Politics
11 September 2009 [17:33]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Kazakhstan on Friday, kicking off a tour of the energy-rich Caspian Sea region.
11 September 2009 [16:31]
The participation of the internally displaced persons (IDP) in the municipal elections is a problem, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov said.
11 September 2009 [16:14]
Azerbaijani political experts answered to question “what has changed in the world after the events of September 11, 2001?”
11 September 2009 [15:37]
Azerbaijani and Turkish Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Ahmet Davutoglu had a telephone conversation on Sept. 10, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
11 September 2009 [15:18]
Azerbaijan takes measures to ensure security on the eve of the municipal elections.
11 September 2009 [14:59]
Head of Azerbaijan-Estonia Culture Center Niyazi Hajiyev spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
11 September 2009 [14:26]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu proposes to hold discussions in Turkish Grand National Assembly (Parliament) on the protocol signed under Switzerland's mediation between Ankara and Yerevan, Anadolu news agency reported.
11 September 2009 [13:35]
Azerbaijani voters with lost identity cards will be able to participate in the municipal elections.
11 September 2009 [13:23]
If Azerbaijan submits the resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh for consideration of the UN General Assembly, GUAM member states will fully support it, Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM, Valeri Chechelashvili, said.
11 September 2009 [11:57]
Ten helicopters of Azerbaijan’s Air Forces made training flights along the contact line in direction of Fuzuli, Beylagan, Agjabedi, Aghdam, Tartar and Goranboy regions on Sept. 11.
11 September 2009 [11:28]
The new package of initiatives, officially submitted yesterday by Iran to '5+1'can not be a topic for consideration by serious politicians, said the President of the Middle East Institute Yevgeni Satanovsky.
11 September 2009 [11:16]
The delegation, headed by Azerbaijani Foreign Ministe Elmar Mammadyarov will represent Azerbaijan at the 64th United Nations General Assembly, the Ministry's Spokesman Elkhan Polukhov said.
11 September 2009 [10:58]
Vice-Speaker of Azerbaijan`s Parliament (Milli Majlis) Ziyafat Asgarov met State Secretary of Hungary`s Defense Ministry Agnes Vadai on Sept. 10.
11 September 2009 [10:39]
The Russian ruble must in the future become a global reserve currency, Interfax quoted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as saying.
11 September 2009 [10:27]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United Nations Security Council would not support oil sanctions targeting Iran, AFP reported.
11 September 2009 [09:53]
Changes in the U.S. personnel policy in the post-Soviet countries can testify to a shift in the strategy of the new American administration, General Director of the Information Analytical Center at Moscow State University Alexei Vlasov said.
11 September 2009 [09:42]
President Barack Obama accepted a South Carolina Republican's apology for shouting, "You lie!" during his speech to Congress, and House Democratic leaders showed no interest in sanctions against Rep. Joe Wilson, AP reported.
11 September 2009 [09:35]
The informal summit in Aktau, Kazakhstan, in which Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkmen and Kazakh presidents will participate, is important to intensify regional cooperation, Russian expert on the CIS countries and Central Asia Stanislav Pritchin said.
11 September 2009 [09:26]
On Sept. 10, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to improve logistics of educational and preschool institutions.
11 September 2009 [08:59]
Georgia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement to condemn a decision by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to recognize country's break-away South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions.
11 September 2009 [08:47]
Commenting on opening of Turkey-Armenia borders, the Azerbaijani Consul in the Turkish city of Kars Hasan Sultanoglu said Turkey will not take any step that will disappoint Azerbaijan, Cihan news agency reported.
11 September 2009 [08:21]
A meeting of Azerbaijani and Greek businessmen was held on Sept. 10 to discuss opportunities for expansion of relations to train staff for tourism and develop cooperation in education between Azerbaijan and Greece, the Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan said.
10 September 2009 [17:48]
Armenian expert and Chairman of the Caucasus Center of Peace Initiatives Georgi Vanyan spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
10 September 2009 [17:37]
Azerbaijan is devising a bill on municipalities' submitting reports to the Azerbaijani Parliament.
