Politics
31 August 2009 [09:39]
Turkey marked Victory Day on August 30.
31 August 2009 [09:22]
Japanese voters swept the opposition to a historic victory in an election on Sunday, ousting the long-ruling conservative party and handing the novice Democrats the job of reviving a struggling economy, Reuters reported.
31 August 2009 [09:05]
Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert has officially been charged with corruption, relating to events before he became premier, ABC reported.
31 August 2009 [08:52]
Gubadli, the region of Azerbaijan with a territory of 826 square kilometers, was occupied by the Armenians on August 31, 1993.
31 August 2009 [08:31]
Turkmenistan will create a naval base of the Defense Ministry and border guards at the Caspian Sea soon, said on Sunday at the enlarged meeting of the State Security Council of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov.
29 August 2009 [12:38]
Lithuanian military journalist Richard Lapaytis spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
29 August 2009 [12:29]
The Central Election Commission can use large number of web cameras on the day of municipal elections.
29 August 2009 [10:42]
Advisor at President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Dalia Mogahed, spoke with Trend News Middle East Desk in an exclusive interview.
29 August 2009 [10:10]
Moldova's parliament elected on Friday the leader of a pro-Western party to the post of parliamentary speaker, despite objections from the Communist Party.
29 August 2009 [09:46]
29 August 2009 [09:09]
Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan telephoned Friday to Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev.
29 August 2009 [08:53]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree approving the documents signed between Azerbaijan and Syria on July 8, 2009 in Baku.
29 August 2009 [08:32]
The International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] brought Iran under more pressure to prove that its nuclear program is peaceful in nature, in a report published on Friday, according to Washington TV.
28 August 2009 [17:54]
“There is no other international mechanism for the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict except the Minsk Group,” head of OSCE Office in Baku ali Bilge Cankorel told reporters.
28 August 2009 [17:17]
28 August 2009 [16:47]
“Certainly, both Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan are very much concerned about state of Armenian armed forces,” Azerbaijani military expert Uzeyir Jafarov said commenting on Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement about rise in army’s military efficiency and constant improvements in Armenian armed forces.
28 August 2009 [16:36]
28 August 2009 [16:18]
It is impossible to deploy the Missile Defense System (MDS) in Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu said at a joint news conference with the NATO Secretary General, CNN Turk reported.
28 August 2009 [15:35]
Azerbaijan is a diverse society with a rich history, and its people are proud of their heritage and identity, the U.S. President Barack Obama's Counselor on Muslims, Dalia Mogahed, said.
28 August 2009 [15:12]
“Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement is meant for a domestic market rather than to influence negotiations,” Azerbaijani parliament’s security and defense committee deputy chair Aydin Mirzazade said commenting Armenian president’s statement about Armenian army’s increased military efficiency and constant improvements in country’s armed forces.
28 August 2009 [14:56]
An Azerbaijani member of parliament believes that new countries obtaining nuclear weapons are a danger to mankind.
28 August 2009 [14:08]
Even more municipalities term of power power of which have not been ended yet are willing to join municipal elections in Azerbaijan.
28 August 2009 [13:39]
Negotiations between SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) and the Kazakh KazMunayGaz on Kazakhstan Caspian transportation system (KCTS) is successfully continuing, Kazakh Ambassador to Azerbaijan Serik Primbetov told journalists at a news conference.
28 August 2009 [13:18]
Although Russia could and can change the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations, it will not change the situation due to a deadlock arose in the Middle East peace process, said Yevgeny Satanovsky, President of Russian Institute for Israel and Middle East Studies.
28 August 2009 [12:59]
Azerbaijani embassy in the U.S. has appealed Google to correct the error in the Google maps where Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is not indicated as Azerbaijan’s territory, the Foreign Ministry press office said.
28 August 2009 [12:48]
To organize Azerbaijani judokas' participation in the Youth European Championships on judo to be held in Yerevan on Sept. 9-14, Youth and Sports Minister, Azad Rahimov will visit Armenia before the championship, the ministry said.
