Politics
15 October 2009 [15:18]
On Oct.15, the of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee recommended bill "On Peacekeepers" for discussion at the parliament's autumn session.
15 October 2009 [14:25]
15 October 2009 [14:09]
Iran's Supreme Religious Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died.
15 October 2009 [13:55]
The OSCE Office in Baku opened a Legal Resource Centre (LRC) in Ganja today to offer free legal advice to residents and support training activities for law professionals, OSCE said.
15 October 2009 [13:38]
Former Vice Chairman of the U.S. Congress's Armed Services Committee Curt Weldon urges Azerbaijani Diaspora in the U.S. to be more active in their efforts to abolish the 907 amendment in the Congress.
15 October 2009 [13:22]
A draft law on the state budget 2010 of Azerbaijan was sent to the parliament, Chairman of the Parliament’s Economic Policy Committee Ziyad Samedzade said.
15 October 2009 [13:11]
Azerbaijan and Cuba are expected to sign about 10 documents in economic and humanitarian spheres, Cuba's ambassador to Azerbaijan Marcelo Caballero Torres told reporters.
15 October 2009 [12:57]
15 October 2009 [12:48]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev today has inaugurated Olympic Sport Complex in Hovsan, a settlement near the capital city of Azerbaijan.
15 October 2009 [12:34]
There is a crisis inside the political Movement for Karabakh and the Republic, so participation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) in the municipal elections still remains in question, Azerbaijan’s opposition ADP Chairman Sardar Jalaloglu said.
15 October 2009 [12:23]
15 October 2009 [12:08]
Fitch Ratings awarded the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) with long-term Issuer Default Rating "BB+" and short-term Issuer Default Rating "B".
15 October 2009 [11:47]
"Joint efforts are made not to move backwards in the Turkey-Armenia relations," Turkey's President Abdullah Gul told reporters after the meeting with Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan who arrived in the Turkish city of Bursa to watch Turkey-Armenia football match on Oct. 14, Anadolu news agency reported.
15 October 2009 [11:31]
Day.Az interview with famous Russian political expert and founder of Institute of Russia's National Strategy Stanislav Belkovski.
15 October 2009 [11:17]
High-ranking officials of the Norway’s justice and police ministry will visit Azerbaijan on Oct. 25-28.
15 October 2009 [10:54]
Turkey and Armenia are not writing a history, but creating it, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said commenting on a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan who arrived in Turkish city of Bursa to watch the Turkey-Armenia football match on Oct. 14, CNN Turk reported.
15 October 2009 [10:39]
Turkey will make every possible effort to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after the meeting with the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation, CNN Turk reported.
15 October 2009 [10:12]
Normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations began even before the football match between national squads of the countries, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told media before leaving for Iraq, CNN Turk TV channel reported.
15 October 2009 [09:44]
Azerbaijan's election constituencies registered 256 candidates for the local elections in Azerbaijan.
15 October 2009 [09:33]
"The recent progress in Turkish-Armenian diplomacy, culminating in the recent signing of the two protocols between the two countries, has already triggered an intense reaction in domestic politics within Armenia."
15 October 2009 [08:45]
President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday sent a greeting to the XV Congress of the European Fair Play Movement which started in Baku on Oct. 24.
15 October 2009 [08:21]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Tuesday delegates of the 6th Conference of Ministers of Culture of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) held here in the framework of the cultural year “Baku-Islamic Culture Capital-2009”.
14 October 2009 [17:48]
Turkey will not take any actions contradicting Azerbaijan's interests, deputy chairman of the committee for foreign relations of Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party Gursad Tuzman said at a meeting with Azerbaijani MPs.
14 October 2009 [17:32]
The Azerbaijani diaspora has begun negotiations with the Turkish diaspora to prevent opening of the Turkish-Armenian borders.
14 October 2009 [17:17]
“No one can interfere with and undermine Azerbaijan-Turkey relations,” Member of Azerbaijani Parliament and head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov told Turkish reporters, CNN Turk reported.
14 October 2009 [16:57]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrived in Turkey today.
14 October 2009 [16:46]
Azerbaijan National Democratic Party staged a protest action in front of Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan on Oct. 14 in a protest against the protocols on normalization of relations signed between Turkey and Armenia.
14 October 2009 [16:15]
“If West’s proposals are beneficial for Ankara, the Turkey-Armenia border will be opened,” Azerbaijan-based Peace and Democracy Institute Conflict Science Department Director Arif Yunus said.
14 October 2009 [15:51]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has left for Bursa, Turkey at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul.
14 October 2009 [15:34]
As part of her trip to Turkey, Azerbaijani Member of Parliament Ganira Pashayeva participated in a number of programs at the Turkish television channels.
14 October 2009 [15:13]
"We have heard numerous promises by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu,” Azerbaijani Political Expert Fikrat Sadigov said commenting on Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s upcoming visit to Baku.
14 October 2009 [14:45]
Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan (ACSDA) offered some changes in the Electoral Code.
14 October 2009 [13:58]
Day.Az interview with member of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly from the Republican People’s Party Canan Aritman.
14 October 2009 [13:39]
Azerbaijan's left parties will hold their public and political forum on Nov.15 in Baku, Chairman of the Azerbaijani National Socialist Party (ANSP) Rovshan Huseynov said.
14 October 2009 [13:24]
Azerbaijani People's Socialist Party sent a proposal to Milli Majlis (parliament) to hold discussions on signing of the protocols on normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia.
14 October 2009 [12:56]
Washington sees no reason to deploy elements of its missile shield in Georgia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the Ekho Moskvy radio station on Wednesday.
