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14 January 2008 [09:56]
Plans have changed again in Azerbaijan, on of the newcomers in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.
12 January 2008 [13:36]
12 January 2008 [13:06]
On January 17, European Court of Human Rights will consider three cases concerning Azerbaijan.
12 January 2008 [11:26]
A women died slipping on the ice in the Yasamal district of Baku yesterday.
12 January 2008 [10:40]
The State Service of Сontrol over the Consumer Market under the Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan will create a food laboratory in Azerbaijan, as reported by the chief of the service Khaliq Mamedov.
12 January 2008 [10:23]
Iranian intelligence services have brought a new charge against one of the leaders of the movement for the rights of Iranian Azerbaijanis Abbas Lisani.
11 January 2008 [18:47]
The Azerbaijani office of the international nongovernmental organization Transparency International held seminars for police officers of the Yasamal and Surakhany district police stations of Baku by initiative of the Central Office of the Baku police on January 9 and 10.
11 January 2008 [18:28]
The court hearing on the case of the editor-in-chief of the Gundelik Azerbaijan and Realny Azerbaijan newspapers Eynulla Fatullayev regarding the complaint filed against the decision of the Court of Grave Crimes was held in the Baku Court of Appeal.
11 January 2008 [18:19]
The first lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyev met with the wife of the candidate to President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili Sandra Elizabeth Roelofs at Heydar Aliyev's Foundation in Baku.
11 January 2008 [17:08]
An arms cache has been found in the Zardob region of Azerbaijan in the result of a successful operation, carried out by law enforcement bodies, according to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.
11 January 2008 [16:30]
Taisiya Gordeyeva, human rights activist and deputy chairman of the Committee of Mothers of Soldiers, intends to appeal to the OSCE and Council of Europe with a request to protect convicted military men.
11 January 2008 [16:17]
Azerbaijan does not hurry to declare a tender on the frequency of the RTR-Planeta TV channel.
11 January 2008 [13:12]
Gabriel Learner, editor of the biggest Spanish language Los-Angeles newspaper "La Opinion", issued the article "Azeri Jews: Centuries of coexistence in Azerbaijan" in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal.
11 January 2008 [10:39]
Frostbite hit the soldier of the National Army of Azerbaijan Heydar Safarov due to the sharp deterioration of wheather conditions in the Gazakh region of Azerbaijan.
11 January 2008 [10:27]
The State Committee for work with Azerbaijanis living abroad has initiated publication of the "Olkem" "My country") magazine, as reported by the press service for the committee.
10 January 2008 [17:23]
Owners of small and middle business of Azerbaijan have been invited to the third interactive web-conference in Russian, arranged by Cisco for the CIS countries on January 16.
10 January 2008 [16:08]
According to the state commission for war prisoners, hostages and missed people, 550 Azerbaijanis were killed in the Armenian captivity or died by different reasons (torture, diseases and others).
10 January 2008 [12:49]
The Russian government has sent humanitarian aid in the amount of $2 million to the refugees and IDP of Azerbaijan.
10 January 2008 [12:28]
"The activity of a single TV channel to broadcast on the territory of Turkic states and propagandize culture, has been discussed".
10 January 2008 [10:32]
The 100th anniversary of "Leyli and Medjnun", the first opera of the East, created by Uzeir Hajibeyov, will be marked in the House Museum of the famous composer.
10 January 2008 [10:03]
Student of the famous Al-Azhar University of Egypt, 21-year-old Azerbaijani Farhad Hasanov died in a car accident, sources from the Azerbaijani embassy in Egypt reported.
09 January 2008 [15:08]
Azerbaijan has become a member of the Eastern European Regional Anti-doping Organization, which comprises 10 countries.
09 January 2008 [14:33]
Seven residents of the Lenkoran region died of AIDS in 2007, as reported by Remiali Ibishov, head of the HIV/AIDS diagnostics lab under the local Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said.
09 January 2008 [12:54]
The Azerbaijani student of the Harvard University Bakhtiyar Gadjiyev took part in the preliminary elections, held in the US state of New Hampshire.
09 January 2008 [10:39]
The director general of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan will visit Azerbaijan on January 30, as reported from the local representation of the World Health Organization.
09 January 2008 [10:22]
08 January 2008 [17:24]
08 January 2008 [16:01]
An arms cache has been found in the Babek region of Azerbaijan in the result of a successful operation, carried out by law enforcement bodies, according to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.
08 January 2008 [14:58]
110th jubilee of Mahbuba Hasanverdi Fatullayev was marked on the initiative of officials of Long-Livers Museum in Lerik, Azerbaijan.
08 January 2008 [14:24]
A single public network of Azerbaijanis residing in the United States has commenced operation.
08 January 2008 [13:58]
Possible conduction of a scientific conference in memory of the National Leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev has been discussed in Bishkek.
08 January 2008 [10:25]
The Milli Medjlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan has introduced amendments and alterations to the Law "On Ecological Safety".
07 January 2008 [18:32]
Snowfall caused delay in several flights from the International Airport of Baku, according to some readers of our website, who were obliged to spend the night in the airport.
07 January 2008 [18:22]
07 January 2008 [18:04]
Dubbed foreign films are broadcasted in Azerbaijani TV channels as of January 1.
07 January 2008 [18:01]
Ibragim Shahin, the newly appointed head of the Turkish TRT channel, signed a resolution on broadcasting news in Armenian, along with other seven languages, on these channel, as reported by ANS-press.
