Politics
04 April 2007 [19:15]
Iran's embassy in Baku on Wednesday issued a statement dismissing media reports on closure of borders between the Islamic Republic and Azerbaijan.
04 April 2007 [15:40]
Parents of parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev, kept in detention place #1 in Bayil again appealed to President Ilham Aliyev.
04 April 2007 [14:49]
Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasizade received the delegation led by Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli.
04 April 2007 [14:46]
"Ruling coalition and government will make no preparations for early elections, until Constitutional Court makes decision," Ukrainian Premier Victor Yanukovich stated at the government's meeting.
04 April 2007 [14:37]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Massimov.
04 April 2007 [14:05]
04 April 2007 [14:00]
Parents of Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammadov, captured by Armenian Armed Forces ask President Ilham Aliyev to help take their son back.
04 April 2007 [13:58]
Military-political consultations between U.S. and Azerbaijan will be held in Washington in the second half of April.
04 April 2007 [12:23]
Preliminary court proceeding on former Health Minister Ali Insanov against Ali Ahmadov, Deputy Chief, Executive Secretary of YAP (New Azerbaijan Party) was held today in Sabail district Court.
04 April 2007 [12:19]
Prime Ministers of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have held a joint press conference on the results of the bilateral meeting.
04 April 2007 [11:38]
Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizadeh received delegation headed by Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Kerim Massimov.
04 April 2007 [11:13]
The meeting of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council will be held in Astana on April 25.
04 April 2007 [11:12]
Azerbaijan National Army unit located in Murovdagh lost its soldier.
04 April 2007 [10:39]
On Wednesday Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov, who is paying the first official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan, has laid flowers to the tombs of Heydar Aliyev and his spouse Zarifa Aliyeva.
04 April 2007 [08:00]
The meeting of the working group, established at Supreme Court, on reforms to Criminal Code of Azerbaijan has been held on Tuesday.
04 April 2007 [07:57]
Turkey's Embassy in Azerbaijan has moved to a new premise situated in 94, Samad Vurgun str.
04 April 2007 [07:50]
Azerbaijan's Supreme Court presided over by judge Zeygem Huseynov has considered the case of leader of Yeni Fikir Youth Movement Ruslan Bashirli.
04 April 2007 [07:43]
Representatives of Public Committee for Penitentiary Service Control met with Ambassador Jose Luis Herrero Ansola, head of the OSCE Office in Baku.
04 April 2007 [07:41]
Armenia's Republican Party Political Board made a decision on nominating Defense Minister Serge Sarkisian to the post of Prime Minister, Tigran Torosyan, Deputy Chief of the party, speaker of the parliament told journalists.
04 April 2007 [07:40]
Azeris will not deported from Russia, Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov told journalists.
03 April 2007 [21:19]
Russia signaled on Tuesday its opposition to regime change in Yerevan, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointedly declining to deny speculation that Moscow supports Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian's apparent plans to become Armenia's next president.
03 April 2007 [21:17]
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday declared his support to Iran's civilian nuclear program.
03 April 2007 [21:03]
Experts from Azerbaijan and Venice Commission are to hold debates on the amendments to the country's Election Code in April.
03 April 2007 [21:00]
Azerbaijani Parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov received the delegation led by US Congressman Pete Hoekstra.
03 April 2007 [20:59]
Trial on case of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and ten more defendants accused of embezzlement, abuse of power and bribery continued in the second part of the day at Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes.
03 April 2007 [20:58]
"Regarding parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev's arrest as planned action or confrontation inside the government is groundless. At least because Huseyn Abdullayev is not YAP's member," Deputy Chief and Executive secretary of YAP Ali Ahmadov said.
03 April 2007 [20:54]
Chairman of Joint Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, parliamentarian Gudret Hasanguliyev brother Nadir Hasanguliyev's assassinator Anar Ismayilov, who got life imprisonment, has sent letter to Head Prosecutor's Office.
03 April 2007 [20:52]
The meeting of the working group for the draft agreement on the Caspian Sea's status will be held in Ashgabat this month.
03 April 2007 [20:43]
Deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov and Russian Ambassador Vasili Istratov held a news conference dedicated to the 15th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
03 April 2007 [20:42]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev today received credentials from the newly appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Azerbaijan Nasir Hamidi Zare.
03 April 2007 [20:34]
The newly ambassador of Georgia to Azerbaijan Nikoloz Natbiladze presented copy of his credentials to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
03 April 2007 [20:28]
Azerbaijan's Emergencies Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov received the delegation led by first deputy chief of South Korean National Intelligence Service Li Su Huke.
03 April 2007 [20:16]
"The regulation of broadcasting of Azerbaijani TV channels in Russia is an important issue," Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov told journalists.
03 April 2007 [20:11]
Parents of the soldier of Azerbaijani Army Samir Mammadov captured by Armenian forces wrote him a next letter.
03 April 2007 [19:42]
The State Border Service detained 9 trespassers of whom five are Iranians, three are Georgians and one is Afghan.
03 April 2007 [19:41]
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group mediating in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will not visit the region by the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vartan Oskanian scheduled for April this year.
03 April 2007 [19:39]
Russia is totally against using force in international conflicts, including the Iranian nuclear problem, and advocates diplomacy in Kosovo and a breakaway region in the Caucasus, the foreign minister said Tuesday.
03 April 2007 [19:35]
Azerbaijan and Russia will set up relations in energy field on new conditions. Bases for the mutual cooperation of our countries in the third state's market are being formed, Russia's ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov told journalists.