28 August 2009 [11:33]
Presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan will discuss energy and cross-border cooperation, as well as issues related to the Caspian Sea during an informal meeting in Aktau on Sep.11-13, Kazakh Ambassador to Azerbaijan Serik Primbetov told reporters.
28 August 2009 [11:19]
Armenians in the U.S. urge President Barack Obama to reject the recent decision by the federal appeal court which prohibits the descendants of victims of the 1915 events to file against foreign insurance companies demanding payment of the unpaid insurance policies.
28 August 2009 [11:06]
Azerbaijan’s pro-opposition Adalat Party is currently nominating candidates to run for the coming municipal elections set for December, party’s deputy chairman Mutallim Rahimli said.
28 August 2009 [10:46]
Turkey will open its consulate in Khacmaz city of Azerbaijan, Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic said.
28 August 2009 [10:22]
Iranian Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh spoke with Trend News Persian Desk in an exclusive interview.
28 August 2009 [09:48]
Armenia’s mobile operator ArmenTel, (Beeline brand in Armenian territory) part of VimpelCom group of companies, provides roaming services in the territory of Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region and cooperates with the separatists.
28 August 2009 [09:31]
Uzbekistan wants to have the most powerful army amongst the countries of Central Asia, and therefore, opposes integration of foreign troops from other countries in the region, says U.S. expert on Central Asia Bruce Pannier.
28 August 2009 [08:58]
Bacho Akhalaia has been appointed Georgia's new defense minister.
28 August 2009 [08:21]
27 August 2009 [17:45]
27 August 2009 [17:27]
27 August 2009 [16:18]
Expert at German Council on Foreign Relations Alexander Rahr spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
27 August 2009 [15:53]
U.S Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov discussed diversification of oil and gas transit from the region to European and world markets in Baku on Aug.27.
27 August 2009 [14:56]
U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar has arrived in Azerbaijan for a one-day visit, U.S. embassy in Azerbaijan said.
27 August 2009 [14:29]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) has launched pre-election headquarters in connection with the upcoming municipal elections set for Dec. 2009, party spokesperson Ali Orujov said.
27 August 2009 [12:31]
Following meeting with German president in Berlin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Palestinian leader's willingness to meet with him, ynetnews.com reported.
27 August 2009 [12:13]
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has responded to Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan's threat of war.
27 August 2009 [11:47]
President Hamid Karzai has extended his lead over his top challenger in Afghanistan’s presidential election under the latest vote results released, but remains short of the 50 percent he needs to avoid a two-man runoff.
27 August 2009 [10:43]
Armenian Armed Forces conduct night exercises in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan's Aghdam region.
27 August 2009 [09:58]
World Azerbaijanis’ Congress will organize symposium ‘National Movement of South Azerbaijan’ in Baku on Sept. 3, the WAC press office said.
27 August 2009 [08:54]
“Now it is difficult to say opposition will set up an alliance prior to the municipal elections,” pro-opposition Civil Solidarity Party leader and member of Milli Majlis (parliament) Sabir Rustamkhanli said.
27 August 2009 [08:41]
Moldova's Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii has announced the formal resignation of the country's government, ahead of the first parliamentary session, Press TV reported.
26 August 2009 [17:58]
26 August 2009 [17:51]
“Armenia is interested in establishing ties with Azerbaijan,” Azerbaijani member of parliament Asaf Hajiyev said commenting on a possible visit by Azerbaijani judokas to Yerevan to attend the European Judo Championships for Junior.
26 August 2009 [17:44]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received newly appointed ambassador of Israel Michael Lavon-Lotem who handed over his credentials to the Head of State.
26 August 2009 [17:02]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has received today outgoing head of the European Commission mission to the country Alan Waddams.
26 August 2009 [16:25]
The latest report by the "Transparency International" does not reflect reality, the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) said.
