Politics

09 February 2009 [13:40]

French embassy in Azerbaijan assess introduction of amendments to the Constitution as internal affair of the country

"Holding a referendum in Azerbaijan is its internal business", said French ambassador to Azerbaijan Gabriel Keller.
09 February 2009 [12:41]

Javier Solana: "EU hopes for normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and resolution of the Karabakh problem"

"EU hopes for normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and resolution of the Karabakh problem", said EU senior representative on general and external policy Javier Solana.
09 February 2009 [12:07]

OSCE to hold monitoring on contact front line of Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces

There is a plan to hold a monitoring on the contact front line of Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces on February 11, said the press service for the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan.
09 February 2009 [11:39]

Armenian FM: "Increase of Azerbaijan's spendings for defense creates new obstacles on the way of peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict"

"The bellicose statements of Azerbaijan and increased spendings on defense create new obstacles on the way to the peaceful solution of the Karabakh conflict", said Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan.
09 February 2009 [11:09]

Armenians violate ceasefire in Geranboy

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 8.
09 February 2009 [10:49]

Azerbaijan, Iran to hold international conferences on astronomy

Azerbaijan and Iran will hold two joint international conferences on astronomy in the framework of the year of astronomy in May and September of 2009.
09 February 2009 [10:35]

Turkish FM: "I hope the negotiation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia will be positive"

The situation in the South Caucasus will change after the complete normalization of relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan and Armenia, said Turkish FM Ali Babacan at the session "Caucasus and Balkans" in the framework of the 45th Munich international conference on security policy.
07 February 2009 [13:08]

Samed Seidov: "Azerbaijan is ready to contribute to provision of European security system"

"Azerbaijan is ready to contribute to provision of the European security system and has all opportunities for that", said head of the Azerbaijani delegation in PACE Samed Seidov, according to the official website of the Yeni Azerbaijan Party.
07 February 2009 [12:07]

Sardar Calaloghlu: "Movement "For Karabakh and Republic" is not planning to create a bloc"

"The Movement "For Karabakh and Republic" is currently not negotiating on transformation of the association into a political bloc", said chairman of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan Sardar Calaloghlu, represented in the movement.
07 February 2009 [11:35]

Armenian expert: "The first examination for the CSTO fast response forces might become Armenia's defense when hostilities in the Karabakh conflict area are resumed"

"The first examination for the CSTO fast response forces, if they are created in time, might become Armenia's defense in case hostilities in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict area", said expert on South Caucasus problems Viktor Yakubyan.
07 February 2009 [11:19]

Azerbaijan presents national report on human rights to UN Council

Azerbaijan presented a national report on human rights observance in the country, said the press service for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
07 February 2009 [11:09]

Armenians violate ceasefire in two regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 6.
07 February 2009 [10:54]

Representative of Turkish Foreign Ministry: "An agreement on Nabucco is planned to be signed in Ankara in mid this year"

"An intergovernmental agreement on the project of Nabucco gas pipeline is planned to be signed in Ankara in mid this year", said representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Selim Kuneralp, according to Anadolu news agency.
07 February 2009 [10:15]

Newly appointed ambassadors to Azerbaijan hand credentials to Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received credentials of ambassadors of Vietnam, Benin, Nigeria, Yemen, Angola, Estonia, SAR, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, according to AzerTac.
07 February 2009 [10:07]

Democratic Party of Azerbaijan: "Monopolies hinder price reduction in Azerbaijan"

"The Democratic Party of Azerbaijan has repeatedly proposed the initiative of reducing prices on energy sources, gas, essential products, yet no definite proposals in this sphere are made", said party chairman Sardar Calaloghlu.
06 February 2009 [18:50]

President of Azerbaijan receives credentials of newly appointed Indian ambassador to Azerbaijan

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received credentials of newly appointed ambassador of India to Baku Debnad Show, according to AzerTac.
06 February 2009 [18:10]

Chief of Barack Obama's electoral board to arrive in Baku

Chief of Barack Obama's electoral board David Plough will arrive on one day visit to Baku on February 8, said sources in the US embassy to Azerbaijan, according to Azadlyg radio.
06 February 2009 [17:46]

Two more US congressmen join Azerbaijan Caucus

US Representatives Republican Sue Myrick and Democrat Jim Moran joined the Azerbaijan congressional caucus, according to AzerTac.
06 February 2009 [15:43]

Azerbaijan returns body of Armenian military

Azerbaijan returned body of Armenian military on Friday.
06 February 2009 [15:37]

Insignificant hopes of Armenian generals

This week the Collective Security Treaty Organization held its regular session in Moscow.
06 February 2009 [14:34]

British deputies to observe referendum in Azerbaijan

Members of the British parliament will observe the process of referendum in Azerbaijan, schedule for March 18, said deputy of the British parliament Lord Tomlinson, according to AzTV channel.
06 February 2009 [14:22]

Co-chairs of World Azerbaijanis Congress discuss Karabakh conflict with deputies of Australian parliament

