Politics
02 March 2007 [07:53]
Azerbaijan's military spending is on the rise. The country's economic boom-Azerbaijan has the fastest growing economy in the world-helps fund the military's expansion and development.
02 March 2007 [07:43]
Deputy Chief of Turkish Armed Forces Staff, General Ergun Saygun visited head office of Interior Troops.
01 March 2007 [22:16]
Today 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 Court of Grave Crimes.
01 March 2007 [22:11]
Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov hopes that the next round of negotiations for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan will take place in Geneva, Russian co-chair told.
01 March 2007 [21:53]
"Ali Insanov used to call Rasul Guliyev "political AIDS", Isa Gambar "sick" and Rauf Arifoglu "Neanderthal man". His quite different statement in the trial shows that he pursues insincere and dirty policy," commenting on former Health Mister Ali Insanov's apologizing to Isa Gambar, Rasul Guliyev and Rauf Arifolgu in the trial, Siyavush Novruzov, member of YAP Managing Staff, Deputy Executive Secretary, and MP told.
01 March 2007 [21:39]
"Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway will contribute to the development of Azerbaijan-Bulgaria relations," Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Bulgaria Elman Zeynalov said.
01 March 2007 [21:31]
Today Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has visited Oghuz region.
01 March 2007 [21:26]
"Ali Insanov's statements about the Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP), his different speeches in YAP Managing Staff are false. I have been represented in YAP for about nine years and I can say that Ali Insanov never made such speeches in this organization," commenting on the statement of the tried former Health Minister Ali Insanov, Siyavush Novruzov, member of YAP Managing Staff, deputy executive secretary, MP stated.
01 March 2007 [21:17]
Iranian outgoing Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani held a press-conference.
01 March 2007 [21:09]
"Poland's Foreign Minster Anna Fotyga's visit to Baku aims to accelerate Azerbaijan's integration into European arena," Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Poland Vilayet Guliyev told journalists.
01 March 2007 [16:13]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev started to visit Shamakhi, Oghuz and Gabala regions of Azerbaijan.
01 March 2007 [16:11]
Independence in transportation of energy resources is one of the factors uniting Azerbaijan and Poland, Poland's Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga said while meeting with the rector of Baku Slavic University Kamal Abdullayev.
01 March 2007 [16:06]
"26 February is not only one of the saddest days for the Turkish world and Azerbaijan, but a black page for humanity.
01 March 2007 [14:30]
Poland's FM Anna Fotyga is visiting Azerbaijan. She met with her Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov.
01 March 2007 [14:24]
Turkey has achieved economic stability, country's Prime Minister said.
01 March 2007 [13:18]
NATO will assist the establishment of peacekeeping detachment in Azerbaijani Interior Troops. The issue was coordinated with NATO Assessment Mission visited Azerbaijan in the middle of February, Commander of Interior Troops, General Lieutenant Zakir Hasanov stated.
01 March 2007 [13:06]
Deputy Chief of Turkish Armed Forces General Staff, General Ergin Saygun ended his visit in Azerbaijan.
01 March 2007 [13:00]
In an attempt to set aside years of mutual acrimony, Azerbaijan has launched a campaign to improve ties with Turkmenistan. If the diplomatic initiative succeeds, Azerbaijan could break Russia's stranglehold on Central Asian natural gas exports.
01 March 2007 [12:51]
Azerbaijan's Justice Minister Fikret Mammadov said his country intends to use Iran's judicial and legal experiences in reforming its judicial system.
01 March 2007 [12:40]
Today UN Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator of UNDP and Director of Bureau for Europe and the CIS Kori Udovicki is visiting Azerbaijan at the invitation of the government.
01 March 2007 [09:04]
Rasul Guliyev, leading a part of Azerbaijan Democrat Party (ADP) wrote to the Chairmen Council of Azadliq alliance, Akif Shahbazov, member of the Organizing Committee for the Preparation for the Congress of Rasul Guliyev-led ADP told.
01 March 2007 [09:00]
First Ambassador of Lithuania to Azerbaijan Ketutas Kudzamanas will come to Baku March 15.
