Politics
02 June 2006 [13:24]
According to reports from Iran over 10,000 people demonstrated on Wednesday in Tabriz, provincial capital of East Azerbaijan, despite undeclared marshal law.
02 June 2006 [12:23]
The Armenian Armed Forces violated the cease-fire from different directions of the front line for ten times in May this year.
02 June 2006 [12:20]
The European Union (EU) supports OSCE Minsk Group activity in Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.
02 June 2006 [10:12]
China's foreign minister spoke with his Iranian counterpart by telephone on Friday, telling him that Beijing supports all efforts to resolve the Iran nuclear issue through diplomatic negotiations, state media reported.
02 June 2006 [10:07]
Turkish FM Abdullah Gul asked his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that Russia supports Turkey in its fight against terrorism.
02 June 2006 [09:58]
Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev hailed on Thursday relations between Azerbaijan and Russia, citing them as a role model in relations between a big and a smaller country, which used to be part of the former Soviet Union.
02 June 2006 [09:10]
President Ilham Aliyev has said Azerbaijan will never come to terms with the loss of its lands and with the establishment of the second Armenian state on its territory.
01 June 2006 [19:43]
Azeri political expert Zardusht Alizade's inrerview to Regnum news agency.
01 June 2006 [19:36]
Despite brutal suppression of people in Azeri provinces and the dispatch of anti-riot commando units, demonstrations and clashes in various cities in that region continue.
01 June 2006 [19:28]
An Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle purportedly buzzed a U.S. carrier in the Persian Gulf for 25 minutes before safely returning to its base.
01 June 2006 [19:22]
The White House urged Iran on Thursday to take several days to carefully consider a U.S. offer of talks on its nuclear program, despite Tehran's rejection of a U.S. condition it stop enriching uranium first.
01 June 2006 [19:17]
Senator Sam Brownback, a Republican from Kansas, Senator Ron Wyman, a Democrat from Oregon, and the senior Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, Tom Lantos of California, issued a statement to the effect that "in the global war on terror, our next strategic, surgical focus needs to be Iran."
01 June 2006 [19:14]
Seventy-five members of the European parliament on Thursday signed a petition demanding that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad be banned from European soil and not allowed to attend matches played by the Iranian national football team at the World Cup which kicks off in Germany on 9 June.
01 June 2006 [19:09]
Armenia's parliament, the National Assembly, elected a new speaker Thursday following the resignation of the previous incumbent in May.
01 June 2006 [18:47]
Armenians are burning Yusifjanli, Novruzlu, Baghmanlar, Sarijali and Saybali villages of Azerbaijan's region of Aghdam they have occupied.
01 June 2006 [18:45]
Iranian Turkmens' secret Turkmensahra Liberation Organization issued a statement protesting against mass murder and arrest of Azerbaijani demonstrators in Tabriz, Iran.
01 June 2006 [18:38]
Azerbaijan and Tajikistan have signed an agreement on military cooperation.
01 June 2006 [18:30]
Armenia Ambassador to Iran Gegam Garibjanian holding secret talks with government of Iran proposed bringing of military force from his country to stop the actions in South Azerbaijan.
01 June 2006 [17:15]
Azerbaijanis living in Europe hold a rally in the Belgian capital, Brussels, in support of Azerbaijani demonstrators in Iran.
01 June 2006 [15:10]
The Azerbaijani delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will raise a question at PACE related to the Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan Andreas Gross and Andres Herkel making insulting statements on the Azerbaijani authorities.
01 June 2006 [15:04]
Today a contract between Azerbaijan and Tajikistan on cooperation in military field has been signed.
01 June 2006 [13:48]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 1 June at Presidential Palace received the Chairman of Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Executive Secretary Vladimir Rushailo.
01 June 2006 [13:43]
President of Azerbaijan congratulated the President of the Republic of Italy Giorgio Napolitano on the country's national holiday - Day of Republic.
01 June 2006 [13:05]
Iran has rejected US conditions for groundbreaking talks on its disputed nuclear programme, saying that it was ready for negotiations with its arch-enemy but was not prepared to freeze its enrichment of uranium.
01 June 2006 [12:55]
Fourth phase of the European Union and UNDP financed regional Southern Caucasus Anti-Drug Program (SCAD) is being realized.
