Politics
17 June 2006 [02:15]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has previously called for Israel to be "wiped off the map", said in Shanghai on Friday there needed to be an independent investigation into the Holocaust.
17 June 2006 [02:12]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, said on Friday that the six-nation incentive package designed to encourage Iran to end its uranium enrichment programme was "a step forward". But he gave no indication that Tehran was ready to meet the condition for dialogue and suspend uranium enrichment.
17 June 2006 [01:58]
Following the recent uprisings in the northern provinces and demonstrations across the country, which the Iranian secret services has attributed protests to "foreign elements", Tehran decided to "strike back".
17 June 2006 [01:57]
The Council of Europe Venice Commission was surprised by Ali Ahmadov's statement saying there is no need to make changes to the composition of election commissions in Azerbaijan.
17 June 2006 [01:55]
Omani Foreign Ministry Undersecretary, Badr bin Hamad bin Mahmoud Al Bousaeedi, left Muscat on Friday heading to Azerbaijan to head his country's delegation to the 33rd Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 19-21 of the current month.
16 June 2006 [22:34]
Russia's president discussed efforts to resolve the long-running conflict over Nagorno Karabakh with his Azerbaijani counterpart and will soon hold talks about it with Armenia's president, the Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
16 June 2006 [22:26]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent message of congratulation to the President of the Republic of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson on the country's national holiday - Day of Independence.
16 June 2006 [22:15]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev decreed on awarding a group of health care employees with Tereggi (Progress) Order.
16 June 2006 [16:18]
Emergencies Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov paid working visit to France from June 12 till 14.
16 June 2006 [15:12]
Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) secretariat has not received any complaint from Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) related to PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan, Andreas Gross.
16 June 2006 [14:56]
16 June 2006 [14:54]
The Russian military base in Akhalkalaki played the role of a peacekeeper between Georgians and Armenians during the presidency of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Sergey Sargsyan, an expert of Spectrum, the Center for Strategic Analysis stated in Yerevan.
16 June 2006 [14:41]
The composition of the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has been fully formed.
16 June 2006 [14:24]
The Armenian-Georgian relations tend to worsen, Sergey Sargsyan, an expert of Spectrum, the Center for Strategic Analysis stated in Yerevan.
16 June 2006 [14:18]
The implementation of Resolution 1480 on challenge of Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation's credentials is on the agenda of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Summer Session scheduled for June 26-30.
16 June 2006 [14:05]
Radical Wahhabite groupings in Dagestan have decided to punish Kizilyurt resident Abdul Umarov, who contributed to APA's Dagestan bureau and the bureau correspondents.
16 June 2006 [13:53]
Official state organs of Armenia and non-governmental organizations raise questions on existence of Armenian captives in Azerbaijan. In those information it is stated that as if those people are used as worker in heavy metallurgy and chemistry industry.
16 June 2006 [12:53]
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, has arrived in Almaty to participate in a summit of the Conference for Interaction and Confidence in Asia.
16 June 2006 [12:48]
The meeting of experts of Islam Conference Organization member countries will be held in Baku on June 17.
16 June 2006 [11:54]
"Interior Ministry representations will first be established in neighboring countries with Azerbaijan," interior ministry Ramil Usubov told journalists.
16 June 2006 [11:51]
Regional security is going to be discussed at the II CICA summit.
15 June 2006 [16:04]
Iran has the right to develop nuclear energy programs if the international community's concerns are allayed, Russia's president said at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Thursday.
15 June 2006 [15:51]
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said on Thursday that Matthew J. Bryza, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, will co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group that mediates between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh.
15 June 2006 [13:45]
Regnum's interview with Director of the Peace, Democracy and Culture Research Analytical Center Rauf Rajabov.
15 June 2006 [13:39]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur on migration, refugees and population has called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to cooperate on prisoners of war, hostages and missing persons.
15 June 2006 [02:04]
EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana said today he held phone talks with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani.
15 June 2006 [01:58]
The EU special representative for the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, told on Wednesday that European Neighborhood Policy Action Plans with Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan will be signed "in a couple of months' time."
