Politics
21 August 2009 [14:24]
Former US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman has arrived today in the capital of Azerbaijan.
21 August 2009 [13:48]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party has completed the first round of preparations for municipal elections to be held in December 2009, party’s spokesperson Ali Orujov said.
21 August 2009 [13:32]
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has denied reports on possible presence of Armenian military bases on Russian territory as part of an agreement on establishing the Collective Rapid Response Forces.
21 August 2009 [12:34]
Georgian Economy Minister Lasha Zhvania is leaving his post and Health Minister Alexander Kvitashvili has received a final warning, the Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri said at an special briefing.
21 August 2009 [12:18]
Well-known Russian author, publicist, expert on international relations and professor Yuri Pompeyev spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
21 August 2009 [10:41]
A year after the August war, a group of Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists visited Shida Kartli province in Georgia in a bid to get familiar with post-war situation.
21 August 2009 [09:56]
The Fifth International Book Exhibition and Fair is underway in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
21 August 2009 [08:38]
Afghan people voted in presidential elections on August 21.
21 August 2009 [08:21]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of condolence to South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak on the occasion of the death of the country`s former president Kim Dae-jung.
20 August 2009 [16:47]
The Iranian president has introduced his new ministers to the country's parliament, which must now approve them, state television reported Thursday.
20 August 2009 [16:31]
The Azerbaijani parliamentary commission on science and education has designed a bill on higher education and scientific-technological policy.
20 August 2009 [15:12]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has unveiled his list of cabinet ministers, BBC reported.
20 August 2009 [14:42]
The ruling New Azerbaijan Party does not see any need in injecting serious amendments to country's Election Code.
20 August 2009 [13:31]
“There is nothing sensational about statement by Italian Foreign Minister Franko Frattini,” Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said.
20 August 2009 [11:07]
The Resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh will remain on the agenda of the 64th UN General Assembly, Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to the UN Aqshin Mehdiyev said.
20 August 2009 [10:46]
Member of the State Assembly of California Bob Blumenfield addressed an official letter to the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles.
20 August 2009 [10:39]
Youth Union of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party will participate in the coming municipal elections to be held in December 2009, party’s press office said.
20 August 2009 [10:19]
Ukraine is interested in developing dynamic and effective relations with Russia, President Viktor Yushchenko told media in Poltava region.
20 August 2009 [10:11]
The parties included in the Union for Democracy are going to participate in the coming municipal elections to be held in December within an union, said Ahmad Oruj, chairman of party Azadlig, part of the union.
20 August 2009 [09:40]
With concerns in the West about military ties between Russia and Iran, an official at Russia's state arms exporter says if asked, Moscow will be willing to consider orders for military equipment from Tehran, Press TV reported.
20 August 2009 [09:27]
Chief of International Affairs Department of Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov commented on impact of recent acts of terrorism in North Caucasus on Azerbaijan.
20 August 2009 [08:43]
Chief of International Affairs Department of Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov commented on a recent initiative by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to establish economic organization of the Caspian littoral states.
19 August 2009 [17:49]
New U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Tina Kaidanow will hold first official meetings in Georgia in September, Georgian parliament’s vice speaker Paata Davitaya said during a visit to the United States.
19 August 2009 [17:33]
The autumn session of Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) will begin on October 1, chairman of the parliament’s committee for social policy Hadi Rajabli said.
19 August 2009 [16:53]
“All talks about possible developments in the process of resolution of the Karabakh conflict will be based on proposals in the next few weeks,” head of the Ay Data central office for political issues of Dashnaksutun party Kiro Manoyan said.
19 August 2009 [16:17]
Representatives of Georgia-based "Geyrat" national movement of Azerbaijan say Armenians in Georgia are assuming Georgian surnames in large numbers.
19 August 2009 [16:02]
19 August 2009 [15:47]
Azerbaijani youth in Georgia will hold congress in October.
19 August 2009 [15:15]
One of the world-famous brands calls into question Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
19 August 2009 [14:46]
The next session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly will be held in Edinburgh, member of Azerbaijani delegation to NATO PA and member of Milli Majlis (parliament) Siyavush Novruzov said.
19 August 2009 [14:35]
Appointment of former Russian ambassador Vasili Istratov as OSCE Minsk Group co-chair is more acceptable for Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said commenting on Russian media reports claiming Istratov to be one of the candidates to the post of the Russian co-chair of Minsk Group.
19 August 2009 [14:12]
Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Solyom on Saint Stephen Day.
19 August 2009 [13:54]
Azerbaijan would like to believe that any new co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group will make every effort to restore justice and ensure Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Political Analysis and Dataware Department Elnur Aslanov said.
19 August 2009 [13:42]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on the Afghan people to take part in the upcoming presidential and provincial elections, Xinhua reported.
19 August 2009 [13:33]
Israeli President Shimon Peres said Wednesday that the Kremlin has promised to reconsider the planned delivery of powerful air defense missiles to Iran, AP reported.
19 August 2009 [13:17]
Turkey should solve its problem itself, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at the new conference, Turkish Anadolu news agency reported.
19 August 2009 [12:41]
Marc Grossman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs will visit Azerbaijan on August 20-25 upon the invitation of the Center for Strategic Studies under Azerbaijani President.
19 August 2009 [12:12]
Experts says issue of defining a legal status of the Caspian Sea will not be solved any time soon.