01 June 2006 [12:48]
Deputy Interior Minister of Azerbaijan Republic, Commander of the Internal Troops general-lieutenant Zakir Hasanov on 4 June will pay an official visit to the People's Republic of China on the invitation of his counterpart.
01 June 2006 [12:27]
Deputy chief of the Main Department on Youth, the Prince of Saudi Arabia Emir Navvaf ibn Feisal ibn Fahd ibn Abdel Aziz and his retinue on 31 May have visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
01 June 2006 [12:19]
Iranian Kurd parties say they want a federal Iran, not secession.
01 June 2006 [12:15]
An article by Mark Ames, editor of the Moscow English alt weekly, The eXile.
01 June 2006 [12:08]
Azerbaijan's Constitutional Court (CC) will ratify the results of the 13 May partial re-run of the parliamentary elections on 5 June.
01 June 2006 [08:07]
Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, vice-president of parliament, Bahar Muradova today received Ambassadors of European states to OSCE, who are visiting our country to familiarize with it.
01 June 2006 [07:53]
Member of the new Israeli government - National Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer to visit Baku from June 6 to 8.
01 June 2006 [07:36]
"Musavat Party did not make concessions for the parties represented in Azadliq bloc. On the contrary, they tried to keep other parties in the shade all issues."
01 June 2006 [07:33]
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is holding its plenary session from May 30 to June 1.
31 May 2006 [23:36]
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's dramatic announcement that the US was willing to hold direct talks with Iran if it stopped enriching uranium was not a complete surprise in Jerusalem, where the possibility of such a move has been discussed at various levels for some time.
31 May 2006 [23:31]
The US, in a major policy shift toward Iran, said today it would join key European powers in talks with Tehran if it suspended its nuclear enrichment program.
31 May 2006 [22:13]
Deputy Head of the Israeli Government, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsipi Livni was going to visit Azerbaijan in the near future, but all of a sudden this week the preparations for her visit were terminated. This was announced by a well-informed diplomatic sources in Tel Aviv.
31 May 2006 [22:02]
On Monday, a meeting of the Supreme Supervisory Council to find ways in dealing with uprising in Azeris provinces titled "Examination of Ethnic Problems" was convened in the mullahs' Majlis (parliament), the state-run news agency, IRNA, reported.
31 May 2006 [21:21]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, taking part in spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Paris, May 31 has left for home.
31 May 2006 [21:17]
31 May 2006 [21:00]
The ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) issued statement protesting against co-rapporteur of Monitoring Committee from the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Andreas Gross' harshly insulting Azerbaijan.
31 May 2006 [20:44]
"The forces wanting Iran to face interior problems are seeking their benefits not just the people’s. Who can claim that America really intends to serve for the national benefit of Iranian people? It is not so! The United States has made many mistakes due to its national interests. I can prove it from historical background. They, however, will not succeed and will not be able to create problems for Iran," Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani stated.
31 May 2006 [18:14]
Russia will uphold any decision on Nagorno-Karabakh that will meet the interests of Armenia and Azerbaijan, said Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee.
31 May 2006 [17:45]
On Wednesday the deputies of the Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan have approved a bill on "On ratification of the Treaty on strategic partnership and allied relations between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan".
31 May 2006 [17:41]
Defence Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev does not rule out that the peacekeeping corps of ODED-GUAM may engage a peaceful settlement mission in Nagorny Karabakh. He has revealed it Wednesday at a press conference after a session of CIS Defence Ministers' Council.
31 May 2006 [15:32]
Since a letter that Turkey's Prime Minister Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan sent to Armenia's President Robert Kocharian diplomats from both states have had three private meetings.
31 May 2006 [15:30]
"Northern Cyprus and Nagorno Karabakh conflicts should not be put into the same position, because these problems are quite different from each other," said Emma Udwin, Special Representative of The European Union (EU) New Neighborhood Policy Programme Commissioner.
31 May 2006 [15:21]
A meeting on establishment of the Committee of Support for South Azerbaijan National Movement took place on Wednesday.
31 May 2006 [15:16]
Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Arthur Rasizadeh today received the delegation of the Board of Defense Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
31 May 2006 [15:11]
Russia's offers to help solve the long-running controversy around Iran's nuclear program are still on the negotiating table, the Russian defense minister said Wednesday.
