Politics
01 September 2009 [15:32]
Azerbaijan’s Educational Center for Youth plans to host a week dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Council of Europe in late September, the center said.
01 September 2009 [14:51]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Iran should realise how "very serious" the September deadline is to negotiate on its nuclear programme, Reuters reported.
01 September 2009 [14:28]
Armenian political expert and Deputy Director of Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan commented to Day.Az protocols on the development of bilateral relations between Turkey and Armenia made public today.
01 September 2009 [14:06]
01 September 2009 [13:27]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Minh Triet on country`s National Day.
01 September 2009 [13:13]
01 September 2009 [12:59]
The current situation in the Caucasus is not suitable for Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in an interview with NTV channel.
01 September 2009 [12:47]
“I believe the opening of border between Turkey and Armenia is a very negative phenomenon both for Turkey and Azerbaijan,” Azerbaijani political expert Vafa Guluzade said commenting on Turkish Foreign Ministry’s statement that Turkey and Armenia will start talks to resume diplomatic ties.
01 September 2009 [12:16]
Azerbaijan favors demilitarization of Caspian Sea region, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
01 September 2009 [11:51]
“Establishment of diplomatic ties between Turkey and Armenia is normal,” Azerbaijani parliament’s security and defense committee chair Aydin Mirzazade said commenting on Turkish Foreign Ministry’s statement that Turkey and Armenia will start talks to resume diplomatic ties.
01 September 2009 [11:32]
U.S military men will visit Azerbaijan in an effort to get familiar with training of a marine battalion of the Azerbaijani Naval Forces, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
01 September 2009 [10:56]
Azerbaijan's position on opening of Armenia-Turkey border is based on numerous statements by Turkey's senior officials, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
01 September 2009 [10:42]
Coordination Group on Azerbaijan’s Strategic Defense Outline will hold a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s press office said.
01 September 2009 [10:31]
Turkey and Armenia have agreed to establish diplomatic relations since the signing of the Protocol on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
01 September 2009 [10:24]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree to improve logistics of activities of the "The Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh Region."
01 September 2009 [10:18]
The latest initiative to normalize Armenia-Turkey ties is just a game by Turkey to keep Armenia in the game, chief of ‘Ay Dat’ bureau and Dashnaksutun party member Kiro Manoyan said.
01 September 2009 [10:06]
“The issue of opening Armenian-Turkish border was initiated even in 2007 by Armenia, which was a mistake,” Heritage Parliamentary Faction representative Stepan Safaryan said.
01 September 2009 [09:47]
Turkey does not plan to open border with neighboring Armenia at current stage, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu said commenting on agreement reached between the two countries to resume diplomatic ties.
01 September 2009 [09:22]
Turkey wants to normalize relations with Armenia, but also wants full normalization of relations in the South Caucasus, including Nagorno-Karabakh.
01 September 2009 [09:12]
01 September 2009 [09:01]
Turkey and Armenia moved closer to establishing diplomatic ties and reopening their border on Monday, saying they would sign accords within six weeks under a plan to end a century of hostility.
01 September 2009 [08:52]
Ian Micallef, President of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authoritie will visit Baku on September 10 to 14, spokesman for the Congress Dmitry Marchenkov said.
01 September 2009 [08:38]
Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev sent a message of congratulation to Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on his election as President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on Aug. 31.
31 August 2009 [17:21]
An Israeli Arab man has been indicted for allegedly working on behalf of Hezbollah in a plot to assassinate Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, a gag order lifted on Monday revealed, Haaretz reported.
31 August 2009 [16:54]
Day.Az has reported on numerous occasions that express money transfers are carried out to Azerbaijan’s occupied lands despite clear violation of international norms and regulations.
31 August 2009 [16:22]
Turkmenistan's intentions to establish a naval base on the Caspian Sea is an understandable desire of the countries to strengthen its positions, says Pavel Sorokin, the analyst of Unicredit Securities investment company, part of international financial UniCredit Group.
31 August 2009 [15:08]
The Union for Democracy which composes opposition parties held the next meeting on Aug. 31, chief of the Azadlig party Ahmad Oruj said.
31 August 2009 [14:51]
Nearly 83.2 percent of ‘A1+’ readers are dissatisfied with the Armenian authorities’ job performance.
31 August 2009 [14:28]
“I would not interpret Turkmenistan’s decision to establish a naval base on the Caspian Sea as a direct threat to Azerbaijan,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said commenting on Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov’s recent statement to establish naval base on the Caspian Sea.
31 August 2009 [14:11]
"Turkmenistan does not make territorial claims against any country and does not consider any country its enemy. Turkmenistan considers its borders as those of peace, friendship and good neighborhood," the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimhhammedov said on the eve of a meeting with the heads of law-enforcement agencies.
31 August 2009 [13:45]
The Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov's statement on establishment of naval base on the Caspian Sea points to upcoming serious talks, editor-in-chief of Russian 'Kommersant' newspaper Azer Mursaliyev said.
31 August 2009 [13:33]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Muammar Gaddafi, Ivan Gasparovic and Islam Karimov on their countries' national holidays on Aug. 31.
31 August 2009 [12:53]
The primary purpose of Turkmenistan's own naval base on the Caspian Sea is to protect the oil and gas wells, rather than to accelerate resolving the status of the sea, ex-Head of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers Economic and Fiscal Policy Department Oqtay Hagverdiyev said.
31 August 2009 [12:38]
“Turkmenistan has always been jealous of Azerbaijan’s oil strategy,” Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said commenting on Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov’s plans to establish country’s naval base on the Caspian Sea.
31 August 2009 [12:24]
Armenia continues to enrich itself by selling drugs grown in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov said.
31 August 2009 [11:39]
The Turkish and Armenian Presidents will meet if the border is opened or countries are close to make this decision, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in an interview with BBC's Russian service.
31 August 2009 [11:28]
Azerbaijan favors Caspian Sea's becoming region of peace.
31 August 2009 [10:46]
The Iranian Parliament will held discussions on 10 candidates nominated by the Iranian President on the second day of deliberation on the new staff of the Cabinet of Ministers, Iranian Mehr news agency reported.
31 August 2009 [10:37]
NATO and Azerbaijan are discussing the possibility of using country’s air space by alliance’s contingent to reach Afghanistan.
31 August 2009 [09:55]
Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama said on Monday he would work to resolve a decades-old territorial feud with Russia, after his party won a landslide victory in a Japanese election, Reuters reported.
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]
PM Shehbaz Sharif’s upcoming visit to Azerbaijan signals stronger bilateral relations
Japanese Princess Kako may visit Brazil in June
China launches probe into space to deliver samples from near-Earth asteroid
Azerbaijan Defense Ministry presents weekly overview [VIDEO]
Armen pinned to the wall, but he resists
Reception held in Azerbaijan to mark 65th anniversary of Japanese Emperor Naruhito
AI-driven cyberattacks increasing security challenges, warns Azerbaijani official