Politics
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.
24 April 2007 [08:04]
The meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization legal and political affairs committee will be held in Bucharest on April 25-26.
24 April 2007 [07:59]
Wary of neighboring Iran's alleged ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons, Turkey has accelerated efforts to acquire different sorts of missile defense systems to deter a possible attack on its homeland.
24 April 2007 [07:34]
Tehran will host the Summit of Caspian Sea littoral states soon, the deputy foreign minister for Asia, Pacific and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) said on Monday.
23 April 2007 [23:32]
YAP (New Azerbaijan Party) leadership is to visit Guba region to see the mass graves found there.
23 April 2007 [23:12]
Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first ever democratically elected leader (1991-1999), has died at the age of 76 of long-term heart trouble.
23 April 2007 [23:06]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs has made a joint statement on the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vartan Oskanian, and Elmar Mammadyarov, in Belgrade April 18.
23 April 2007 [22:50]
President Ilham Aliyev continues his state visit to South Korea.
23 April 2007 [22:32]
The report on missing persons in the South Caucasus will be discussed in Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee's meeting in Belgrade May 25, Leo Platvoet, PACE rapporteur on missing persons in the South Caucasus told.
23 April 2007 [22:27]
Members of the Monitoring Group of Human Rights Defense Organizations today met with Jose Luis Herrero Ansola, Head of OSCE Office in Baku, rights defender Saida Gajamanli said.
23 April 2007 [22:09]
Ruslan Bashirli, leader of Yeni Fikir youth movement kept in detention place #1 was taken to punishment cell, Elchin Behbudov, chief of Azerbaijani Committee against Torture told.
23 April 2007 [21:49]
Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) has written a protest letter to the US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice.
23 April 2007 [21:45]
The delegation under the leadership of Irina Dill, chief of Youth Department of Belarus Ministry of Education visits Baku tomorrow, Youth and Sports Ministry press secretary Ragif Abbasov stated.
23 April 2007 [21:26]
Presidential government is specific to Azerbaijan, but there should be a balance among the government branches in such countries.
23 April 2007 [15:48]
Azeri Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov here on Monday called for promotion of defense cooperation with Iran.
23 April 2007 [13:36]
"The delimitation and demarcation of borders is technically difficult process. Therefore, it is groundless to say the border delimitation talks with Azerbaijan are delayed," the chief of commission on delimitation and demarcation of state borders, Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia George Mandjgaladze told.
23 April 2007 [13:25]
The next stage of talks on the legal status of the Caspian Sea has started in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's press secretary Khazar Ibrahim told that Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov is a negotiator from Azerbaijani side.
23 April 2007 [13:02]
Azerbaijan's National Strategy to Combat Corruption is being prepared, public debates will be organized for this purpose, Inam Kerimov, secretary of State Commission to Combat Corruption said.
23 April 2007 [12:59]
"Majority of international organizations support Azerbaijan and Armenia in the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. This factor may provide a golden opportunity for the two countries," says the report by Goran Lennmarker, President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
23 April 2007 [12:45]
Mered Marazov, Turkmenistan's Ambassador to the US stated that carbohydrate resources of his country can be transported to the world markets through Azerbaijan as well, the Ambassador said at the fifth conference "South Western and Central Asia" organized at the University of Monta.
23 April 2007 [12:30]
"The United States reaffirms its support for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, restates that Nagorno Karabakh and surrounding territories are Azerbaijani territories," the US Embassy public affairs officer Jonathan Henick stated.
23 April 2007 [11:46]
"The alternative of a new war break-out between Azerbaijan and Armenia is out of question. New war may cause new problems, new refugees and deaths," says the report on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict drawn up by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President, Swedish MP Goran Lennmarker.
23 April 2007 [09:10]
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at Roh's office Cheong Wa Dae on Monday for discussions on enhancing practical bilateral cooperation in energy and natural resources, Cheong Wa Dae said.
23 April 2007 [09:08]
Azerbaijan said Sunday that it postponed a high-level visit to the United States because of what it claimed were changes in U.S. wording describing its dispute with Armenia over the Nagorno Karabakh territory.
