Society
16 October 2006 [16:05]
While diplomatic relations are on a knife's-edge due to the French Parliament passing a bill penalizing denial of the so-called Armenian genocide, Turkish and Armenian documentary photographers were in Istanbul yesterday to open a joint exhibit.
16 October 2006 [13:44]
Parliament football team was set up, PM Fuad Muradov, the team player, informed.
16 October 2006 [13:27]
Warmer weather to predominate in Azerbaijan this week, Umayra Tagiyeva, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorology Department bureau chief informs.
16 October 2006 [12:34]
Yeni Musavat newspaper was allotted a place in the fifth floor of Azerbaijan publishing house, Aghabey Askerov, the director of the publishing house told journalists.
16 October 2006 [11:44]
13th World Judo Championship among the sportsmen under 20 in the capital of the Dominican Republic ended.
16 October 2006 [11:42]
An accident happened in oil well #467 in 'Gum adasi' Oil and Gas Extraction Company.
16 October 2006 [11:40]
Popular artist Sekine Ismayilova will go on a tour to Hungary soon.
15 October 2006 [20:53]
Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Cech has had a "successful" operation for a depressed fracture of the skull, the club said in a statement on Sunday.
15 October 2006 [14:57]
Nine U.S. boxers have traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan for the 2006 World Cup, October 15-22.
15 October 2006 [14:52]
A serviceman's body was found in the channel in Lenkeran.
15 October 2006 [14:47]
National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) did not prolong the license period of ANS TV, Lider TV, Aygun TV, Lenkeran TV and Europe+ and ANS CM radio stations, said Nushiravan Meherremli, the chief of National Television and Radio Council (NTRC).
14 October 2006 [13:44]
"The Pardon Commission considers received appeals. The president will be informed about the appeals after investigating them," said Ali Hasanov, the President's Office Sociopolitical Department chief.
14 October 2006 [13:40]
An open letter to the Pope from 38 top Muslim clerics in various countries accepts his expressions of regret for his controversial speech on Islam.
14 October 2006 [13:27]
President Ilham Aliyev visited Sheki on Saturday.
14 October 2006 [13:20]
The representatives of US Embassy to Azerbaijan visited Azerbaijan Foreign Languages University.
14 October 2006 [13:18]
The bill adopted October 12 in the French parliament making a crime the statements denying so called "Armenian Genocide" sparked protests of Azeri youth.
14 October 2006 [13:13]
US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse hosted iftar in her residence, on October 13. She invited the religious figures and heads of the diplomatic corps.
14 October 2006 [10:01]
IAU students appeal to Court of Appeal about university administration and Education Ministry will be considered on October 17, Vugar Suleymanov, the member of Students' Rights Defense Committee informed.
14 October 2006 [00:48]
In an exclusive interview to the Day.Az online paper, Ulvi Mehtiev, an independent observer in Baku, commented the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
13 October 2006 [23:29]
Shahin Diniyev, the head coach of Azerbaijan National Football Team held a press conference on Fiday.
13 October 2006 [19:15]
A criminal case launched against Javadaga Sultanov, Baku Police Office former deputy chief was separated from the trial of Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
13 October 2006 [19:07]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
13 October 2006 [16:12]
State Students Admission Commission (SSAC) made changes in entrance examination models which will be held in 2007-2008.
13 October 2006 [15:31]
There will be a rise in "Bread Money" allowed to the Internally Displaced People in Azerbaijan, Ali Hasanov, chairman of state committee for refugees and IDPs said.
13 October 2006 [15:29]
Ali Hasanov, chairman of State Committee for IDP and Refugees gave a press conference.
13 October 2006 [15:08]
The concept of the sporting all-rounder is not new. In England, there is a long list of players who represented their country at football in the winter and cricket in the summer - Scotland's Andy Goram a recent example - while in the United States Bo Jackson famously starred at both gridiron and baseball. Now Rashad Sadygov can be added to that list.
13 October 2006 [15:04]
Azeri Immigration Service has started a massive check of Georgian citizens living in Azerbaijan.
13 October 2006 [15:00]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
13 October 2006 [13:51]
The development of women entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan: strategy and perspectives, was discussed at a conference in Baku.
13 October 2006 [12:50]
The US Embassy asked National Television and radio Council (NTRC) for delay to legalize VOA and Radio Liberty broadcasting in private TV channels, Nushirevan Maharramli, NTRC chief told.
13 October 2006 [12:03]
Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday congratulated prominent novelist Orhan Pamuk who won the 2006 Nobel Prize for literature, saying the prize would make valuable contributions to promotion of Turkish literature in the world.
13 October 2006 [09:07]
Court of Appeal reviewed the appeal of the former chief of Administrative Department of the President's Office Akif Muradverdiyev against the court's decision on seize of his property.
12 October 2006 [20:33]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
12 October 2006 [18:58]
Food aid in Azerbaijan is dwindling because of funding shortages and could run out within weeks.
12 October 2006 [16:41]
Dr. Akio Kanai, head of Japanese Fuji Optical Co. Ltd was honored the Nansen Refugee Award for his gratuitous ophthalmological services to the refugees and IDPs, according to the press-service of Azerbaijan Foreign Affairs Ministry.
12 October 2006 [15:43]
Criminal case was launched against Javadaga Sultanov, Baku Police Office former deputy chief, Abdulla Yusifov, public prosecutor said in the trial of Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department by Court of Grave Crimes.
12 October 2006 [15:41]
Controversial Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel literature prize on Thursday, for his multitude of works that deal with the symbols of clashing cultures.
12 October 2006 [15:28]
55519 raids were conducted to find out illegal migrants in Moscow this year.
