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18 June 2009 [12:16]
Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh has been elected chief of Advisory Council of CIS Muslims, spokesperson for Caucasian Muslims Office Rahima Dadashova told APA from Moscow.
18 June 2009 [11:08]
Georgian and Azerbaijani culture ministries have agreed to launch a joint commission to preserve monuments, Azerbaijani culture minister Abulfas Garayev told reporters.
18 June 2009 [10:47]
The Icherisheher underground station will close for repair on July 1 at about 00.00 and open on September 15, said deputy chief of Baku metropolitan Arif Rasulov.
17 June 2009 [17:02]
Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Friendship and Culture Association Office opened in Astana today.
17 June 2009 [16:55]
A 30-people group's attempt to suicide was prevented near the Taza Bazar (New Market) trade centre in Baku on June 17.
17 June 2009 [16:32]
Georgia and Azerbaijan are interested in strengthening bilateral relations and promotion of cultural relations, Azerbaijani Culture Minister Abulfas Garayev said at today's joint news conference with Minister of Culture of Georgia Nika Rurua in Tbilisi.
17 June 2009 [16:10]
The police received a report that a bomb had been planted in Central branch of the International Bank in Azerbaijan’s capital, Sabayel district police office told APA.
17 June 2009 [14:28]
17 June 2009 [13:45]
The Azerbaijani Council of Press has sent an appeal to Azadlyg newspaper on violation of professional principles in the materials of this newspaper, published in May-June, said sources in the Press Council of Azerbaijan.
17 June 2009 [11:24]
Law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan found ammunition in one of the flats in Baku, according to the press service for the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan.
17 June 2009 [10:32]
17 June 2009 [10:23]
"Family members of the former president of the Barmek company Huseyn Arabul have appealed to the Turkish embassy to Azerbaijan", said lawyer Abbas Atakishiyev.
17 June 2009 [10:01]
An earthquake occurred on the border of Lenkoran and Lerik regions at 21.22 on June 16.
17 June 2009 [09:40]
Four men suffered from snakebite in Azerbaijan in May-June of 2009, said Azer Maxudov, doctor of the toxicological department of Nagiyev's hospital.
17 June 2009 [08:58]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented an Annual Trafficking in Person Report FY 2009.
17 June 2009 [08:43]
Azerbaijani Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov is visiting New York (USA), according to sources in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan.
16 June 2009 [15:30]
The new law on Education reflects many proposals, Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov said.
16 June 2009 [15:29]
Law on Education is expected to take effect in Azerbaijan soon.
16 June 2009 [14:38]
The third international festival "Traditions and contemporary world" will be held in Moscow on June 18-22, reports the press service for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
16 June 2009 [13:08]
The analogue phone numbers, replaced with digital ones, will be used in the future again, said sources in the Baku telephone Communication PU.
16 June 2009 [12:50]
The parliament education and science committee began discussion on the draft law on education in the third reading, APA reports.
16 June 2009 [12:28]
Specialists of the state enterprise Azerpochta and consultants of FACP company are developing the strategy and the business plan of the state enterprise for 2009-2011, reports Novosti-Azerbaijan with reference to sources in the state enterprise.
16 June 2009 [09:39]
The exhibition of young artists Nahid Vahabov and Naila Askerova as well as young photographer Farida Bayramly will open in the museum center of Baku under support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, according to the press service for the Ministry.
13 June 2009 [12:36]
Azerbaijani state does not interfere with religion. But the country needs to regulate religious activities, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Public and Political Department Head Ali Hasanov told reports.
13 June 2009 [12:35]
A new law on NGOs, which is expected to be approved shortly, will not create problems for acting non-governmental organizations, head of the Presidential Administration Public and Political Department Ali Hasanov said.
13 June 2009 [12:32]
Azerbaijani court upheld the verdict against Turkish businessmen, former head of the Barmek company Huseyn Arabul.
13 June 2009 [12:17]
The Azerbaijani government does not see a necessity to appoint press ombudsman.
