Politics
17 August 2009 [09:25]
North Korea Monday ordered its army and people on special alert as US and South Korean troops began a joint exercise, and vowed to respond to any military provocation with a nuclear attack.
17 August 2009 [09:14]
“If the Turkish border reopened, landlocked Armenia would have greater access to trade through ports on the Mediterranean and Black seas, and would be less dependent on transit through Russia,” Washington Times said in comments on Armenia-Turkey relations.
17 August 2009 [08:59]
The Azerbaijani People's Socialist Party (APSP) and the Georgian Labor Party will work together to integrate into the International Socialist Organization.
17 August 2009 [08:53]
North Korea denounced upcoming joint South Korean and U.S. military drills and said it would "wipe out" the countries with nuclear weapons if they threatened the communist state, its KCNA news agency said on Sunday, Reuters reported.
17 August 2009 [08:42]
ran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he would name at least two women ministers for his new cabinet, the state IRIB TV reported Sunday.
15 August 2009 [12:08]
"Unfortunately, the West exaggerates events regarding the arrest of bloggers."
15 August 2009 [11:53]
“I think it would be inappropriate to involve OSCE Minsk Group member states with peacekeeping contingent in Karabakh,” Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said while commenting on Baku’s stance which favors deployment of European and U.S. peacekeepers in Karabakh.
15 August 2009 [11:42]
Azerbaijan embassy in Pakistan has not received information about arrest of 11 Azerbaijanis suspected of links with Al Qaeda in Pishavar province, adviser in Azerbaijani embassy in Islamabad Sabir Rzayev said.
15 August 2009 [10:59]
There are still certain differences in the conceptions of the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides regarding settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Head of International Relations Department of Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov said in an interview with Turan news agency.
15 August 2009 [10:41]
Colombia says it has completed talks with Washington on allowing U.S. troops to use seven of its military bases, BBC reported.
15 August 2009 [09:44]
The new staff of the Cabinet of Ministers presented by Ahmadinejad to the Parliament for approval will spur a new wave of disagreement between the ruling elite and the opposition, and amongst supporters of President Ahmadinejad, a well-known Russian political scientist and orientalist said.
15 August 2009 [09:29]
15 August 2009 [09:22]
15 August 2009 [09:13]
With support of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the International Musical Festival and Competition of Pianists started in Gabala region of Azerbaijan.
15 August 2009 [09:08]
Senior official of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP)and member of parliament Mubariz Gurbanli says replacing the U.S co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group does not mean change in Washington's attitude towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
15 August 2009 [08:57]
15 August 2009 [08:45]
Secretary General of European Movement International Diogo Pinto ends his visit to Azerbaijan.
15 August 2009 [08:31]
14 August 2009 [17:54]
Turkey is in safe hands, CNN Turk quoted Turkish Prime Minister Rejeb Tayyib Erdogan as saying at a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party.
14 August 2009 [17:20]
Member of Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) from NUNS faction and member of Ukraine-Russia inter-parliamentary ties group Oles Doniy spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
14 August 2009 [16:42]
Azerbaijani member of parliament and member of Azerbaijani delegation to Venice Commission Latif Huseynov says Azerbaijan’s electoral laws allow to hold democratic elections.
14 August 2009 [16:23]
Azerbaijani parliament will discuss Law on Education in the third reading at a special session in autumn.
14 August 2009 [16:02]
There is no problem with the return of Azerbaijani citizens who were arrested on the Turkish vessel on the coast of India.
14 August 2009 [15:39]
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has informed the United Kingdom of illegal activity of The HALO Trust on-governmental organization in Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
14 August 2009 [15:22]
Russian Foreign Ministry dismisses reports about replacement of OSCE MG co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Igor Lyakin-Frolov said.
14 August 2009 [15:01]
14 August 2009 [14:22]
Director of Russia-based Center for Post-Soviet Area Studies Aleksei Vlasov spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
14 August 2009 [13:52]
The Eastern Partnership program of the European Union (EU) will not be able to give the expected results, International European Movement (IEM) Secretary General Diego Pinto told journalists in Baku on Aug.14.
14 August 2009 [13:23]
The European Union (EU) recognized the need to respect the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and we want the conflict to be resolved peacefully, International European Movement (IEM) secretary general Diego Pinto told journalists in Baku.
14 August 2009 [11:36]
Azerbaijani Deputy Transport Minister Musa Panahov spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
14 August 2009 [11:16]
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group are going to trip to the region of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict soon.
14 August 2009 [10:57]
U.S. Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke spoke in an interview with Trend News.
14 August 2009 [10:38]
The Turkish government has sent a diplomatic note to the Belgian government on death of Turkish citizen Mikail Tekin in Belgian prison.
14 August 2009 [10:20]
President Obama’s approval rating has dropped to 47 percent, a new low, according to the Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll.
14 August 2009 [09:59]
Azerbaijan’s opposition Umid party continues to hold territorial meetings in connection with the coming municipal elections, party’s deputy chairman Anvar Agazade said.
14 August 2009 [09:41]
Experts say career and well-known diplomat Matthew Bryza's possible appointment as U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan will be a signal of importance of Azerbaijan’s strategic role for Washington.
