Politics
16 April 2007 [21:52]
Semra Ozal, widow of the eighth President of Turkey Turgut Ozal again claimed that her husband was poisoned, Semra Ozal told weekly 'Aksiyon' magazine.
16 April 2007 [21:48]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation led by Latvian Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks.
16 April 2007 [21:36]
"Meeting of representatives of Azerbaijani and Armenian delegations to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to find the solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is welcoming," PACE president Rene van der Linden said while commenting on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
16 April 2007 [21:33]
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rene van der Linden gave a briefing before the opening ceremony of the spring session.
16 April 2007 [21:31]
The visit of Lord Russel-Johnston, head of the of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh to the conflict zone will be debated in the spring session of the Assembly.
16 April 2007 [18:17]
Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) started its activity at the meetings of different committees.
16 April 2007 [18:12]
"The core principles of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be debated at the meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan in Belgrade," Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said while commenting on his meeting with his Armenian counterpart.
16 April 2007 [18:05]
"We think that Turkey ought to open up the border with Armenia and restore normal relations.
16 April 2007 [13:41]
Azerbaijan's parliament is to hold its next session tomorrow.
16 April 2007 [12:52]
Latvia's Foreign Minister Atris Pabriks is paying an official visit to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani ambassador to Latvia Tofig Zulfugarov in Baku told.
16 April 2007 [12:48]
The Deputy Finance Minister Heydar Asadov will be appointed the chairman of the Parliament's Accounting Chamber.
16 April 2007 [12:35]
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will start its spring session in Strasbourg at 14.30 Baku time.
16 April 2007 [12:22]
The newly established Israeli-Azerbaijan International Association will not only deepen Azerbaijani-Israel relations, but also serve peace and constructive dialogue in the Middle East.
16 April 2007 [11:29]
The contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops near the village of Gapanli of Azerbaijan's Terter region will be monitored under the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office on April 17, Defense Ministry press service told.
16 April 2007 [08:08]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulations to Pope Benedict XVI on his 80th anniversary.
15 April 2007 [14:12]
Parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev has been transferred from Bayil Investigation ward #1 to Justice Ministry's hospital in Boyuk Shor due to health problems, Penitentiary Service official for Public Affairs department Rafig Ramazanov said.
15 April 2007 [14:05]
The congress of Azerbaijani Democrat Party lead by Rasul Guliyev commenced in Musavat Party's office.
14 April 2007 [12:34]
The Disciplinary Commission of Milli Majlis, the parliament of Azerbaijan, has reprimanded MP Fazail Agamali, chairman of Ana Veten Party for the first-fight with another MP Huseyn Abdullayev.
14 April 2007 [12:10]
Both Azeris living in Israel and the Jews, moved to Israel from Azerbaijan, should not forget Azerbaijan.
14 April 2007 [11:48]
Azerbaijani delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) has today left for Strasbourg to attend spring session.
14 April 2007 [11:13]
Azerbaijan Air Force's (AAF) military aircrafts of flew over front line in Aghdam region.
14 April 2007 [11:05]
Armenian parliamentary delegation to PACE will participate in the spring session of the Assembly on April 15-18.
14 April 2007 [11:03]
MPs from Musavat Party held a briefing in the Parliament.
14 April 2007 [11:02]
"If Rasul Guliyev wants to join the presidential elections, he has to return to Azerbaijan. Otherwise, real participation in the elections will be impossible," said Sulheddin Ekber, chief of Musavat party assembly.
14 April 2007 [10:59]
A documentary film on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict [between Armenia and Azerbaijan] will be demonstrated on the BBC TV channel.
14 April 2007 [10:55]
Mateo Sorinas, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) held a press conference for journalists accredited in PACE on the eve of the spring session.
14 April 2007 [09:08]
Elchin Behbudov, chief of Azerbaijani Committee against Torture appealed to President Ilham Aliyev for release of parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev who was detained for the incident the parliament and kept in Bayil detention place #1, on bail.
14 April 2007 [09:04]
Materials on former Health Minister Ali Insanov's trial, appeals concerning his defense were presented the US ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse.
14 April 2007 [09:01]
Eurasian Congress of Local Authorities will be held in Baku on June 9-11.
14 April 2007 [08:57]
Final debate on the establishment of Union for Democracy (UD) was held at the initiative of Classical Popular Front Party (CPFP).
14 April 2007 [08:52]
European Parliament will make a decision on holding a debate on the 'frozen conflicts' in the South Caucasus, Cem Ozdemir, member of European Parliament and German Parliament said.
14 April 2007 [08:47]
I regret that there is a wrong opinion about the Council of Europe in Azerbaijan, speaker of parliament Ogtay Asadov said during Friday sitting of the parliament.
13 April 2007 [22:30]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has addressed to Jewish community.
13 April 2007 [22:28]
Soon the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron will visit Azerbaijan again, US Embassy Public Affairs Officer Jonathan Henick told.
13 April 2007 [22:25]
"If Armenia demonstrates constructiveness, Azerbaijan-Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh conflict can be solved. Our position is one-sided and international community supports it: Azerbaijan's territorial integrity should be restored, invaders must withdraw from our lands and the people suffered from ethnic cleansing should be brought back to their lands," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated.
13 April 2007 [22:12]
Parliamentarian Elmira Akhundova commented on her removal from Azerbaijani delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Akhundova said she regrets it.
13 April 2007 [22:03]
President led the Cabinet's meeting on overall results of the first term.
13 April 2007 [21:56]
Parliamentarians from Musavat Party held a briefing in the Parliament today.
13 April 2007 [21:48]
The next sitting of the parliament was held today. The bill on extra authorities of municipalities was discussed.