13 June 2009 [11:16]
Azerbaijani delegation will participate in the International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS-2009) in St. Petersburg on June 24, Defense Ministry’s press service told APA.
13 June 2009 [10:50]
An international festival of students film "Start" of Azerbaijan became an official partner of the German festival of short film "Oberhausen".
13 June 2009 [10:43]
MPs Ilyas Ismaylov and Zahid Oruj will be visiting London and Northern Lester (Great Britain) on June 14-19.
13 June 2009 [10:34]
The next meeting of the Public Council for the Youth under the Ministry of Youth and Sport was held in Baku, APA reports.
13 June 2009 [09:13]
Owners of some commercial facilities violate law "On State Language", said Aliabbas Bagirov, chief of public relations department under Baku Mayor's office.
13 June 2009 [08:43]
Release of Armenian-captured Azerbaijani servicemen Rafig Hasanov and Anar Hajiyev does not depend on the International Committee of the Red Cross, head of ICRC office in Azerbaijan told APA.
13 June 2009 [08:33]
On Russian National Day of June 12 "Justice for Khojaly" International Campaign releases an online version of new edition of “Bloody pool of Karabakh” by Prof. Youri Pompeyev, well known Russian writer and journalist.
13 June 2009 [08:29]
President of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan Mahmud Kerimov is visiting Seoul by invitation of the Korean foundation, according to the press service for the academy.
12 June 2009 [17:15]
Investigator at Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office Nadir Mirzayev rejected report by APA news agency claiming that he was removed from investigation into the case of the gang led by Shohrat Guliyev who was charged with committing murders in 2003-2004 upon request in Azerbaijan.
12 June 2009 [15:31]
Consultations on projects won in the competition of financial aid-2009 completed in the NGOs state support council.
12 June 2009 [14:50]
“Spread of the swine flu in the world will not influence the number of the tourists coming to Azerbaijan,” Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev told journalists, APA reports.
12 June 2009 [14:35]
Conference on the theme “Modern teaching technologies” devoted to the implementation of the “State Program on informatization of education system in Azerbaijan Republic in 2008-2012” was held in Gulustan palace, APA reports.
12 June 2009 [14:26]
The results of monitoring to reveal swine flu infection, conducted by the State Veterinary Service at the Ministry of Agriculture on June 1 have been made public, said spokesman for the State Veterinary Service Yolchu Khanveli.
12 June 2009 [13:10]
Activities of Ilahiyyat mosque located in Yasamal district in Baku cause anxiety, Azerbaijani State Committee for Religious Associations Chairman Hidayat Orujov said.
12 June 2009 [12:21]
Imports of religious books to Azerbaijan increased 3 to 4 times recently, State Committee for Religious Associations Chairman Hidayat Orujov said.
12 June 2009 [11:02]
The WHO chief declared here Thursday that the organization has decided to move its A/H1N1 flu alert level to phase six and the widely spreading flu has developed into a full pandemic, Xinhua reported.
12 June 2009 [08:49]
12 June 2009 [08:42]
"The State Veterinary Service at the Azerbaijan Agriculture Ministry has not yet lifted ban on the import of pork from Georgia", said spokesman for the State Veterinary Service at the Ministry of Agriculture Yolchu Khanveli.
12 June 2009 [08:31]
The Advisory Council under the State Committee for Work with Religious Associations held its meeting on Thursday.
11 June 2009 [17:05]
The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan has dismissed appeal of editor-in-chief of the Tolshi Sado newspaper Novruzali Mamedov, said chairman of the Committee for Novruzali Mamedov's rights protection Gilal Mamedov.
11 June 2009 [15:19]
High schools have no right to arbitrarily increase the education fees, said Minister of Education of Azerbaijan Misir Mardanov, according to Novosti-Azerbaijan.
11 June 2009 [14:01]
The Azerbaijani Education Ministry launched Data-centre on June 11.
11 June 2009 [13:04]
Expenditures to ensure security of all educational institutions will be included in the public budget in 2010, Education Minister Misir Mardanov told journalists.
