Society
22 February 2007 [07:00]
The 15th anniversary of Khojali genocide will be marked in Ukraine, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belorussia.
22 February 2007 [00:14]
An Azeri-Russian film about the impact of the Nagorno Karabakh war is screened at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival.
21 February 2007 [22:46]
Presentation ceremony of documentary film 'Homesick and flaming hopes' screened by State Committee for Refugees and IDPs and Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting CJSC was held.
21 February 2007 [22:37]
Religious belief is free in Azerbaijan. But several groups, especially the representatives of non-traditional sects and their radical wings disturb others. We should deal with this problem, chief of the State Committee for Religious Communities Hidayat Orujov said at the seminar organized for the journalists writing articles on religion.
21 February 2007 [22:36]
"There is wahhabism in Azerbaijan, but it does not create danger, as it is stated in the press," chief of the State Committee for Religious Communities Hidayat Orujov said at the seminar organized for the journalists writing articles on religion.
21 February 2007 [16:52]
Georgia's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection and Azerbaijan's Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry signed letter of intent.
21 February 2007 [16:30]
The place of the match between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the qualifying for the 2008 European championship may be determined next month, UEFA first Vice-president Senes Erzik stated.
21 February 2007 [16:01]
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation started implementation of a special project to mark the 15th anniversary of the Khojali genocide.
21 February 2007 [14:39]
Bar Collegium chairman Azer Tagiyev and Ikram Shirinov, representative of family of Azeri officer Ramil Safarov who has been sentenced to life imprisonment, met with traffic accident in Hungary, Shirinov told.
21 February 2007 [14:06]
The weather will get colder in Azerbaijan from Thursday.
21 February 2007 [11:59]
A five-story apartment building collapsed early Wednesday, killing at least one and injuring 26 others, the governor said.
21 February 2007 [09:15]
President's Executive Order will give impetus to strengthen theater's revival and reconstruction.
21 February 2007 [09:10]
"It is not right to demonstrate films in foreign languages in Azerbaijani TV channels.
21 February 2007 [09:00]
An international shooting tournament will start tomorrow in Trondheim, Norway. Three Azerbaijani shooters are also among participants from 30 countries.
21 February 2007 [08:10]
'Giz galasi' ballet by Efrasiyab Badalbeyli will be played in open air near Maiden Tower.
21 February 2007 [08:00]
Irish musician composed a song 'Maiden Tower.'
21 February 2007 [07:55]
Alley and museum named after Gurgen Markarian will be opened in Achanyank community of Yerevan.
21 February 2007 [07:25]
Azerbaijani judo wrestlers capturing three medals in Super World Cup in Paris last week are preparing to the next competition.
21 February 2007 [07:20]
English national judo team will come to Baku to hold trainings.
20 February 2007 [22:47]
The soldier of Defense Ministry's military unit in Terter Imran Samandar Kamilov died mysteriously on February 18.
20 February 2007 [22:41]
Little improvement is observed in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia concerning the issue of missing persons compared to the early 1990s, the report drawn up by Leo Platvoet, PACE rapporteur on missing persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia reads.
20 February 2007 [22:37]
The trial on appeal filed against Budapest Court's judgement on Azerbaijani Armed Forces officer Ramil Safarov on April 13, 2006 will start on February 22.
20 February 2007 [15:55]
Russia's Education Minister Andrey Fursenko will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan.
20 February 2007 [15:47]
The trial on the appeal filed against the judgement on Akif Muradverdiyev, former officer of President's Office will start on February 28, Reshad Mirmehtizadeh, the lawyer to Muradverdiyev stated.
20 February 2007 [14:00]
Tests were being carried out on poultry found dead in several new areas in suburban Moscow to determine whether the birds had died of the same H5N1 bird flu strain that has sickened birds in several regions around the Russian capital, officials said Tuesday.
20 February 2007 [13:09]
The Cabinet of Azerbaijan has approved regulations and forms for government bodies and municipalities to create their Internet resources.
20 February 2007 [13:08]
As the result of the raids conducted by the officers of Ganja Police Department, on February 18, Durdane Israfil Hagverdiyeva was detained because of involving teenagers into prostitution.
20 February 2007 [13:06]
Recently the officers of Ganja Police Department conducted raids in nightclubs and detained 82 people for violation of laws.
20 February 2007 [13:01]
"We wrote to the countries, trading with us that we do not export fowls from the regions with the least bird flu risk. We do not export infected fowls to Azerbaijan either. There is nothing to worry. It is their right to ban fowl import from Turkey. We offered them firm guarantee," said Nihat Pakdil, deputy undersecretary of the Turksih Agriculture Ministry.
20 February 2007 [10:02]
President Ilham Aliyev decreed on awarding a group of educators and public health employees of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic with titles.
20 February 2007 [09:20]
Head coach of Azerbaijan's national football team Shahin Diniyev is seeking new players for the national squad.
20 February 2007 [09:05]
UEFA has released the list of countries to participate in the 2007-2008 Intertoto Cup. Azerbaijan was not included in the list.
20 February 2007 [09:00]
The project on establishing a transnational park on Azerbaijan-Georgia border will be discussed during the visit of Georgian Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection David Tkeshelashvili to Baku.
20 February 2007 [08:45]
Lifer Ayaz Imanov died in Gobustan jail on February 17 this year.
20 February 2007 [08:40]
The project on establishing a transnational park on Azerbaijan-Georgia border will be discussed during the visit of Georgian Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection David Tkeshelashvili to Baku.
20 February 2007 [08:35]
February 22 Budapest court will consider the appeal of officer of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Ramil Safarov on courts' April 13, 2006 decision, lawyer Ikram Shirinov stated.
