Politics
29 November 2005 [23:15]
Parliamentary Elections conducted in Azerbaijan on November 6 will be discussed again at the next sitting of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe on December 15 in Paris.
29 November 2005 [22:20]
Deputy chairman of the State Committee on female problems of Azerbaijan Mominat Omarova has been elected deputy head of the Council of Europe Committee on gender equality (CDEG), Trend reports.
29 November 2005 [22:13]
Representatives of the Azerbaijani embassy in Switzerland participate in two-day discussions by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that started in Geneva on Tuesday.
29 November 2005 [22:11]
"On Tuesday, Safar Abiyev the Azerbaijani Defense Minister, left for Moscow with business visit," Ramiz Malikov, the head of the press service of the Minsitry, told Trend.
29 November 2005 [13:50]
Board chairmen of "Azadlig" bloc held a meeting yesterday where they discussed the results of the November 26 rally and assessed them to be positive.
29 November 2005 [12:59]
The consultations conducted between Azerbaijan and Greek Cyprus in Baku last week were useful for the both sides," said Khalaf Khalafov deputy of the Foreign Minister who held a press conference yesterday.
29 November 2005 [12:49]
Fuzuli regional organization of Musavat Party applied to Baku Mayor’s Office for holding a protest action in front of constitutional Court on November 29 as a sign of protest to the results of elections held in Constituency Election commission #84.
29 November 2005 [10:39]
BAKU, 28 November 2005 - The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku has expressed his deep concern over police violence against demonstrators, after the authorised opposition rally on 26 November, and has urged all political forces in the country to avoid a new season of confrontation.
28 November 2005 [20:01]
"Seems that some people have planned to cause confrontation in such extreme way. It seems, that reports on such things taking place were not groundless. Ali Karimli and others were indifferent to the legal requirements of the police," said the head of the Main Police Department of Baku (MPDB), lieutenant-general Maharram Aliyev in an exclusive interview with correspondent of APA.
28 November 2005 [19:56]
Newly elected Supreme Assembly of Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan held today its first meeting.
28 November 2005 [19:52]
The next OSCE monitoring will be held on Tuesday at the contact line of the Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces in Garakhanbayli village of Fuzuli district.
28 November 2005 [19:06]
"We advocate continuation of the talks between Azerbaijan and Iran on the status of the Caspian Sea in both two-sided and five-sided format," said Deputy Foreign Minister, head of the Azerbaijani delegation on defining legal status of the Caspian Sea Khalaf Khalafov.
28 November 2005 [18:56]
"Azerbaijan and Iran can be compared with a spirit inside of two bodies," said Manuchekhr Mottaky, the Iranian Foreign Minister, at a news conference on the results of the negotiations with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov.
28 November 2005 [18:45]
"There is no reply from Azerbaijan and Armenia on a proposal of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen, particularly, on organization of the next meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents in January," said Yuriy Merzlyakov, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairman from Russia in an exclusive interview with Trend.
28 November 2005 [18:17]
"The representatives of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces participate in several military trainings," the press service of the Defense Ministry told Trend.
28 November 2005 [12:42]
Manuchohr Mottaki, the Iranian Foreign Minister, paid a day-visit to Baku on Monday. The visit started with a tribute at the Cemetery of Martyrs, Trend reports.
28 November 2005 [12:01]
"Official Kiev is interested in the regulation of Karabakh conflict," said the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Boris Tarasyuk during a meeting with, chairman of Armenian Parliament, Artur Bagdasaryan visiting Kiev.
28 November 2005 [11:47]
On November 26 the Court of Appeals reviewed a complaint of Rauf Arifoglu, Musavat Party deputy chief, candidate for deputy from Sabunchu election constituency III #26.
28 November 2005 [11:27]
The Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) is planning to start this week demonstrations against steps of international organizations and some countries that provide Karabakh separatists legal grounds.
26 November 2005 [21:05]
Embassy of the United States of America to Azerbaijan condemned police actions against the protest action of the opposition on November 26.
26 November 2005 [19:58]
The Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev, signed a decree on measures for construction and repair of motor ways. The decree notes that Azerbaijan takes wide-ranging measures aimed at speeding-up social-economic development of the country, the integral part of which is restoration, renovation and development of road infrastructure.
26 November 2005 [19:26]
Today the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan discussed complaints for Khatai constituency N33, the second Nizami constituency N25 and the third Binagadi constituency N10 and som other finding that they are baseless and thus made a decision to discard them.
26 November 2005 [19:03]
Jahar Musayev, the representative of the Azerbaijani Foreign Affairs Ministry, was elected member of Council of Europe Expert Committee Bureau on Legal Aspects of Territorial Refuge, Refugees and Apartheid.
