Politics
18 June 2005 [08:41]
A seminar, Frontier management reforming: setting up general standards for border security in the framework of the Council of Euro-Atlantic Partnership (CEAP), will be hosted in Baku, June 23 through 24, to discuss aspects of present-day joint frontier management, as well as effective border security and fighting terrorism, organized crime, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their components, and illegal migration prevention through the strengthening of border control.
17 June 2005 [09:48]
“The parliamentary elections to be held in November of this year will be a great political test for Azerbaijan. We must pass this test successfully”.
17 June 2005 [09:12]
The foreign affairs minister Elmar Mammadyarov was on a business visit in Strasbourg on June 15-16, 2005.
17 June 2005 [09:07]
The delegation led by the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev left for Ukraine to take part in the “Mini Davos” forum held in the capital of this country.
17 June 2005 [09:05]
Asim Mollazada, the chairman of the Organization Committee of the Democratic Reforms Party (DRP), met with Mats Lindsberg, the special representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on 14 June.
17 June 2005 [09:00]
It is still early to speak about the positioning of NATO peacekeepers in the area of Karabakh, which is under Armenian occupation as a result of ethnic hostilities with Azeris.
17 June 2005 [08:42]
President of Finland Tarya Halonen will arrive in Baku in September this year.
15 June 2005 [09:20]
The question of making the additions and amendments to the Election Code will be put into discussion in the sitting of the parliament to be held on June 17.
15 June 2005 [09:19]
The composition of the Democratic Reforms Party and the elections bloc ’Democratic Reforms’ will get expanded shortly, Asim Mollazada, the chairman of the Organization Committee of the Democratic Reforms Party, told Trend.
15 June 2005 [09:17]
Another 2 persons whose names were included in the political prisoners list were released yesterday.
15 June 2005 [09:13]
None of the international organizations will recognize the parliamentary elections to be held in the so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic” on 19 June 2005, Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov said to a meeting of the Milli Majlis (parliament), Trend reports.
15 June 2005 [09:13]
Foreign Ministry made statement denouncing the fake “parliamentary elections” in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
15 June 2005 [09:02]
“Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev might sign a decree on pardon shortly,” Azay Guliyev, the head of the Confederation of Azerbaijani Non-Governmental Organization, also a member of the State Commission on Pardon at the President’s Administration.
15 June 2005 [09:00]
“I am sure that the relations between Azerbaijan and Russia will develop strongly in the political sphere like in economical sphere”.
15 June 2005 [08:58]
The working group of representatives of human rights organizations and the Azerbaijan’s authorities appealed to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) with the request to postpone debating the political prisoners’ issue, the Memorandum on the issue of persons, called “political prisoners” says about it, Trend reports.
15 June 2005 [08:54]
There is statistical information on the webpage of Migration Department attached to Swedish government on the number of the foreign citizens wanting political refuge from this country.
15 June 2005 [08:33]
The Venice Commission (VC) of Council of Europe and OSCE announced their opinions on the amendments to the Election Code of Azerbaijan.
15 June 2005 [08:28]
The chairman of the organizing committee of the Democratic Reforms Party (DRP), Asim Mollazada, received today (June 14) the personal representative of the Council of Europe’s secretary general, Mats Lindberg.
15 June 2005 [08:26]
“Dislocation of the military bases in Armenia will not influence the balance of forces in the South Caucasus region”.
15 June 2005 [08:23]
Azerbaijan’s President signed a decree to approve Rules on classification of information of state secret importance.
15 June 2005 [08:21]
Meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists was held in Istanbul on 10-13 June.
15 June 2005 [08:18]
President Ilham Aliyev addressed the XI international economical forum in St.Petersburg.
14 June 2005 [09:53]
The president Ilham Aliyev presented the offers envelope on the changes to the Election Code to discussion of Milli Majlis.
14 June 2005 [09:48]
“Azerbaijan is an important country for Turkey not only for close relationship between our nations as well as from political and economical point of view”.
14 June 2005 [09:25]
Gulamali Haldat Adil, the Speaker of the Iranian parliament, will visit Azerbaijan approximately in August at the invitation of his Azerbaijani counterpart Murtuz Alasgarov, the Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, told Trend.
14 June 2005 [09:12]
The first meeting of the PACE sub-commission on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is expected to be held under the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on 20-24 June, MP Asim Mollazada, an Azerbaijani parliamentary representative to the PACE, told Trend.
14 June 2005 [09:07]
Two poll stations will open their doors, from 9:00 am till 8:00 pm, to Iranian citizens, living in Azerbaijan, on the day of presidential elections slated for Friday, June 17, at two consulate offices, in Baku and Nakhchivan.
