Politics
04 May 2007 [13:42]
US Senate on the nomination by President George Bush appointed Turkish originated person federal judge.
04 May 2007 [12:53]
Turkey's Parliament has approved July 22 as the date for early general elections, which were called to resolve a government crisis over sharply rising tension between the pro-secular military and the Islamic-rooted government.
04 May 2007 [12:50]
Iran's foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the pretext that the female violinist entertaining the gathering was dressed too revealingly.
04 May 2007 [11:57]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev is scheduled to make an official visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt on May 6-8 at the invitation of Muhammad Hosni Mubarak.
04 May 2007 [10:06]
Thousands of people turned out Thursday for a demonstration organized by opponents of the Armenia's leadership, warning against fraud in upcoming parliamentary elections and calling for the impeachment of President Robert Kocharian.
04 May 2007 [09:29]
"There is still no progress regarding the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The principles have not been yet agreed. Armenia continued to occupy Nagorno Karabakh and adjacent regions. Armenians do not accept the fact. They call Nagorno Karabakh Armenians as nation basing on the principle of self-determination," said political scientist Vafa Guluzade.
04 May 2007 [09:24]
The project directors of the International Crisis Group have met in Istanbul to discuss the activities for this year, including the next report on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
03 May 2007 [18:32]
I spent my leisure time on gathering information on Azerbaijan during my 16-year activity in UNESCO.
03 May 2007 [18:09]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has started an official visit to Morocco. Azerbaijani Embassy in Morocco told the Minister has already started meetings according to the schedule.
03 May 2007 [16:16]
Azerbaijan's Emergencies Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov received Belarus' Industry Minister Anatoliy Rusetski.
03 May 2007 [16:03]
Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire again.
03 May 2007 [15:57]
"I am most concerned about the threat to freedom of expression in Azerbaijan. In recent months, several journalists have been imprisoned on charges of criminal defamation or physically attacked in incidents which appear to be related to their work."
03 May 2007 [15:00]
Terry Davis made a statement on freedom of expression in Azerbaijan.
03 May 2007 [13:52]
Alexander Lukashenko will meet today with Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade.
03 May 2007 [13:48]
Armenian armed forces violated cease-fire overnight.
03 May 2007 [13:30]
Kuwait Prime Minister Sheik Nasir Mahammad As-Sabah is due too visit Azerbaijan tomorrow.
03 May 2007 [11:57]
Regular session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will pass late May in Spain.
03 May 2007 [11:53]
The President of Iran has been accused of indecency after he publicly kissed an elderly woman who used to be his school teacher.
03 May 2007 [10:07]
The United States wants to thaw diplomatic relations with Iran after a nearly 30-year freeze, and hopes to start this week at a conference on promoting peace in Iraq, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.
03 May 2007 [10:06]
Azerbaijan will nearly double the number of its military personnel serving in Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
03 May 2007 [10:05]
The United States and European Union warned Turkey, a NATO member and close ally, to prevent its military from defying civilian leaders in a conflict between the Islamic-rooted government and the secular establishment.
03 May 2007 [09:57]
Judge Famil Nasibov will consider the appeal filed by defense lawyers for former Economic Development Minister Farhad Aliyev to Nasimi district court.
03 May 2007 [09:47]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov visiting Brussels met with Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy.
03 May 2007 [09:40]
State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad keeps control of the incident happened between Azerbaijani and Armenian students at Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow.
03 May 2007 [09:36]
Presidents of Belarus and Azerbaijan have signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation.
03 May 2007 [09:24]
"The littoral states are close to agreeing the draft Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea. The close positions are observed mainly in shipbuilding and Caspian's ecology," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov told journalists.
03 May 2007 [09:20]
National Coordinators of Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) will hold meeting in Baku on May 4-5.
03 May 2007 [09:02]
Justice Minister Fikret Mammadov received Georgia's Prosecutor General Zurab Adeishvili.
02 May 2007 [22:05]
Azerbaijan and Belarus presidents gave a briefing in Baku today.
02 May 2007 [21:57]
Miklos Haraszti, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media published final variant of the report on journalists' opportunities on getting information in OSCE member states in 2006.
02 May 2007 [16:31]
Azerbaijan and Belarus Presidents are holding one-on-one meeting in Baku.
02 May 2007 [16:29]
Defense minister of Azerbaijan, colonel-general Safar Abiyev met with the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the country Nasser Hamidi-Zare.
02 May 2007 [16:26]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan sent a message of congratulation to the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, on the country's national holiday - the Constitution Day.
02 May 2007 [16:24]
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and his accompanying delegation have visited the Alley of Honors in Baku, where they laid wreaths at the graves of the national leader of Azerbaijan people Heydar Aliyev and his wife Academician Zarifa Aliyeva.
02 May 2007 [12:43]
"I do not pursue a goal to participate in the 2008 presidential elections. It depends both on the current situation in the country and other factors," Chairman of Azerbaijan Social-Democratic Party Ayaz Mutallibov exclusively told.
02 May 2007 [11:42]
Azerbaijan's National Security Minister, chairman of the State Committee for Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons Eldar Mahmudov raised an issue at UN office in Azerbaijan on release of Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammadov, who has been captured by Armenians.
02 May 2007 [11:40]
The Second summit of GUAM will be held in Baku on June 18-19, 2007.
02 May 2007 [11:36]
"Freedom House" states about various oppressions and court processes on journalists in Azerbaijan last year.
02 May 2007 [10:24]
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Baku Tuesday night.
