Politics
04 October 2006 [09:06]
US does not intend to give an open and strong message on Turkey's EU membership, Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Turan Morali told journalists.
04 October 2006 [00:08]
The top U.S. intelligence official says Iran could have a nuclear weapon within four to nine years, but that it still has time to turn away from that path.
03 October 2006 [22:27]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met October 3 with the delegation of the European Union trio.
03 October 2006 [21:39]
The OSCE Minsk group has not finished its work, claim the Co-Chairs. Today they announced that the Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers will meet in Moscow on October 6.
03 October 2006 [20:30]
The South Korean Foreign Minister, Ban Ki-Moon, has won the support of all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in his campaign to become the next UN Secretary General.
03 October 2006 [20:05]
Introducing economic sanctions against Georgia will hardly affect Armenia, Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Vahan Hovhannisian has told reporters.
03 October 2006 [19:08]
On the eve of the 15th anniversary of independence of Azerbaijan, members of the Congress of the USA have congratulated the country and Azerbaijani people.
03 October 2006 [19:04]
On October 3, President Ilham Aliyev received at the Presidential Palace the delegation of the European Union trio.
03 October 2006 [19:01]
EU trio headed by Finland Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioyan met with Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
03 October 2006 [18:51]
A delegation led by Azerbaijani Emergencies Situations Minister Colonel-General Kamaladdin Heydarov paid a business visit to France at invitation of French Interior and Renovations Ministry.
03 October 2006 [18:49]
EU trio held press conference on the results of their visit to Azerbaijan.
03 October 2006 [16:16]
Azerbaijan's Defense Minister, General Colonel Safar Abiyev received U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza on Monday.
03 October 2006 [16:08]
Jordan and Azerbaijan have agreed on Tuesday to sign an agreement to enhance the health relations between the two countries.
03 October 2006 [15:59]
On Tuesday, October 3, President Ilham Aliyev starts an official visit to Latvia.
03 October 2006 [15:13]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation led by co-chair of United States–Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce (USACC) Mr. James A. Baker.
03 October 2006 [14:10]
"There is necessity to dialogue with Armenia," Turan Morali, Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan told journalists.
03 October 2006 [13:46]
Some secondary school directors in Terter placed a protest action for dismissing the region Executive Power head Vidadi Isayev.
03 October 2006 [13:02]
Georgia intends to protest to the international civil aviation body Russia's decision to suspend air traffic with the South Caucasus state following a diplomatic row last week, the Georgian civil aviation service said Tuesday.
03 October 2006 [12:57]
Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire 32 times in the third quarter of the year and totally 192 times during nine months of the year.
03 October 2006 [12:54]
Nasimi district court considered the public prosecutor's solicitation for prolonging of Azpetrol Group of Companies former president Rafig Aliyev's arrest for more six months presided by Judge Famil Nasibov. Rafig Guliyev, his lawyer said the court met the solicitation.
03 October 2006 [10:59]
Armenian President Robert Kocharian emphasized on Monday his country's bid to work hard towards rapprochement with the European Union.
03 October 2006 [09:43]
Some members of the Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) attempted to stage a protest action against the arrival of the co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group outside the Foreign Ministry.
02 October 2006 [22:01]
Turkey's staunchly pro-secular president warned on Sunday of a continued Islamic fundamentalist threat to Turkey and said the military, the traditional guardians of the secular system, must be kept powerful.
02 October 2006 [21:59]
US President George W Bush on Monday expressed his support for Turkey's membership in the European Union during a meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
02 October 2006 [21:54]
At least 15 people were injured on Monday evening when unknown assailants threw two grenades into a cafe in Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, hospital sources and police said.
02 October 2006 [21:50]
Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment, as demanded by the West, but is still holding talks about its nuclear program, the Iranian government spokesman said on Monday.
02 October 2006 [21:47]
A scandal over a U.S. Republican congressman sending sexually explicit e-mails to underage boys ratcheted up on Sunday with the FBI and a congressional ethics committee looking into the accusations.
02 October 2006 [21:33]
Minister of National Security of Azerbaijan, Gen. Lieut. Eldar Mahmudov has taken part at the meeting of the CIS heads of Security Bodies and Intelligence Services held in Minsk, Sept. 28.
02 October 2006 [21:32]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on October 2 received Director of the UN Division for ECOSOC Support and Coordination Sarbuland Khan.
02 October 2006 [20:45]
President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Rene van der Linden held a press conference today on the start of PACE's autumn session.
02 October 2006 [20:35]
"The European Union countries have been making severe remarks regarding the sa-called 'Armenian genocide.'"
02 October 2006 [19:22]
OSCE MG co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France), Matthew Bryza (USA) have gave a press conference in Baku.
02 October 2006 [18:35]
The Russian Embassy in Georgia has confirmed that Russian army officers arrested in the Caucasus state on spying charges last week will be handed over to European security officials later Monday.
02 October 2006 [18:33]
The Russian Federal Migration Service said Monday that 13 Georgian nationals have been detained and will be deported from Moscow for violating immigration rules.
02 October 2006 [18:32]
Russia's government reacted Monday against neighboring Georgia's decision to arrest five Russian servicemen last week on suspicion of espionage with a sweeping ban on travel and postal links.
02 October 2006 [18:28]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Branko Dokic, the minister of Transport and Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
02 October 2006 [18:26]
On October 2, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Turkish delegation led by the country’s Minister of Communications and Transport Binali Yildirim.
02 October 2006 [18:22]
President Ilham Aliyev participated in the opening of the parliament's autumn session.
02 October 2006 [18:18]
The first sitting of Azerbaijani parliament's autumn session was held.
02 October 2006 [15:41]
Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria once described French President Jacques Chirac this way: 'Chirac, the tired old dinosaur who seems increasingly uncomprehending of today's world.'
