Politics
26 December 2006 [00:39]
An Azerbaijani opposition journalist was hospitalized Monday after being attacked in the capital Baku, a colleague said, in the latest incident reinforcing concerns about media freedom in the Caspian Sea state.
25 December 2006 [19:54]
New UK ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Mrs. Carolyn Browne will take up her position from July, 2007.
25 December 2006 [19:41]
A group of journalists on the initiative of "Army friends" Press Club visited the frontline in the direction of Tartar-Aghdam-Aghdere.
25 December 2006 [19:39]
Scandal happened at the meeting of Musavat Party Council last Saturday.
25 December 2006 [19:22]
One more Azerbaijani soldier was taken captive by Armenians at 14.10 on Sunday.
25 December 2006 [15:26]
Today, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Georgia Premier Zurab Nogaideli.
25 December 2006 [14:38]
Azerbaijani Air Defense Forces base in Salyan will be modernized by the assistance of the NATO.
25 December 2006 [14:30]
The last meeting of the MM fall session will be held this week, MM Social Policy permanent commission chief Hadi Rejebli told.
25 December 2006 [13:39]
Russia plans to supply the 102nd base and Armenian Air Defense Troops with several anti-aircraft missiles S-300.
24 December 2006 [15:06]
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the president of Azerbaijan with his birthday, the Kremlin press office said Sunday.
24 December 2006 [14:38]
Military jets roared overhead as crowds of Turkmen mourners bid their last farewell to autocratic leader Saparmurat Niyazov who was buried on Sunday in a ceremony reminiscent of the grand funerals of the Soviet era.
24 December 2006 [14:32]
Iran condemned a U.N. sanctions resolution as "a piece of torn paper" that would not scare Tehran and vowed on Sunday to accelerate uranium enrichment work immediately.
24 December 2006 [14:23]
English courses organized by the Diplomatic Academy for Foreign Ministry's employees have been wrapped up. Deputy Minister, rector of the Academy Khafiz Pashayev congratulated employees and presented them respective certificates.
24 December 2006 [14:01]
Azerbaijan does not intend to "knock on" NATO and EU door or "force its way" into these organisations or plead for admission, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stressed in an interview to Radio Echo of Moscow on Saturday.
23 December 2006 [14:56]
Azerbaijan Minister of Justice, Fikrat Mammadov, met with Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Christian Strohal, press service of the Ministry said.
23 December 2006 [14:52]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Morocco, Sabir Agabayov, presented his credentials to King Mohammed VI, press service of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
23 December 2006 [14:40]
Armenian soldiers moved from the occupied Bayramli village of Aghdam forward to Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
23 December 2006 [14:38]
"Military doctrine of Azerbaijan will be adopted next year. The State Commission is about to complete the document," Parliament's Permanent Commission on Security and Defense issues Ziyafet Askerov told journalists.
23 December 2006 [14:34]
"The investigation of former ministers' cases is continued. Special commission was established to examine Farhad Aliyev's health. The doctors came to this conclusion that Farhad Aliyev's health is normal," First deputy prosecutor General Rustem Usubov told the journalists.
23 December 2006 [14:33]
Azerbaijani hostage soldier Vusal Garajayev was handed over to Azerbaijani side on Saturday.
23 December 2006 [14:32]
President Ilham Aliyev decreed on implementation of the law 2007 State Budget.
23 December 2006 [13:02]
Azerbaijan Internal Troops Commander Zakir Hasanov received Russia Internal Troops Commander-in-chief Sergey Bunin.
23 December 2006 [12:20]
The meeting of Azerbaijan-Russia interparliamentary commission to be held in Baku was postponed because of technical problems.
23 December 2006 [11:42]
World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) declared 2007 to be Khojali Year in Turkish world.
23 December 2006 [11:38]
The delegation led by Romanian Senate Chairman Nicolae Vacaroiu will visit Azerbaijan next year.
23 December 2006 [01:40]
An article denigrating Islam published early last month in an obscure newspaper here in the capital has led to emotional demonstrations across Azerbaijan and in Iran. A prominent Iranian cleric demanded the death of the two writers of the article, who have been imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
23 December 2006 [01:30]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a message of condolences to acting President of Turkmenistan, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, on the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov.
23 December 2006 [01:29]
Speaker of Azerbaijan Parliament Ogtay Asadov on 22 December met with Christian Strohal, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
23 December 2006 [01:26]
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, met with Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Christian Strohal, press service of the Ministry said.
23 December 2006 [01:25]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on December 22 received the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliev.
23 December 2006 [01:18]
The workgroup for the preparation of amendments to the law on Freedom of assembly according to the judgment of Venice Commission of the CE is working on proposals.
22 December 2006 [17:52]
The leaders of Turkmen opposition abroad were not allowed returning to the country through Sweden-Russia-Turkmenistan, said the representative of joint Turkmen opposition, Justice Minister of the shadow cabinet Batir Mukhamedshin said.
22 December 2006 [17:49]
The exact date of Ukraine's Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich's visit to Azerbaijan was defined.
22 December 2006 [17:47]
The composition of Azerbaijani delegation to participate in Turkmenbashi's funeral was defined.
22 December 2006 [17:40]
"Armenian delegations to the international forums must act in the interests of their own state," Armenian Parliament Speaker Tigran Torosian said while commenting on the statements by Nino Burjanadze who accused the Armenian parliamentary delegation of foiling the conclusion of the Final communique of the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative winter session.
22 December 2006 [17:35]
President Ilham Aliyev received the director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Christian Strohal.
22 December 2006 [12:58]
Special representative of the EU for South Caucasus Peter Semneby will have discussions about the issues of refugees and displaced place during his next visit to Azerbaijan.