19 August 2009 [10:54]
In an interview with Day.Az, Russian political experts commented on Russia’s intention to replace country’s co-chair in the OSCE Minsk Group.
19 August 2009 [10:19]
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can only be resolved on basis of compromise, Former Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer said.
19 August 2009 [09:59]
“It is very easy to be an Azerbaijani hacker in Armenia. It benefits everyone – both hackers and so-called experts."
19 August 2009 [08:59]
A business forum is expected to be held within the expected visit of Chairman of the Senate of the Czech Republic Premysl Sobotka to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani ambassador to the Czech Republic Tahir Tagizade said.
19 August 2009 [08:47]
Up to 10 people including Nato staff were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a convoy near a military base outside Kabul on August 18.
18 August 2009 [17:33]
As the Iranian president faces a deadline to introduce his new ministers, reports indicate that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will submit the new Cabinet line-up to Parliament on Wednesday.
18 August 2009 [17:14]
After Georgia's withdrawal from the CIS, relations between Baku and Tbilisi will be based on bilateral agreements, as well as international agreements within other organizations, the Georgian Embassy in Azerbaijan reported on Aug. 18.
18 August 2009 [16:42]
Akhali Taoba newspaper reports that Armenians living in Georgia have sent a letter to Armenian government with a request “to help them to protect against Georgians and Azerbaijanis living in Georgia."
18 August 2009 [16:22]
Leaders of the Caspian littoral states will meet in Aktau, Kazakhstan to discuss legal status of the Caspian Sea.
18 August 2009 [15:58]
Azerbaijan-based Lider TV expert Tofiq Abbasov spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
18 August 2009 [15:23]
Border checkpoints in northern Azerbaijan have toughened security.
18 August 2009 [15:09]
Signature collection campaign to support the declaration of "Justice for Khojaly" civil awareness campaign initiated by OIC Youth Forum took place as a part of the international event of Global Young Greens in Sao Paolo, Brazil on August 15.
18 August 2009 [14:51]
“Russian president’s statement on Caspian Sea status is just recommendation,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said commenting on Dmitry Medvedev’s order to design a convention on Caspian Sea legal status.
18 August 2009 [14:21]
“I think it is inappropriate to advise independent states how to live and to build domestic and foreign policy,” Azerbaijani member of parliament Aydin Mirzazade said commenting in Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s statement.
18 August 2009 [14:03]
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will discuss prospects of bilateral relations in Baku in October.
18 August 2009 [13:46]
The Foreign Ministry of Georgia has issued an information on country's withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States.
18 August 2009 [13:34]
With year-long formal procedures required for quitting Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) finalized, Georgia formally quit the organization on August 18.
18 August 2009 [12:52]
18 August 2009 [12:37]
Several months ago Georgia applied to CIS member countries through the CIS Secretariat to preserve its participation in several multilateral agreements, especially with Azerbaijan, the spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elkhan Polukhov said.
18 August 2009 [11:31]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today sent a letter of felicitation to President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai on the occasion of the country`s holiday, Independence Day.
18 August 2009 [10:59]
Azerbaijan’s Communist Party is not going to join any union or bloc prior to the municipal elections set for December 2009, ACP Chairman Rauf Gurbanov said.
18 August 2009 [10:29]
The staff changes in the OSCE Minsk Group will not become a factor which could destabilise the negotiating process, British Political Scientist of Azerbaijani origin Teymur Huseynov said.
18 August 2009 [10:16]
The Left Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (LDPA) and the People's Socialist Party (PSP) intend to unite prior to the municipal elections.
18 August 2009 [09:57]
Russian Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin offers to consider a series of measures to revive Caspian littoral cooperation.
18 August 2009 [09:33]
Any decision on the trans-pipeline projects should be considered on the basis of the consent of the five Caspian littoral states, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters.
18 August 2009 [09:22]
Georgia will not suffer economic damage after quitting the CIS, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Temur Yakobashvili said.
18 August 2009 [08:53]
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry warned the citizens of the situation in Indonesia, Nigeria, Honduras and Somali, the official Web site of Foreign Ministry said.
18 August 2009 [08:21]
17 August 2009 [17:42]
New Azerbaijan Party has began large-scale preparations for the coming municipal elections.
17 August 2009 [17:21]
Political expert Rasim Agayev spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
17 August 2009 [16:23]
Caucasian Review of International Affairs has been included in world’s largest scientific database.
17 August 2009 [16:11]
The Platform of World Turkish Young Political Leaders will be established at the Union of World Turkic Youth.
17 August 2009 [15:54]
Editor-in-chief of “Russia in global policy” magazine and political expert Fedor Lukyanov spoke in an exclusive interview with Day.Az.
17 August 2009 [15:21]
Azerbaijan’s Popular Socialist Party (APSP) chaired by Rovshan Huseynov held a founding conference of its office in the south-eastern region of the country today, the party said.
17 August 2009 [14:39]
17 August 2009 [13:32]
Continuation of air flights Baku-Tel-Aviv is beneficial for both countries as there is not only commercial interest, Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan Michael Lavon-Lotem said.
17 August 2009 [12:29]
Unstable situation in the North Caucasus can have a negative impact on Azerbaijan and trade and economic ties with Russia, Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said.
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