02 October 2006 [14:43]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs of the Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France) and Mathew Bryza (US).
02 October 2006 [14:38]
"U.S. has always supported development of democracy in Azerbaijan," U.S. Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Anne E. Derse said on the occasion of the opening of the Parliament's autumn session.
02 October 2006 [12:49]
Azerbaijan is drawing up a report on narcological situation and SCAD-4 project results to EU, said Mazahir Afandiyev, South Caucasus Anti-Drug Program coordinator.
02 October 2006 [12:46]
Armenian government, foreign companies, US State Department, British Foreign Ministry, and UN have not reacted to the protest of the Azerbaijan International Mining Operating Company (AIMOC) against exploitation of gold deposits in Armenian-occupied Azerbaijan territories, said Rza Veziri, AIMOC president.
02 October 2006 [12:43]
Debates on the situation in the Balkans and on Kosovo, as well as an address by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, will be among highlights of the Autumn session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), to be held in Strasbourg from 2 to 6 October 2006.
02 October 2006 [10:46]
They will hold the next round of talks with Azerbajan's leadership.
02 October 2006 [09:26]
"OSCE Minsk Group failed to reach any progress in the settlement of the Nagorno Garabagh conflict. The co-chairs realize this themselves. We suggest the UN to establish a new group to mediate in the solution of the conflict. This new group should solve all conflicts in South Caucasus," Rovshan Mustafayev, Azerbaijan National Academy of Science Human Rights Institute director & co-chair of Baku Club told journalists.
02 October 2006 [00:06]
Iran on Sunday lashed out at a new U.S. bill of sanctions on entities or countries that provide goods or services for Iran's weapons programs.
02 October 2006 [00:03]
The Cold War is long over, but the tension between Georgia and Russia revisits many of its issues - allegations of spying by Moscow, suspicions of interference by the United States and concerns that a hot war will start without some sort of compromise.
01 October 2006 [15:17]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo congratulating him and the people of his country on the occasion of the Independence Day.
01 October 2006 [14:35]
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said on Sunday he was in close contact with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to try to decrease tensions over the case of four Russian military officers detained in Georgia for alleged spying.
01 October 2006 [13:42]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message to President of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao to congratulate him and the people of his country on the occasion of the National Day.
01 October 2006 [12:27]
President George W. Bush signed legislation that would impose mandatory sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Iran's weapons programs.
01 October 2006 [12:06]
Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, sent a message to the ailing Fidel Castro wishing for his steady recovery and calling for stronger ties between the two countries.
30 September 2006 [16:32]
"As a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, France has been closely participating in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict for over ten years. I want to believe that it is high time to achieve peace accord," French President Jacques Chirac stated in Armenia.
30 September 2006 [15:54]
Law draft for Georgia's integration into the NATO is already brought to Senate of the USA.
30 September 2006 [15:51]
Russia says it has suspended plans for further withdrawal of its troops from Georgia amid worsening relations between the two neighbors.
30 September 2006 [15:31]
France's President Jacques Chirac visited monuments of the false "Armenian genocide victims" in Yerevan.
30 September 2006 [15:12]
Public debate on "Separatism and Caucasus without separatists" were held in the frames of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Human Rights Institute Baku club meeting.
30 September 2006 [15:03]
"Armenians' autonomy in Georgia is out of question. We perfectly realize their aim," Pata Davitaya, Georgian parliamentarian and UN International Academy of Information member told journalists.
30 September 2006 [15:00]
Armenian general should be called to account for having fought against Azerbaijan in Karabakh.
30 September 2006 [14:45]
Russia deploys military force to the border with Georgia, Vano Merabishvili, Georgian Interior Minister said.
30 September 2006 [14:39]
Today at 11 a.m. the Assembly of Musavat Party started its meeting.
30 September 2006 [14:16]
The Senate, with no debate Saturday, passed and sent to the president legislation that would impose mandatory sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Iran's weapons programs.
30 September 2006 [14:12]
According to an IRNA report, Kiev ruled out certain media reports that it wants to sell Kolchuga early warning radar systems to Iran.
30 September 2006 [14:07]
Turkey's top naval commander joined other military leaders in speaking out against growing Islamist threats within Turkey, warning Friday that the military would not allow any concessions over the principle of secularism.
30 September 2006 [14:04]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected a ceasefire call by Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, urging Kurdish separatists instead to abandon their fight against security forces.
30 September 2006 [13:58]
NATO, the United States, and the EU have all attempted to calm the escalating spy row between Russia and Georgia.
30 September 2006 [13:55]
Armenia on Friday expressed serious concern at the escalating crisis between neighboring Georgia and Russia and again denied any responsibility for Russian espionage alleged by Tbilisi.
30 September 2006 [13:52]
The head of Armenia's Jewish community, Rimma Varzhapetian, publicly criticized the country's minister of the environment for making an antisemitic comment.
30 September 2006 [13:50]
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in Armenia Friday on a three-day visit to this ex-Soviet Caucasus nation.
30 September 2006 [13:48]
The French National Assembly has decided to vote in the coming days on a highly contentious bill -- shelved last spring, leading to dismay and anger among the Armenian diaspora in France -- that penalizes any denial of an alleged Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.
30 September 2006 [13:31]
The member of the House of Lords in the British Parliament Baroness Vivien Sterr, Governor of Edinburgh Prison David Croft and Deputy Director of the John Smith Memorial Trust Joanna Lamb will be visiting Azerbaijan on October 2.
30 September 2006 [13:28]
On September 29, Chinese Embassy arranged a ceremony dedicated to the 57th anniversary of proclamation of the People's Republic of China.
30 September 2006 [13:17]
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