26 November 2005 [18:55]
"There will be judges of a new level and quality in Azerbaijan," said a special representative of the Council of Europe Secretary General Matts Lindberg, who observed testing of candidates for judge positions.
26 November 2005 [18:40]
The head of the media and information policy department of the Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Tair Tagizade made a statement-response to the Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan who few days ago stated that:"Karabakh is an integral part of Armenia, which will never pass to Azerbaijan".
26 November 2005 [18:32]
"Azerbaijan signed all documents, submitted for consideration by the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CISP) Council of Prime Ministers in Moscow, excluding baseless documents," Abbas Abbasov, the Azerbaijani First Deputy Prime Minister, said at a joint news conference in Moscow.
26 November 2005 [18:20]
After the permitted by Baku Mayor Office time ran out, demonstrants refused to leave in spite of police chief insistance. Police used force to disperse the oppositionists.
26 November 2005 [12:46]
Yesterday the leadership of "Azadliq" bloc gathered to discuss the bloc's actions on December 26.
26 November 2005 [12:31]
The leaders of Agjabedi department of "Azadliq" bloc were called to the Executive Power of district at 4 p.m. after the regional organization went on hunger-strike.
26 November 2005 [12:21]
"Azadliq" bloc is preparing to sue Baku City Executive Power.
26 November 2005 [12:05]
French ambassador to Azerbaijan Rolan Blatman responded today to the letter of Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) sent few days ago.
26 November 2005 [11:36]
The sitting of the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe Permanent Committee was held today.
26 November 2005 [11:26]
President Ilham Aliyev today issued decree on application of the law "On precious metals and precious stones".
25 November 2005 [19:13]
Ilyas Ismayilov will resign from chairmanship of Adalet Party at the second congress of the party.
25 November 2005 [18:59]
Chairman of the Party of Democratic Reforms (PDR) Asim Mollazade is currently visiting the Lithuanian capital Vilnius for participation in the conference "Common and distinctive features of the post-soviet space countries," PDR told Trend.
25 November 2005 [18:34]
"The authorities of Azerbaijan are satisfied by the preliminary assessment of the OSCE/ODIHR observation mission on the elections to the Milli Mejlis," stated today the head of the socio-political department of the president's executive office Ali Hasanov.
25 November 2005 [18:26]
Azerbaijani Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova is currently attending a meeting of experts of the National Institutes on Human Rights of European countries that started in Paris on November 25.
25 November 2005 [18:13]
Ten members of "Azadlig" member parties in Agjabedi have started a hunger strike at 10 a.m. yesterday.
25 November 2005 [13:23]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on ensuring the law on the 2006 budget of the State Fund of Social Security (SFSS), Trend reports.
25 November 2005 [13:16]
A seminar dedicated to the protection of rights of national minorities will be held on December 19.
25 November 2005 [13:02]
The Musavat party members Nasib Nasibli and Iltizam Akbarli did not sign the joint declaration of the oppositionists who won the elections rejecting their mandates.
25 November 2005 [12:53]
Lenkoran farmers enlarge areas under tea plantations. Family of an agronomist Ilyas Aliyev completed planting green tea in 3.5 hectare field in Vilvan village of region.
25 November 2005 [11:45]
After the Central Election Commission announced its decision to send the final parliamentary elections protocol to the Constitutional Court for confirmation leaders of "Azadliq" bloc held a meeting to determine their next steps.
25 November 2005 [11:40]
Leader of the Musavat party Isa Gambar met yesterday with Laurie Bristow, ambassador of Great Britain to our country.
25 November 2005 [11:29]
European Commission is preparing to send its technical mission to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
25 November 2005 [10:52]
Former director of the extra-budgetary Medical Service Department Vakil Abbasov was set free from jail.
24 November 2005 [20:06]
"The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs studies recommendation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (PABSECO) on opening of the Kars (Turkey)-Gumri (Armenia) railway line," said Mahmud Mammadguliyev, deputy of the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan.
24 November 2005 [19:19]
The Baku executive power positively responded to the opposition request to authorize a march-rally, however, changing the date from the scheduled for November 27 to November 26.
24 November 2005 [18:55]
Oppositionists hunger striking against election results in Bilasuvar decided to start marching towards Baku on November 27.
24 November 2005 [18:41]
"The principle of inheritance in the parliament should always be preserved. It is delighting that this principle was preserved in the latest parliamentary elections since 19 of the candidates winning these elections are the members of the first parliament," said parliament member Hadi Rajabli.