31 May 2006 [15:08]
"Russia's small amount of military equipment, mainly military property withdrawn from the military base in Georgia is taken to Russian military base in Gumru, Armenia.
31 May 2006 [15:02]
The European Union's new special representative for the South Caucasus sees an enhanced role for the EU in conflict resolution.
31 May 2006 [14:57]
Russian Foreign Minister voiced support for Turkey's bid to join the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in 2009-2010.
31 May 2006 [14:49]
"Ukraine recognizes sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan," Ukraine's Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko told following the meeting of the CIS Board of Defense Ministers in Baku today.
31 May 2006 [14:48]
Russia's President Vladimir Putin issued decree on appointing Vasili Istratov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan.
31 May 2006 [14:45]
Defense ministers from former Soviet republics set priorities for the next four years at a meeting of the CIS Defense Council in the capital of Azerbaijan, Russia's defense minister said Wednesday.
31 May 2006 [13:58]
Today Baku is hosting the 50th meeting of Board of Defense Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
31 May 2006 [13:53]
A long-running dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno Karabakh region should be resolved by the two countries themselves and not by third parties, Russia's defense minister said Wednesday.
31 May 2006 [12:56]
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway to Azerbaijan, Steinar Gil's diplomatic mission ends, Norway Embassy in Azerbaijan informs.
31 May 2006 [11:01]
Defense ministers from the Commonwealth of Independent States will discuss the scope of future military cooperation at a meeting Wednesday in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku.
31 May 2006 [10:42]
French President Jacques Chirac urged Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev to push for a peaceful settlement of its conflict with Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh.
31 May 2006 [10:37]
Iran, apparently anticipating an American invasion, has quietly been restructuring its military and testing a new military doctrine that calls for a decentralized, Iraqi-style guerrilla campaign against an invading force.
31 May 2006 [10:28]
US Vice President Dick Cheney's May visit to Kazakhstan and his subsequent criticism of Russia spotlight the rebirth of a centuries-old "Great Game" of geopolitical maneuvering by outside powers for control of Central Asia.
31 May 2006 [10:19]
One of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election promises was that he and his ministerial team would visit all of Iran's 30 provinces within their first year in office.
31 May 2006 [10:15]
GUAM deputy chiefs of staff will discuss the establishment of a joint peacekeeping unit in the middle of June, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry press service said on Tuesday.
31 May 2006 [08:25]
Armenian defense officials refused to attend a meeting of military chiefs from ex-Soviet republics in neighboring Azerbaijan, saying officials there could not guarantee their safety, an Armenian official said Tuesday.
31 May 2006 [08:21]
Azerbaijan's Constitutional Court will make public its final decision on the results of the 13 May partial re-run of the parliamentary elections this week.
31 May 2006 [08:13]
"Azerbaijan will not send either special representative or delegation to the first gathering of the UN Human Rights Council."
30 May 2006 [20:33]
Azerbaijanis living in different parts of Europe staged a protest action outside the Council of Europe building in Brussels related to the recent violent suppression of Azerbaijani demonstrators in Tabriz, South Azerbaijan.
30 May 2006 [20:28]
Defense Minister of Ukraine Anatoliy Hrytsenko and Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev talked over the opportunity of setting up a joint peacemaking subdivision within the framework of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM.
30 May 2006 [20:24]
The arrangement of effective elements in the debate over Iran's nuclear case has now entered a new phase.
30 May 2006 [20:20]
In the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO session operating in London for Conflicts and new state organization center director Denis Summut has dealt with Nagorno Karabakh problem and conflicts in Georgia, in his report dedicated to conflicts in South Caucasus.
30 May 2006 [20:14]
Black Sea countries will convene in Romania next month within the framework of "Black Sea Partnership and Dialogue Forum," sources said on Monday.
30 May 2006 [20:12]
In a meeting with his top lieutenants on Monday, Judiciary Chief Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi denounced Iranian Azeris as being 'discredited' and 'defeated counter-revolutionary elements that infiltrate through specific channels'.
30 May 2006 [20:01]
The International Cooperation Council (ICC) of NGOs of GUAM states (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova) will be established at the initiative of the National Non-Governmental Organizations' Forum (NNGOF).
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