Co-chairs of the World Azerbaijanis Congress Sabir Rustamkhanly, Firuddin Parvizniya and permanent representative of the World Azerbaijanis Congress Ajder Taghizade are visiting Australia, according to the press service for the Congress.
06 February 2009 [13:24]

CE Congress of local and regional powers urge to present proposals on amendments to Azerbaijani Constitution

The planned amendments to the Azerbaijani Constitution, in particular control over the activity of municipalities, voices concern due to their possible noncompliance with the European charter of local self-government, which involved Azerbaijan in 2002.
06 February 2009 [12:54]

Mehti Mehtiyev: "Azerbaijani army will have to sacrifice about 10,000 military men for the successful return of the occupied lands"

In the issue of settlement of the tasks set and provision of the territorial integrity of the state, Azerbaijan relies only on the armed forces of our country, said military expert Mehti Mehtiyev.
06 February 2009 [12:04]

Azerbaijani FM receives copies of credentials of ambassadors of Yemen, Nigeria, Benin, South African Republic, Vietnam, Zimbabwe and Sri-Lanka

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov received ambassadors of Yemen, Nigeria, Benin, South African Republic, Vietnam, Zimbabwe and Sri-Lanka in Azerbaijan, who handed copies of credentials to him, said the press service for the Foreign Ministry.
06 February 2009 [11:50]

Armenians violate ceasefire in two regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 5.
06 February 2009 [11:09]

Turkish Foreign Minister to visit Azerbaijan

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan will visit Azerbaijan on February 9.
05 February 2009 [17:55]

Appellate Court dismisses claim of Azadlyg newspaper correspondent Mirza Sakit about long-term release

The Baku Appellate Court considered the claim of Azadlyg newspaper correspondent Mirza Sakit, against the decision of the Narimanov district court.
05 February 2009 [17:46]

CEC refuses to register journalists’ Free Speech Initiative Group

CEC refused to register journalists’ Free Speech Initiative Group as Propagating Group in connection with referendum to be held on March 18, APA reports.
05 February 2009 [17:14]

Azerbaijani opposition appeals to Constitutional Court with request to annul referendum

The Movement "For Karabakh and Republic" held a session on Thursday, said chairman of the Umid party Igbal Aghazade, represented in the movement.
05 February 2009 [17:01]

Armenian communist party: "There is Narimanov statement of the 1920s in which is fixes that bodies of 26 commissars are buried"

The Communist Party of Armenia is solidar with the Communist and Socialist Parties of Azerbaijan in the issue of reburial of Shaomyan's residuals, said first secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Armenia Ruben Tovmasyan.
05 February 2009 [15:46]

Hafiz Hajiyev: "Opposition will not attain anything by organizing an agitation campaign against the referendum"

"Opposition's arguments against introduction of amendments to the Constitution are so weak and they are not supported by the population", said chairman of the Muasir Musavat party Hafiz Hajiyev.
05 February 2009 [14:40]

Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli speaks for reduction of prices on energy sources in Azerbaijan

"The Aydinlar party supports the initiative of a number of opposition parties about reduction in prices on energy sources and gas due to the influence of the world economic crisis on Azerbaijan", said party chairman Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli.
05 February 2009 [14:10]

Azerbaijani FM receives copies of credentials from new Angola ambassador

Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mamedyarov received copies of credentials from new Angola ambassador to Azerbaijan Samuel Titu Armando, according to the press service for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
05 February 2009 [13:29]

Russian ambassador to Armenia: "Statements of supply of the Russian military hardware of a total of $800,000,000 to Armenia are false"

"The statements about supply of the Russian military hardware of a total of $800,000,000 to Armenia are false", said ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Russia to Armenia Nikolai Pavlov.
05 February 2009 [13:00]

Russian ambassador to Armenia: "Russia will guarantee agreements to be reached on Karabakh"

"Russia will be a guarantor of agreements, reached around the process on the resolution of the Karabakh problem", said ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Russia to Armenia Nicolai Pavlov.
05 February 2009 [11:27]

Azerbaijani FM receives credentials of new Estonian ambassador

Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mamedyarov received copies of credentials from new Estonian ambassador to Azerbaijan Aivo Orava, said the press service for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
05 February 2009 [10:54]

Armenians violate ceasefire in three regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 4.
05 February 2009 [10:35]

Armenian Assembly of America: "Turkey should stop interfering in the Karabakh process and acknowledge the Armenian Genocide"

The Armenian Assembly of America hails the efforts for normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and the recent meeting between the Presidents of the two states, the Assembly’s Regional Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh told a news conference in Yerevan.
05 February 2009 [10:25]

Foreign Minister: "Armenia is beyond large scale regional projects due to occupation of a part of Azerbaijani lands"

Poland plays a special role in the EU initiative of Eastern partnership, proposed to Azerbaijan, said Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov at the meeting with deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Anzhey Kraemer.
05 February 2009 [09:55]