02 May 2007 [10:21]
Iran accused the United States and other world powers of being the world's true nuclear threats at a meeting hamstrung by Tehran's opposition to language calling for full compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
02 May 2007 [10:17]
Turkey's highest court on Tuesday blocked a presidential candidate with a background in Islamic politics, pitching the country into early elections and a referendum on the role of religion in its future.
02 May 2007 [10:10]
Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin said his country was eager to get the OSCE Chairmanship in 2009 and was introducing a range of democratic reforms to meet this goal.
02 May 2007 [09:43]
Russia applied to Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on the National Television and Radio Council's decision to stop the broadcasting of ORT and RTR TV channels.
02 May 2007 [09:41]
Iranian Ambassador to Baku Nasser Hamidi-Zare and Azeri Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov in a meeting on Tuesday discussed matters of bilateral interest.
02 May 2007 [09:21]
The conference of the Turkish–Asia Centre for Strategic Research is to be held in the Ataturk centre on May 3, the head of Azerbaijan Ataturk Centre Dayanat Osmanli told.
02 May 2007 [09:14]
Azerbaijan intends to open its Embassy in Vietnam.
02 May 2007 [09:05]
Being opposition party, Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) will establish relations with other political organizations representing this camp after the congress.
02 May 2007 [09:03]
Baku will host the 33rd meeting of scientific-technical commission for standardization for Intergovernmental Council on CIS Standardization, Metrology and Certification, and the 16th meeting of working group on information technologies.
01 May 2007 [21:50]
Azerbaijani student, who was injured during the clash with Armenian students in "South-West" exhibition organized at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, has been identified.
01 May 2007 [21:33]
Turkish Constitutional Court passed a decision on suspension of the presidential elections.
01 May 2007 [21:11]
"We are working out tactical and strategic aspects of our election campaign for 2008. US National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute are cooperating with us, and rendering assistance in staff training. Our specialists to function in the regions and centre take courses. The election plan is already ready. Ilham Aliyev is the only candidate of us," Deputy Secretary of ruling YAP, MP Siyavush Novruzlu stated.
01 May 2007 [18:09]
"Parliamentarians and civil servants can not engage in entrepreneurship. It is confirmed by the law," parliamentarian, Deputy Executive Secretary of ruling YAP Siyavush Novruzov said while commenting on suspension of "Avropa gapilari" OJSC founded by Baba Tagiyev.
01 May 2007 [18:02]
Permanent parliamentary commission for legal policy and state system establishment held its meeting.
01 May 2007 [17:32]
Parliament approved draft law on Red Crescent Society in the second reading.
01 May 2007 [16:45]
A publication of article on so called "Armenian genocide" erupted scandal over the issue.
01 May 2007 [16:31]
Mongolia's Foreign Minister Nyamaagiyn Enkhbold is scheduled to visit Azerbaijan this year.
01 May 2007 [16:27]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation led by Georgian Prosecutor General Zurab Adeishvili.
01 May 2007 [16:25]
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is arriving for official visit to Azerbaijan tonight at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev.
01 May 2007 [16:23]
Draft law on Amnesty that was submitted to the parliament on the initiative of parliamentarian, president of Heydar Aliyev Foundation (HAF) Mehriban Aliyeva, was included into the parliament's agenda and to be debated on May 8.
01 May 2007 [16:20]
Former Health Minister Ali Insanov has been transfered to a mass cell in Bayil detention place #1.
01 May 2007 [16:15]
Azerbaijani and Georgian General Prosecutors' Offices concluded an agreement on cooperation.
01 May 2007 [14:18]
The US Department of State released Country Reports on Terrorism 2006. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism.
01 May 2007 [13:57]
Azerbaijan Communist Party and United Communist Party organized picket on May 1.
01 May 2007 [13:33]
UN will never discuss issues regarding claims on Armenian genocide.
01 May 2007 [13:26]
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov presented a protest note to Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov, the Ministry's spokesman Khazar Ibrahim reports.
01 May 2007 [12:55]
OSCE coordinator on Economic and Environmental Activities Bernard Snoy's report on the fires in Nagorno Karabakh and other occupied regions of Azerbaijan has not yet been discussed at the UN General Assembly's session.
01 May 2007 [11:11]
Officials of Council of Europe and OSCE will meet in Madrid on May 3.
01 May 2007 [11:10]
Azerbaijani permanent representative to UN Agshin Mehdiyev, who doubles for extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Cuba presented his credentials to the Foreign Ministry and President Fidel Castro.
01 May 2007 [10:41]
Jordan's charge d'affaires Abel Adaylekh is to arrive in Azerbaijan on Tuesday.
01 May 2007 [09:31]
"The researches on uranium enrichment in Armenia do not pose any threat to the neighboring countries. Despite the fact that Armenia is situated in seismologically active area, the reactors of Atomic Power Station are quake- resistant," Adil Geribov, director of Radiation Problems Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences stated.
01 May 2007 [09:28]
Musavat Party held a rally demanding the annulment of the decision of Tariff Council, reduce of public utilities.
01 May 2007 [09:22]
Final variant of the report on the South Caucasus will be presented to the European Parliament in September, the European Parliament told.
01 May 2007 [09:19]
"The inclusion of issues on Azerbaijan in Brussels Forum shows the world's attention to the region, and our role in the world," Samad Seyidov, head of parliamentary commission for international affairs told.
01 May 2007 [09:16]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov is to pay an official visit to Morocco May 3.
01 May 2007 [09:14]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will leave for Brussels to meet with representatives of NATO and European Union, Khazar Ibrahim, spokesman for Foreign Ministry told.
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