20 February 2007 [08:30]
20 February 2007 [08:25]
47-year-old Azerbaijani citizen murdered 20 year-old girl in Nijni Novgorod, Russia.
20 February 2007 [07:55]
International Mother Language Day announced by the UNESCO General Conference in 1999 will for the first time be celebrated in Azerbaijan on February 21.
20 February 2007 [07:44]
State Academic Dramatic Theater will be reconstructed from April 1, the director of the theatre Magbet Bunyatoiv stated.
20 February 2007 [07:34]
State Veterinary Service under Agriculture Ministry has finished the next monitoring on Bird flu February 16.
20 February 2007 [07:30]
631 children in 10,000 are born with genetic defects in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is included in the list of unsuccessful Post-Soviet countries side-by-side with Tajikistan (752 in 10,000) and Kyrgyzstan (735).
20 February 2007 [07:20]
20 February 2007 [07:15]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev decreed on development of Azerbaijani theatre.
20 February 2007 [07:00]
Moscow's best-known pet market was in quarantine on Monday as health officials confirmed a strain of H5N1, potentially lethal to humans, was responsible for five bird flu outbreaks around the Russian capital.
19 February 2007 [23:17]
Fire took place in Azizbayov district Bina settlement at 17.07 on Monday.
19 February 2007 [23:16]
Azerbaijani National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) will prohibit broadcast of films (feature, documental, cartoon) in foreign languages on all Azerbaijani TV channels.
19 February 2007 [23:08]
Young Azerbaijani doctor Vugar Yagublu was awarded Doctor of Medicine by Heldelberg University of Germany.
19 February 2007 [23:01]
The family of captured Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammadov Nazim presented their next letter to their son the officers of International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Azerbaijani Office.
19 February 2007 [22:51]
The officers of Baku Traffic Police Department (BTPD) conduct raids in the capital to control use of safety belts.
19 February 2007 [22:48]
Azerbaijani Chess Federation has made a statement that condemns Teymour Radjabov's being robbed in Mexico.
19 February 2007 [22:46]
The Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan (ACSDA) held the presentation of the book "Khojali genocide: million signatures, one demand," Vice- President of the Association Veli Alibayov introduced the book to the participants.
19 February 2007 [22:28]
11 life-term prisoners in Gobustan jail appealed to ombudsperson Elmira Suleymanova.
19 February 2007 [17:09]
Pardon Commission under President started meetings.
19 February 2007 [14:40]
The weather is forecasted to be changeable cloudy and mainly rainless on February 20-21 in Baku and Absheron peninsula.
19 February 2007 [14:10]
Azerbaijani residents of Tezekend village, Georgia, Mehman Asgerov, Kamandar Mustafayev and Sadakhli village resident Huseyn Mammedov, who were detained by Armenian frontier guards, were released lat week.
19 February 2007 [13:29]
Heavy rain on the night from February 17 to 18 caused serious damages in Azerbaijani region of Astara.
19 February 2007 [12:24]
Suicide was committed in Azerbaijani region Lenkeran on February 18.
18 February 2007 [01:28]
Police found some illegal firearms in Balaken.
18 February 2007 [01:27]
World Azerbaijanis Defence Committee has appealed Amnesty International, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Council of Europe and world media to draw the attention to Iran’s ban on the national language of Southern Azeris.
17 February 2007 [16:57]
Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Husein Avni Garslioglu has met with higher educational institution presidents.
17 February 2007 [14:29]
Culture Days of Azerbaijan will start in Arkhangelski, Russia.
17 February 2007 [13:57]
Central Electoral Commission has completed monitoring constituency election commissions (ConEC).
17 February 2007 [13:52]
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed poultry in the Moscow region for the first time.
17 February 2007 [13:26]
The 15th anniversary of Khojaly Genocide will be remembered in Houston, Texas on February 24.
17 February 2007 [13:22]
Benelux Azerbaijan Congress (BAC) and other five Turkmen Societies held rally in Amsterdam, Netherlands, protesting the genocide against Iraqi Turkmen.
17 February 2007 [09:15]
Azerbaijan's Education Minister Misir Mardanov met with the Manager of World Bank Office in Azerbaijan Gregory Jedzejczak.
17 February 2007 [09:05]
Representative of UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Doctor Golan Klani, officers of the US embassy in Baku, Doctors Ami Nibi and Susan Kait on February 15 visited the village Boyati in Neftchala related to the reports on bird flu virus 15.
17 February 2007 [09:00]
Azerbaijani Parliament today approved the law 'Private security service.'
17 February 2007 [08:55]
The leader of Crimean Tatars, MP Mustafa Jamilov has received the ambassador of Azerbaijan to Ukraine Talat Aliyev.
17 February 2007 [08:05]
Azerbaijan Billiard Federation plans to hold European championship in Baku in 2008.
17 February 2007 [07:45]
Azerbaijani women volleyball team Azerrail has removed Belarusian player Alyona Gurkova from the team.
17 February 2007 [07:25]
Azerbaijani seismological stations registered 167 tremors in January-February this year.
17 February 2007 [07:20]
"The educational institutions will be supplied with computers for five more years," Azerbaijan's Education Minister Misir Mardanov told journalists after the meeting held in Ganja with the participation of the chiefs of educational institutions.
17 February 2007 [07:15]
New Azerbaijani organization has been officially registered in California, the chairman of the organization.
S&P upgrades Türkiye's credit rating from B to B+
Poisonous clouds hands over Berlin after chemical factory blaze
Cameron: UK will appoint new envoy for defense production
Slovak prime minister heads to Azerbaijan
33 injured in bus accident in eastern Sri Lanka
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