24 November 2005 [18:34]
"The official judgment of the Council of Europe (CE) on elections held in Azerbaijan will be revealed at the meeting of the permanent committee of the organization in Bucharest on November 25," said Samad Seyidov, head of Azerbaijani delegation in the Council of Europe.
24 November 2005 [12:30]
Yesterday a group of members of the Azerbaijan Social Democratic Party (ASDP) placed a picket in front of the Central Election Commission (CEC) since they did not agree with results of the Apsheron election constituency # 45.
24 November 2005 [11:10]
The steamroller of structural reforms rolled over few departments in the Ministry of Economic Development and continues its triumphal way.
24 November 2005 [10:57]
Tensions are rising high inside of the Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) after a statment of its chief Ali Aliyev saying that the post of general secretary of the party is vacant.
24 November 2005 [10:47]
Today Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) forwarded a letter to the US and France embassies condemning the steps taken in both countries on recognition of the separatist "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic".
23 November 2005 [22:23]
The "Azadliq", "Yeni Siyaset" ["YeS"] blocs, National Unity Movement and several NGO representatives held today a press-conference where they accused international organizations and the special representative of the European Union on Southern Caucasus Heike Talvitie of conforming with election falsifications.
23 November 2005 [22:16]
The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammayarov, taking part in celebrations of the anniversary of the "rose revolution" in Georgia met on November 23 with his Georgian counterpart Gela Beshuashvili.
23 November 2005 [21:26]
Three CEC members Vidadi Mahmudlu, Enver Aliyev and Mansum Bayramov spoke against submitting the summary protocols to the Constitutional Court (CC) arguing that there were violations of the law during the parliamentary elections.
23 November 2005 [20:42]
The latest report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) on the situation in Azerbaijan is based on the results of 2003 (presidential), 2004 (municipal) and 2005 (parliamentary) elections, the ICG project director for Caucasus Sabina Freiser stated during a news conference today.
23 November 2005 [19:33]
The first part of the sitting of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee has finished today.
23 November 2005 [19:27]
PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan Andreas Gross and Andres Herkel will visit Azerbaijan in early December to familiarize with the after-election situation in the country.
23 November 2005 [19:09]
II meeting of Ministers of Industry of International Economic Cooperation Organization started its work in Istanbul on November 21.
23 November 2005 [18:53]
Central Election Committee (CEC) of Azerbaijan has met today to discuss the issues of drawing final protocols on the general results of the elections and their submission to the Constitutional Court.
23 November 2005 [12:04]
"Azerbaijani authorities do not express opinion officially to the reports of the public organizations," said the head of socio-political department of President’s Office Ali Hasanov regarding the latest report on the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan by International Crisis Group.
23 November 2005 [11:17]
The special representative of the European Union on Southern Caucasus Heike Talvitie held a press-conference devoted to the results of his short-term visit to Baku (APA).
23 November 2005 [10:41]
International Crisis Group released a full report on November 6 Elections.
22 November 2005 [21:18]
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a member of the U.S. Congress, gave positive appreciation to the steps taken by the Azerbaijan President, Ilham Aliyev, after the November 6 parliamentary elections.
22 November 2005 [21:08]
Today the Central Election Committee reviewed and cancelled results of several polling stations.
22 November 2005 [17:12]
Presidium of the Supreme Court of Nakhchivan AR held today a meeting where it verified and confirmed results of the elections to the Supreme Majlis of the Autonomous Republic and the Parliament of Azerbaijan.
22 November 2005 [11:11]
President Ilham Aliyev today received former head of the White House administration, Governor John Sununu.
22 November 2005 [10:58]
Akif Maharramov, the former chief of the Pharmacology and Medical Equipment Department of the Ministry of Health currently being kept in the jail of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) cannot take meal because of health problems.
22 November 2005 [10:49]
The special envoy of the European Union (EU) for the South Caucasus states Heikki Talvitie hopes, that the consultations between EU and Azerbaijan will start very soon, Heikki Talvitie, who arrives in Baku on a visit on November 22 said in his exclusive interview with Trend.
22 November 2005 [10:32]
"The time has come to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," said the special representative of Belgium to OSCE Pierre Chevalier in a statement at the meeting with the Speaker of the Azerbaijan’s Parliament (Milli Mejlis) Murtuz Aleskerov on November 21.
22 November 2005 [10:23]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will pay a one-day visit to Georgia on 23 November.
21 November 2005 [19:27]
Azerbaijan will render to Pakistan an additional $1 million to assist those in need of care after the October 8 earthquake, Elchin Efendiyev, the Azerbaijani Deputy Premier told Trend.
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