Armenian Assembly of America Regional Director: "The Turkish and Azeri lobbies in the U.S. are now trying not to fall behind the Armenian activists"

The Turkish and Azeri lobbies in the U.S. are now trying not to fall behind the Armenian activists, the Armenian Assembly of America Regional Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh said.
04 February 2009 [18:40]

Deputy Lala Abbasova: "As a protest against murder of Palestinian children, women, elderly people, I quited the parliamentary group of Azerbaijan-Israel friendship"

"Innocent children, women and elderly people die in the result of Israel's offensive in Palestine. As a protest, I appealed to the Milli Medjlis leadership about quitting the Azerbaijan-Israel group of friendship", said deputy Lala Abbasova.
04 February 2009 [17:11]

Document confirming that Stepan Shaumyan was not shot in Agjagum in 1918 found

The document confirming that head of Baku Commissars Stepan Shaumyan was a prisoner of war in March, 1919, it was stated at the Scientific Council of the History Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, APA reports.
04 February 2009 [17:08]

Special representative of OSCE PA on Nagorno Karabakh conflict to arrive in Azerbaijan

Special representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Georgia Goran Lennmarker will arrive in Azerbaijan on February 12, said chief of department of media and information of the OSCE Baku office Rashad Huseynov.
04 February 2009 [16:49]

Hikmet Hajizade: "Russia's policy in Georgia and Azerbaijan is aimed at support of separatism and weakining of independence of these countries"

Russia's policy in Georgia and Azerbaijan is aimed at support of separatism and weakining of independence of these countries, said famous political scientist Hikmet Hajizade.
04 February 2009 [15:28]

"President" of self-declared "NKR": "Nagorno Karabakh will never be a part of Azerbaijan"

"The position of the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" on the format of talks remained changeless: the resolution of the Karabakh conflict is impossible without participation of Nagorno Karabakh as an equal party", said "president" of separatist "NKR" Bako Saakyan.
04 February 2009 [15:10]

Armenian President accused of cowardice

Novruz Mamedov, chief of department of international ties of the presidential administration accused Armenian President of cowardice.
04 February 2009 [12:49]

Iranian TV channel continues smeary campaign against Azerbaijani deputy

Iranian Seher TV channel continues smeary campaign against deputy of Azerbaijani parliament, co-chair of the World Azerbaijanis Congress Sabir Rustamkhanly, said Samir Asadli, representative of the control-revision commission of the World Azerbaijanis Congress.
04 February 2009 [11:10]

Armenians violate ceasefire in three regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 3.
04 February 2009 [10:50]

Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova: "Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan hampers establishment of peace and stability in the South Caucasus"

Azerbaijani ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova took part in the events on "The process of stabilization in the South Caucasus" in Berlin (Germany), according to AzerTac.
04 February 2009 [10:21]

President of Azerbaijan to visit France

04 February 2009 [10:02]

NATO representative: "Azerbaijan has really established an army which is ready to conduct offensive"

After Day.Az has posted information about the visit of Azerbaijani deputies to the frontline regions, it has received a call from a senior official of NATO from Brussels, who said he always reads Russian language e- mass medias of the South Caucasus states.
04 February 2009 [10:00]

Extending a Hand to the Islamic World

By Anne E. Derse U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan
04 February 2009 [09:49]

President of Azerbaijan extends independence day greetings to his Sri Lankian counterpart

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today sent a letter of congratulation to President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa on the country`s national holiday, Independence Day.
03 February 2009 [17:44]

7 Azerbaijani students undergo trial in Iran

The Tebriz revolutionary court has passed a decision on the case of the activists of the movement for rights of South Azerbaijanis in Iran, reports the World Azerbaijanis Congress.
03 February 2009 [16:55]

A seminar on implications of the international recognition of Kosovo for the future of Nagoro Karabakh held in Michigan University

A seminar on implications of the international recognition of Kosovo for the future of Nagoro Karabakh was held in Michigan University.
03 February 2009 [16:15]

Police detains another participant of anti-Israeli protests in Nardaran

Resident of Nardaran village Hikmet Veliyev, active participant of the recent anti-Israeli action in this village, was detained late February 2.
03 February 2009 [15:05]

Union for Democracy to cooperate with opposition groups in period of agitation on referendum

The initiative group of the Union "For democracy" intends to cooperate with other oppositional groups in the agitation period, said chairman of the Classical Front Party of Azerbaijan Mirmahmud Miralioghlu.
03 February 2009 [14:21]

Former adviser of Vladimir Putin: "Javakheti and Marneuli are offered to Armenia and Azerbaijan respectively while dividing Georgia"

"Russian powers have committed a planned and well prepared aggression against Georgia", said former adviser of President Putin on economic issues Andrei Illarionov.
03 February 2009 [12:23]

Polish deputy foreign minister on a visit to Azerbaijan

Polish deputy foreign minister Andrzej Kremer arrived in Baku on Tuesday for a working visit.