflict," said Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Azerbaijan Per Stankina.
16 January 2007 [15:53]
Captured Azerbaijani soldier on December 31 Eldeniz Nuriyev was released on Tuesday.
16 January 2007 [15:50]
President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to Germany in February.
16 January 2007 [00:58]
Baku Major's Office (BMO) did not allow Azerbaijani Path Political Movement (APPM) to hold picket outside of Economic Development Ministry set on January 16.
16 January 2007 [00:52]
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly president, rapporteur on Nagorno Karabakh, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Parliament of Sweden Goran Lennmarker will visit Azerbaijan early February.
16 January 2007 [00:32]
6 Azerbaijani servicemen serving in Afghanistan and 7 in Kosovo will return this week.
15 January 2007 [22:30]
An Azerbaijani man has been sentenced to 12 days in prison for publishing a Web site complaining about rising gas, electric and transport prices in the ex-Soviet republic, an opposition activist said Monday.
15 January 2007 [22:18]
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee co-reporters George Colombier and Mikko Elo have already worked out a report on Armenia's commitments before the CE.
15 January 2007 [22:14]
Isfahan Armenian apostolic church head Koryun Papyan presented a letter to the US Congress.
15 January 2007 [22:13]
Azerbaijan Democrat party Supreme Assembly chief Akif Shahbazov made statements on the rallies set by some opposition parties.
15 January 2007 [22:06]
The chief of International Committee of Red Cross Azerbaijani Office Martin Amasher said at his meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov that captured Azerbaijani soldier would be released on Tuesday.
15 January 2007 [19:07]
Russia introduced new laws on Monday that experts say are intended to plug a hole in the country's labor market while discouraging foreigners from settling there permanently.
15 January 2007 [17:40]
The meeting of PACE Sub-committee on Nagorno Karabakh will be held in the frame of PACE winter session, the chief of the committee, Lord Russell Johnston's Office informs.
15 January 2007 [17:00]
The Chamber of Representatives of Belarus and Azerbaijan will discuss an agreement on visa free regime, Azerbaijani Embassy in Belarus told.
15 January 2007 [16:13]
The project presented by official Baku, based on the EU Venice Commission's recommendations concerning the amendments to the Election Code is being worked out.
15 January 2007 [15:48]
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby will visit Azerbaijan on the first week of February.
15 January 2007 [15:44]
If Azerbaijan Democrat Party (ADP) decides to cooperate with the government, we will review our elations with this party.
15 January 2007 [13:12]
Azerbaijan will raise the issue to set up a special inspection under the NATO and OSCE to prevent Armenian armament in violation of European Agreement for firearms.
14 January 2007 [15:32]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran arrived here over the weekend for talks with President Hugo Chavez, on the first leg of a Latin American visit to enhance Tehran's stature with governments where distrust of the Bush administration already runs deep.
14 January 2007 [02:29]
Opening the Armenian-Turkish border will benefit the economies of both countries, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan said.
13 January 2007 [17:27]
American forces raided the Iranian consulate in the mainly Kurdish city of Erbil in northern Iraq before dawn today, detaining at least five Iranian employees in the building and seizing some property, according to Iraqi and Iranian officials and witnesses.
13 January 2007 [17:16]
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan delivered yet another stinging rebuke to the US regarding their actions in Iraq.
13 January 2007 [17:08]
Mr. Jose Luis Herrero Ansola, recently appointed head of the OSCE Office in Baku, said today that the Organization will continue helping Azerbaijan as it works to fulfill its commitments as an OSCE participating State.
13 January 2007 [17:05]
As Spain begins its work as the 2007 chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), RFE/RL correspondent Dan Alexe speaks to the outgoing chairman in office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, about his tenure in 2006 and likely steps in the year ahead.
13 January 2007 [16:20]
Winter session of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will commence in Strasbourg, January 22.
13 January 2007 [14:41]
Baku Main Police Board (BMPB) waits for the decision of Baku Major's Office on rallies, said BMPB public security department chief Shamil Seyidli.
13 January 2007 [14:35]
"Intelligent and wise persons of Azerbaijan society were involved to New Azerbaijan Party (YAP).
13 January 2007 [01:57]
Umid (Hope) Party postponed the rally appointed on January 13 as a protest to price rises by Tariff Council.
13 January 2007 [01:48]
Deputy of the Head of Samukh Executive Power Gazanfar Aliyev was dismissed.
13 January 2007 [01:47]
Musavat Party appealed to Baku Mayor's Office on holding mass rally in Khatai district on January 28.
13 January 2007 [01:45]
Azerbaijan disagrees on some points of the report concerning the role of women in the South Caucasus, prepared by Russian member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Vera Oskina.
13 January 2007 [01:42]
Senator Robert Menendez took advantage of his veto power blocking Richard Hoagland's nomination as US ambassador to Armenia.
13 January 2007 [01:29]
Armenians have intensified church construction in occupied Azerbaijani lands.
12 January 2007 [15:49]
Azerbaijan's European Union (EU) membership problem is not discussed yet.
12 January 2007 [15:41]
Head of the OSCE Office in Baku takes up his position on 1 February.
12 January 2007 [15:39]
The EU European Commission's special envoy to Azerbaijan will stop its activity after the EU Office is opened, said Alan Vaddams.
12 January 2007 [14:32]
"The cooperation of Azerbaijan and Iran on economical sphere develops. At present, some projects concerning the development of border regions is developing," Iranian Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Abbaseli Hasanov told.
12 January 2007 [01:11]
Iran announced Thursday that it has arrested a senior official for allegedly spying on the country's nuclear program.
12 January 2007 [00:49]
Simplified visa regime for Nakhchivan-Iran will soon be applied.
12 January 2007 [00:04]
11 January 2007 [22:55]
Neither side willing to back down in energy dispute.
11 January 2007 [22:51]
Chairman of Federation Council of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly Sergey Mironov will visit Azerbaijan in March current year.
11 January 2007 [22:50]
On 11 January, the Azerbaijan delegation headed by the Minister of Internal Affairs, colonel-general Ramil Usubov ended his visit to Turkey.
11 January 2007 [18:25]
The most recent meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council was held on Thursday.
11 January 2007 [18:23]
New head of OSCE Office in Baku says the Organization can play stabilizing role in Azerbaijan.
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