03 April 2007 [19:31]
Azerbaijani veteran footballers Ogtay Abdullayev and Isgender Javadov are going to leave for Bucharest, Romania, on April 23 with national squad composed of parliamentarians.
03 April 2007 [19:21]
Trial on case of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and ten more defendants accused of embezzlement, abuse of power and bribery continued at Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes.
03 April 2007 [14:56]
President Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation led by US Congressman Pete Hoekstra.
03 April 2007 [14:27]
Coordination Council's meeting was held for election of representatives to the congress for coordinating Azerbaijani communities in Rishon Le Zion, Israel.
03 April 2007 [14:08]
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan - Khalaf Khalafov mentioned in the interview with 'Novosti Azerbaijan' that the question connected with historical monastery complex of Albania - Davit Gareji, is doubtful and has to be solved.
03 April 2007 [14:00]
Azerbaijan has completely and properly implemented all the commitments undertaken when joining the Council of Europe, said President Administration's social-political department chief Ali Hasanov.
03 April 2007 [13:27]
The report on missing persons in the South Caucasus has not been included into the preliminary agenda of the spring session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
03 April 2007 [12:57]
"The strained US-Iran relations will not influence on the religious stability in Azerbaijan," chief of Caucasian Muslims Office, Sheikulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade stated.
03 April 2007 [12:03]
Serbia will chair the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from next year.
03 April 2007 [09:08]
Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO, MP, President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation is visiting Paris.
03 April 2007 [07:35]
Three experts of the Council of Europe are visiting Baku.
03 April 2007 [07:32]
Russian leader Vladimir Putin is intent on reducing tension with Azerbaijan, one of the Caspian Basin's key energy producers.
03 April 2007 [07:25]
Representatives from Vietnam's Foreign Ministry will be visiting Azerbaijan from April 9 till 11.
03 April 2007 [07:24]
German ambassador to Azerbaijan Per Kristofer Stankina will visit Sheki region on
Tuesday.
03 April 2007 [07:22]
The British Embassy in Azerbaijan will start processing new style biometric visas from 3 April.
02 April 2007 [22:36]
A senior U.S. diplomat criticized Armenia's leaders on Monday for restricting opposition access to electronic media, suggesting that they fear losing power and the resulting material benefits in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
02 April 2007 [22:26]
Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire again.
02 April 2007 [22:25]
Trial on case of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and ten more defendants accused of embezzlement, abuse of power and bribery continued in the second part of the day at Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes.
02 April 2007 [22:22]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation headed by Walter K?lin, Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons.
02 April 2007 [22:20]
The head of Lerik Executive Power Fuzuli Hajiyev was dismissed from his position on the order of President Ilham Aliyev.
02 April 2007 [22:05]
Ilham Aliyev is the united candidate in 2008 presidential elections. Most of Azerbaijanis and YAP are in unambiguous opinion concerning thatm, ruling YAP deputy chairman & executive director Ali Ahmadov said.
02 April 2007 [21:54]
"The situation has not changed after Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers met in Geneva, the process of negotiations remains unchanged," said Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group, which is mediating in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
02 April 2007 [21:43]
Trial on case of former health minister Ali Insanov and ten more defendants accused of embezzlement, abuse of power and bribery continued at Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes.
02 April 2007 [21:40]
Azerbaijani living in Igdir province of Turkey held a meeting in the village of Orta Alinjan situated on the border with Armenia.
02 April 2007 [21:36]
Azeri citizen Rovshan Nazarov, who was granted political asylum in the Czech Republic in 1998, has been arrested in Azerbaijan, his brother Elshan Nazarov said.
02 April 2007 [15:23]
The agenda of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has been announced.
02 April 2007 [15:18]
Today is the 14th anniversary of the occupation of Azerbaijan’s Kalbajar region by Armenian Armed Forces.
02 April 2007 [13:41]
Northern Azerbaijan Cultural Centre in California organized an even on March 31-day of genocide of Azerbaijanis.
02 April 2007 [13:15]
The UN General Assembly is expected to debate in April a draft resolution of the regional organization GUAM [Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova] on ways to settle "frozen" conflicts, GUAM General Secretary and Georgia's First Deputy Foreign Minister Valery Chechelashvili said.
02 April 2007 [10:08]
More than 150 students pelted the British Embassy here with firecrackers and a smoke grenade Sunday, demanding its closure and an apology following Iran's detention of 15 British sailors and marines in the northern Persian Gulf.
02 April 2007 [09:51]
Azeri Defense Ministry said on Sunday that Azerbaijan has no plans to make its territory available to other countries for the purpose of opposing its neighbors.
01 April 2007 [17:19]
The sudden death of Armenia's Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, 55, on March 25 has set off red flags amongst veteran Armenia-watchers, some suggesting foul play.
01 April 2007 [16:57]
"The United States does not intend to deploy missile-defense system in the Caucasus, including Georgia," US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza said a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia.
01 April 2007 [16:44]
Though the tender for ANS TV and ANS ChM frequency will be over, there wasn't alternative application to the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC).
01 April 2007 [16:29]
The United States hopes to use the aerodrome of Azerbaijan for military purposes if necessary, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza said a news conference in Tbilisi.
01 April 2007 [16:24]
Attorney General Meni Mazuz notified President Moshe Katzav's lawyers on Sunday that he is considering adding a second rape charge to the draft indictment he is preparing against the president, the Justice Ministry said.
31 March 2007 [12:53]
Poland's President Lech Kaczy?ski met with Parliament's Head Ogtay Asadov in the framework of his official visit in Azerbaijan.