Politics
21 May 2007 [12:41]
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has extradited Vigen Patatanyan, who committed crimes against Azerbaijanis in Nagorno Karabakh, to Armenia.
21 May 2007 [12:37]
OSCE Office in Baku is to open its branches in several regions of Azerbaijan, Tornborn Byorvat representative of department on economics and environment at OSCE Office in Baku told.
21 May 2007 [12:28]
International Crisis Group's (ICG) new Caucasus Project Director Magdalena Fricheva's visit to Baku scheduled for today has been postponed, ICG Baku representative Vugar Gojayev told.
21 May 2007 [12:23]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) and Bernard Fassier (France)-mediators in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will arrive in the Armenian capital, Yerevan tonight.
21 May 2007 [10:33]
Tens of thousands of Turks filled a square in this historic Black Sea coast city to rally in favor of secularism and to protest against an Islamic-rooted government they fear is a threat to Turkey's cherished secular system.
21 May 2007 [10:32]
The leader of a Georgian opposition movement, Guram Sharadze, was gunned down Sunday evening on a street in a central part of the capital, Tbilisi, the Interior Ministry said.
21 May 2007 [08:09]
Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire again.
21 May 2007 [07:59]
The conference on Nagorno Karabakh conflict has been held at Salt Lake City the capital of the state of Utah.
21 May 2007 [07:58]
The parties' leaders are negotiating over setting up a new coordination center of opposition partie.
21 May 2007 [07:56]
South Korean Ambassador to Azerbaijan Lew Kwang-chul, visited southern region of Lankaran.
21 May 2007 [07:54]
NATO PA is to hold next session in Portugal, May 25-28.
21 May 2007 [07:51]
Press Council’s (PC) Appeal Commission will consider the appeal of vice-chairman & executive secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) on Azadliq newspaper at the meeting this week, said PC chief Aflatun Amashov.
21 May 2007 [07:49]
We think the Venice Commission will debate the proposals of Azadliq alliance regarding amendments to Electoral Code at the meeting scheduled to May 30, said Chairman of the Azadliq alliance's legal commission Gulamhuseyn Alibayli.
21 May 2007 [07:46]
My visit to Ganja is a great event, especially this city is a very important historical place, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Huseyn Avni Karsioglu visiting Ganja told journalists after meeting with Turkish students in Ganja.
21 May 2007 [07:44]
The chairman of Azerbaijan Committee against Torture Elchin Behbudov paid a visit to ex–health Minister Ali insanov, chief editor and founder of the newspapers "Gundalik Azerbaijan" and "Realniy Azerbaijan" Eynulla Fatullayev, chief editor of "Mukhalifat" Rovshan Mahmudov and its contributor Yashar Aghazade.
21 May 2007 [07:42]
Justice Ministry is investigating documents on Open Society Party for registration.
19 May 2007 [10:22]
Members of AGO Monitoring Group of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers will visit Azerbaijan in the first week of July.
19 May 2007 [10:21]
Azerbaijani Embassy in Germany will give a reception on May 28 – Republic Day of Azerbaijan.
19 May 2007 [10:17]
The delegation led by speaker Ogtay Asadov will visit Poland on May 21 at the invitation of chief of Polish Senate Bogdan Borusevich, parliament’s press secretary Akif Nazirov said.
19 May 2007 [10:16]
Trial on case of parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev was held on Friday in Sabail district court. MP Fazail Agamali and member of Parliament’s disciplinary commission Guler Ahmadova and others attended the trial.
19 May 2007 [09:57]
Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan (ACSDA) and Public Union for Protection of Rights of Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Azerbaijan held a round table on Lachin is ancient Azerbaijan territory.
19 May 2007 [09:53]
I do not have any information on German delegation's visit to Khankendi, said German ambassador Per Stankina.
19 May 2007 [09:50]
The key to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is neither in Yerevan nor in Baku, European Parliament member George Schopflin said.