13 April 2007 [21:25]
"Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) can not appoint a special rapporteur for Azerbaijan on political prisoners only on NGOs initiative. Such initiatives should be first put forward by parliamentarians," PACE Secretary General Mateo Sorinas told journalists.
13 April 2007 [21:20]
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Lebanon's Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh.
13 April 2007 [16:00]
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs-mediators in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict offered Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Armenia Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan to meet in Belgrade on April 19.
13 April 2007 [14:20]
NGOs opposing to Turkey's Prime Minister Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan's candidacy to the 2008 presidential elections will hold a rally in Ankara tomorrow.
13 April 2007 [14:06]
"Efforts should be made for peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs said at the meeting with journalists, who arrived in Washington in the framework of the cultural exchange program.
13 April 2007 [13:38]
"All elections in Azerbaijan are to be held basing on Election Code and Constitution. All the elections held in Nagorno Karabakh by Armenians are illegal, and Central Election Commission (CEC) will appeal to international organizations with regard to this," said Natig Mammadov, secretary of CEC.
13 April 2007 [13:36]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov visiting Lebanon met with President Emil Lahoud.
13 April 2007 [13:07]
Azerbaijan–Israel International Association held constituent conference in Tel Aviv on April 12.
13 April 2007 [12:45]
Azerbaijani and Turkish Diaspora organizations intend to hold a series of protests against 'Armenian genocide' campaigns supported by Armenian lobby in the US.
13 April 2007 [12:41]
Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire several times on April 12.
13 April 2007 [11:17]
Turkey's secularists, led by the military, fear that if Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan — or someone close to him — wins the presidency next month, the government will be able to implement an Islamic agenda without opposition.
13 April 2007 [11:12]
Police arrested a suspect in the bombing last year of a minibus in a seaside resort town that injured 10 British tourists and 11 Turks, the government-run Anatolia news agency reported Friday.
13 April 2007 [09:39]
President Robert Kocharian has re-appointed all but one members of Armenia's caretaker government, keeping vacant the crucial post of defense minister.
13 April 2007 [09:37]
Two Yerevan offices of the pro-presidential Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) were rocked by explosions early Thursday in what President Robert Kocharian promptly condemned as an attempt to destabilize the political situation in the country ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections.
13 April 2007 [09:11]
The "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2006" report is submitted to the Congress by the U.S. Department of State. This fifth annual submission complements the longstanding Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2006, and takes the next step, moving from highlighting abuses to publicizing the actions and programs the United States has employed to end those abuses.
13 April 2007 [08:54]
Parliamentarian Fazail Agamali appealed to the Bar with regard to Kamandar Nasibli, lawyer for Huseyn Abdullayev.
13 April 2007 [08:51]
Several Azerbaijani officials are expected to visit India this year.
13 April 2007 [08:42]
The posts of chiefs of Defense Ministry's finance and press services are still vacant.
13 April 2007 [08:21]
Armenian Armed Forces fired on Tap and Tap Garagoyunlu villages of Goranboy from the occupied Talish village of Goranboy region from 17.30 on Thursday.
13 April 2007 [08:06]
Azerbaijani authorities on Thursday said they had arrested 11 alleged Islamic extremists suspected of having ties to separatist rebels in Russia's war-ravaged Chechnya province.
13 April 2007 [08:03]
Azerbaijan Committee against Torture intends to apply to international organizations to draw world's attention to Armenian vandalisms committed against Azerbaijanis in Guba region in 1918.
13 April 2007 [07:55]
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Kahlafov met with Indian Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh.
13 April 2007 [01:27]
On 10 April, 2007 conference of the Bureau of Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, permanent representative of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador Arif Mamadov was nominated for chairman position of Thematic Coordination of Information Policy (TC INF).
13 April 2007 [00:25]
Explosion struck Iraqi parliament. The explosion occurred in the canteen of parliament.
13 April 2007 [00:21]
"I hesitate in participating in the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), may be I will not go to Strasbourg," Isa Gambar, pro-opposition Musavat party leader told.
13 April 2007 [00:07]
Turkey's Armed Forces General Staff's chief Yashar Buyukanit held his first press conference since taking up this position.
12 April 2007 [23:52]
"I support the decision suiting both Azerbaijani and Armenian national associations," UEFA vice-president Shenes Erzik stated.
12 April 2007 [23:31]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Russian Federation Kurgan Province's governor Oleg Bogolomov.
12 April 2007 [23:18]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov ending his visit to Syria arrived in Lebanon, Azerbaijani honorary consul to Lebanon Nazih Gassub told.
12 April 2007 [22:49]
"Forming of the composition of parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) is the responsibility of the parliament. Neither YAP (New Azerbaijan party) nor independent parliamentarians have chosen the members of delegation to PACE."
12 April 2007 [22:42]
State Border Service rejected to participate as observer in the meeting of CIS Border Troops Commanders in Yerevan.
12 April 2007 [22:36]
"Customs posts in Azerbaijan-Iran border work normally as before," State Border Service's (SBS) chief Elchin Guliyev stated.
12 April 2007 [15:28]
Azerbaijani Embassy in the US gathered reports about the American SEMA Associated company, which is reportedly preparing a general plan of Shusha, Khazar Ibrahim, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry told.
12 April 2007 [14:22]
"It is illogical to include Iltizam Ekberli, not Nasib Nasibli in the composition of Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)," Musavat leader Isa Gambar told.
12 April 2007 [14:07]
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during his visit to this country, Azerbaijan Honorary Consul to Lebanon Nazih Gassab told.
12 April 2007 [13:53]
Azerbaijan's Parliament disciplinary commission will have a meeting next week.
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