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20 October 2009 [12:41]
Turkey’s Great Union Party (BBP) is planning to decorate the city of Sivas with Azerbaijani flags.
20 October 2009 [11:25]
“The Azerbaijanis living in Georgia's border regions are often kidnapped by Armenian frontier guards and criminal groups,” director of the Caucasian Strategic Studies Center, expert Mamuka Areshidze told reporters.
20 October 2009 [09:54]
Azerbaijani embassy in Germany and EuroKaukAsia society held a scientific conference “Germans in the multiethnic life of the Caucasus” on the occasion of the 190th anniversary of Germans’ resettlement inAzerbaijan.
20 October 2009 [09:39]
On Oct. 22, the Book Club will organize a presentation of first six books from the series of world library published by the presidential order.
19 October 2009 [14:54]
The population of the Mitsimi village in Georgia's Lagodekhi region has blocked traffic on the highway in the direction of Azerbaijan.
19 October 2009 [13:34]
The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet, AFP reported.
19 October 2009 [12:14]
Today.Az presents Governor's Garden in Baku in all its glory after major overhaul.
19 October 2009 [11:16]
9-year pupils will take the centralized examinations in Azerbaijan.
19 October 2009 [10:01]
TURKSOY will be renamed into the International Organization of Turkic Culture, and the new format will enable to work at the level of UNESCO and ISESCO, Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev said at a news conference.
19 October 2009 [09:26]
17 October 2009 [12:48]
The retirement age for men and women in Azerbaijan will undergo changes.
17 October 2009 [12:30]
17 October 2009 [11:19]
We must unite our efforts to combat destruction of the Turkic monuments, Director General of TURKSOY Dyusen Kaseinov said.
17 October 2009 [10:32]
Internet search leader Google has recorded its biggest profit yet as it began to leave the recession behind, Press Association reported.
17 October 2009 [09:58]
17 October 2009 [09:23]
A secondary school after Mehriban Aliyeva, the president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador has been inaugurated in Egypt`s Qalyubia Governorate.
16 October 2009 [17:45]
16 October 2009 [17:32]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijan’s Culture and Tourism Ministry Bibliography Department Chief Latifa Mammadova.
16 October 2009 [15:52]
Iran has launched the 24th International "Tour of Azerbaijan" Bicycle Race, the second stage of the competition is underway, İRNA reported.
16 October 2009 [15:38]
"Azerbaijan is an integral part of the Turkic-speaking world."
16 October 2009 [14:18]
Austrian law company Lansky, Ganzger & Partner Rechtsanwaelte GmbH and the Baku Law Centre signed an agreement on the joint venture, under the which, the Central-European Law Centre was established in Caucasus, the Austiran company said on Oct. 16.
16 October 2009 [13:39]
The International Association of Football Federations has released rating table of national squads for October.
16 October 2009 [13:11]
Books reflecting true materials on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were presented in Baku on Oct.16.
16 October 2009 [12:59]
16 October 2009 [10:51]
The number of the pupils infected with swine flue has reached 16 in the primary school of the Turkish Ankara city, the Turkish Health Ministry reported, Anadolu news agency reported.
16 October 2009 [09:37]
16 October 2009 [09:16]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to hold the 6th International Scientific Olympiad amongst teenagers in Baku, AzerTAj state news agency reported.
15 October 2009 [17:43]
A new international convention is needed to prevent trafficking in kidneys and other organs and potentially life-saving tissues and cells, according to a joint study by the United Nations and the Council of Europe released Tuesday, AP reported.
15 October 2009 [17:30]
Connecting of Azerbaijani Internet to Backbone network in north direction is implemented through temporary constructed optic line.
15 October 2009 [15:50]
Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade received First Vice President of Iran Rahim Mashaie on Oct. 15.
15 October 2009 [14:48]
About 35 employees of road police were held accountable in Azerbaijan over the nine months, head of Public Relations Department of the Central State Traffic Police Department of the Interior Ministry Arastun Majidov said.
15 October 2009 [14:32]
APA's interview with UEFA President Michel Platini after Turkey-Armenia match in Bursa Ataturk stadium.
15 October 2009 [10:27]
Days of Jordan Culture will be held in Azerbaijan in Oct., press office of Culture and Tourism Ministry said.
15 October 2009 [09:52]
Azerbaijani and Russian national football teams met as part of the World Cup 2010 qualifier in the Republican Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku on Oct. 14. The match ended with 1:1.
15 October 2009 [09:28]
15 October 2009 [09:19]
World Cup qualifier match Turkey-Armenia ended with the victory of the Turkish team - 2:0, Cihan news agency reported.
15 October 2009 [08:57]
Azerbaijan’s national football team have been held to a 1-1 home draw by Russia in the 2010 world cup qualifier on Oct. 14.