14 October 2009 [12:47]
Russia's new military doctrine does not rule out preventive nuclear strikes against potential aggressors, the head of its Security Council said on Wednesday.
14 October 2009 [11:51]
The Turkish diaspora in the U.S. refused to interfere in solution of interior problems of the Armenian Diaspora, the head of Turk-American Assembly Gunay Evinch said.
14 October 2009 [10:41]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijan-based Lider TV analyst Tofiq Abbasov.
14 October 2009 [09:46]
'Considerable progress' implies finding common ground on issues related to verification, as well as what kind of weapons systems should be included in a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, U.S expert on security Yannis Stivachtis said.
14 October 2009 [09:27]
An expert group has been set up in Azerbaijan with regards to the municipal elections.
14 October 2009 [09:17]
Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers signed an agreement on Tuesday and ended visa restrictions for travel between the two countries, Anadolu reported.
14 October 2009 [08:53]
“If OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries had spent their energy on liberstion of Azerbaijan's occupied territories rather than on reopening of Turkey-Armenia borders, the situation would have been different."
13 October 2009 [17:25]
Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has described sanctions against Iran as not inevitable and urged Iran to work with the international community, Xinhua reported.
13 October 2009 [17:12]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Azerbaijan next week, said Spokesman for the Turkish government Cemil Chichek.
13 October 2009 [16:36]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today ended his official visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
13 October 2009 [16:13]
Armenian army continues military exercises that began in the occupied Azerbaijani territories on Oct. 9.
13 October 2009 [15:55]
Azerbaijani flags will be allowed to the Turkey-Armenia football match to be held in the Turkish city of Bursa on Oct. 14, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Turkey Zakir Hashimov said.
13 October 2009 [15:37]
The Turkish people will meet and see off Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan with a typical Turkish hospitality, Turkish CNN Turk TV channel quoted Turkish Prime Minister Receb Tayyib Erdigan as saying at the meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Oct.13.
13 October 2009 [15:14]
Member of Azerbaijani parliament Ganira Pashayeva said she hopes that the Turkish Parliament will not ratify Ankara-Yerevan protocols if Armenia does not liberate Azerbaijan's occupied territories.
13 October 2009 [14:26]
In process of normalizing relations with Armenia we act within the frames of my speech at the Azerbaijani parliament, Turkish CNN Turk TV channel reported quoting Turkish Prime Minister Receb Tayyib Erdigan as saying at a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Oct. 13.
13 October 2009 [14:16]
The OSCE Office in Baku launched workshops on election monitoring for political parties on Oct. 13.
13 October 2009 [13:29]
13 October 2009 [13:12]
Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Research Professor S. Frederick Starr says following the signing of the protocols relations between Turkey and Armenia will become much more active.
13 October 2009 [12:39]
The Karabakh Liberation Organization held a protest action in front of Turkish embassy in Baku on Oct. 13.
13 October 2009 [11:43]
Azerbaijan's electoral legislation allows conducting democratic elections, head of OSCE office in Baku, ambassador Ali Bilge Jankorel told reporters.
13 October 2009 [11:23]
Speaking with Day.Az, professor of Government and Politics in George Mason University Mark N. Katz commented on the signing of the Armenian-Turkish protocols.
13 October 2009 [10:57]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijan’s independent political expert Zardusht Alizade.
13 October 2009 [10:49]
Turkey will always consider Azerbaijan's interests, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic said.
13 October 2009 [10:34]
"We believe that Turkey will not take a step contradicting Azerbaijan's interests," the Deputy Chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) Ali Ahmadov told reporters.
13 October 2009 [10:25]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she was very pleased on signing of Armenian-Turkish protocols on Oct. 10 in Zurich.
13 October 2009 [09:45]
Communist Party of Azerbaijan (CPA) does not intend to engage in any blocs or alliances on the eve of municipal elections, CPA chairman Rauf Gurbanov said.
13 October 2009 [09:37]
U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is expected to prioritize Iran's controversial nuclear program and the replacement of the current arms reduction treaty during her talks with the Russian leadership in Moscow.
13 October 2009 [09:24]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev paid an official visit to Jordan on Oct. 12.
13 October 2009 [09:11]
13 October 2009 [08:58]
13 October 2009 [08:33]
Next week, the Armenian-Turkish protocols will be sent to the Turkish parliament for consideration, CNN Turk quoted Turkish government spokesman Jemil Chichek as saying.
13 October 2009 [08:21]
As before, Turkey will continue building relations with Azerbaijan based on the principles of brotherhood, Jemil Chichek, spokesman for the Turkish government and Deputy Prime Minister, briefed the media, CNN Turk reported.
12 October 2009 [17:55]
Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan issued an official statement on the Turkey-Armenia protocols signed on Oct. 12.
12 October 2009 [17:32]
Russia-US missile defense talks have started in Moscow.
12 October 2009 [17:16]
Day.Az interview with Sergey Markedonov, Chief of International Problems Department at the Russia-based Institute of Political and Military Analysis.
12 October 2009 [16:51]
"We believe peace in the region will benefit everyone."
12 October 2009 [16:34]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will receive a group of Azerbaijani parliamentarians as part of their visit to Turkey.
12 October 2009 [16:24]
“The steps that Turkey is taking is this country’s sovereign right,” Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani parliament’s Security and Defense Committee Aydin Mirzazade said commenting on the signing of the Armenian-Turkish protocols aimed at normalizing relations.
12 October 2009 [16:09]
It will be impossible to ratify the Ankara-Yerevan protocol without the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, ex-analyst of the Turkish National Intelligence Committee said.
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