10 September 2009 [17:27]
The European Parliament has agreed to vote on Jose Manuel Barroso's bid for a second term as European Commission president on Sept. 16, AP reported.
10 September 2009 [16:56]
The State NGO Support Council under Azerbaijani President and the UN Development Program (UNDP) have signed a joint project.
10 September 2009 [16:24]
“I think that today Armenia once again was convinced that the Azerbaijani army is well-prepared,” Azerbaijani
parliament’s security and defense committee chair Aydin Mirzazade said commenting on media reports claiming that five Armenian soldiers have been killed at the Azerbaijan-Armenia contact line.
10 September 2009 [15:09]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced about recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia's independence by Venezuela at the talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Sept. 10.
10 September 2009 [14:52]
Former OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Matthew Bryza commented on Robert Bradtke’s appointment as U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minssk Group.
10 September 2009 [14:44]
The GUAM Organization (a regional organization established in Oct. 1997 by Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) has problems similar to that of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), said Alexey Vlasov, Director General of the Information and Analytical Center for Post-Soviet Studies at the Moscow State University.
10 September 2009 [13:55]
Jan Lucas van Hoorn will be the Netherlands' first ambassador to Azerbaijan.
10 September 2009 [13:49]
Grant activities by the Fund for State Support to Media Development can be considered successful, senior official of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration said.
10 September 2009 [13:26]
A Republican lawmaker shouted "You lie" at President Barack Obama as he addressed Congress on Wednesday. The congressman later apologized for his "lack of civility", NBC News reported.
10 September 2009 [13:12]
Turkmen President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov signed a decree on "Amnesty for Prisoners" in honor of one of the most respected and sacred nights of holy month of Ramadan to all Muslims - Kadir Gecesi (Night of Omnipotence).
10 September 2009 [12:47]
The OSCE Special Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti has summed up his visit to Azerbaijan which took place on Sept. 7-11.
10 September 2009 [12:35]
Iran's non-participation in the quadrilateral informal meeting of the Caspian littoral countries' presidents, which is scheduled for Sept.11, is a warning to Iran, said Hishmatullah Felahet Pishe, Member of the Iranian Parliamentary Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy, Mehr news agency reported.
10 September 2009 [12:28]
The OSCE Special Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti has appreciated establishment of the Fund for State Support to Media Development under Azerbaijani President, Chief of Presidential Administration Public and Political Department Ali Hasanov said.
10 September 2009 [12:18]
The municipal elections in Azerbaijan will be held in a competitive and stable atmosphere, said Ali Hasanov, the Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Public and Political Department.
10 September 2009 [11:23]
Moscow considers Iranian officials' statements on illegality to hold a separate meeting of the Presidents of four Caspian counties, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan as far-fetched ones.
10 September 2009 [11:07]
Armenian armed forces launched offensive toward Aghdam region of Azerbaijan at about 9.23 on Sept. 9.
10 September 2009 [09:37]
‘Turkey-Armenia normalization will give an incentive to resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic said.
10 September 2009 [09:22]
Amid international calls on Iran to engage the West over its nuclear program, the country presents the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany with its latest package of proposals to tackle global issues, Press T reported.
10 September 2009 [08:43]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on Sept. 9 received Gianluidji Masha, Italian ambassador to Azerbaijan, on completion of his diplomatic mission.
10 September 2009 [08:21]
On Sept. 9, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev expressed condolences to his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul.
09 September 2009 [17:34]
Agnes Vadai, Senior State Secretary of Hungarian Defense Ministry is visiting Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry's Deputy Spokesperson Teymur Abdullayev said.
09 September 2009 [15:47]
Head of the Political Forecasting Service of the Center for post-Soviet Studies Alexander Karavaev commented on the upcoming informal meeting of heads of Caspian littoral states in Aktau.
