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01 October 2009 [15:54]
There are no Azerbaijani citizens among victims of the earthquake that took place in Malaysia.
01 October 2009 [14:51]
A student threw a shoe to Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn during his speech at a university, Turkish CNN Turk TV channel reported.
01 October 2009 [14:38]
Elderly people comprise 28 percent of the Azerbaijani pensioners, Azerbaijan State Social Protection Fund (SSPF) senior official Elman Babayev said.
01 October 2009 [14:26]
Insanitation was the reason behind mass food poisoning in the Garaheybat Troop Training Center in Garadagh District of Baku, Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov told reporters.
01 October 2009 [13:29]
Culture Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference OIC, as well as several European countries will meet in Baku to continue discussions on intercultural dialogue launched in Dec. 2-3, 2008.
01 October 2009 [12:11]
Recent floods have damaged several schools in Masalli and Lankaran regions of Azerbaijan, Minister of Education Misir Mardanov told reporters.
01 October 2009 [11:55]
International experts have been involved to investigate murder of the Azerbaijani general, Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov told reporters.
01 October 2009 [11:46]
Reports about inspection in the Ministry of Education by the Prosecutor General's Office are untrue, Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov said in response to a question about arrest of heads of education departments in several regions of the country following arrest of the head of the Goranboy education department.
01 October 2009 [11:35]
More than 1,600 witnesses have been interrogated on mass killing at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy that took place on April 30, 2009, Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov said.
01 October 2009 [10:57]
01 October 2009 [10:38]
On Sept. 30, the cultural center of the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan hosted a regular meeting of State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons.
01 October 2009 [09:45]
01 October 2009 [09:22]
The term of financing of Azerbaijan's Public Television and Radio Company from the state budget has been prolonged till 2014.
01 October 2009 [08:34]
The State Veterinary Service under the Azerbaijani Agriculture Ministry noted the absence of the African swine fever in Azerbaijan.
30 September 2009 [15:12]
A diamond the size of a chicken egg has been found at the Cullinan mine northeast of Pretoria, Petra Diamonds Ltd. said, APA reports quoting the Associated Press, AP reported.
30 September 2009 [14:27]
"The Azerbaijani embassy in Turkey has not received information about swine flu cases of Azerbaijanis,” consul at Azerbaijani embassy in Turkey Elchin Rzayev said commenting on media reports which say swine flu case has been confirmed with 504 students in Turkey.
30 September 2009 [14:16]
The Turkish Health Ministry may prohibit annual Hajj pilgrimage if the number of vaccines against swine influenza A (H1N1) will be insufficient, Haber7 Web site reported.
30 September 2009 [13:55]
Chief of the Office of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve Inner City under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Mikail Jabbarov spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
30 September 2009 [13:46]
The project “Cross-culture dialogue: Kitabi-Dede Gorgud and the Nibelungen Saga” has kicked off in Baku.
30 September 2009 [12:03]
Investigation into the death of Novruzali Mammadov, former department chief of Linguistics Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, editor-in-chief of Tolishi Sedo newspaper has ended, assistant prosecutor of Nizami district Nasir Farziyev said.
30 September 2009 [11:38]
The Korean television will prepare a program about Azerbaijan.
30 September 2009 [11:25]
Azerbaijani Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov will attend the 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and XIII Olympic Congress to be held in Copenhagen on Oct. 1-9.
30 September 2009 [11:17]
An incident has killed 2 and injured 17 in the Azerbaijani southern region of Jalilabad (200 km outside Baku).
30 September 2009 [10:56]
Turkey has revealed 504 students infected by "swine flu", Anadolu news agency quoted director of the Influenza Study Center of the Istanbul Medical University Selim Badur as saying.
30 September 2009 [10:37]
A seminar on Azerbaijan’s role in Eurasia was held in Princeton University in New Jersey.
30 September 2009 [10:08]
29 September 2009 [16:51]
Kazakhstan has introduced a piece of legislation allowing transgender operations, Interfax reported.
29 September 2009 [14:44]
Buses advertising tourism potential of Azerbaijan run in Seoul, the capital of Korea.
29 September 2009 [13:39]
29 September 2009 [13:12]
Azerbaijani national Polad Sirajov is among 75 prisons to be released from Guantanamo soon, APA reports quoting the Associated Press.
29 September 2009 [12:11]
The tender commission of the Azerbaijani Committee on Architecture and Town Building is about to complete summing up results of the tender on development of the Regional Development Program of Greater Baku, committee's senior official Jahangir Gojayev said.
29 September 2009 [10:43]
The Health Ministry has issued more than 162,000 health-e-cards, Deputy Director of the Health Ministry Information Department Jabrayil Asadzade said.
29 September 2009 [09:52]
We present our readers a photo session of animals in the Baku Zoo.
29 September 2009 [09:18]
28 September 2009 [17:42]
Prospects of cooperation will be discussed at the second meeting of the joint tourism committee between Greece and Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism said.
28 September 2009 [13:27]
Heavy rains in south-western Azerbaijan have caused floods.
28 September 2009 [13:19]
Azerbaijani wrestlers are leading for all kinds of wrestling in the world championships in Herning, Denmark.
28 September 2009 [12:55]
Over 20 villages have been flooded in the Azerbaijani southern region of Masalli.
28 September 2009 [10:49]
Head of the Norway-Azerbaijan Youth Organization Ramil Aliyev spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
28 September 2009 [10:26]
Azerbaijan`s Greco-Roman wrestler Farid Mansurov weighing in at 66 kg has claimed gold medal in the world championship in Herning, Denmark, bringing the country`s medal haul to ten.