11 June 2009 [12:50]
Prisoners are moving from Bayil remand prison to a new jail in Baku starting from early this week, Azerbaijani Deputy Justice Minister and Penal Service Head Nazim Alakbarov said.
11 June 2009 [11:37]
Georgia will be hosting Days of Culture of Azerbaijan, reports Day.Az with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
11 June 2009 [08:41]
Radical-extremist religious challenges in Azerbaijan appeared under the influence of groups of North Caucasus, Iran and Afghanistan.
11 June 2009 [08:37]
Azerbaijan State Customs Committee handed over 663 Christian books, two icons and a rood confiscated by the Khachmaz Customs Office to the Russian Orthodox Church Baku and Caspian Eparchy.
10 June 2009 [17:27]
The French and Azerbaijani archeologists started to study the historical monuments in an ancient settlement found in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan, according to Interfax-Azerbaijan.
10 June 2009 [16:50]
According to Day.Az, in an interview to Lenkoran television, chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Social Policy Hadi Racabli shared dissatisfaction of the public about the immense expenses while weddings and funerals.
10 June 2009 [15:59]
The Azerbaijani State Boundary Service released information about the arrest of ex-president of Barmek Huseyn Arabul.
10 June 2009 [14:38]
Court of Grave Crimes continued preliminary hearing on the case of Lebanese and Azerbaijani citizens, who are accused of having links to Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Iran and attempting to commit terror attacks in Azerbaijan, APA reports.
10 June 2009 [11:38]
Rahman Hasanov, father of Rafig Hasanov, the Azerbaijani soldier captured by the Armenian armed forces last October, sent a letter to his son, Hasanov told APA.
10 June 2009 [10:03]
The European Youth Centre has arranged a two-day workshop titled “Support for Media Outlets in the South Caucasus”.
09 June 2009 [16:49]
The presentation of the "State program on chess development in Azerbaijan for 2009-2014", signed by president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on May 5, was held at the administrative building of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
09 June 2009 [15:51]
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation published a book by worldwide known philosopher Nasraddin Tusi Ahlagi Nasir in Latin.
09 June 2009 [15:49]
Azerbaijani police detained women smuggling psychotropic substances from Russia to Azerbaijan.
09 June 2009 [15:40]
09 June 2009 [13:53]
Azerbaijani parliament's first vice speaker says mortgage lending for military men will be launched in soon.
09 June 2009 [13:47]
Azerbaijan will partake in the International exhibition "Summer-time for poppets" to be held in Saint-Petersburg on June 11-14, according to the press service for the Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
09 June 2009 [13:27]
The situation in the armed forces of Azerbaijan is normal and an isolate case within it should not be exaggerated, said speaker of Milli Medjlis Oqtay Asadov, according to Interfax-Azerbaijan.
09 June 2009 [12:59]
It is necessary to create a body, regulating Internet-media in Azerbaijan, said deputy Aynur Guliyeva.
09 June 2009 [12:26]
Chairman of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Religious Associations says Azerbaijan provides freedom of religion to all.
09 June 2009 [11:12]
Famous Brazilian conductor Silvio Barbato, who took part in the opening of the International Mugham Festival in Baku on March 19 of this year, was on board of the Airbus A330 belonging to Air France, which crashed on June 1, said director of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Murad Adigezalzade.
09 June 2009 [10:42]
Azerbaijan is planning to adopt a new law "On Sport" and the draft new law will cover all spheres of sport life, said chairman of MM commission on social policy Hadi Rajabli, according to Lenkoran Television.
08 June 2009 [15:48]
The Court of Grave rimes has launched a hearing on the criminal case of schoolboy Orkhan Musazade, charged with misinforming about the act of terrorism.
08 June 2009 [15:17]
Several officials of Ganja City were summoned for questioning due to grave crime committed in 2003-2004, law-enforcement officials told APA.
08 June 2009 [14:02]
08 June 2009 [13:25]
The 53rd Venice international exhibition of modern art opened in the Italian city of Venice, reports Day.Az with reference to the press service for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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