Society
04 April 2007 [07:42]
Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov will visit one of the military units of Azerbaijani Army in Shamkir region in the framework of the project implemented at the initiative of 'Army's friends' press club on April 4.
03 April 2007 [21:15]
Director General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri said on Tuesday that common religion is the most important and essential element for amity of people of Iran and the Caucasus.
03 April 2007 [21:06]
Azerbaijani Cultural Days will be held in Moscow on April 15-19.
03 April 2007 [21:05]
Catholic church is to be opened in Azerbaijan on April 29.
03 April 2007 [21:01]
Azerbaijan introduced credit system in eight higher schools with 2500 students.
03 April 2007 [20:56]
Fatal road accident happened in Ziya Bunyatov Street at 1.00 on April 2 to 3.
03 April 2007 [20:55]
United States Agency for International Development USAID Azerbaijani representatives Ziba Guliyeva and Gulrukh Orujova had a meeting in the region of Balaken.
03 April 2007 [20:51]
Five-storey building constructed for Interior Ministry's departments of Fighting Human Trafficking, Medical, Finance-Plan and Supply has been commissioned on Tuesday with participation of the Interior Minister Ramil Usubov.
03 April 2007 [20:49]
The hunger-striking prisoners of Gobustan jail, except lifer Deyanet Kerimov have stopped the strike.
03 April 2007 [20:48]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on conferring Glory order on Litvin Abbasov.
03 April 2007 [20:47]
Prisoners of Azerbaijani Gobustan jail stopped hunger strike on Tuesday.
03 April 2007 [20:09]
Azerbaijani chess players are joining 8th European individual chess championship started today in Dresden, Germany.
03 April 2007 [19:29]
A conference "Heydar Aliyev and religious policy in Azerbaijan: Realities and Prospects" started in Baku.
03 April 2007 [19:27]
Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry has neutralized an organized criminal group engaged in drug smuggling on the route Iran-Azerbaijan-Russia-Japan.
03 April 2007 [19:26]
"We have not yet found a company willing to construct youth camp in Azerbaijan," Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov said.
03 April 2007 [16:01]
The referees who are going to conduct fifth UEFA Regional Cup tournament for amateur squads which will take place in Baku on April 25-29 have been determined.
03 April 2007 [14:12]
"The new education bill is not expected to be debated in the Parliament soon," Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov told journalists.
03 April 2007 [14:11]
"Azerbaijan achieved high religious tolerance. This situation is not so good in many countries who claim tolerance," Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh, head of Caucasian Muslims Office told journalists.
03 April 2007 [14:02]
The Turkish military will continue to give assistance to Azerbaijan's military. In order to endorse Azerbaijan's efforts for NATO membership, the two countries will establish a joint commission.
03 April 2007 [13:57]
Agdam's Garabakh club defender Timur Israfilov has left the country.
03 April 2007 [13:05]
There are no cases of evading school during primary education in Azerbaijan. Education Minister Misir Mardanov stated.
03 April 2007 [12:53]
"I have not received any appeal for Huseyn Abdullayev's release," President Office's socio-political department head Ali Hasanov stated.
03 April 2007 [11:28]
The lifers of Gobustan jail have not stopped hunger strike.
03 April 2007 [09:14]
An international Greco-roman wrestling tournament among schoolchildren wrapped up in Moscow.
03 April 2007 [07:36]
The presentation ceremony of the book "History of Western Azerbaijan" was held in Azerbaijani consulate general in St. Peterburg.
03 April 2007 [07:28]
Youth and Sports minister Azad Rehimov has received British delegation.
03 April 2007 [07:26]
Georgian police arrested three Armenians while crossing illegally Georgia-Turkey border.
03 April 2007 [07:23]
No Azerbaijani has been detained after the new migration law came into force in Russia on April 1.
03 April 2007 [07:20]
The construction of Heydar Aliyev Museum started in the center of Astara.
02 April 2007 [22:32]
The explosion in the 'Dinamo' cafe in Yalta, Ukraine has injured about 20-25 people, including 15-16 Azerbaijanis and three Turkish.
02 April 2007 [22:27]
The State Student Admission Commission (SSAC) increased the fee for test examination from April 1.
02 April 2007 [22:13]
Sebayil Court presided over by Judge Yusif Kerimov has started the trial of editor-in-chief of Senet newspaper Samir Sedagetoglu and publicist Rafig Tagi.
02 April 2007 [22:02]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on monumental sculpture works, memorial and architectural complexes.
02 April 2007 [22:01]
Relatives of the hunger-striking lifers of Gobustan jail and a group of human rights defenders held a press conference.
02 April 2007 [21:56]
Cloudy weather is forecasted in Azerbaijan in coming several days.
02 April 2007 [21:51]
AFFA president Ramiz Mirzoyev will make a business visit to Switzerland in mid April.
02 April 2007 [21:50]
Burned body of a man was found in the garden of Gil-Torpag (Clayey-Soil) Enterprise in Ganja at 6 a.m on Saturday.
02 April 2007 [21:41]
German Open taekwondo tournament held in Bonn, Germany, is over.
02 April 2007 [14:58]
Azerbaijan Chess Federation president Aynur Sofiyeva is going to resign.
02 April 2007 [14:17]
Culture and Tourism Ministry and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) today signed documents on the 2nd phase of the project on "Institutional Assistance to Culture and Tourism Ministry for efficient development of internal tourism".
02 April 2007 [14:06]
President Ilham Aliyev has presented condolences to geologist Farman Salmanov's family on his death.
02 April 2007 [13:37]
Azerbaijani singer Baloglan Ashrafov, underwent surgery on liver in Memorial hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, has been moved from resuscitation to the ward.
