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04 September 2009 [15:38]
Azerbaijani judokas will be provided with double security in the Youth European Championship to be held in Yerevan on September 9-14.
04 September 2009 [14:52]
Four Azerbaijani seamen from the Buket ship detained by the Georgian border guards may leave Georgia on Sept. 4. The owners of the ship paid the fine for them, a source in the Azerbaijani Embassy in Georgia said.
04 September 2009 [14:43]
The vice-president of the Azerbaijani National Olympics Committee (NOC) Chingiz Huseynzade has been elected Vice President of the Islamic Solidarity Sport Federation (ISSF).
04 September 2009 [14:37]
Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency (AzerTac) and Tajikistan`s Khovar news agency have signed a news exchange agreement, granting free reciprocal access to their material.
04 September 2009 [13:18]
The Central Security Department has not received any appeal to ensure security in Azerbaijani secondary and higher schools by the security services in a new academic year.
04 September 2009 [12:59]
The ceasefire has been violated 199 times on the Azerbaijan-Armenia contact line from mid-June to early September, Spokesman of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Eldar Sabiroglu said.
04 September 2009 [12:38]
Three soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have hit mine.
04 September 2009 [12:29]
Nobody has right to interfere in buying of school uniforms by parents in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov said.
04 September 2009 [11:09]
The Azerbaijani public budget allocated about 60 million manat for a new academic year, Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov said.
04 September 2009 [10:48]
The teaching of foreign languages will be intensified in Azerbaijani secondary schools in the 2009-2010 academic year.
04 September 2009 [09:41]
03 September 2009 [17:37]
Armenian and Azerbaijani sports officials met in the Armenian Ministry of Sports and Youth on Sept. 3.
03 September 2009 [17:03]
The death toll from the 7.0- magnitude earthquake that struck near the Indonesian island of Java yesterday rose to 57 people after more bodies were found, the National Disaster Management Agency said.
03 September 2009 [15:49]
03 September 2009 [14:12]
Organization for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan made presentation of a book entitled "Forced Armenization" in Baku.
03 September 2009 [13:58]
03 September 2009 [13:46]
The flagship of the Caspian Fleet of the Russian Federation including missile ship "Tatarstan" and the hydrographic vessel "Anatoly Guzhvin" are going to pay an unofficial visit to the Baku port.
03 September 2009 [13:38]
There is no problem related to mosques, but problem of illegal buildings in Azerbaijan, Gunduz Ismayilov, official of State Committee for Work with Religious Associations, said.
03 September 2009 [12:42]
YouTube is in talks with Hollywood movie studios to offer streaming movie rentals, according to The Wall Street Journal.
03 September 2009 [10:39]
The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held a monitoring to study the level of contamination in transboundary rivers in the decade of August.
03 September 2009 [09:47]
03 September 2009 [09:24]
A quake with magnitude 7 on Richter scale hit Indonesia (West Java) at about 14.55 by local time on Sept. 2.
03 September 2009 [09:06]
Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies held a board meeting on implementation of “State Program on establishment and development of space industry in Azerbaijan Republic” on Sept. 2.
03 September 2009 [08:47]
02 September 2009 [17:54]
A British-based academic has uncovered a fragment of the world's oldest Bible hiding underneath the binding of an 18th-century book, 'The Independent' reported.
02 September 2009 [17:48]
Azerbaijani Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova has applied to the court of Sabail district of Baku on arrest of arrested bloggers.
02 September 2009 [17:31]
Three Georgian border guards were killed on the Georgia-Turkey border on Sept. 2.
02 September 2009 [16:01]
Goofy videos weren’t on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet, according to Associated Press.
02 September 2009 [15:42]
Armenia will ensure safety of Azerbaijani judokas in the Youth European Championship to be held in Yerevan on September 9 to 14.
02 September 2009 [15:27]
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has sent a letter to Azerbaijani Health Ministry concerning the Hajj pilgrimage, Health Ministry official Viktor Gasimov said.
02 September 2009 [12:38]
U.S. President Barack Obama hosted an iftar, the dinner that breaks daily fast in Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in White House on Tuesday, Associated Press reported.
02 September 2009 [11:28]
As of September 1, 2009 the number of Azerbaijani POWs, hostages and missing persons from the Karabakh war totals 4,166 people, Azerbaijan State Commission for POWs, Hostages and Missing Persons.
02 September 2009 [11:17]
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday called on the nation to prepare for the second wave of H1N1 flu that has left thousands Americans hospitalized earlier this year, Xinhua reported.
02 September 2009 [10:08]
02 September 2009 [09:19]
Azerbaijan grandmaster Teymour Radjabov has found himself in the eight spot in the new rating list as of September 2009 published by the FIDE (International Chess Federation).
02 September 2009 [09:12]
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Culture considers it possible to create a cultural channel under one of the local TV channels.
01 September 2009 [17:43]
The officers of the Azerbaijani interior ministry have rendered harmless the gang engaged in petrol theft in Baku.
01 September 2009 [16:59]
On September 1, the building of Union of Azerbaijan Composers reopened after overhaul and reconstruction.