19 May 2007 [09:48]
Azerbaijani government has purchased a new premise for Azerbaijani Embassy in Berlin.
19 May 2007 [09:44]
Azerbaijani Embassy in Germany appealed to German Foreign Ministry with regard to the information posted on APA's web-site with reference to Armenian sources which said German delegation composed of political, social and business figures, including Bundestag member Markus Gizeke is visiting Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories.
19 May 2007 [09:39]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is scheduled to make an official visit to Azerbaijan on May 21-22.
19 May 2007 [09:34]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation led by Hungarian Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz.
19 May 2007 [09:26]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev will possibly attend the summit of Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSECO) on June 25.
19 May 2007 [09:24]
Reports on Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry's sending note to Official Baku on detaining Azerbaijani ships in Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea are groundless, Kazakhstan's ambassador to Azerbaijan Andar Shukputov told journalists.
18 May 2007 [23:59]
OSCE police assistance program will continue for two or three years. This is very significant and large program, Deputy Head of OSCE Office in Baku Robin Seaword told.
18 May 2007 [23:50]
"Palestine is living hard times. Palestinians are in civil war. Israel is not interested in the escalation of situation in Palestine," Israel Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk exclusively told.
18 May 2007 [22:43]
"The information about agreement at the level of presidents on ceding David Garedji territory to Georgia is groundless," Garib Mammadov, State Land and Cartography Committee's Chairman stated.
18 May 2007 [21:47]
Parliamentary delegation Kazakhstan is to visit Azerbaijan in autumn.
18 May 2007 [21:33]
"Caspian states' summit is not expected soon," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
18 May 2007 [21:27]
Labor and Social Protection Minister Fuzuli Alekberov will participate in the international conference "Youth in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: from politics to deeds" on May 21-23.
18 May 2007 [14:42]
"Like other organizations, the European Union recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and I expressed this view in my visit to Brussels last year.
18 May 2007 [14:21]
"Khalaf Khalafov has already taken a stance regarding the issues on giving some parts of David Garechi cloister on Azerbaijani-Georgia border to Georgia. I think the negotiations should continue," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
18 May 2007 [14:11]
"German want 6,500 Azerbaijanis, who sought political asylum in this country, to return to Azerbaijan. The problem is that Azerbaijani side does not hold any negotiation on this issue," German Ambassador Extraordinary any Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Per Stankina told journalists.
18 May 2007 [13:58]
"We had throughout discussions on all spheres of relations between Azerbaijan and Hungary," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told a press conference following the meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz.
18 May 2007 [13:28]
Secretary General of Council of Europe Terry Davis has expressed his concern over the deterioration of the situation on media freedom in Azerbaijan.
18 May 2007 [13:14]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will arrive in Baku on May 25, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov was quoted.
18 May 2007 [09:20]
From the jungles of Indonesia to Spain's Basque country, separatists of the world are drawing hope from the approach of U.N.-approved independence of Kosovo.
18 May 2007 [08:31]
If Azerbaijan Democratic Party's (ADP) proposals rouse interest, we can pursue it attentively, said Ali Ahmedov vice-chairman & executive secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP).
18 May 2007 [08:17]
The issue on the amendments to Azerbaijan's Electoral Code will be debated on May 30 in Strasbourg.
18 May 2007 [08:03]
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry for the first time presented annual report on the measures carried out in Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
18 May 2007 [07:43]
Iranian and Azeri foreign ministers agreed to attend a meeting in Tehran in mid June to study the legal status of the Caspian Sea.
17 May 2007 [22:36]
US-educated Azerbaijan Alumni Association (AAA) sent a protest letter to the US Department of State for posting wrong information about Nagorno Karabakh on the State Alumni website, head of the Association Fariz Ismayilzade told.
17 May 2007 [22:07]
The 34th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign ministers (ICFM) in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan ended its work.
