Politics
26 April 2007 [14:10]
The occupied territories of Azerbaijan' will be liberated by the schedule to be worked out by Armenian Armed Forces, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said when commenting on the negotiations for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
26 April 2007 [13:57]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Russian Embassy in Russia.
26 April 2007 [13:35]
"Tolerance – is one of the best Azerbaijan's aspects, your country can be an example for Europe as well," Council of Europe Secretary General's special representative on Azerbaijan told.
26 April 2007 [13:02]
On behalf of Azerbaijani-American community of California, the AAC thanks the U.S.
26 April 2007 [11:56]
Davud Savalanoglu, representative of South Azerbaijan Awakening Movement (SANAM) to Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) made statement on his resignation.
26 April 2007 [11:12]
"I have arrived in Baku for one-day visit as the European Union approaches media issues very attentively. Of course, I am interested in concrete issues, and I discussed these issues in my previous visits and I intend to keep on debating these issues again," said EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
26 April 2007 [11:10]
One more missing Azerbaijani is said to have been captured by Armenians on May 8-9, 1992 during the occupation of Shusha.
26 April 2007 [11:06]
The monitoring on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, near the Tapgaragoyunlu village of Goranboy region of Azerbaijan is to be held in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office on April 27.
26 April 2007 [11:05]
"We hope certain amendment will be made to Azerbaijani legislation that will provide considering suits on professional activity of journalists on the basis of Civil Code. According to European standards, problems related to journalists are not solved in accordance with the Criminal Code," said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti.
26 April 2007 [10:14]
26 April 2007 [09:54]
International scientific-practical conference on the role of tourism in the economy of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member-states will be held in Baku on June 21-22.
26 April 2007 [09:51]
Opening ceremony of Azerbaijani branch of Russia's Caucasus Democratic Institution Development Fund was held.
26 April 2007 [09:48]
Azerbaijan's Interior Minister, General Colonel Ramil Ususbov today received Ambeyi Ligabo, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, the Ministry's Press service told.
26 April 2007 [09:44]
"The changes to the initial 2006 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are right. The previous variant of the report was wrong. The situation needed clarifying, because the current stage of negotiations on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is very delicate," US Assistant Secretary of State, OSCE Minsk group co-chair Mathew Bryza stated in his interview to radio Voice of America.
26 April 2007 [09:39]
President Ilham Aliyev continues his state visit to South Korea.
26 April 2007 [09:39]
"I know how delicate question is Nagorno Karabakh for Azerbaijani government and every Azerbaijani. I understand uneasiness of people about different interpretation of the Nagorno Karabakh issue and its status. I restate that the United States has not changed its position on Nagorno Karabakh and its status," US ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse told journalists.
26 April 2007 [09:28]
The 2nd meeting of the intergovernmental economic commission between Azerbaijan and Poland will be held in Baku in September-October, Polish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Krzysztof Krajewski told journalists.
26 April 2007 [09:23]
The meeting of the intergovernmental commission between Russia and Azerbaijan has been postponed, the head of Russia's Trade Office in Azerbaijan Yuri Shedrin told journalists.
26 April 2007 [09:18]
Turkish political parties' representatives comment on the pre-election situation
26 April 2007 [09:10]
Isakhan Ashurov, lawyer for Eynulla Fetullayev, editor-in-chief of "Gundelik Azerbaijan" and "Realniy Azerbaijan" newspapers kept in Bayil detention place #1 met with his defendant.
26 April 2007 [09:08]
Nasimi district Court has been appealed as the term of imprisonment of former economic development minister Farhad Aliyev expired.
26 April 2007 [08:54]
Ambeyi Ligabo, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression is on visit in Baku.
26 April 2007 [08:52]
Etibar Mammadov, leader of pro-opposition Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) has left for Croatia to attend the conference of International Democratic Union.
26 April 2007 [08:51]
The delegation of the State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad led by Sureddin Humbatov is visiting Bucharest.
26 April 2007 [08:50]
We are worried about the weakness of Azerbaijani opposition. We want the opposition deserve government in the country, said YAP Deputy Executive Secretary, parliamentarian Siyavush Novruzov.