09 September 2009 [15:10]
Speaker of Turkish parliament Mehmet Ali Shahin will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan.
09 September 2009 [14:53]
Nokia, world-famous cell phones producer, has made an error related to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
09 September 2009 [14:39]
“Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will pay a visit to Azerbaijan,” the Georgian embassy in Baku said.
09 September 2009 [14:28]
“Azerbaijan is ready to open borders with Armenia only after Yerevan frees occupied Azerbaijani lands,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said commenting on some media reports which claim Europe and Turkey are developing ‘Roads of the Peace’ project which will connect Azerbaijan and Armenia.
09 September 2009 [14:13]
Lately there has been an impression that Yerevan finds living in peace, with the relative majority of its neighbors, boring.
09 September 2009 [13:26]
An Azerbaijani left party is going to take part in the municipal elections independently.
09 September 2009 [12:52]
Azerbaijani officer was wounded after Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire.
09 September 2009 [12:38]
Monitoring was held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces on Sept. 9 after a mandate by the special envoy of the OSCE chairman.
09 September 2009 [12:16]
”As to the summit of the Caspian littoral states in Aktau, this is meeting of the Caspian littoral states included in the CIS,” Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said commenting on upcoming meeting of the Caspian littoral states in Aktau without Iran’s participation.
09 September 2009 [11:57]
In the recent years Azerbaijan has been actively cooperating with the U.S. Military on New demilitarization and Biological Threat Reduction programs, the Congressional Research Service to the members and committees of U.S. Congress said.
09 September 2009 [11:29]
09 September 2009 [10:47]
Ruling New Azerbaijan Party’s branch in country’s Terter region has held a preparatory meeting for the coming municipal elections, the party’s press office said.
09 September 2009 [09:43]
The Incumbent Afghan President Hamid Karzai is moving closer to winning re-election as election authority said Tuesday he has received 54.1 percent of the votes with results from 91.6 percent polling stations, Xinhua reported.
09 September 2009 [09:32]
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program would be counterproductive, Press TV reported.
09 September 2009 [09:11]
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has warned against the implications of an informal summit between Iran's northern neighbors along the Caspian Sea, Press TV reported.
09 September 2009 [08:42]
Moldova's Constitutional Court Tuesday declared legal the acts adopted by the parliament on Aug. 28, according to which Liberal Party's leader Mihai Ghimpu was elected speaker, Xinhua reported.
09 September 2009 [08:21]
The newly elected Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey Mehmet Ali Sahin said he hopes for solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in near future.
08 September 2009 [17:31]
“Discussions and statements by public members in Azerbaijani press would not go unheeded by the Armenian side,” member of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis (parliament) Aydin Mirzazade said.
08 September 2009 [17:07]
The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received the Italian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Gianluigi Masha on completion of his diplomatic mission in Baku, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
08 September 2009 [16:48]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a message of congratulation to his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon on the country`s Independence Day.
08 September 2009 [16:29]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Russia on Thursday and Friday as part of his 11-day world tour, the Kremlin said.
08 September 2009 [15:26]
The Central Election Commission (CEC) continues the training for constituencies.
08 September 2009 [15:11]
The U.S. and Russian presidents will meet in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss progress towards a new bilateral arms control treaty, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
08 September 2009 [14:45]
Former first lady of the US Laura Bush praised the performance of her husband’s successor Monday, breaking with many Republicans in telling CNN that she thinks President Obama is doing a good job under tough circumstances.
08 September 2009 [14:38]
Azerbaijani MP Asim Mollazade will participate in the XIX Economic Forum to be held in Poland.
08 September 2009 [14:29]
08 September 2009 [14:12]
The autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will not discuss any issues related to Azerbaijan.
08 September 2009 [13:55]
08 September 2009 [13:42]
“No Azerbaijani citizens appealed to the Azerbaijani embassy in Georgia after the earthquake,” consul at Azerbaijani embassy in Georgia Farhad Mammadov said.
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