01 March 2007 [08:57]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in the frame of his official visit to Kazakhstan got acquainted with development of Astana, and visited "Astana-Genplan" State Institution.
01 March 2007 [08:50]
A group of Khojaly residents held a protest action outside Gundelik Azerbaijan paper editorial office.
01 March 2007 [08:45]
Azerbaijani Parliament's speaker Ogtay Asadov received Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani on the end of his tenure.
01 March 2007 [08:14]
The European Union's representative office in Azerbaijan will be opened in the middle of this year, EU special representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semnebi stated.
01 March 2007 [08:06]
Today My Georgia political movement members held a rally in front of Azerbaijani Embassy in Tbilisi.
01 March 2007 [08:03]
"Fruitful cooperation is possible only in countries in peace and stability. From this view point quick solution of the conflicts in the South Caucasus is to Russia's interests", EU special representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told.
28 February 2007 [23:17]
President Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Poland's Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga.
28 February 2007 [23:09]
Today incident occurred during commemoration ceremony of Khojaly genocide in Ankara University, Azerbaijani Embassy reports.
28 February 2007 [23:04]
Today 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 day at Court of Grave Crimes.
28 February 2007 [23:00]
30-35 Chechen refugees settled in Baku held a picket outside UN High Commissioner for Refugees Office in Baku.
28 February 2007 [17:30]
The trial on the appeal filed against the judgement on Akif Muradverdiyev, former officer of President's Office appointed on February 28 has been postponed.
28 February 2007 [17:07]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has issued an order on dismissal of head of Tovuz region executive power Hemid Bagirov.
28 February 2007 [16:48]
"Poland stands for the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh only in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group exclusively," Poland's Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga stated.
28 February 2007 [16:21]
Azerbaijan's parliament is expected to adopt a number of economics bills during the spring session.
28 February 2007 [15:35]
"I intend to visit Nagorno Karabakh soon. The date hasn't been set yet, but I hope it will be scheduled soon," EU special representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semnebi stated.
28 February 2007 [15:26]
March 16 next meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe Standing Committee will be held in Paris.
28 February 2007 [14:49]
Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh will visit the conflict zone a week before the Assembly's summer session.
28 February 2007 [14:19]
Ali Insanov solicited for organizing new expertise, as the acts on the search in his house was not drawn up fairly, and demanded Kerem Hasanov, chief of the State Committee on Management of Public Property and Farhad Aliyev, former economic development minister to give testimony upon the trial.
28 February 2007 [12:39]
The draft resolution on "Frozen conflicts in the CIS states" will be brought to vote in the session of the UN General Assembly to last until September, 2007, Ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev, head of Azerbaijani representative office in the UN told.
28 February 2007 [09:25]
Annual report on municipalities was heard in Parliament.
28 February 2007 [09:18]
Turkish Historical Society is going to raise claim on the Khojaly genocide at international courts.
28 February 2007 [09:15]
Deputy Chief of Turkish Armed Forces General Staff army general Ergin Saygun, visiting Azerbaijan concerned himself with military educational institutions.
28 February 2007 [09:12]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in the frame of his visit to Kazakhstan met with the chief of Senate Kasimjomart Tokayev.
28 February 2007 [09:00]
Azerbaijani Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova has appealed to the Grievous Crimes Court chairperson Mahbud Nebiyev with a letter.
28 February 2007 [08:30]
A group of rights defense organizations functioning in Azerbaijan made a statement on violation of Azerbaijanis' rights living in Iran.
28 February 2007 [07:40]
Iran's law enforcement bodies prevented the protest action on the 15th anniversary of Khojaly genocide in Tabriz, Azerbaijani circle in G?teborg informs.
28 February 2007 [07:30]
Azerbaijan Islamic Party is going to appeal to the Justice Ministry again to be registered, AIP chairman Hadji Hadjibala Nuri told.
28 February 2007 [07:10]
The Parliament's hearings on the 15th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide ended.
28 February 2007 [07:05]
The government of Japan and six Azerbaijani NGOs today signed contracts on the projects concerning reconstruction and construction of five schools and irrigation system.