26 April 2007 [08:46]
On Thursday Baku State University will organize meeting with Nazir Ahmad, the only Muslim representative of Lord's Chamber.
26 April 2007 [08:41]
The 80th jubilee of the first Azerbaijani defense minister, General Lieutenant Valeh Barshadli will be celebrated in Baku.
26 April 2007 [08:38]
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's candidacy to presidency will be protested by over 400 NGOs in a mass rally in Istanbul on Sunday.
26 April 2007 [08:35]
Parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev who is detained in Boyuk Shor hospital of Justice Ministry was examined by neurosurgeon.
26 April 2007 [08:33]
Despite stronger efforts by Armenian lobby in US for approval of Armenian genocide resolution in the Congress, some congressmen declined their signatures for supporting the resolution.
25 April 2007 [22:24]
The next meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Foreign Ministers Council will be held in Dushanbe in October, 2007.
25 April 2007 [22:20]
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will organize an international conference "Role of media in the development of tolerance and mutual understanding" in Baku on April 26-28.
25 April 2007 [22:01]
President Ilham Aliyev will make his first official visit to Arab Republic of Egypt on May 6-8 at the invitation of President Mahammad Husni Mubarak, Egyptian embassy in Baku told.
25 April 2007 [15:05]
Pro-opposition Azadliq alliance's state building and Legal Policy Commission held a press conference on the draft resolution it worked out on the amendments to the Electoral Code.
25 April 2007 [14:39]
The visit of the Polish President Lech Kachinsky to Baku was very successful and we are satisfied by the results of this visit, Polish ambassador to Azerbaijan Krzysztof Krajewski told journalists.
25 April 2007 [13:06]
Georgia witnesses unique situation. Three high officials of Georgia- President, Prime Minister and Parliament's Chairman are on visit.
25 April 2007 [12:58]
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan issued an executive order on nomination of new Defense Minister of the country.
25 April 2007 [12:29]
Despite stronger efforts by Armenian lobby in US for approval of Armenian genocide resolution in the Congress, some congressmen declined their signatures for supporting the resolution.
25 April 2007 [12:05]
Does Abdullah Gul command enough balance between secular and Islamic sensitivities to satisfy all sides of Turkey's anguished debate over national identity?
25 April 2007 [11:56]
A national day of mourning has been declared in Russia on the death of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin. State flags will be lowered and cultural events will be postponed. The government advised the TV channels to postpone entertaining programs.
25 April 2007 [11:54]
A group of Armenians living in Washington hold a protest action outside Turkey's embassy in the US on the anniversary of so-called "Armenian genocide."
25 April 2007 [11:51]
On the eve of so called "Armenian genocide" U.S. President George W. Bush in his annual April 24 speech did not call 1915-1923 historical events as genocide.
25 April 2007 [11:50]
Armenian Armed Forces fired on the positions of Azerbaijan Armed Forces from their positions in Shikhlar village of Agdam from 00.15 till 00.35 and Javahirli village with machine and submachine guns from 04.20 till 04.45 on April 25.
25 April 2007 [09:24]
Belarus is interested in developing bilateral relations with Azerbaijan, country's President Alexander Lukashenko said in his annual address to the National Assembly and the Belarusian nation on Tuesday.
25 April 2007 [09:14]
Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov was called to Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
25 April 2007 [09:11]
Today National NGO Forum Management Staff and Control Inspection Commission held meeting.
25 April 2007 [09:08]
Preliminary consent was received on Open Society Party's (OSP) concluding mutual agreement with Boyuk Gurulush and Justice parties.
25 April 2007 [09:06]
Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh Public Union's chief Nizami Bahmanov sent a protest letter to Anne Derse, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan on the changes to the initial 2006 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
25 April 2007 [09:05]
Members of Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held a press conference on the results of the spring session.
25 April 2007 [08:51]
Houston Azerbaijanis Society and local Turkish community organized a protest action in Houston on April 20-21 under the slogan "No to Armenian lies!", Yusif Babanli, vice-president of Houston Azerbaijanis Society informs.
25 April 2007 [08:47]
"Azeri Jews and Israeli Azeris are moral bridge between our countries. The relationship between the peoples is of great importance," Israeli Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk told.