01 September 2009 [16:12]
01 September 2009 [15:49]
There is a need to hold a dialogue between officials and journalists on the bill on 'Defamation', Chairman of the Azerbaijani Press Council Aflatun Amashov said.
01 September 2009 [15:18]
A accident took place in Mozdok-Tbilisi gas pipeline section running via Ingushetia on Sept. 1.
01 September 2009 [12:34]
On Sept. 1, Fund for State Support to Media Development under the Azerbaijani President has released results of the competition for media outlets to get financial support in 2009.
01 September 2009 [11:17]
The global financial crisis has not impacted implementation of social projects in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani parliament’s standing social policy committee chair Hadi Rajabli said.
01 September 2009 [09:52]
01 September 2009 [09:31]
The captain of a Turkish oil tanker seized by Georgia in mid-August has been sentenced by a Georgian court to 24 years in custody for customs violations, Georgian border police said on Monday.
31 August 2009 [17:57]
From Sept. 1, Delta Telecom (initial provider)will reduce internet tariffs for providers up to 110 manat per 1 Mbit compared to current 275 manat, Deputy Communication Minister Elmir Velizade said.
31 August 2009 [17:46]
A 36-year-ol man attempted to commit suicide in the center of Baku.
31 August 2009 [16:37]
An Azerbaijani court has extended a term of the investigation into the armed attack on the State Oil Academy that led to human loss.
31 August 2009 [16:06]
Special Commission launched by by the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) conducts research to determine the format of the national surnames.
31 August 2009 [15:41]
The Tbilisi police arrested murderers, two Kurdish teenagers, who killed 8-year old Azerbaijani Alaverd Bayramov.
31 August 2009 [15:23]
Marriage age for women will be raised in Azerbaijan, chairman of the parliament’s committee for social policy Hadi Rajabli said.
31 August 2009 [14:36]
31 August 2009 [13:26]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul plans to visit Azerbaijan to attend the summit of the Turkish-speaking counties, Adviser to Turkish President Huseyn Avni Karslioglu said.
31 August 2009 [13:11]
'Land of Fire', a section exhibiting materials about Azerbaijan’s foreign and domestic policy, economy, culture, tourism opportunities and other spheres, has been opened in the library of the Korean leading educational center - Seoul National University by the Azerbaijani embassy in Korea, the embassy source said.
31 August 2009 [12:10]
President of ANS Group of Companies Vahid Mustafayev has met serous traffic accident.
31 August 2009 [11:51]
We offer our readers enjoy views of parks in Baku.
31 August 2009 [11:13]
The Azerbaijani capital is the world center for the dialogue of civilizations, ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz bin Osman al-Tuveirji said in an interview with the Russian Itar Tass news agency.
31 August 2009 [11:03]
President of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev has today inaugurated 'Sarhadchi' (Frontier Guard) Sport Complex in Baku.
31 August 2009 [10:54]
On Aug. 31, The Gagra City Court (based in Poti and owned by Abkhazia Autonomous Republic) will consider the case of the captain and crew of the Turkish 'Buket' ship, among whom there are four Azerbaijanis.
31 August 2009 [10:14]
31 August 2009 [08:45]
President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu and officials are contacting other South American governments whose leaders attended a recent summit along with the Colombia leader, authorities said Sunday, AP reported.
29 August 2009 [12:56]
Azerbaijani ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova has appealed to Education Minister Misir Mardanov.
29 August 2009 [12:12]
Azerbaijani parliament’s social policy committee is developing bills to be debated at the autumn session, the committee chair Hadi Rajabli said.
29 August 2009 [11:51]
“Chairman of the Jordan National Commission for Women’s Affairs Asma Khidir will arrive in Azerbaijan on Oct. 14,” Azerbaijani ambassador to Jordan Elman Arasli said.
29 August 2009 [11:34]
The information about a bomb planted at Baku railway station was not confirmed, Azerbaijani Railway Office spokesperson Nadir Azmammadov said.
29 August 2009 [11:29]
29 August 2009 [10:39]
On Aug. 28, the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at Azerbaijani troops.
29 August 2009 [10:26]
A call about the bomb planted in the building of the railway station in Baku was made on Saturday at 8 am.
29 August 2009 [09:35]
Head of the Caucasian Muslims` Board Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade hosted Iftar party on occasion of the holy month of Ramadan at his residence on Friday.
29 August 2009 [08:47]
The death of Michael Jackson was homicide due to intoxication by anaesthetic, an LA coroner has said.
29 August 2009 [08:28]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of condolence to Andrey Konchalovsky over the death of his father Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian literature classic, outstanding poet and playwright.
28 August 2009 [17:45]
A fine worth 60,000 manat has been imposed due to felling of trees in Baku over the last 2 to 3 months.
28 August 2009 [17:33]
The Baku Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of arrested bloggers.
28 August 2009 [16:59]
Two servicemen died during the military exercise in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
28 August 2009 [15:49]
Some leading countries do not care about ecological state of the Caspian Sea, said the Azerbaijani Minister of Environment and Natural Resources.
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