07 January 2008 [17:55]
Snowfall and frost caused death to four citizens of Baku, as reported by the Yeni Musavat newspaper.
07 January 2008 [16:41]
The youth association "A bridge to future", under financial assistance of the US Embassy to Azerbaijan, will hold a training for reporters in the framework of the project "The way to democracy passes via media" January 18, as reported by sources from the youth association.
07 January 2008 [14:14]
An arms cache has been found in the Garadag district of Baku, Azerbaijan, according to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.
07 January 2008 [12:28]
A bone of an unknown gigantic animal has been found in Baku, according to Day.Az reader Ramiz Guseynov.
07 January 2008 [12:16]
A soldier of Azerbaijan Army was killed on the frontline.
07 January 2008 [10:18]
A prisoner escaped from jail No2 in Gandja, one of the largest cities in Azerbaijan, at about 21.00 on January 4.
07 January 2008 [10:15]
Russian RTR’s broadcasts have been cut off in Azerbaijan, according to the country’s National Television and Radio Council.
07 January 2008 [10:08]
30 December 2007 [23:55]
30 December 2007 [17:19]
"Over 1,000 families of the disabled and martyrs will be granted apartments in Azerbaijan next year", Fuzuli Alakbarov, Azerbaijan's Minister of Labor and Social Protection, said.
30 December 2007 [16:29]
The Military Court of Grave Crimes has completed a court examination on the case of three officers, including Chingiz Javadov, Vagif Gasymov and Zaman Mirzoyev, charged with provoking soldier Jeyhun Baloglanov to suicide.
30 December 2007 [16:01]
Azerbaijani army is the largest and best-equipped one in the South Caucasus, but there are a number of problems, as reported by Yashar Jafarli, chairman of the Public Association of Retirees.
30 December 2007 [15:23]
"Representatives of Azerbaijani Diaspora organizations throughout the world have passed the period of capital accumulation and entered a new stage", Nazim Ibragimov, chairman of the State Committee for work with Azerbaijan, living abroad, told reporters.
30 December 2007 [14:29]
The Milli Medjlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan adopted an appeal on the Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis at its last autumn session.
30 December 2007 [12:30]
The Work Group on Human Rights composed of the representatives of NGOs and authorities held a regular session to sum up results of 2007 on December 29.
30 December 2007 [10:43]
On December 29, the Work Group consisting of representatives of NGOs dealing with human rights issues and those of Azerbaijani authorities held a meeting to sum up its work in 2007.
29 December 2007 [18:39]
"The Nizami museum is equipped with the modern and expensive equipment and facilities, which most world museums can not afford", director of the Nizami museum and Milli Medjlis deputy Rafael Guseynov announced.
29 December 2007 [17:15]
The reporter of the Ayna-Zerkalo newspaper Idrak Abbasov got injured in a car accident in the center of Baku.
29 December 2007 [16:53]
29 December 2007 [15:43]
An explosion occurred on the territory of the National Park, near the children's theater in Baku at 01:40 p.m.
29 December 2007 [15:03]
A regular Forum of Azerbaijani Students in Europe will be held in the French Senate building February 6-7 of 2008, as reported by one of the Forum founders Emin Milli.
29 December 2007 [11:04]
The inauguration of the newly reconstructed “Ag” musical fountain was held in the National Park, in front of the Museum Center on December 28.
29 December 2007 [10:20]
An event on the Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year was held by the permanent representation of Azerbaijan in UN in the Baku Palace restaurant of New-York.
28 December 2007 [18:38]
Azerbaijani representation of the Transparency International NGO held seminars for police officers of the Nasimi and Nizami district police stations of Baku inspired by the central police department of Baku on December 26 and 27.
28 December 2007 [18:25]
Nagorno Garabagh was called the territory of Armenia in telephone directory for 2006 "Golden pages of Ukraine" of Ukrainian publishing house "Nika Ltd".
28 December 2007 [16:59]
Institute for Reporter Freedom and Safety has appealed to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev with a request to pardon all convicted reporters, as reported from the institute for Reporter Freedom and Safety.
28 December 2007 [15:48]
28 December 2007 [14:39]
The decision to permit wearing hijab in educational institutions can be adopted only by the heads of educational institutions.
28 December 2007 [13:32]
An unusual event occurred in the Ashagi Kasaman village of Aghstafa region: a three-legged calf was born at a farm of the village resident Jamal Mustafayev eight months ago.
28 December 2007 [12:16]
Azerbaijani Diaspora in Lithuania held event on Gurban Holiday and Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis, according to the secretariat of the Diaspora.
28 December 2007 [11:07]
The ceremony of awarding the Olympic Order to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev took place in the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan.
27 December 2007 [18:57]
The telephone directory for 2006 "Golden pages of Ukraine" published by the Ukrainian publishing-house Nika LTD, sites Azerbaijan's Nagorno Garabagh among Armenian lands.
27 December 2007 [18:08]
The Baku police revealed that one of Baku beggars has saved over $58,000.
27 December 2007 [17:45]
27 December 2007 [15:06]
A work group to coordinate combat with corruption has been created under the Azerbaijan Ministry of Education.
27 December 2007 [13:27]
A police sergeant hang himself in Baku.
27 December 2007 [13:15]
A photo exhibition on Azerbaijani culture is to open in Crimea (Ukraine) today.
27 December 2007 [10:23]
Azeri-language TV channel InterAz, which had been broadcasted in Moscow, Russia's capital city by July of this year, will resume its operation.
26 December 2007 [17:48]
Ilham Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva have taken part in the opening of the State Puppet Theater following its major repair