Politics
11 January 2007 [01:04]
It is no secret that Russian-Georgian relations have gone from bad to worse since the 2003 Rose Revolution. Yet in December 2006, Moscow for the first time since 2000 attempted to use economic pressure against Azerbaijan, with whom it had been successfully developing bilateral ties in deep contrast to Georgia. Some experts have speculated that Georgia provided the impetus for Moscow to suddenly to increase prices for natural gas and electricity exports to Azerbaijan. Did Russia try to recruit Azerbaijan in its effort to isolate Georgia, and refused? Was this an attempt to spoil Azerbaijani-Georgian relations, and could it potentially threaten the cordial relationship that Baku has maintained with the Kremlin since 2000?
11 January 2007 [00:53]
Separatist Nagorno Karabakh regime declared that they are ready to hand over Azerbaijani soldier Eldeniz Nuriyev that was captured on December 31.
11 January 2007 [00:51]
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic criticized arm selling to Armenia. The minister noted that the steps taken by President Tadic are contrary to Prime Minister Voislav Kostunica's opinion.
11 January 2007 [00:50]
European Union Office in Azerbaijan will be opened until March, said EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
10 January 2007 [18:10]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Azerbaijan Interior Minister Ramil Usubov, who is in Turkish capital of Ankara for official visit.
10 January 2007 [18:05]
Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko intends to establish Baltic-Black Sea states' Union.
10 January 2007 [17:59]
"PACE mission to monitor the situation of cultural monuments in South Caucasus is not ready to visit the region," said the rapporteur of PACE to monitor the situation of cultural monuments in South Caucasus, parliamentarian from Great Britain Edward O'Hara.
10 January 2007 [17:54]
"I have no information about the captivity of three soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army. Anyway, the fact on the captivity of Azerbaijani soldiers will not be included in my report," said Leo Platvoet, PACE Rapporteur on the Missing Persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
10 January 2007 [13:40]
Azerbaijan's foreign minister will participate in the next round of negotiations with the Armenian foreign minister on the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
10 January 2007 [13:27]
"Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are headed by democrats who used to support Armenians. Submission of the draft law on so-called Armenian genocide to the House of Representatives was always prevented.
10 January 2007 [13:21]
The officers of International Committee of Red Cross delivered the first letter of Samir Mammadov who was captured by Armenians on December 24.
10 January 2007 [13:19]
The leader of Musavat Party Isa Gambar held a press conference dedicated to the rise of prices of communal services and energy supplies.
10 January 2007 [13:09]
The official Riga requested Azerbaijani Government to hold a meeting of the intergovernmental commission.
10 January 2007 [13:09]
10 January 2007 [13:08]
Azadliq bloc Chairmen's Council held a next meeting.
10 January 2007 [11:53]
Delta FM 87.5 Istanbul radio has begun to broadcast programs on Karabakh from 8.00 till 10.00 every day, announcer of the program Fidan Guliyeva told.
09 January 2007 [23:06]
Political reform could lead to "new relationship," State's Boucher says.
09 January 2007 [23:02]
Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday Tehran would never yield to international pressure to deprive it of its right to nuclear technology, state radio said.
09 January 2007 [22:59]
The Israeli government has "completely denied" reports published in the Sunday Times claiming that Israel is preparing an imminent attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
09 January 2007 [21:48]
President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, sent a message to Daniel Ortega Saavedra to congratulate him on election as President of Nicaragua.
09 January 2007 [21:36]
OSCE's report on the arsons committed by Armenians in the occupied Azerbaijani territories will be discussed in UN till April 30, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian told the journalists in the press conference held in Yerevan.
09 January 2007 [21:35]
"Farhad Aliyev feels fine. I've stated not once that this issue is deliberately brought up. Farhad Aliyev underwent laboratory examination by expert commission composed of 12 specialists in December last year. The result of the examination proved that Farhad Aliyev is practically healthy," said Arif Babayev, Ministry of National Security social relations department chief.
09 January 2007 [21:33]
NAR National Assembly chief Vasif Talibov decreed to dismiss National Bank Management Board chief Vugar Rahimov.
09 January 2007 [21:06]
Tahir Tagizadeh is expected to be appointed Azerbaijani Ambassador to Czechia. His agrement has already been presented.
