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22 June 2010 [17:35]
22 June 2010 [17:25]
The Azerbaijani parliament's extraordinary meeting held June 22 adopted a law on amendments and changes to the country's laws "On Advertising", "On Broadcasting" and "On medicines".
22 June 2010 [16:45]
Agriculture Minister of Azerbaijan Ismet Abasov met with visiting President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Kanayo F. Nwanze.
22 June 2010 [16:29]
The Governmental Commission holds a meeting in the natural disaster zone, emerged as a result of floods in the Kur River. The Commission is at the session in Azerbaijan's Sabirabad region.
22 June 2010 [16:12]
"Azerenerji" is working to determine the amount of damage caused by floods and mudflows that occurred in April-May, the company said.
22 June 2010 [15:57]
22 June 2010 [15:20]
As many as 88,815 pupils out of 92,002 (96/54%) have participated in finals this year.
22 June 2010 [14:53]
Employees of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC went to Georgia to participate in the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC spokesman Nadir Azmammadov said.
22 June 2010 [14:13]
The law on amendments to the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "Courts and Judges" and "Legal and judicial council" were made at an extraordinary meeting of the Azerbaijani parliament.
22 June 2010 [13:52]
22 June 2010 [13:15]
A conference on fight human trafficking took place in Azerbaijani city Ganja.
22 June 2010 [13:08]
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22 June 2010 [11:40]
Institute of Values has been founded to promote Western values in Georgia.
22 June 2010 [11:21]
Heavy rains in Ismayilli region disconnected three villages from the district center.
22 June 2010 [11:06]
22 June 2010 [10:35]
A seminar on “Utilization of Marginal Quality Water in Agriculture: Potential and Constraints was held in Baku as part of the 5th IDB Global Forum on Islamic Finance on June 21.
21 June 2010 [17:45]
Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Azerbaijan-based Ziya Bunyadov Oriental Studies Institute, Romania-based Center for Turkic and Central Asia Studies and Azerbaijani embassy in Romania organized an international conference entitled “Dialogue between East and West” in Kluj-Napoka city of Romania on June 17-18.
21 June 2010 [17:37]
Application for pilgrimage to Hajj has been started. Caucasian Muslims Office said, that the application deadline is in September.
21 June 2010 [16:26]
About 60,000 hectares of cultivated land are under water as a result of natural disaster in Azeraijan, the Azerbaijani Agriculture Minister Ismat Abbasov said today.
21 June 2010 [16:13]
21 June 2010 [15:44]
With a grant from Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation (OSI AF) Azerbaijan Media Center just kicked off the series of live online program for the first time in the Southern Caucasus.
21 June 2010 [15:35]
Baku police found weapons and ammunition in the house of an Iranian citizen.
21 June 2010 [14:55]
The U.S. Government has announced the completion of repair works in the Azerbaijan's Republican Veterinary Laboratory carried out under the project "Reduction of biological danger" .
21 June 2010 [14:35]
Heavy rains and hail are expected to in mountainous and lowlying areas of Azerbaijan in the coming days, chief hydrologist at the Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry's National Hydrometeorological Department Asif Verdiyev said.
21 June 2010 [14:25]
Population should be informed of health dangers of swimming in polluted Absheron Peninsula beaches to prevent attempts to swim in these beaches, chairman of the 'Green Movement' ecological organization Farid Huseynov said.
21 June 2010 [14:16]
21 June 2010 [13:35]
Azerbaijani embassy in Kyrgyzstan is working to help remaining Azerbaijanis to leave the country.
21 June 2010 [13:23]
21 June 2010 [13:14]
“Recently, an increase is observed in the number of rabies cases in animals in Azerbaijan”, Chief of the State Veterinary Service under the Azerbaijani Agriculture Ministry Siyala Rustamova told media.
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21 June 2010 [10:55]
A Scholarship named after Azerbaijani National Leader Heydar Aliyev will be created in Greece.
21 June 2010 [09:32]
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19 June 2010 [13:40]
The number of cars has increased by 1.6 times in Azerbaijan over the past five years.
