Politics
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.
25 August 2009 [09:50]
Uzbekistan believes the cooperation with the U.S. is a balance against the Russian influence and guarantee of its intervention in country's internal politics, said Jeffrey Mankoff, American Expert on Russia.
25 August 2009 [09:37]
“First of all, the football match is a sports event and Turkey has one of the strongest football teams worldwide. So, it will certainly gain an upper hand over Armenian team," Azerbaijani member of parliament Aydin Mirzazade 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 [09:24]
It’s wrong to link the entire Armenian-Turkey process with the issue whether or not Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Turkey to watch return football match, Armenia's NAS Oriental Studies Institute Director, Turkish studies specialist Ruben Safrsastyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
25 August 2009 [08:39]
Iran has taken a swipe at Germany over calling for sanctions on Iran's energy sector, saying that sanctions won't prevent Tehran from pursuing its legal rights, Press TV reported.
25 August 2009 [08:27]
The municipal elections are expected to be held in mid December in Azerbaijan, chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov told reporters.
24 August 2009 [17:56]
The Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliamentary Committee believes the adoption of the Military Doctrine will have a positive impact on the country's military establishment.
24 August 2009 [17:42]
Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has launched preparations for municipal elections to be held in December.
24 August 2009 [17:22]
Azerbaijan is considering candidates for the post of Secretary General of UNESCO.
24 August 2009 [17:12]
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, is very popular around the world. But the errors or deliberate distortions of many articles related to Azerbaijan, especially the Karabakh conflict, have become frequent.
24 August 2009 [16:58]
Azerbaijan and Slovenia will discuss the prospect of cooperation in Baku in autumn.
24 August 2009 [16:19]
“Armenia-Turkey ties must not be considered as stalled. Ankara’s interest in this process is already a process,” political expert and director of Caucasus Institute Alexander Isgandaryan said.
24 August 2009 [15:31]
“I think meeting of the heads of states of the Caspian littoral countries will take place in a normal and friendly manner,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said commenting on informal meeting of the Caspian littoral countries’ heads of states to be held in Aktau in September 13.
24 August 2009 [14:57]
“I think Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan will not go to Turkey to watch return football match between Turkish and Armenian teams,” Azerbaijani political expert Zardusht Alizade said.
24 August 2009 [14:22]
In an interview with Day.Az, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Research Professor S. Frederick Starr said that unlike Russia, the U.S. has every right to be a part of any peacekeeping force.
24 August 2009 [13:58]
Azerbaijan intends to achieve world community's assessment of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the UN General Assembly, chief of the International Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani President's Administration Novruz Mammadov said.
24 August 2009 [13:27]
24 August 2009 [13:12]
Azerbaijan and Armenia are responsible for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, Ex-Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State on Political Affairs Marc Grossman told journalists at the Centre for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijani President.
24 August 2009 [12:15]
Azerbaijani Presidential Administration’s Political Analysis and Public Relations Department Chief Elnur Aslanov spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
24 August 2009 [11:22]
Benjamin Netanyahu tells cabinet he aims to reignite Israeli-Palestinian peace process by fall, but Foreign Minister Lieberman says he sees no real chance to striking peace with PA, ynet news reported.
24 August 2009 [09:36]
Ruling New Azerbaijan Party’s Garadagh branch has held a meeting to prepare to the coming municipal elections to be held in December 2009, party’s press office said.
24 August 2009 [09:11]
August 23 marked 16th anniversary of occupation of Azerbaijan's regions of Fizuli and Jabrail by the armed forces of Armenia. On 23 August 1993, 51 villages and center of Fizuli region were seized by Armenians. As a result, more than 55,000 inhabitants left their native Land.
22 August 2009 [12:56]
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan said ballot counting was complete and partial results would be released from Tuesday, AFP reported.
22 August 2009 [12:36]
President of Azerbaijan Social Research Fund and political expert Rashad Rzaguliyev spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
22 August 2009 [12:07]
Azerbaijan's Youth & Sports Minister Azad Rahimov has issued a statement on situation around Eurovision-2009.
22 August 2009 [11:51]
The prospects of Azerbaijani-Czech military-technical cooperation are planned to be discussed in Baku in September.
22 August 2009 [10:58]
22 August 2009 [10:41]
Ukraine's parliament overrode President Viktor Yushchenko's veto on a presidential election law at an emergency session on Friday.
22 August 2009 [10:06]
“The last statement by OSCE Minsk Group U.S. co-chair Matthew Bryza reflects U.S. Department of States' stance on this issue,” U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone said in an interview with Armenian Reporter.
22 August 2009 [09:38]
The Kazakh, Russian, Azerbaijani and Turkmen presidents will discuss the status of the Caspian Sea at a summit in Aktau.
21 August 2009 [17:57]
Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Denisov said CSTO exercises face no obstacles.
21 August 2009 [16:17]
Five-sided talks on the legal status of Caspian Sea will be held next month in Ashgabat with the participation of deputy foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia and Iran.
21 August 2009 [15:41]
UN inspectors have visited the site of a nearly completed Iranian nuclear reactor for the first time in a year, foreign diplomats have said.
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]
Reception held in Azerbaijan to mark 65th anniversary of Japanese Emperor Naruhito
Nakhchivan delegation gains insight into Turkiye’s expertise in cultural heritage protection
FATF Expresses concern over North Korea's anti-money laundering efforts