28 September 2009 [09:59]
The Islamic republic of Iran has successfully carried out the second stage of its military drill dubbed "The Great Prophet IV", Press TV reported.
26 September 2009 [12:12]
26 September 2009 [11:47]
Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry is holding a board meeting.
26 September 2009 [11:42]
A presentation ceremony of medallions dedicated to national leader Heydar Aliyev took place at the International Mugham Center on Sept. 25.
26 September 2009 [11:38]
The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held a community work day on shore of the Caspian Sea as part of the Caspian Week.
26 September 2009 [10:39]
Ertugrul Osman - the would-be sultan known in Turkey as the "last Ottoman" - has died in Istanbul at the age of 97, BBC reported.
26 September 2009 [09:56]
26 September 2009 [09:05]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva visited a newly-reconstructed Azerbaijan State Museum of Arts named after Rustam Mustafayev on Sept. 25.
26 September 2009 [08:51]
Work is underway to establish Inspectorate General of Armed Forces under Azerbaijani President, Azerbaijani President’s aide for military affairs Lieutenant-General Vahid Aliyev said.
25 September 2009 [15:44]
25 September 2009 [13:44]
Flood, caused by heavy rains in the Hajigabul region of Azerbaijan (110 km outside Baku) inflicted damage worth million manat to region's center.
25 September 2009 [13:33]
Chairman of the Czech Senate Přemysl Sobotka on Sept. 25 at the Baku Slavic University (BSU) presented awards to two Azerbaijani children for participation in the International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts in Lidice.
25 September 2009 [12:37]
"We have received applications to provide security of educational institutions in Baku and other towns of the republic and this process will continue," Chief of the Central Security Department of Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry, Major-General Madat Guliyev said.
25 September 2009 [12:28]
Jews in Azerbaijan have always resided in peace and harmony with representatives of different nationalities and religions, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov stated in a meeting with the U.S. Jewish community, the Foreign Ministry said.
25 September 2009 [10:51]
The State Border Service of Azerbaijan has begun last round of large-scale maritime exercises.
25 September 2009 [10:35]
The Azerbaijani Transport Ministry has begun to impose fines (200 to 1,000 manat) on public buses that stop in a wrong place.
25 September 2009 [10:03]
25 September 2009 [09:39]
On Sept. 24, the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at Azerbaijani troops from areas in Khojavand region at 13:20-13:30 and near the Gulustan village of the Goranboy region at 16:50-17:15.
25 September 2009 [09:12]
An event on integration of emigrants into the German society was held in German Azerbaijanis’ Coordination Center in Berlin, the State Committee for Diaspora said.
24 September 2009 [17:41]
Universities of Azerbaijan and Germany will mull the prospects of cooperation in Baku on Oct. 1 to 3.
24 September 2009 [17:28]
Azerbaijan State Committee for Religious Associations Deputy Chairman Elchin Asgarov spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
24 September 2009 [15:48]
The Muslims of Russia in the fateful moments have always been together, and there is unity among Muslims of the Caucasus in Russia and the CIS as a whole, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade said at the conference "Russia & Islamic world: partnership for stability" in Moscow.
24 September 2009 [15:32]
“I haven’t made any statement about closing of state-run newspapers at the meeting with Bengt Braun”, Ali Hasanov, Chief of the Public Policy Department of Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, said.
24 September 2009 [14:21]
Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) has identified a list of referees of the international category to be sent to FIFA.
24 September 2009 [13:23]
President of Czech Republic`s Senate Premysl Sobotka has visited today the Alley of Honors to revere memory of the national leader, founder of the modern Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev.
24 September 2009 [12:17]
Azerbaijan and Estonia have signed an agreement on cooperation in the sphere of information and communication technologies (ICT).
24 September 2009 [11:48]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of a new road junction on the Babak Avenue in Baku on Sept. 24.
24 September 2009 [11:33]
Azerbaijani female wrestler Maria Stadnik (48 kg) has won a gold medal in the world championship in Denmark after beating Russian Larisa Goryak in the final.
24 September 2009 [10:57]
On Sept. 24, six tanks of the train with black oil, heading from the Dubendi port to the Georgian port of Poti, derailed in the Keshla town of Baku, said Nadir Azmammadov, the Spokesman of the Azerbaijan Railways.
24 September 2009 [10:31]
24 September 2009 [08:57]
24 September 2009 [08:44]
Azermarka company of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies has introduced a postage stamp dedicated to 100th anniversary of the first Azerbaijani female pilot Leyla Mammadbayova, the ministry said.
23 September 2009 [17:53]
Saudi Arabia opened its first co-educational university on Wednesday, a high-tech campus with massive funds which reformers hope will spearhead change in the Islamic state.
23 September 2009 [14:31]
Iranian police have warned shopkeepers not to display female mannequins without a hijab, or showing bodily curves, Irna news agency reports.
23 September 2009 [13:28]
An Azerbaijani court has held a preparatory meeting on the case of the chief editor who is charged with hooliganism and blackmail.
Next meeting of Azerbaijan’s Economic Council held under Prime Minister’s leadership
Qatar to host emergency Arab-Islamic Summit after Israeli strike on Doha
Azerbaijan and Iran to host reciprocal cultural days
Chinese delegation explores cooperation on Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
ADY expands train services on Absheron Circular Route
SOCAR Türkiye and TANAP hold board meetings in Istanbul
Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov condoles Pakistan over deadly terror attack