19 June 2010 [13:13]
Azerbaijan's capital hosted Monday an event to mark the World Refugee Day.
19 June 2010 [12:15]
A meeting on the new mechanism of financing higher education institutions was conducted with the participation of Chairman of the Education Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Ramiz Mehdiyev.
19 June 2010 [10:57]
The Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs and Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity of Morocco have signed a memorandum of cooperation.
19 June 2010 [10:32]
Solmaz Amanova, Azerbaijani children's book writer, full member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, has been awarded a Leonardo da Vinci Medal for her book “Cloistral drugstore” at the International Congress Euromedica – Hanover 2010.
19 June 2010 [10:24]
18 June 2010 [18:28]
World Bank representative Lire Ersado delivered a presentation “Access to and Quality of Education in Azerbaijan” at the Education Ministry.
18 June 2010 [18:12]
18 June 2010 [16:25]
Azerbaijan will attend the conference of representatives of the EU member-sates' and countries outside the Union.
18 June 2010 [15:55]
Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Work with Religious Associations Hidayat Orujov has met President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi.
18 June 2010 [15:15]
Azerbaijan has granted asylum to 2,600 refugees who came from third countries, Head of State Committee on Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Ali Hasanov said.
18 June 2010 [14:56]
Amount of the damage caused by natural disaster to IDPs living in the disaster zone has been estimated, Azerbaijani Vice-Premier and Chairman of State Committee on Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov told the media today.
18 June 2010 [13:40]
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18 June 2010 [13:06]
Winners of the Young Informatics Competition will be awarded in Sumgait city of Azerbaijan, the city's Mayor's Office said.
18 June 2010 [12:55]
The Azerbaijani government deplores the plight of refugees in Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijani Vice-Premier and Chairman of State Committee on Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov said.
18 June 2010 [11:56]
A delegation of Saudi Arabia`s Consultative Assembly, Shura Council, has today visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
18 June 2010 [11:35]
18 June 2010 [10:55]
The U.S. Department of State positively assessed the fight against trafficking in persons in Azerbaijan. "In 2009, the Government of Azerbaijan allocated $625,000 to victims of trafficking," the official site of the U.S. Department of State said in the trafficking in persons report.
18 June 2010 [10:45]
Experts of the Assistance for Development of Modern Ophthalmology Union of Azerbaijan have attended the World Ophthalmology Congress in Berlin, Germany.
17 June 2010 [17:55]
The Azerbaijani Embassy in Kyrgyzstan will send fourth Azerbaijani student, who is in the Osh city, back home.
17 June 2010 [17:40]
17 June 2010 [17:32]
A delegation led by Gianfranco Ravasi, an Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, who currently serves in the Roman Curia as President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, has visited Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The guests were briefed on the Foundation`s goals and activity.
17 June 2010 [17:13]
17 June 2010 [16:36]
"Temiz Sheher" JSC and Hyatt Hotels Baku are taking the lead in several recycling projects, due to the “Year of Ecology” in Azerbaijan. In today’s world, with decreasing natural resources and an increase in pollution – it’s our social responsibility to commit to recycling of waste and reduction of energy usage.
17 June 2010 [16:14]
17 June 2010 [16:06]
Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Minister Kamaleddin Heydarov received NATO Special Representative for South Caucasus Robert Simmons, the ministry reported.
17 June 2010 [15:53]
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17 June 2010 [15:06]
Armenians cause serious damage to the environment in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Minister of Environment and Natural Resources said.
17 June 2010 [14:55]
No viral diseases have been revealed in a disaster-hit central (Aran) zone in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev said.
17 June 2010 [14:45]
As many as 216,000 out of 400,000 internally displaced persons have settled in Baku, Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov told media.
17 June 2010 [14:33]
17 June 2010 [13:58]
Azerbaijan Students Union keeps on implementing experience exchange program it started after it was admitted to IAESTE, largest student exchange program around the world, the Union said in a statement.
17 June 2010 [13:25]
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Health will continue works on the suspension of activity of pharmacies in case of non-compliance with standards, the Azerbaijani Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev said today.
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