14 October 2009 [16:33]
The ministers of culture of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states continue to discuss the projects in their 6th meeting in Baku.
14 October 2009 [14:32]
Representatives Russian Football Union visited the school ? 160 in Baku.
14 October 2009 [14:16]
The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held next monitoring to study rate of contamination of trans-boundary Kura and Aras Rivers over the first decade of October, the ministry said.
14 October 2009 [13:18]
32-year-old Azerbaijani Rufat Musayev has been killed in Moscow.
14 October 2009 [12:30]
The world has wrong idea about a Muslim woman, Chairman of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs Hijran Huseynova said.
14 October 2009 [12:11]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement shows that Moscow prefers not to risk harming its relations with Iran more than harming relations with the U.S. at this time, American expert on Iran Mark N. Katz said.
14 October 2009 [11:03]
Prior to the qualifying match between Turkish and Armenian football teams, Bursa Mayor’s Office has adopted a new decision.
14 October 2009 [10:02]
The State Border Service of Azerbaijan strengthened security on the boundary waters and coastal area to ensure security of Azerbaijan’s sector on the Caspian Sea and infrastructure of oil and gas production and transportation.
14 October 2009 [09:38]
14 October 2009 [08:45]
The World Health Organization is planning to send anti-A/H1N1 vaccines to Azerbaijan, said Deputy Health Minister Elsever Aghayev.
14 October 2009 [08:33]
Sevastopol city authorities promised to restore the monument erected in honor of memory of the Azerbaijani soldiers who fell victim for the liberation of Crimea from the fascists at the Great Patriotic War.
14 October 2009 [08:21]
Board of Supervisors of the Fund of Government Support to Media under the President of Azerbaijan announced results of the project competition launched on Oct. 2, the fund sources said.
13 October 2009 [17:31]
Day.Az interview with Hijran Aliyeva- Strauch, head of Azerbaijan Culture and Information Center and House of the Caucasus based Poland.
13 October 2009 [16:21]
The Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation (RVF) plans to expand its activities in Azerbaijan.
13 October 2009 [15:28]
13 October 2009 [14:41]
In 2011, Baku will host a forum on intercultural dialogue initiated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev said on Oct.13.
13 October 2009 [14:32]
13 October 2009 [12:51]
13 October 2009 [12:22]
"People worldwide expect the Muslim countries to take steps and now we have a good chance to discuss the future of Islam," Syrian Culture Minister Riad Nasan al-Agha said in his remarks in the sixth conference of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states that began in Baku on Oct. 13.
13 October 2009 [12:07]
The 23rd case of swine flue has been revealed in Georgia.
13 October 2009 [11:54]
13 October 2009 [11:35]
Azerbaijan is ready to continue efforts to promote intercultural dialogue, said the welcome letter from President Ilham Aliyev to the participants of VI Conference of Culture Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference member states that began in Baku on Oct. 13.
13 October 2009 [11:12]
The pilgrimage from Azerbaijan will be organized only by the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO), Chairman of the CMO Sheik-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade told reporters.
13 October 2009 [10:09]
13 October 2009 [09:56]
We offer Today.Az readers photos of Minchechevir Reservoir, the largest artificial reservoir in Azerbaijan.
12 October 2009 [15:46]
Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their work in economic governance, AP reported.
12 October 2009 [15:22]
We lace a great importance to TURKSOY.
12 October 2009 [14:38]
12 October 2009 [11:46]
The Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Ministry has devised and submitted to the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration a draft proposal for the agency of alternative and renewable energy, Deputy Industry and Energy Minister Gulmirza Javadov said on Oct.12.
12 October 2009 [10:11]
10 October 2009 [12:19]
Eleven U.N. peacekeepers died on Friday when their surveillance plane crashed into a mountainside in Haiti during a routine patrol, U.N. officials said.
10 October 2009 [10:27]
Leaders and representatives from 170 media organizations worldwide on Saturday adopted a joint statement before concluding a three-day World Media Summit, Xinhua reported.
10 October 2009 [10:07]
10 October 2009 [09:58]
Students of non-Georgian language-schools in Georgia will pass exams on general skills in their native language, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Nika Gvaramia said.
10 October 2009 [09:24]
Public Union of Azerbaijan Campaign against Mines started new project for the mine victims in the country, the union’s chairman Hafiz Safikhanov said.
10 October 2009 [09:11]
Azerbaijani Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova made an initiative to hold the Month of Children's Rights under the motto "Let us listen to children, ensure their participation" from Oct. 20 to Nov. 20, the press office of the Office of the Ombudsman said.
10 October 2009 [08:57]
Sabayel district court held the next hearing on the case of arrested bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade.
09 October 2009 [15:10]
The 9th International Education Fair will take place in Baku on Oct. 10, Baku Education Information Center said.
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