09 January 2007 [21:02]
Year 2006 fell to the history as rise-fall-rise in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, stated the OSCE Minsk Group American co-chair Matthew Bryza.
09 January 2007 [20:57]
Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov is on official visit to Turkey at Turkish Interior Minister Abdulgadir Aksu's invitation.
09 January 2007 [17:37]
"Preliminary variant of the report on the missing persons in the South Caucasus is ready. This variant will be discussed in the assembly of the CE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population," said Leo Platvoet, PACE Rapporteur on the Missing Persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
09 January 2007 [14:47]
Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan will meet in Moscow January 23, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan told at the press conference.
09 January 2007 [14:42]
European Court of Human Rights will consider the case #34445-04 on the claim of the first deputy chief of the Azerbaijan Democrat Party Serdar Jalaloglu against Azerbaijani government, representative of the European Court of Human Rights Emma Helger told.
09 January 2007 [14:34]
Azerbaijani Armed Forces servicemen participated in 479 NATO events within bilateral cooperation and NATO's Partnership for Peace Program last year.
09 January 2007 [14:33]
Representatives of International Committee of Red Cross in Armenia have met four times with Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammedov captivated on December 24 up to now.
09 January 2007 [14:16]
In the frame of visit, Ramil Usubov will meet with the Prime Minister of Turkey Rajab Tayyip Erdogan and Interior Minister Abdulgadir Aksu.
09 January 2007 [11:25]
International conference on economical and social results of opening of Armenian-Turkish borders will be held in Yerevan on January 13-14.
09 January 2007 [11:22]
Date and place of OSCE trio foreign ministers meeting has been changed.
09 January 2007 [11:19]
Newly-appointed Norwegian ambassador to Azerbaijan Johan Ramberg arrived in Baku.
09 January 2007 [11:19]
Azerbaijani Interior Ministry Offices will be opened in Ukraine and Kazakhstan in a few days.
09 January 2007 [11:18]
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti will visit Baku.
09 January 2007 [11:11]
Draft law on alleged "Armenian genocide" which considers the recognition of the genocide will be presented to the House of Representatives soon, the member of House of Representatives Adam Shiff said.
09 January 2007 [11:09]
Khosrov Jafarov, head coach of Azerbaijan national team of free wrestling, 60, died.
09 January 2007 [11:07]
Mass deportation of Azerbaijani citizens has not taken place in connection with the application of the law "On migration" in the Russian Federation.
09 January 2007 [11:05]
Initiative Group "For Azerbaijan" will hold forum on the theme of "National choice" without YAP's participation, the member of the Initiative Group.
09 January 2007 [11:03]
Issue on Azerbaijan will be extraordinarily discussed in the session of the PACE Monitoring Committee to be held in January.
09 January 2007 [10:21]
Karabakh Liberation Organization made statement on Armenia's violence to the international law and rise of its arsenal.
09 January 2007 [00:11]
As the deadline draws closer for putting on trial two former ministers suspected of plotting a coup against Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, human rights activists and international observers are calling for state investigators to release evidence to support the allegations.
09 January 2007 [00:07]
After their inclusion in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) was initially rejected in a footnote in the European Commission document "Communication on the Wider Europe" of 2003, the three South Caucasus countries are finally part of a group of the EU's neighbours, which are set to benefit from privileged relationships with the European Union (EU). While the three ENP Action Plans were released on the 14th of November 2006, what can Tbilisi, Baku and Yerevan now expect from the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)?
08 January 2007 [23:22]
0.005% of the UN budget will be provided by Azerbaijan.
08 January 2007 [17:44]
A report on Armenia's fulfilling commitments will be heard during the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe January 22-26, said head of the Armenian delegation to PACE Tigran Torosian.
08 January 2007 [17:14]
Azerbaijan has launched a project to elevate its military to NATO standards and is planning to take important steps in 2007 to accomplish this goal.
08 January 2007 [17:09]
Political parties functioning in Azerbaijan have defined the main priorities of their activity in 2007.
08 January 2007 [17:02]
Newspaper Chernovik published in Dagestan continues critical articles against Azerbaijan.
08 January 2007 [15:34]
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos is expected to visit Azerbaijan late February, OSCE Spokesperson Martin Nesirky told.
