Politics
03 November 2006 [13:05]
"Iran's support for such actions is not innovation," Israel Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk told while showing his attitude to Iranian Hemshehri newspaper's caricature competition on Holocaust.
03 November 2006 [10:25]
In accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-office, a monitoring will be held in Fizuli, near Fizuli-Horadiz road, in the contact line of troops.
03 November 2006 [10:24]
Court of Appeal headed by Judge Rasim Isgenderov considered the appeal against the decision of Nasimi District Court on prolonging former Health Minister Ali Insanov's detention for six months.
03 November 2006 [10:00]
Beginning from 16.59 divisions of Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire in the direction of Aghdam region, at the same time explosions were heard from the occupied territories of the region.
02 November 2006 [22:56]
President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on appointment of Rovshan Jamshidov as Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Korea.
02 November 2006 [22:44]
Andres Herkel and Tony Lloyd, PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs for Azerbaijan held press conference on the results of their visit to the country.
02 November 2006 [21:58]
British Petroleum's gleaming, ultramodern Sangachal oil terminal is the face of Azerbaijan that President Ilham Aliyev wants the world to see.
02 November 2006 [21:39]
Tony Llyod and Anders Herkel, PACE co-rapporteurs met with members of working group on the issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan.
02 November 2006 [20:38]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory message to President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus on his 80th birthday.
02 November 2006 [20:24]
Police in Azerbaijan Wednesday dispersed some 500 unsanctioned opposition demonstrators campaigning for a free press, who were protesting the eviction of their newspaper from its current offices.
02 November 2006 [20:10]
The corruption of Armenian politicians is the most serious problem of the country.
02 November 2006 [20:08]
"Turkey and Azerbaijan prepared a program considering the isolation of Armenia," Amayak Ovannisyan, Armenian parliamentarian and the chief of Armenian Political Scientists Union said.
02 November 2006 [20:00]
The Our Azerbaijan opposition bloc has urged the Azeri authorities to stop the OSCE Minsk Group's mediation in the solution of the Karabakh conflict.
02 November 2006 [19:43]
The 17th issue of the 'Accord' journal of Great Britain Armistice Resources Organization devoted to Azerbaijan and Armenia was translated into the Azerbaijani and Armenian languages.
02 November 2006 [17:03]
Mass actions demanding President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and the government's resignation began in the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
02 November 2006 [16:48]
"GUAM frozen conflicts on UN General Assembly 61st session agenda is a great victory," Zurab Gumberidze told.
02 November 2006 [16:13]
Co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to Azerbaijan Tony Lloyd and Andres Herkel on November 1 have met with the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan Republic Masher Panahov, the CEC press service told.
02 November 2006 [16:11]
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Japan Azer Huseyn has met the newly appointed minister of economy, trade and industry of this country Akira Amari, who is also co-chair of the Azerbaijan-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship League on Japanese side, press service of FM said.
02 November 2006 [16:10]
Ukraine's minister of labor and social policy Mikhail Papiyev will arrive in Azerbaijan on November 8.
02 November 2006 [16:09]
Member of Azerbaijan Parliament Asaf Hajiyev has left for Tirana, Albania, to take part at the sitting of Central European Initiative (SEI) Parliament Assembly.
02 November 2006 [16:08]
On the second day of the southern region tour, US ambassador Anne Derse visited the lyceum with the humanitarian bias in Lankaran.
02 November 2006 [16:06]
President Ilham Aliyev received the education minister of Turkey Huseyn Chelik.
02 November 2006 [16:03]
Visiting co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to Azerbaijan Tony Lloyd and Andres Herkel met November 1 with Justice Minister Fikret Mammadov.
02 November 2006 [16:01]
The first Deputy Chairman of Milli Majlis (Parliament of Azerbaijan), head of Azerbaijan delegation to NATO PA Ziyafat Asgarov met November 1 with the representatives of European Center for Security Studies (ECSS).