25 April 2007 [08:43]
OSCE published its 2006 annual report today. OSCE Central Office in Vienna told 112-page report reviews OSCE Offices' activity in the member-states and the chronicle of its cooperation with several international organizations.
25 April 2007 [08:42]
The two-day special working group meeting on the Caspian Sea legal regime convention in the Turkmen capital of Ashkhabad ended on Tuesday afternoon.
25 April 2007 [08:37]
Iran's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Naser Hamidi Zare held talks with the Head of the Presidential Office's Socio-Political Department of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov on Tuesday.
25 April 2007 [08:33]
Court consideration on the suit brought by former Health Minister Ali Insanov against YAP executive secretary Ali Ahmadov was held today in Sabayel district court.
25 April 2007 [08:29]
The appeal of parliamentarian, leader of Ana Veten Party Fazail Agamali on lawyer Kamandar Nesibov to the Bar is investigated, said Farhad Najafov, deputy chief of the Bar.
25 April 2007 [08:26]
In connection with the death of first Russian president Boris Yeltsin, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev offered condolences to Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Yeltsin's wife Naina Yeltsina.
25 April 2007 [08:17]
On May 8, the Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) and Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) will hold demonstration in front of UN headquarters in NYC to protest the occupation of 16% of the territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan by Armenian aggression and for the Human Rights of nearly 1 million refugees because of the occupation.
24 April 2007 [16:33]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Matthew Bryza (US), Bernard Fassier (France) and Personal representative of OSCE chairman-in-office Andrzej Kasprzyk will meet with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos on May 10 in Madrid, Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov told.
24 April 2007 [15:51]
"I intend to appeal for releasing Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammadov, who has been captured by Armenians," Sheikhulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh, chief of Caucasian Muslims Office said.
24 April 2007 [15:22]
Peter Semneby, European Union (EU) Special Representative for the South Caucasus will arrive in Azerbaijan on April 26.
24 April 2007 [13:35]
Turkey announced the timetable for presidential elections. The first and the second rounds of elections will be held on April 27 and May 2.
24 April 2007 [13:17]
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev has left for Astana today to participate at the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Foreign Ministers' Council to be held in Astana tomorrow, Foreign Ministry's press secretary Khazar Ibrahim told.
24 April 2007 [12:37]
"We are holding negotiations for the resumption of the postponed visit of Azerbaijani high-level delegation to the United States for security talks," US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza stated.
24 April 2007 [12:22]
OSCE representative on freedom of the media, Miklos Haraszti today arrived in Azerbaijan, OSCE Office in Vienna told.
24 April 2007 [11:59]
Today Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (WAPFP) members visited Turkish Martyrdom in Baku.
24 April 2007 [09:32]
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, voiced dismay today over the prison sentence of Eynulla Fatullayev, the editor of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the Azeri-language daily Gundalik Azarbaycan.
24 April 2007 [09:25]
The U.S. Embassy in Baku has condemned the beating of Azerbaijani journalist Uzeir Jafarov, who remains hospitalized with severe head injuries.
24 April 2007 [09:14]
"The status of Nagorno Karabakh is not on the agenda of present negotiations," said Khazar Ibrahim, spokesman for Foreign Ministry.
24 April 2007 [09:11]
Azerbaijani parliamentarian Fazail Agamali will appeal to the Parliament's disciplinary commission.
24 April 2007 [09:01]
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's President Goran Lenmarker's report will not be discussed in session to be held in Kyiv.
24 April 2007 [08:42]
The official of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Committee on Human Rights David Cupina will visit Azerbaijan in late April.
24 April 2007 [08:19]
Elchin Behbudov, chief of Azerbaijani Committee against Torture met with Eynulla Fetullayev, founder and editor-in-chief of "Gundelik Azerbaijan" and "Realniy Azerbaijan" newspapers, in detention.
24 April 2007 [08:16]
Ambeyi Ligabo, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression will visit Azerbaijan on Tuesday.
24 April 2007 [08:12]
"Ali Insanov and Eynulla Fatullayev are not political prisoners. Opposition newspapers always regarded Ali Insanov corrupt official. Now they defend him," Rabiyyat Aslanova, parliamentarian, chief of parliament’s commission on human rights said.
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