17 May 2007 [16:50]
Leaders of two secular parties in Turkey said Thursday that they would form an alliance to challenge the Islamic-rooted ruling party in July elections.
17 May 2007 [16:37]
Alan Waddams, Special Envoy of the European Commission to Azerbaijan may lead European Union office in Azerbaijan.
17 May 2007 [16:33]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will visit Nagorno Karabakh on May 21.
17 May 2007 [16:25]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation led by Mihail Lupoi, vice-president of NATO Parliamentary Assembly & head of Romanian delegation to NATO PA.
17 May 2007 [16:23]
Magdalena Fricheva, Caucasus Project Director of International Crisis Group (ICG) is scheduled to visit Baku on May 21-22.
17 May 2007 [16:22]
The report on missing persons in the south Caucasus will be debated at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on May 24 in Belgrade.
17 May 2007 [16:19]
Today preliminary court proceeding on criminal case on ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev, his brother Rafig Aliyev, former president of Azpetrol Group of Companies and 17 more defendants accused of corruption continued at Court of Grave Crimes.
17 May 2007 [15:05]
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said he was shocked to hear the news about the imprisonment of two more Azerbaijani journalists for libel.
17 May 2007 [14:58]
Azerbaijan is to open Permanent Representation to Dagestan this year.
17 May 2007 [13:45]
We are still devoted to the negotiating process for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. If negotiations turn out inefficient, war is the alternative.
17 May 2007 [13:41]
The State Alumni website https://alumni.state.gov -an online community of alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs has posted one more announcement that disputes Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
17 May 2007 [13:22]
Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay called Azerbaijani tragedy of January 20, 1990, a crime committed by the Soviet Army.
17 May 2007 [13:15]
Likud Knesset faction chairman Gideon Sa'ar gave exclusive interview to APA's Israel bureau.
17 May 2007 [10:29]
Today the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe debated Azerbaijan Delegation member to PACE Ganira Pashayeva's report on the 15th anniversary of the occupation of Shusha by Armenian military forces.
17 May 2007 [09:38]
The issue on frozen conflicts will be possibly debate by the Monitoring Committee of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
17 May 2007 [09:33]
Today monitoring was held in the contact line of troops in Chamanli village of Aghdam region under the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
17 May 2007 [09:27]
The editor of an opposition newspaper and one of its reporters were sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for libel in connection with a story that alleged corruption in the family of President Ilham Aliyev.
17 May 2007 [08:52]
"CIS heads of state will hold unofficial meetings in extended format in St. Petersburg. If there is need for it, Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents will meet within this format," Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told the journalists.
17 May 2007 [00:40]
Azerbaijani President issued an executive order on appointing Arif Agayev ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic.
17 May 2007 [00:24]
Today the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe debated Azerbaijan Delegation member to PACE Ganira Pashayeva's report on the 15th anniversary of the occupation of Shusha by Armenian military forces.
16 May 2007 [23:59]
Azerbaijan forwarded Russia the first echelon of arms, equipment and other property loaded in Batumi, Georgia at Yalama station at 10.00. 53 military equipment and 700 tonnes of other property were loaded in 35 trains.
16 May 2007 [21:27]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Hess Corporation's delegation headed by John B. Hess, chairman and chief executive officer of Hess Corporation.
16 May 2007 [15:54]
On Wednesday monitoring was held in the contact line of troops in Chamanli village of Aghdam region under the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
16 May 2007 [15:50]
Foreign Ministers of the Caspian states are expected to meet in Tehran in the second half of June.
16 May 2007 [14:39]
Bilateral security talks between Azerbaijan and the US will be held in Washington on July 9-10, US Embassy public affairs officer Jonathan Henick told.
16 May 2007 [14:15]
"Sending a note to Russia was a right step from legal, principal and formal aspect. Azerbaijani has to express its position regarding these issues."
16 May 2007 [13:00]
The planned bilateral security talks between Azerbaijan and the US will possibly take place in June or July this year, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
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