02 November 2006 [15:49]
Amnesty International (AI) working to protect human rights worldwide will present a special report on South Azerbaijan National Movement in Iran, Nergiz Nedai, the Head of Azerbaijani Youth Federation Sweden told.
02 November 2006 [15:47]
Working group for the solution to the problems of political prisoners met with Andres Herkel and Tony Lloyd, PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs.
02 November 2006 [14:31]
Armenian Armed Forces continues to violate the ceasefire.
02 November 2006 [14:24]
Wanted for high treason former representative of Georgian President Emzar Kvitsiani took on himself the responsibility of firing on Interior Ministry Vano Merabshvili's cortege in Codor gorge on October 25, Kvitsani said it on videotape displayed first on Abkhazia television, then Georgia TV channels.
02 November 2006 [11:30]
Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired missiles with the capability of carrying cluster warheads at the start of 10-days of military manoeuvres on Thursday, state television reported.
02 November 2006 [11:18]
The "parliament" of the self-proclaimed "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" approved in the second reading a draft "Constitution."
02 November 2006 [11:06]
Conference on "Legislative acts and youth interests: realities and perspective views" was held within the project "Azerbaijan Youth Parliament – The Second Part".
02 November 2006 [10:56]
The meeting of Foreign Ministers Council of BSECO was held in Moscow.
02 November 2006 [10:55]
"Israel is keen on joining Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey pipeline corridor as a consumer, as well as a transit area," Israeli Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer stated.
02 November 2006 [10:51]
Former Economic Development Minister Farhad Aliyev needs to be treated and examined in hospital.
02 November 2006 [10:44]
CE states Interior and Justice Ministers conference will be held on 9-10 November in Moscow.
02 November 2006 [10:42]
National Security Ministry, lieutenant-general Eldar Mahmudov and all department chiefs of the Ministry were on visit to Nakhchivan on October 31.
02 November 2006 [10:41]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received OSCE standing representative from Italy.
02 November 2006 [10:25]
PACE co-rapporteurs for Azerbaijan Andres Herkel and Tony Lloyd met with Central Election Commission (CEC) chief Mezahir Panahov informed.
01 November 2006 [19:41]
"US government supports free media," US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne E. Derse told the journalists.
01 November 2006 [19:29]
Constituency Election Commission (CEC) of Khankendi election constituency #122 will include Armenian Azerbaijanis in the list of electors beginning from January of 2007, Allahverdi Dolukhanov, the chief of CEC #122, told.
01 November 2006 [19:07]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev visited Shamkir.
01 November 2006 [18:51]
Abbas Lisani one of the activists of South Azerbaijan National Movement was arrested again, Said Naimi, the chief of Political Prisoners' Defense Committee, stated.
01 November 2006 [18:19]
Today Turkish Education Minister Hussain Chelik visited Azerbaijan. The Minister first visited Martyrs' Alley and Heydar Aliyev's grave in Honor Alley then he met with the Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov.
01 November 2006 [15:50]
A top Russian security official and a senior lawmaker suggested Tuesday that Moscow could back a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran, despite Russia's long-held opposition to punishing Tehran.
01 November 2006 [15:43]
Visiting European Parliament President Jose Borrell on Tuesday urged Turkey to open its ports and airports to Cypriot ships and aircraft and to honor and observe the Copenhagen criteria in the framework of its negotiations for its European Union accession.
01 November 2006 [15:28]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with visiting co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for Azerbaijan Tony Lloyd and Andres Herkel, press service of the Ministry said.
01 November 2006 [15:15]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Indonesia Ibrahim Hajiyev met October 31 with Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives Agung Laksono to discuss ways of further boosting the bilateral ties between the two countries, press service of the Embassy said.
01 November 2006 [13:59]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev within his visit to western regions of Azerbaijan was in Gadabay today.
01 November 2006 [10:17]
"The territory where Davit Garadji Monastery is located has not been coordinated by delimitation and demarcation commission yet," said Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, the chief of Delimitation and Demarcation Commission Georgi Manjgaladze.
01 November 2006 [10:13]
The monitoring group will announce the results of the arsons in Azerbaijani territories in mid-November, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told the journalists.