26 August 2009 [15:46]
Russia has deployed advanced S-400 Triumf air defense systems in the Far East to counter the potential threat posed by N. Korea's missile tests, the chief of General Staff said on Wednesday.
26 August 2009 [15:28]
“Prospects for resolution of Karabakh conflict are doubtful as conflicting parties’ stance remain fundamentally incompatible,” Vice President of Russia’s Center for Political Technologies Sergey Mikheyev said.
26 August 2009 [14:19]
Senior official of the Azerbaijani Election Commission Natig Mammadov expects Azerbaijani voters to maintain high turnout in the coming municipal elections to be held by late 2009.
26 August 2009 [13:54]
Azerbaijan and Israel have chosen the right path in terms of development of relations, new Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan Michael Lavon-Lotem said.
26 August 2009 [13:15]
Chairman of Lithuania's Seim Arunas Valinskas will discuss prospects of bilateral parliamentary cooperation between the two countries in Baku.
26 August 2009 [11:57]
The first session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic-speaking Countries (PATC) to be held in Baku in September may debate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
26 August 2009 [10:37]
Four fighters owned by Azerbaijani Air Forces have conducted manoeuvres along the contact line.
26 August 2009 [09:53]
Azerbaijan’s Aydinlar party has faced a problem regarding the upcoming municipal elections to be held in December 2009, party’s deputy chairman Gorkhmaz Ibrahimli said.
26 August 2009 [08:41]
Azerbaijani First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO Good-Will Ambassador and Member of the Azerbaijani Parliament Mehriban Aliyeva today is celebrating her birthday.
26 August 2009 [08:26]
The first partial results from Afghanistan's election had President Hamid Karzai and his main rival running neck-and-neck on Tuesday, suggesting a close race headed for a second round, Reuters reported.
25 August 2009 [17:26]
“What Armenian deputy foreign minister said in an interview with 'Echo Moscow' radio is not true,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said commenting on Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan’s interview with Echo Moscow radio station.
25 August 2009 [16:27]
The new co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe on Azerbaijan will be appointed by the end of this year.
25 August 2009 [16:11]
“Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan’s visit to Turkey to watch football match between teams of the two countries is necessary,” head of European Integration organization Karen Bekaryan said.
25 August 2009 [15:39]
Representatives of the Uzbek law enforcement agencies will not participate in the joint integrated teaching (CIT) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which will begin on Aug. 26.
25 August 2009 [14:54]
As surprising as it may sound, one can carry out express money transfers to Nagorno-Karabakh via Sberbank (Savings Bank), largest bank in Russia and CIS area.
25 August 2009 [13:32]
Progress in the Cyprus, Kurdish and Armenian issues will help the region achieve stability, British Ambassador to Ankara Nick Baird said in an interview with 'Turkish Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review.'
25 August 2009 [12:59]
“The Armenia-Turkey border will be opened when Armenia-Turkey and Azerbaijan-Armenia relations are normalized,” Azerbaijani political expert Vafa Guluzade said commenting on situation around the return match between Turkish and Armenian football teams to take place in Turkey on October 14.
25 August 2009 [12:47]
The working group launched by parties included in the Union for Democracy are negotiating to set up a unified center on Karabakh issue, said Ahmad Oruj, chairman of the Azadlig party, part of the union.
25 August 2009 [12:16]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Receb Tayyib Erdogan are likely to stand trial, the Turkish news agency Anadolu reported.
25 August 2009 [12:05]
Azerbaijan seeks an unbiased assessment of the cultural and historical monuments in country's occupied territories.
25 August 2009 [11:01]
Armenia does not follow recommendations of the Council of Europe, Head of the Azerbaijani Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Samad Seyidov told reporters.
25 August 2009 [10:44]
Construction of Saudi Arabia's nuclear power plant with support from the U.S. is a response to Iran's nuclear program, and therefore, analysts believe that this will lead to political tensions in the Middle East.