02 April 2007 [13:25]
Society of American Azerbaijanis is going to appeal to all members of US Congress Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, And Related Programs with regard to showing Azerbaijan's role in the South Caucasus and proving it to be US ally, ASA president Tomris Azeri stated.
02 April 2007 [12:47]
Lawyer for parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev has petitioned for dropping the criminal case against the parliamentarian and imprisoning parliamentarian Fazail Agamali, the lawyer stated.
02 April 2007 [12:26]
The resident of Boyuk Bahmanli village of Fuzuli region of Azerbaijan 14-year old Shukurov Sarkhan has been injured in mine explosion on March 31.
02 April 2007 [10:51]
Karshiyaka, Azeri volleyball team member Yelena Shabovta is playing in, has won next encounter in Turkish League.
02 April 2007 [10:45]
Mercer Human Resource Consulting cunducted a global survey ranking overall quality of life.
02 April 2007 [10:40]
The next bird flu monitoring started in Azerbaijan on Monday.
02 April 2007 [10:12]
At least six people were killed and entire villages engulfed by the sea after a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck the tiny Solomon Islands, triggering a Pacific panic and fears of more deaths.
02 April 2007 [10:00]
Azerbaijan will be represented by 14 chess players in the European championship to be held in Dresden, Germany from April 3 to 16.
02 April 2007 [09:59]
Republic culture study seminar on the theme 'Culture as a way of life' was held by Simurg Azerbaijani Culture Association, Azerbaijan Culture Study Society, International Cultural Forum of Citizen Society in Azerbaijani Business Center.
02 April 2007 [09:57]
Azerbaijani writer Mir Jalal's memorial museum is being built in Ganja.
02 April 2007 [09:56]
Officers of Interior Ministry's Department Fighting Organized Crimes arrested two men or robbery in the shops in Nasimi and Binagadi districts in 2005-2007.
02 April 2007 [09:55]
10 prisoners continue hunger strike in Gobustan jail.
02 April 2007 [09:32]
Z.S. hasn't seen her daughters for two and a half years. She's afraid they're hungry and not going to school, though one is nine and the other seven. Their father is an Israeli citizen whom Z.S. met a decade ago when she was 20 and he came for a visit to Azerbaijan.
01 April 2007 [17:01]
"Azerbaijani President has issued an executive order on license prices for TV and radio broadcasting. According to the executive order, license price for TV and radio broadcasting is AZN11. But we told the Cabinet and relevant bodies that they made hasty decision, as television, radio, cable TV, regional broadcasting of television and radio channels are different spheres," National Television and Radio Council chief Nushiravan Maharramli told journalists.
01 April 2007 [16:59]
"Foreign televisions and radio channels will be broadcasted only by satellite or cable in Azerbaijan. This experience of regulation of foreign TV and radio channels is used in Russia and Europe as well. This way of broadcasting in should be applied in Azerbaijan too,”"National Television and Radio Council Chief Nushiravan Maharramli said.
01 April 2007 [16:43]
Suicide was committed in Azerbaijan's region Gakh.
01 April 2007 [16:42]
Azerbaijan's Parliament will debate on education bill in April.
01 April 2007 [16:40]
Singer Baloglan Ashrafov, being cured of cirrhosis in Memorial hospital in Istanbul underwent a surgery on Fiday night.
01 April 2007 [16:39]
The former head of Absheron Executive Power Mirza Novruzov died as a result of car accident.
01 April 2007 [16:19]
An explosion on a minibus in Azerbaijan's capital on Sunday killed one person and injured three, police said.
31 March 2007 [10:03]
IDPs camps in Azerbaijan will be removed within this year, Deputy Prime Minister, chief of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov said.
31 March 2007 [10:01]
The documents on starting the second stage of the project "Institutional Assistance to Culture and Tourism Ministry for developing internal tourism" will be signed between Culture and Tourism Ministry and UN Development Program in Tourism Information Center in Baku on April 2.
31 March 2007 [09:59]
Azerbaijani Ombudsman's representatives met with the prisoners going on hunger strike in Gobustan jail.
31 March 2007 [09:55]
Azerbaijan's Education Minister Misir Mardanov today received Ina Gudele Latvia’s Minister for Special Assignments for Electronic Government Affairs.
31 March 2007 [09:53]
"Ellipsometria" laboratory made successful researches in the nanotechnology.
31 March 2007 [09:40]
Three men in Ganja were infected with HIV virus within first three month of this year.
31 March 2007 [09:39]
A Forum of Azerbaijani students studying in Europe will be held on March 13-16.
31 March 2007 [09:36]
Azerbaijani judo wrestlers will participate in the European championship to start April 6 in Belgrade, Serbia.
31 March 2007 [09:34]
The date of match between Azerbaijan and Italy U-17 teams has been changed.
31 March 2007 [09:26]
A resident of Azerbaijani region of Balaken has been detained for engaging in drug sale.
31 March 2007 [00:05]
Human rights defenders Chingiz Ganizade and Saadat Bananyarli today met with the prisoners going on hunger strike in Gobustan jail, Chingiz Ganizadeh told.
30 March 2007 [23:30]
The Appeal Court today upheld the decision of Nasimi district court on parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev's imprisonment, Kamandar Nesibli, lawyer for the parliamentarian told.
30 March 2007 [23:17]
"There are facts on Armenians' archeological excavations in the Azerbaijani region of Aghdam. We often hear Armenians’ statements that our monuments belong to Armenia culture and architecture. We are struggling against such cases," Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfaz Garayev told journalists.
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