01 November 2006 [10:02]
"Venice Commission considers conditions for freedom of assembly very limited," stated Allen Shamble CE Venice Commission administrator.
01 November 2006 [10:00]
GUAM, OSCE and the US call on Transdnestria to participate in negotiations.
01 November 2006 [09:51]
A group of Modern Musavat Party members picketed outside France Embassy in Baku.
01 November 2006 [02:59]
Iran announced on Tuesday that its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) would soon hold a new round of war-games.
01 November 2006 [02:56]
Russia said on Tuesday it believed Iran's nuclear program was peaceful, and a political dialogue, not sanctions, must be used in talks with Tehran.
01 November 2006 [00:48]
Georgia's foreign minister arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for the first high-level talks between Russia and Georgia since a bitter confrontation broke out between the ex-Soviet neighbors.
31 October 2006 [21:08]
EU diplomats are trying to organise an emergency meeting this weekend in the hope of resolving problems surrounding Turkey's membership bid.
31 October 2006 [20:43]
Georgia Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili had a short-termed visit to Azerbaijan.
31 October 2006 [20:37]
Azerbaijani military attache to Turkish Embassy colonel Bakhish Alekberov was called back.
31 October 2006 [20:35]
"There is no obstacle to adopt Action Plan on the cooperation between Azerbaijan and EU in the frame of Europe New Neighborhood Policy," said EU Commissioner on External Relations Benita Ferrero Waldner's spokesperson Emma Udwin.
31 October 2006 [20:03]
Azerbaijan discharges NATO obligations on reforms in Armed Forces.
31 October 2006 [19:49]
Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi conferred with his Azeri counterpart Ramil Usubov on the sidelines of the 14th International Conference on Central Asia and Caucasus in Tehran on Tuesday.
31 October 2006 [16:16]
November 2 PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs Andres Herkel and Tony Lloyd will attend a regular meeting of the working group composed of governmental officials and the representatives of NGOs on the problem of political prisoners, Chingiz Ganizadeh, rights defender, stated.
31 October 2006 [16:01]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev began his visit to Western region.
31 October 2006 [15:19]
Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers will discuss new proposals of the co-chairs in Brussels on November 14, Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, told journalists.
31 October 2006 [14:46]
All issues were agreed on National Activity Plan of New Neighborhood Policy Program to be signed on November 14 between Azerbaijan and EU, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told the journalists.
31 October 2006 [13:52]
The criminal case launched against President's Office ex-Administrative Office chief Akif Muradverdiyev ended in Court of Grievous Crimes.
31 October 2006 [13:50]
The sum decree on GUAM Peacekeeping Contingent has not been issued yet, Safar Abiyev told journalists.
31 October 2006 [13:00]
Turkish State Presidents will hold summit in Antalya November 17, Turkey Foreign Ministry informs.
31 October 2006 [12:34]
"There is not any territorial conflict between Azerbaijan and Georgia. There are some uncoordinated areas on the front lines of both countries and these areas are being coordinated in the level of experts," Georgi Manjgaladze, Deputy Foreign Minister, the chief of Delimitation and Demarcation Commission, stated.
31 October 2006 [11:53]
New proposals of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs connected with Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be discussed in Brussels meeting of Foreign Ministers.
31 October 2006 [11:49]
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev will visit Ganja on October 31.
31 October 2006 [11:45]
"Any meetings and talks – are already boon even if they bring no result. Much worse if the sides have no wish and possibility to meet and hold talks, let us take Georgia and Russian, for example," said Chief of the Department of CIS Countries of the Russian Institute of Strategic Research, Candidate of Historical Sciences Alexander Skakov.
31 October 2006 [11:43]
Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili left for Moscow on October 31 via the Azerbaijani capital Baku to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
31 October 2006 [11:07]
Jamil Gasanli, head of the committee of protection of rights of Farhad and Rafik Aliyevs, told journalists in Baku that he considered that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) were actively involved in the arrest of the former Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, Farhad Aliyev.