22 April 2007 [18:55]
Officials from Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense Industry will visit Islamabad to talk about the cooperation prospects in the defense industry.
21 April 2007 [15:49]
"To tell the truth, I did not expect Eynulla Fetullayev's arrest. Similar complaint was also made by Azerbaijani community of Karabakh. As they were very serious remarks, it was discussed in the commission for complaints.
21 April 2007 [15:45]
The U.S.'s policy regarding the Nagorno Karabakh issue remains unchanged, the Department of State spokesman Sean McCormack stated.
21 April 2007 [15:31]
More than 5 thousand US Azerbaijanis are to hold anti-Armenian rallies in the Times Square.
21 April 2007 [15:27]
A Committee to Defend the rights of Eynulla Fetullayev, editor-in-chief of "Gundelik Azerbaijan" and "Realniy Azerbaijan" newspapers, who has been sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in jail today. The Committee made a statement after the broad meeting.
21 April 2007 [15:15]
It is difficult to estimate the prospects of Azerbaijan's NATO membership. I can not give any advice neither to Azerbaijani government, nor Azeri people. Oil and gas-rich Azerbaijan is of great strategical importance. This is a long process, it has its procedures and standards,said Bruce George, president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
21 April 2007 [15:11]
Leader of Open Society Party Rasul Guliyev's interviewe to the APA.
21 April 2007 [15:04]
Sirus Azadi made statement on resigning from the membership to Democratic World Azerbaijanis Congress.
21 April 2007 [12:58]
There were new appointments in the State Committee for Azerbaijanis living abroad, the Committee told.
21 April 2007 [12:31]
Ambeyi Ligabo, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression of UN Human Rights Council will be on official visit to Azerbaijan on April 22-28 at the invitation of Azerbaijani government, UN representation in Azerbaijan told.
21 April 2007 [12:29]
Russia officially withdrew from CIS four treaties on economic and social issues.
21 April 2007 [12:25]
The first secretaries of British and Swedish representatives to OSCE Alastar Long and Aasa Pousard are visiting Baku. The aim of the visit is to get information on the media situation in Azerbaijan and report it to their governments.
21 April 2007 [12:22]
Andrey Kodakov, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus will participate in the opening of Belarus National Exhibition to be held in Ganjlik sport complex, Belarus ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolay Paskevich told journalists.
21 April 2007 [12:18]
Bulgaria's Justice Minister Georgy Petkanov will visit Azerbaijan next month.
21 April 2007 [10:26]
An Azeri court Friday sentenced a former health minister and 10 other senior officials to lengthy prison terms after finding them guilty of embezzlement of government funds, abuse of office and receiving bribes.
21 April 2007 [10:15]
Head of Azerbaijani Permanent representation to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev will visit Cuba on April 27.
21 April 2007 [00:42]
National NGO Forum held a rally protesting against Armenian general plan for occupied Azerbaijani town of Shusha.
21 April 2007 [00:35]
Azerbaijan delegation headed by Emergencies Minister, General Colonel Kamaladdin Heydarov was on visit in Bulgaria at the invitation of Bulgaria Minister of Disaster & Accidents, Emel Etem April 17-19.
21 April 2007 [00:17]
Court of Azerbaijan convicted the editor of two independent newspapers of libel Friday and sentenced him to 2 1/2 years in prison, court officials said. Opposition leaders called the ruling part of a government campaign to silence critical media.
20 April 2007 [14:11]
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is scheduled to pay a state visit to Azerbaijan in the first half of 2007, Belarus ambassador Nikolay Pastkevich told journalists.
20 April 2007 [14:07]
"Azerbaijan is our strategic partner. We are glad to witness the dynamic development in Azerbaijan," Belarus Ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolay Paskevich told a press conference.
20 April 2007 [13:06]
Criminal case has been launched against Rizan Talibov, chief of the Defense Committee rights of former Health Minister Ali Insanov, head of the Unity of Returning to Western Azerbaijan.