12 October 2006 [15:23]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
12 October 2006 [14:14]
Personal staff and fire-extinguishers of Fire Preventing Services of Baku and Ali Bayramli, also 300 rescuers of Emergencies Ministry (EM) Civil Defense Troops, suction pumps, over 100 tents, blankets, inflatable rubber dinghies, and medical kits were sent to Ali Bayramli to eliminate the disaster aftermath by the order of Emergencies Minister Kemaleddin Heydarov.
12 October 2006 [12:56]
The next pardon decree will be issued after October 20, on the eve of Ramadan holiday.
12 October 2006 [10:04]
Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted on several buildings in Baku, Azerbaijan.
12 October 2006 [10:00]
Belgium stayed alive in European Championship qualifying after beating Azerbaijan 3-0 in Group A.
12 October 2006 [00:09]
A small aircraft crashed into a building on Manhattan's Upper East Side in overcast weather on Wednesday, the New York Fire Department said.
11 October 2006 [22:38]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the criminal gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of Crime Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry.
11 October 2006 [22:36]
The United States is expressing hope that Azerbaijani authorities will continue to permit local radio and television stations to carry programming by foreign broadcasters, including those of VOA, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty and the BBC.
11 October 2006 [21:17]
National Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis in Russia Azerbaijan (Azerros) prevented the deportation of ten Azerbaijanis from Russia, Soyun Sadigov, the president of Azerros stated.
11 October 2006 [20:01]
World Boxing Federation (WBF) Executive Committee meeting will be held tomorrow, Agajan Abiyev, Azerbaijan Boxing Federation (ABF) president, Azerbaijan Physical Culture and Sport Academy rector told.
11 October 2006 [19:56]
Azerbaijan National Security Ministry (NSM) neutralized one more criminal gang for dealing in illicit drug during the operation, the ministry Public affairs Center told.
11 October 2006 [16:37]
Azerbaijan Press Council and RUH Journalists' Defense Committee (JDC) sent a condolence letter to Russia Journalists Union and Extremal Journalism Center on the murder of famous journalist, the correspondent of Novaya Gazeta.
11 October 2006 [16:25]
Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation (AWF) held a meeting in Hyatt Regency Hotel.
11 October 2006 [15:42]
As of September 1 the volume of funds in manat increased by AZN 98 000 while no funds in US dollars were received by the Fund.
11 October 2006 [15:23]
State Veterinary Service (SVS) at Agriculture Ministry denied the information about the mass death of wild birds published in some mass media.
11 October 2006 [14:55]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
11 October 2006 [13:25]
Azerbaijan's women volleyballers are now in Zurich, Switzerland, to prepare for the world championship due to be held in Japan.
11 October 2006 [13:14]
It rained heavily in Ali Bayramli on Tuesday night.
11 October 2006 [10:13]
Lieut. Col. Rasim Muradov, commander assistant of military unit #N who complained about the corruption facts Azerbaijani peacekeeping detachment in Iraq to the Military Prosecutor's office, has been dismissed.
10 October 2006 [20:21]
Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
10 October 2006 [20:09]
Turkey has supported Azerbaijan's candidacy for hosting of the 16th General Assembly of the European Fair Play Movement (EFPM) in 2008, Erdogan Aripinar, a Secretary of the Turkish National Olympic Committee told journalists.
10 October 2006 [20:07]
Chairman of the Clerical Office of Caucasian Muslims sheikh ul-Islam Hajji Allahshukur met at his office October 10 with the members of the United Kingdom Parliament's Delegation to the Interparliamentary Union.
10 October 2006 [20:06]
The U.S. International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) realizes "Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program" in Azerbaijan under the financial support of US Department of State.
10 October 2006 [20:03]
Board meeting was held in Interior Ministry on "the current conditions of the search for the accused and missing people" was held today.
10 October 2006 [15:20]
Independent Azerbaijan University (IAU) students went on sit-down strike outside the university main building yesterday which lasted till the morning, Vugar Suleymanov, Students' Rights Defense Committee member told.
10 October 2006 [14:33]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
10 October 2006 [13:52]
The first ladies of Georgia and Azerbaijan have agreed to implement joint projects within the NGOs they each head.
10 October 2006 [13:34]
"ANS TV and ANS CM operate without a license since 2003. At first all televisions in Azerbaijan operated without a license and we found it normal."
10 October 2006 [12:57]
"President always took humanist steps by pardoning some journalists up to now and did not let their long-term arrest. I am sure that the arrested journalists will be pardoned," said Ali Hasanov, the President’s Office Socio-political Department chief.
10 October 2006 [09:26]
Azerbaijan House is opened in Berlin on Monday.
10 October 2006 [09:22]
Press Council (PC) requests President Ilham Aliyev to pardon arrested journalists.
10 October 2006 [00:19]
Santo Domingo will host the XIII World Youth Judo Championship from 12-15 October at the gymnasium pavillion, where the 2003 Pan American Games were held.
09 October 2006 [23:01]
Azerbaijani gymnast Aliya Garayeva snatched gold with 65.6 point in all-round competitions of the Helsinki international tournament.
09 October 2006 [22:35]
Visiting Georgian first lady Mrs. Sandra Elizabeth Roelofs and her accompanying delegation today arrived at the Heydar Aliyev Foundation where they were welcomed by Azerbaijan's first lady Mehriban Aliyeva.
09 October 2006 [22:25]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
09 October 2006 [16:39]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
09 October 2006 [16:15]
Best boxers from Azerbaijan, Cuba, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, the USA and African countries will gather in Baku on October 15 to participate in the word championship.
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