28 February 2007 [07:00]
Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili rejected comparisons between Kosovo's bid for independence and the fate of two breakaway Georgian regions.
27 February 2007 [22:02]
Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) 9th Congress Organizing Committee chief Serdar Jalaloglu has appealed to the President Ilham Aliyev asking for release of political prisoners.
27 February 2007 [21:53]
"I said that some measures should be taken for the returning of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to Nagorno Karabakh, this process can not be carried out immediately," Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov said commenting on the head of Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh Nizami Bahmanov's statement "Merzlyakov says that Azerbaijani and Armenian communities can not live together".
27 February 2007 [21:41]
Today Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on State Program on Azerbaijani Resorts.
27 February 2007 [21:33]
The place of meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Robert Kocharian for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has not been determined yet, OSCE Minsk Group Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated.
27 February 2007 [21:30]
President Ilham Aliyev received the UN resident coordinator Bruno Puezat.
27 February 2007 [17:45]
Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Kerim Mesimov met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
27 February 2007 [16:58]
Talish Cultural Center deputy chief, poet and reporter of "Tolishi sedo" (Voice of Talish) newspaper Ali Nasir has been detained today in the morning, Hilal Mammedov, chief of the Committee for the Right Defense of Novruzeli Mammedov, chief of ANAS Institute of Linguistics, "Tolishi sedo" editor-in-chief who is now detained in the MNS detention place, told.
27 February 2007 [16:53]
President Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation led by Army General Ergin Saygun, Deputy Chief of Turkish Armed Forces General Staff.
27 February 2007 [16:35]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov during his visit in Kazakhstan met with his counterpart Marat Tajin today.
27 February 2007 [15:43]
Official Baku has sent a reply to the report of Andres Herkel and Tony Lloyd, PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan related to the implementation of commitments undertaken while admission to the Council of Europe, head of Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov told.
27 February 2007 [14:01]
The issue on "frozen conflicts" in the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) countries will be discussed at the spring session of the UN General Assembly, permanent representative of Moldova in UN Aleksey Tulbure told the journalists.
27 February 2007 [13:22]
"I know that Azerbaijani community of the United States has appealed to the US Secretary of States Rice with the letter. The United States regrets the tragic events in Khojaly 15 years ago and condemns all such attacks on civilians," spokesman Sean McCormack stated at the daily press briefing in the US Department of State.
27 February 2007 [13:05]
Azerbaijan Military Prosecutor's Office continues to examine military units of Air Forces and Air Defense Forces, Republic Military Prosecutor, Lieutenant General Khanlar Veliyev stated.
27 February 2007 [12:55]
Azerbaijani Consulate General in St. Petersburg held a commemorative event in Beloselskikh-Belozerskikh palace.
27 February 2007 [09:10]
A group of young members of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) held a protest action outside international offices in Baku.
27 February 2007 [08:55]
Protest action was held on the 15th anniversary of Khojaly genocide outside Armenian Embassy in Iran, editor of Yarpaq newspaper Said Muganli informed.
27 February 2007 [08:45]
Tomorrow Azeri Parliamentarian Gultekin Hadjiyeva is leaving for Brussels to participate in the meeting of PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population.
27 February 2007 [08:40]
Azerbaijani Youth Club of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) with support of Heydar Aliyev Foundation held an event "15 years without Khojaly", Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia informs.
27 February 2007 [08:30]
The next meeting of the working group of five Caspian states on determining the status of the Caspian Sea is being held in Tehran.
27 February 2007 [08:25]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) made a decision on holding joint rallies on the recent events in Iran along with all parties, the party leader Ayaz Rustemov told.
27 February 2007 [08:20]
National Security Minister Eldar Mahmudov issued an executive order on appointing Perviz Veliyev, the chief of National Security Ministry’s Lenkeran department to Garadagh district, Baku.
27 February 2007 [08:15]
Estonian Population Minister Paul-Eerik Rummo will be visiting Azerbaijan March 7-10 at invitation of Azerbaijan State Committee on work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad.
27 February 2007 [08:10]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Zeyno Baran, Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy of Hudson Institute of US.
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