14 June 2005 [09:04]
Council of Europe Venice Commission (VC) 63rd plenary meting started in Venice, Italy the day before yesterday.
14 June 2005 [08:57]
On 13 June the Armenian military units fired from 02.55 till 03.10 a.m. using the machine-guns and guns from the positions, located 4,5 km south-west the Borsunlu village of Terter region the opposite positions of the Azerbaijani army on the same territory, a press-service of the Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry says, Trend reports.
14 June 2005 [08:55]
The foreign affairs minister of Armenia being on a visit in USA Vardan Oskanyan met with the state minister Condoleezza Rice.
14 June 2005 [08:44]
Kiril Manov, the Secretary General of the Bulgarian Constitution Court, will visit Azerbaijan from 16 to 18 June, the Bulgarian embassy in Baku told Trend.
14 June 2005 [08:39]
Three bilateral documents were signed during President’s visit to Croatia.
14 June 2005 [00:11]
Time is ripe in Azerbaijan for the establishment of a joint commission, to involve representatives from human rights organizations, as well as MPs and members of the corresponding executive bodies, according to a prominent oppositionist Asim Mollazada, the chairman of the organizing committee of the Democratic Reforms Party (DRP).
11 June 2005 [08:59]
Yeterday a group of right protectors have met with officials.
11 June 2005 [08:57]
Annual session of meeting of Parliament Assembly of OSCE is to be held 1-5 June in capital of USA in Washington.
11 June 2005 [08:51]
In accordance with the individual program signed between the NATO and Azerbaijan Republic, ”VII annual conference of Consortium of Partnership for Peace” will take place in Vienna, capital of Austria o 10-15 June and course “Joint medical planners” in Oberammergau, Germany on 13-17 June in the frame of “Partnership for Peace” program.
11 June 2005 [08:41]
“The pre-election democratic situation in Azerbaijan is more important than the evaluation of the reports on Azerbaijan in the PACE June Session”.
11 June 2005 [08:39]
“Additions and changes to the Election Code will be put into discussion in the parliament next week”.
11 June 2005 [08:28]
America Foreign Service Association (AFSA) adopted decision on depriving the USA ambassador in Armenia John Evans of its award “For constructive difference of opinion”.
11 June 2005 [08:25]
Name, attributes, electoral symbols of the block “Three” was defined.
11 June 2005 [08:23]
President Ilham Aliyev yesterday paid an official visit to Croatia.
10 June 2005 [09:12]
The “Observation of detention places” Public Union and the “Human Rights XXI century – Azerbaijan” Fund will hold an international conference on the “Political prisoner problem in Azerbaijan: working and preparing the efficient citizen control mechanism” subject in Baku on June 10-11.
10 June 2005 [09:10]
Chairman of Milli Majlis (parliament) Murtuz Alaskerov today received delegation led by head of election department of OSCE Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Bureau Gerald Mitchell.
10 June 2005 [08:37]
The special representative of the general secretary of Council of Europe (CE) Mats Lindberg held a press-conference in the Information Office of CE in Baku yesterday.
10 June 2005 [08:32]
A report by the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the functioning of the democratic institutes in Azerbaijan might be softened at the moment of its consideration at June session of the PACE, Trend reports quoting Matz Lindberg, a special representative of the Council of Europe (CE) General Secretariat in Azerbaijan, a news conference in Thursday.
10 June 2005 [08:22]
Italy will hence support Azerbaijan’s position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Fiorella Provera, the chairman of the permanent parliamentary commission on international relations and emigration of the Italian Senate, told a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday.
10 June 2005 [08:11]
Fulfillment of the commitments of Azerbaijan before the Council of Europe will be discussed on 22 June, the third day of the Summer Session.
10 June 2005 [08:09]
During the forthcoming official visit on 10-11 June, 2005 of the Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev to Croatia, political declaration will be signed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan told Trend.
10 June 2005 [08:07]
A meeting between a delegation led by the head of the Foreign Affairs and emigration questions permanent committee of the Italian senate Fiorello Provera and the members of the International Affairs and inter-parliamentarian relations permanent commission of Milli Majlis (MM) was held in the parliament yesterday.
10 June 2005 [08:04]
“Holding high level of elections to meet international standards is more important than changing the structure of the election commissions. Generally, I don’t think that it will present any problems to make any changes”.
09 June 2005 [09:48]
On the occasion of the June Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) presents a situation note on the deterioration of human rights and the state of fundamental freedoms in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
09 June 2005 [09:31]
Azerbaijan becomes the regional leader and changes in the region started with the signing of the “Contract of the Century” in 1994, the head of the President’s administration office foreign relations department, Novruz Mammadov, stated at the seminar held at the International Press Club on ”Geo-strategic significance of Azerbaijan”, Trend reports.