14 August 2009 [08:57]
Russia's President Dmitriy Medvedev has signed a decree appointing Mikhail Zurabov as Russia's ambassador to Ukraine, UKRINFORM reported quoting the Russian President's web-site.
14 August 2009 [08:38]
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has responded to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's video message.
14 August 2009 [08:21]
13 August 2009 [17:57]
“I believe the Armenian-Israeli relations are very weak and quite formal,” Azerbaijani political expert Vafa Guluzade said commenting on Israeli ambassador’s secret visit to Yerevan.
13 August 2009 [17:20]
Well-known Russian philosopher, public figure and ideologist of political Islam of Azerbaijan origin Heydar Jamal spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
13 August 2009 [15:39]
“It will be impossible for the Karabakh conflict resolution to advance without compromise,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said.
13 August 2009 [13:33]
The Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers confirmed Rules of Mechanism of National Direction with regard to Victims of Human Trafficking.
13 August 2009 [13:11]
Israeli Ambassador to Armenia Shemi Tsur (residence in Israel) is on a visit to Yerevan.
13 August 2009 [11:11]
Ankara will solve the Kurd problem in the country soon, Director of the Turkish International Strategic Research Organization Sedat Laciner said.
13 August 2009 [10:50]
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva considered the fifth and sixth periodic report by Azerbaijan on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination as a part of its 75th session.
13 August 2009 [10:31]
Azerbaijan’s Liberal Democratic Party has completed the second round of talks to set up a bloc ‘Independent Azerbaijan’ with political parties, party’s chairman Fuad Aliyev said.
13 August 2009 [09:07]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met with visiting Prime Minister of German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg Günther Oettinger.
13 August 2009 [09:01]
Secretary General of the European Movement International (EMI) Diogo Pinto is visiting Azerbaijan.
13 August 2009 [08:54]
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza visited Azerbaijan on August 12.
13 August 2009 [08:45]
President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers ended his visit to Azerbaijan on August 12.
13 August 2009 [08:37]
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza arrived in Baku on August 11. This is a farewell visit of Bryza to the region as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.
13 August 2009 [08:31]
On August 12, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with ambassador of the European Union in Azerbaijan Alan Waddams as he is completing his diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan.
12 August 2009 [17:23]
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation led by Minister President of the state of Baden-Württemberg Gunther Oettinger, President’s press service said.
12 August 2009 [17:08]
12 August 2009 [15:44]
U.S co-chairman of OSCE Matthew Bryza prefers not to comment on Armenian politician's proposal to declare him "persona non grata" in Armenia.
12 August 2009 [15:33]
“It is all the same whether Matthew Bryza or Tina Kaidanow will be co-chair,” Azerbaijan political expert Vafa Guluzade said commenting on reports claiming that Matthew Bryza will be replaced by Tina Kaidanow as OSCE Minsk Group U.S. co-chair.
12 August 2009 [14:38]
The 10th Azerbaijan-Germany Economic Forum has been held in Baku.
12 August 2009 [14:23]
12 August 2009 [13:56]
The United States hopes that President Serzh Sargsyan will visit Turkey in October to continue Yerevan's "football diplomacy" with Ankara, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chair Matthew Bryza said over the weekend.
12 August 2009 [13:41]
Uzbekistan stands for peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Uzbek ambassador to Azerbaijan Ismatulla Irgashev said.
12 August 2009 [13:16]
Emergency Situations Ministers of BSEC (Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation) member states will meet in Baku on September 18.
12 August 2009 [12:26]
“Tina Kaidanow’s appointment as OSCE Minsk Group U.S. co-chair is not a good sign,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said commenting on Matthew Bryza’s statement saying that he soon will be replaced by Tina Kaidanow.
12 August 2009 [11:22]
The poll conducted to learn opinion of opposition political parties regarding amendments to the Law on Political Parties showed that several opposition parties will have proposals concerning the new bill.
12 August 2009 [10:49]
Latvian President Valdis Zatlers is on official visit to Azerbaijan.
12 August 2009 [10:35]
Matthew Bryza, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and U.S. cochairman of the OSCE Minsk group yesterday has arrived in Azerbaijan.
12 August 2009 [10:14]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received new Representative for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Azerbaijan Mark Hereward on Augustt 11.
12 August 2009 [09:45]
Azerbaijan can play a more important role in the civil operations in Afghanistan, U.S analyst on terrorism and international security Thomas Sanderson said.
12 August 2009 [09:37]
The actions of the Minsk Group, in particular, that of U.S. co-chair Matthew Bryza, contradicts Azerbaijan’s interests, the Karabakh Liberation Organization said in a statement.
12 August 2009 [09:11]
Armenian politician Hayk Babukhanyan offers to announce OSCE Minsk Group U.S. co-chair Matthew Bryza persona non-grata in Armenia.
12 August 2009 [08:21]
11 August 2009 [17:47]
Russian president has sent a message to Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko.
11 August 2009 [17:19]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received copy of credentials of new Ambassador of Israel to Azerbaijan Michael Lavon-Lotem, the Foreign Ministry said.
11 August 2009 [16:37]
By 2030 the United States will be able to deliver coordinated high-precision strikes from air and space against any target on the whole territory of Russia.
11 August 2009 [15:54]
"Turkey raises its importance in the region through economic projects."
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