22 December 2006 [12:57]
Interior Minister of Russian Federation, army general Rashid Nurgaliyev is on visit to Azerbaijan.
22 December 2006 [11:13]
Turkmenistan's acting president announced Friday that the date for elections to replace the ex-Soviet republic's late long-ruling dictator will be set next Tuesday. He promised they would be democratic.
22 December 2006 [10:59]
It will not be possible construct ex-president Abulfaz Elchibey's monument until World Azerbaijanis Solidarity day, said Elchibey's brother Murad Aliyev.
22 December 2006 [10:50]
If an acceptable solution for both sides is made during the process of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, it will not impede the conduction of elections, Speaker of Armenian Parliament Tigran Torosyan said.
22 December 2006 [10:43]
"International Committee of red Cross Khankendi office supports the sides, interested in hand over of the soldier," ICRC Nagorno Karabakh Office chief George Drndarski said while showing his attitude to hand over of the hostage Azerbaijani soldier Vusal Garajayev.
22 December 2006 [10:32]
Final Communique was not adopted in the last meeting of South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative.
21 December 2006 [23:08]
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed condolences to the people of Turkmenistan today after the death of their president, and said the OSCE stood ready to help with the ensuing transition and to advance democratic reforms.
21 December 2006 [23:02]
Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan Elmira Suleymanova met with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) country representative Susan Lopez.
21 December 2006 [23:01]
According to the "State program of technical development of the system of protection of borders of the Azerbaijan Republic in 2006-2010," the Southern Division of the Coast Guard of the State Frontier Service was set in settlement Keledehne, city of Astara.
21 December 2006 [22:44]
Director of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Christian Strohal visiting Baku met with Elmar Mammadyarov.
21 December 2006 [22:39]
Speaker of Turkmen Parliament Ovezgeldy Atayev has been arrested.
21 December 2006 [22:35]
President Ilham Aliyev phoned Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.
21 December 2006 [17:07]
21 December 2006 [17:04]
"I hope that Armenia will eventually accept OSCE Minsk Group's proposal, give up protracting negotiations, by finding various pretexts," President Ilham Aliyev stated while meeting with local authorities in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
21 December 2006 [16:56]
Armenian groups plan to block any ambassador to Yerevan who fails to recognize Armenian genocide.
21 December 2006 [14:42]
"Ayaz Rustamov being ANIP (Azerbaijan National Independence Party) chairman should work better. He should not restrict his activity," ANIP Press service chief Ali Orujov stated.
21 December 2006 [14:23]
The process of coordination of conflicting territories in Azerbaijan-Georgia border continues, said Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, the chairman of the state commission for delimitation and demarcation Georgy Manchgaladze.
21 December 2006 [14:21]
"The aim of my visit to Baku is to define the perspectives of the cooperation between Azerbaijan government and OSCE and to hold discussions concerning this issue," the director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Christian Strohal told the journalists.
21 December 2006 [14:20]
21 December 2006 [14:19]
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev continues his visit to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
21 December 2006 [11:48]
Turkmenistan's President-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov had died, state television said on Thursday.
21 December 2006 [11:19]
Defence Minister, colonel-general Safar Abiyev received the delegation led by the Defence Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.
21 December 2006 [11:18]
Six parliamentarians who visited the military corps situated in Barda, appealed to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev asking to increase the attention to the servicemen.
21 December 2006 [11:03]
Administrative Procedure Code is expected to be discussed in spring session of the parliament.
21 December 2006 [11:02]
Meeting of Parliament permanent commission for security and defense was held on Wednesday.
21 December 2006 [10:56]
The European Union voiced concern Wednesday over the recent developments affecting the freedom of media in Azerbaijan.
21 December 2006 [10:40]
21 December 2006 [10:37]
"We need strong opposition in the country when external pressures on our country increases and Karabakh conflict is not settled yet. But unfortunately, there some forces in opposition fighting with each others and this causes problems for our country," said MP, the chairman of Civil Solidarity party Sabir Rustemkhanli.
21 December 2006 [10:34]
Russian Interior Minister, army general Rashid Nurgaliyev will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on Thursday.
20 December 2006 [21:35]
Caspian states are to meet in the first three months of next year for further talks on the long-running dispute over ownership of the sea. NBCentralAsia analysts say the growing militarisation in the region and the continuing uncertainty about the legal status of oil and gas deposits and associated energy projects mean it is more urgent than ever to resolve the dispute.
20 December 2006 [20:34]
"The talks on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict between Baku and Yerevan should continue in 2007," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the press conference held on annual results.
20 December 2006 [20:28]
The next meeting of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs is expected to take place late January-early February, said Matthew Bryza's press secretary Michel Stevens.
20 December 2006 [20:25]
Head of Public Affairs Center of the National Security Ministry Arif Babayev expresses a stance on the lawyers' and right defenders' opinions about Farhad Aliyev's health.
20 December 2006 [17:18]
President Ilham Aliyev continues his visit to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
20 December 2006 [17:15]
"I do not deny the fact of 'dedovshina' - physical and psychological abuse of new recruits in the army. But it is rare. Carelessness, lax discipline and new recruits difficulty to adjust to the army may are the main reasons," considered Aydin Mirzezade, deputy chief of the MM permanent commission for security and defense.
20 December 2006 [17:11]
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby will again visit Baku next month.
20 December 2006 [17:09]
Deputy head of Iran's Judiciary met with Azerbaijan's ambassador to Tehran here on Wednesday.
20 December 2006 [16:33]
The appeal of Azerbaijani Army officer Ramil Safarov, accused of murdering Armenian officer Gurgen Markaryan in Hungary and sentenced to life will be considered on February 22, 2007 in the Court of Appeals of Hungary, Azerbaijani Embassy in Hungary informs.
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