09 June 2005 [09:23]
89 life sentenced prisoners and being kept in the Gobustan closed prison appealed to the president Ilham Aliyev with a request to reduce their punishment period.
09 June 2005 [09:02]
Religious leaders of Azerbaijan and Georgia will continue joint efforts for establishing peace and stability in Caucasus, developing good relations between the religious congregations, peoples and states, chairman of the Caucasus Moslem Clerical Board (CMCB), sheyh-ul-islam, hadji, Allahshyukyur Pashazade, stated while receiving Iliya II, the Katalikos–Patriarch of all Georgia, in his residence, Trend reports.
09 June 2005 [09:01]
The former Russian co-chairman of the Minsk Group of OSCE Vladimir Kazimirov participated in the “Geo-strategic significance of Azerbaijan” seminar held in Baku on the invitation of the non-governmental organizations.
09 June 2005 [08:54]
A visit of a special envoy of Iran’s President Khatami, Mehti Safari, on the Caspian Sea status, delayed.
09 June 2005 [08:46]
On Tuesday the armed divisions of Armenia fired with sub-machine guns and machine-guns from 21.35 to 21.50 from their positions in Kuropatkino village of Khojavand District the Azerbaijani positions in opposite, the Defense ministry announced.
09 June 2005 [08:44]
It is already three days that the Russian citizens cross the Azerbaijan-Russia border on the basis of the new rules according to an agreement achieved between the two countries.
09 June 2005 [08:40]
Turkey will give Azerbaijan disinterested military aid in the volume of $2.1 mln. in 2005.
09 June 2005 [08:27]
The special representative of secretary general of the Council of Europe to Azerbaijan Mats Lindberg hopes, Azerbaijan government is to invite members Parliament assembly of CE for supervision of forthcoming parliament elections in the state.
08 June 2005 [10:07]
We support development of democratic institutes in Azerbaijan and supremacy of the law in Azerbaijan.
08 June 2005 [09:44]
The project will be submitted to Milli Majlis (parliament) after government of Azerbaijan makes amendments to the Election Code in accordance with the advice of council of Europe Venice Commission (VC) given in 2004.
08 June 2005 [09:44]
“Discussions on what kinds of troops to be placed in the territories to be liberated from occupation are held”.
08 June 2005 [09:30]
A meeting between the estimating mission of OSCE and the members of “YeS” bloc took place in the Baku office of OSCE yesterday.
08 June 2005 [09:16]
Professor of the Vienna University, Erich Feigel, in the framework of his visit to Azerbaijan, met with the Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev, chairman of the State Committee on work with Azerbaijanis, residing abroad, Nazim Ibragimov, on 6 June, and on 7 June he will meet with the media representatives.
08 June 2005 [08:55]
The president Ilham Aliyev received the chairman of the England-Azerbaijan Society, the member of the Lords chamber of the parliament of Great Britain, the former energy minister Lord Frazer yesterday.
08 June 2005 [08:45]
The Azerbaijani - US talks on preparations for the official visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to the United States are underway, Elmar Mammadyarov, the Azerbaijani Minister for Foreign Affairs, told journalists on Tuesday.
08 June 2005 [08:34]
The USA State Department welcomed Azerbaijani government’s permitting the 4 June meeting.
07 June 2005 [09:14]
An "Ago" Monitoring group of the Committee of Ministers of the CE led by the Head of the representation of Germany in Strasbourg Wegener will visit Azerbaijan on June 30 – 1 July 1, the Office of the special representative of the CE General Secretary in Azerbaijan, told Trend.
07 June 2005 [09:03]
The Azerbaijan President Aliyev’s official visit to Greece, scheduled for early June, is delayed. The data of the visit is not yet known, the Greek Embassy to Azerbaijan told Trend.
07 June 2005 [08:58]
The OSCE Office in Baku yesterday welcomed the peaceful and orderly conduct of a 4 June opposition rally and praised the Mayor's office for finding an appropriate location.
07 June 2005 [08:54]
President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation led by the chairman of the Lithuanuan Seym Arturas Paulauskas.
07 June 2005 [07:59]
Chairman of Italian Senate Commission on Foreign Relations Fiorello Provera will come to Baku on 8 June.
06 June 2005 [09:00]
Next meeting of UCLER (Three) is to be held 18 June.
06 June 2005 [08:52]
The “Tripartite” bloc held a march-meeting in Baku city yesterday.
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