08 January 2007 [15:29]
Personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-office Andrzey Kasprzyk has changed one of the field assistants in Azerbaijani Office.
08 January 2007 [14:22]
OSCE mission has already worked out a report on large scale arson in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
08 January 2007 [13:19]
Israel plans strike on Natanz uranium enrichment center, heavy water reactor at Arak and uranium conversion facility near Isfahan.
07 January 2007 [21:29]
In recent months, relations between Georgia and Russia have deteriorated. The clash between these two states is only a symptom of the broader strategic positioning of the West and Russia in and around the South Caucasus. In this scenario, at regional and global levels, countries and organizations are involved in a struggle for power and energy security. Considering these two issues, what is the current situation in the South Caucasus and what can be expected in the future?
07 January 2007 [02:13]
Iranian reformist parliamentarians on Saturday blamed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government for failing to prevent United Nations sanctions.
06 January 2007 [13:40]
In the frame of consultations between the foreign ministries of two countries, Khalaf Khalafov, Deputy Foreign Minister, has visited Morocco.
06 January 2007 [00:18]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that his country will soon celebrate final victory in the nuclear issue, stressing that the Iranian nation will not withdraw even an inch from its righteous stances.
05 January 2007 [15:31]
China says it has urged Iran to return to negotiations to resolve international concerns over its nuclear program.
05 January 2007 [15:20]
The Turkish prime minister accused the United States on Wednesday of not living up to a pledge to help counter autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels, despite the appointment of a special envoy to address the threat guerrillas pose to Turkey, a news report said.
05 January 2007 [15:09]
Pakistan government has decided to stop issuance of visas to citizens of Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan without clearance from its intelligence agencies.
05 January 2007 [01:48]
Investigators have identified two guards who illicitly filmed Saddam Hussein's execution, an official said today, as the Iraqi Government sought to dampen growing outrage from Sunni Arabs over the unruly hanging.
05 January 2007 [00:02]
Armenia is due to hold parliamentary elections this spring and political parties have already begun a series of public relations activities that they describe as "charity" but their opponents say amounts to buying votes.
04 January 2007 [22:09]
Iran's top nuclear official said on Thursday that U.N. sanctions would not restrict its atomic programme, and that it was continuing to amass the raw material for uranium enrichment.
04 January 2007 [22:00]
On Wednesday the representatives of the International Committee Red Cross (ICRC) visited the Azerbaijani war prisoner Eldaniz Nuriyev.
04 January 2007 [21:50]
Reporters Without Borders on Thursday condemned a brutal attack on Nijat Huseynov of the leading opposition daily Azadlig, who was beaten and stabbed by four assailants as he was leaving his home to go to work in Baku on 25 December. He had recently received anonymous telephone threats about his reporting.
04 January 2007 [14:15]
Turkey's prime minister warned that growing sectarian tensions in Lebanon will affect the entire Middle East if left unchecked and offered to mediate in the political crisis if asked by rival factions.
03 January 2007 [12:28]
The delegation of the Red Crescent Society of Azerbaijan led by its President, Milli Majlis deputy Novruz Aslan visited Poland at the invitation of this country's Red Cross.
02 January 2007 [23:08]
On December 26 Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov, Turkmenistan's acting president, was shown on national television conducting meetings of the State Security Council and Cabinet of Ministers.
02 January 2007 [20:56]
A senior Iraqi court official nearly halted Saddam Hussein's execution when supporters of a radical Shi'ite cleric and militia leader taunted the former president as he stood on the gallows.
02 January 2007 [15:47]
The Leader of the Revolution Muammar al-Kadafi has received a letter from President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev in which he extended an invitation to the Leader of the Revolution to visit Azerbaijan.
02 January 2007 [12:01]
02 January 2007 [01:20]
In a stark statement published on Saturday Brigadier General Oded Tira observed, "President Bush lacks the political power to attack Iran. As an American strike in Iran is essential for our existence, we must help him pave the way by lobbying the Democratic Party (which is conducting itself foolishly) and US newspaper editors. We need to do this in order to turn the Iranian issue to a bipartisan one and unrelated to the Iraq failure."
01 January 2007 [17:52]
01 January 2007 [17:38]
Iran will never give up its nuclear program and unfair treatment of the country over its atomic work will have consequences for the West and the Middle East, powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Sunday.
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