15 June 2006 [01:32]
Azerbaijani Aliyev signed order on appointing Sabir Aghabeyov Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Morocco.
15 June 2006 [01:21]
"We do not wish any international organizations and foreign forces to be initiator of the dialogue within Azerbaijan.
15 June 2006 [00:50]
Azerbaijani human rights defenders met with the delegation of the Ago Group from the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers led by Roland Wegener in Baku today. Rights defenders Mirvari Gahramanli, Eldar Zeynalov, Saida Gojamanli, Fuad Hasanov and Arif Yunus discussed the current social-political situation in the country as well as political prisoner issue with the Ago Group.
14 June 2006 [20:46]
Iran's judiciary has lifted a ban on a state-run newspaper, which sparked violent protests last month by publishing a cartoon considered insulting by Iran's Azeri minority, a judiciary official said on Wednesday.
14 June 2006 [20:41]
The alleged deportation from Azerbaijan of an ethnic Azeri Iranian dissident leader was an "unforgiveable betrayal" by the government, the dissident's supporters charged.
14 June 2006 [19:14]
At least 10 mines exploded in the neutral zone as a result of Armenians setting fire to the occupied Shurabad, Namirli and Chiragli villages of Aghdam region of Azerbaijan.
14 June 2006 [19:06]
Azerbaijan's State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (SCRIDP) will appeal to the relevant instances on the basis of materials on Armenians setting fire to villages in Azerbaijan's region of Aghdam.
14 June 2006 [17:04]
"The withdrawal of the Russian military base from Akhalkalak has a psychological motive for the Armenians of the region," Shirak Torosyan, head of "Javakhk" Public Association.
14 June 2006 [14:50]
Georgian and Russian Presidents, Mikhail Saakashvili and Vladimir Putin had a one-one meeting in the Konstantinov Palace, St.Petersburg, Russia.
14 June 2006 [14:35]
Today Iran Journalists Unity (IJU) held a press conference dedicated to humiliation of Azerbaijanis in the country press. Editor of "Leaf" newspaper, Seid Muganli stated.
14 June 2006 [14:19]
June 13 Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanian held the next round of talks on regulation of Nagorno Karabakh, within "Prague process".
14 June 2006 [14:07]
Azerbaijani members of the Iranian parliament appealed to the government for not preventing Azerbaijanis' march to the Babek castle.
14 June 2006 [13:43]
Steven Man will continue to co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group for certain time.
14 June 2006 [13:19]
"My cousin is not journalist but my aunt's grandchild and he has not been imprisoned," the Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to Azerbaijan, Afhshar Suleimani.
14 June 2006 [12:44]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay a visit to Kazakhstan on June 16 to attend the second summit of the member states of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA).
14 June 2006 [09:44]
The Ago Monitoring Group from the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers met with pro-opposition party leaders in Azerbaijan.
14 June 2006 [09:40]
The Azerbaijan-Poland intergovernmental commission will hold its first meeting in Warsaw in September, Polish Sejm member Karol Karski told Azerbaijani journalists.
14 June 2006 [09:35]
Polish Parliament's European Affairs Commission head Karol Karski and parliamentarian Malgojata Sadurskaya held press conference on their visit to Azerbaijan.
14 June 2006 [09:23]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed order on appointing of Interior Ministry representatives to foreign states and international organizations.
14 June 2006 [08:28]
"If Turkey wants to enter the European Union, it should declare its seaports and airports open to Cyprus," said Daniel Fried, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.
14 June 2006 [08:23]
"Mahmudali Chohraganli visited Baku on his own will and left Baku for the statement he sounded. There is a need to make precise the information said related to him," Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) executive secretary Ali Ahmadov stated.
14 June 2006 [08:16]
The congress of Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) will be held June 25 at Hyatt Regency hotel.
14 June 2006 [08:02]
Grand Lebanon Arabic People Socialist State deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Al Berani will arrive in Baku June 19.
14 June 2006 [01:15]
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has called on the European Union to aid United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to resolve the Cyprus problem.