20 April 2007 [11:36]
Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov is expected to pay an official visit to Poland.
20 April 2007 [11:22]
Vice-speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament Ziyafat Asgarov received Austrian Constitutional Court's acting chairperson Ms. Brigit Byrlenn.
20 April 2007 [11:21]
"There is no use of boycotting 2008 presidential elections beforehand. The parties wishing the elections to be held according to the legislation should work in the direction of making amendments to the election legislation and establishing democratic situation," said Arif Hajili, chief of Musavat Party Central Office.
20 April 2007 [11:10]
Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire again.
20 April 2007 [08:58]
The member of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Gultakin Hajiyeva's report on "Pasat case" was heard at the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Legal Affairs Committee Human Rights subcommittee's meeting.
20 April 2007 [08:52]
"Important results have been achieved in adoption and application of laws since Venice Commission started cooperation with Azerbaijan from 1996 up to now.
20 April 2007 [08:51]
PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population listened to the report on the activity of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) by Gultakin Hajiyeva.
20 April 2007 [08:30]
The meeting of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Subcommittee for Human Rights of the Committee for Legal Affairs was held on Thursday.
20 April 2007 [08:27]
The leader of a small Georgian opposition group was fatally shot in the Caucasus Mountain nation's capital on Thursday, police said.
20 April 2007 [08:25]
Azerbaijani ambassador to Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSECO) & deputy secretary-general of the organization Altay Afandiyev's tenure expires.
20 April 2007 [08:19]
Kosovo's parliament will declare independence following the approval of a U.N. Security Council resolution on the province's future by early June, a key ethnic Albanian leader said Thursday.
20 April 2007 [08:10]
Turkey's military chief Gen. Yasar Buyukanit on Thursday said the armed forces of Greece and Turkey were working to overcome traditional rivalry, despite tensions over disputed air space.
20 April 2007 [08:01]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov made speech at the meeting of the foreign ministers of Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization in Belgrade.
19 April 2007 [22:29]
Georgia will be ready to start a NATO membership program in the fall of 2007, President Mikheil Saakashvili said at the 65th Rous-Rout seminar Thursday.
19 April 2007 [22:05]
"The report drawn up by PACE co-rapporteurs Andres Herkel and Tony Lloyd on honoring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan is a very good document.
19 April 2007 [22:03]
Armenia and Azerbaijan said on Thursday that they have been presented with new proposals aimed at addressing their remaining differences on the Nagorno Karabakh peace accord put forward by international mediators.
19 April 2007 [21:58]
Interior Minister Ramil Usubov will pay a two-day visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian counterpart.
19 April 2007 [21:57]
The meeting of the committee for work with personal staff in the CIS Defense Ministerial Board was held in Moscow.
19 April 2007 [21:46]
"The real solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict can be reached if the two parties showed constructive approach and take into consideration the territorial integrity of states under international law principles," Foreign Ministry's press secretary Khazar Ibrahim said.
19 April 2007 [15:54]
Moscow's influence in the South Caucasus region has been steadily waning in recent years.
19 April 2007 [15:49]
Azerbaijani ex-Health Minister Ali Insanov and ten more defendants, who are accused of embezzlement, abuse of power and bribery, will be sentenced tomorrow at the Court of Grave Crimes.
19 April 2007 [15:37]
Azeris make up roughly 24 percent of Iran's population and Tehran is worried about just whose side they are on as rumors of US infiltration are taken seriously, complicating Azerbaijan's own foreign policy outlook.
19 April 2007 [15:34]
Dagestan's President Mukhu Aliyev will visit Azerbaijan. Cooperation in economic, cultural and other spheres is expected to be discussed during the visit, Rasul Khaybullayev, spokesman for Dagestan President's Office and the Cabinet told.
19 April 2007 [15:25]
Eldar Sabiroglu was appointed chief of Defense Ministry's press service official, Major Ilgar Verdiyev told.
19 April 2007 [13:47]
The debates on honoring of obligations by Azerbaijan held in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) are important both for Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe.
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