14 June 2006 [01:06]
A study released June 13 by Freedom House focuses attention on a "governance gap" in energy-rich states in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
13 June 2006 [21:31]
Armenia's second most powerful official, Defense Minister Serge Sarkisian, is eliminating the last remaining doubts about his intention to succeed President Robert Kocharian after the latter completes a second five-year term in office in 2008.
13 June 2006 [21:22]
Head of the State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad Nazim Ibrahimov held press conference today on the conclusions of the World Azerbaijanis Intellectuals' Forum.
13 June 2006 [21:00]
On June 13, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received at the Presidential Palace delegation of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers' Ago Group led by Roland Wegener.
13 June 2006 [15:31]
Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers will meet in Paris today.
13 June 2006 [14:45]
"Not any congratulation letter by Ogtay Asadov to Tigran Torosyan, was sounded in the measure held in Armenia. Spread of these kinds of information is aimed to create tension in Azerbaijan society."
13 June 2006 [14:27]
OSCE Secretary General Mark Perren de Brishambo, will pay two-day visit to Azerbaijan June 19.
13 June 2006 [13:53]
Delegation headed by Solomon Isaac Pasi, the Chairman of the foreign policy committee of the Bulgarian Parliament will visit Azerbaijan June 16.
13 June 2006 [13:05]
Today parliamentarians—Sabir Rustemkhanli, Igbal Agazade, and Genire Pashayeva, have visited the front line to investigate the fact of burning the occupied lands of Azerbaijan by Armenians.
13 June 2006 [09:40]
Azerbaijan's parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov received Polish Sejm's European Union Affairs Commission head Karol Karski.
13 June 2006 [09:38]
Foreign affairs minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov has received the delegation of South Africa Foreign Ministry Center and South Asia Office associates headed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South African Republic to Kazakhstan, Beki Gila.
13 June 2006 [09:33]
Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Organization Secretary General Leonidas Khrisantopulas.
13 June 2006 [08:37]
Iran is interested in joint operation of hydrocarbon resources, as well as Reservoir Alov (Flame), in moot areas of the Caspian Sea. Mahmud Khagani, Caspian Region officer of the Ministry of Energetics of Iran, stated.
12 June 2006 [22:24]
Pressure grew on Iran on Monday to reply to a big power offer to defuse a stand-off over its nuclear programme, as Washington hoped a meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog would garner world support for the initiative.
12 June 2006 [21:55]
She also laid a wreath at a memorial for the "victims of the genocide" by troops of the former Ottoman Empire 90 years ago.
12 June 2006 [21:34]
"Azerbaijani delegates really read the congratulation addressed to me by speaker Ogtay Asadov," Armenian Parliament speaker Tigran Torosyan told journalists.
12 June 2006 [20:59]
Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani's cousin, member of "Araz" newspaper, journalist Behzad Khosrovani was detained by Iranian government forces being accused of activity against the state in Aradabil, contributor to the banned newspaper "Shamsi-Tabrizi" in Iran, Ali Suleymani informs.
12 June 2006 [19:21]
The OSCE's Conference to Review the Operation of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) ended on June 2 in Vienna with a tactical success for the West.
12 June 2006 [17:05]
EU foreign ministers have given a hard-fought green light to the opening of the first chapter in Turkey's accession talks, following hours of last-minute opposition by the Cypriot delegation.
12 June 2006 [16:59]
President Ilham Aliyev on 12 June received former New Hampshire governor, ex-chief of the staff of George Bush Administration John Sununu.
12 June 2006 [16:57]
The Georgian Times interviews Azeri Ambassador to Georgia Namig Aliyev.
12 June 2006 [16:55]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 12 June at President Palace received Secretary General of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos.
12 June 2006 [15:36]
Special representative of Council of Europe General Secretariat appointed on Azerbaijan, Denis Bribosia, arrives in Baku tonight.
12 June 2006 [15:17]
Heads of nine states will gather at the 2nd Summit of Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building in Asia (CICMA) on June 17 in Almaty, an official spokesperson of Kazakhstan MFA Yerzhan Ashikbayev has briefed today in Astana.
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