Society
07 December 2005 [11:08]
The State Social Protection Fund will stop giving pension to 393 thousand 848 pensioners by the next year.
06 December 2005 [19:04]
Yesterday as a result of ceasefire violation by the Armenian Armed Forces was killed an officer of Azerbaijani Army. According to the information of Karabakh bureau of APA, the accident happened on the contact line between Azeri and Armenian troops.
06 December 2005 [18:44]
On Tuesday the Azerbaijani Justice Ministry and the International Committee of Red Cross held an event at specialized hospital 3 for TB-diseased prisoners under the Central Department of Execution of Court Sentences with participation of Ambassadors of the Unites States, Turkey and other countries, as well as Mahmud Guliyev, the Deputy Foreign Minister, Trend reports.
06 December 2005 [18:05]
In 10 months of 2005, the number of population engaged in the labour market was 3 million 842 thousand 500 persons. The number of population being engaged increased 86 thousand persons in comparison with the respective period of the last year and formed 46,4 % of the population of the country.
06 December 2005 [11:08]
Preliminary sitting of trial concerning ex-health minister Ali Insanov’s claim against "Az TV" and "Lider TV" was held in Sabayil district court yesterday.
06 December 2005 [10:44]
Ganja Prosecutor Office launched crime case against police major Koroglu Gasimov, chairman of Department of Crime Investigation of Ganja's Nizami district police.
06 December 2005 [10:28]
Lieutenant of Azerbaijani Army Ramil Safarov, who is accused of killing Armenian officer Gurgen Markaryan and currently is in prison in Hungary, yesterday has spoken with APA correspondent.
05 December 2005 [20:57]
Two residents of Chemenli village of Agdam District, Azerbaijan, Rovshan Bayramov, 26, and Emin Bayramov, 16, got injured in a mine blast on 3 December 2005, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) in Azerbaijan told Trend.
05 December 2005 [19:30]
Repairs in all electric substations on Absheron peninsula and Baku completed.
05 December 2005 [18:54]
The state intends to assume interests of mortgage credits given to young families.
05 December 2005 [18:33]
A research conducted by the State Statistics Committee showed that during 10 months of 2005, 53,8 % of incomes of the population had been obtained from employment or self-employment.
05 December 2005 [12:09]
On December 7, Azerbaijan Technical University will host an international conference to discuss overall results of the Tempus Project in Azerbaijan.
05 December 2005 [11:46]
Famous Russian Mariinsk Theater in Saint Petersburg will stage ballet of Azeri composer, professor Polad Bulbuloglu "Love and Death or Love Dancing with Death" on December 19.
03 December 2005 [18:41]
Press Council conducts talks in order to solve a debt problem of newspapers to the Azerbaijan Publishing House.
03 December 2005 [11:02]
Court of Appeals reviewed yesterday a decision of Sabayil district court on release of 3 workers of Baku Subway accused of causing the July 8 accident at "Bakisoveti" subway station killing one and injuring 18 passengers.
02 December 2005 [18:03]
Internal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is scrutinizing actions of chief operation commissioner of Police Office in Ganja Koroglu Gasimov. Gasimov according to "Azadlig" newspaper while interrogating two inhabitants of Ganja - mother and son, made them to have a sexual intercourse with each other.
02 December 2005 [17:59]
Deputy director general of the "Azerpocht" State Enterprise Subhan Kazimov is going to represent Azeri post services at a two-day international seminar on "Reforms in the postal field" starting today in Paris.
01 December 2005 [21:33]
On December 7, 2005 the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism of Azerbaijan and a local NGO Initiative for the Sake of Development will commemorate the World AIDS week by organizing a concert Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS.
01 December 2005 [20:51]
A group of pensioners held protest picket outside of the Central Post Office of the Zagatala district yesterday.
01 December 2005 [19:12]
Bus following route Baku - Dagestan suddenly was caught on fire at 1 a.m. on November 30.
01 December 2005 [18:50]
Transportation of mercurial tailings located on the territory of the Superficial Active Substances (SAS) plant of the "Azerkimya" State Enterprise encountered problems and is way behind a schedule.
01 December 2005 [15:51]
Residents of Husulu and Ranjbarlar villages of Agjabedi district closed Aghdam-Agjabedi road next to Husulu village for an hour at 10:30 a.m. yesterday.
01 December 2005 [15:29]
The work "V duxane" by artist Mikhail Larionov allegedly belonging to the State Art Museum of Rustam Mustafayev was sold for 550,000 pounds by "MacDougall's" auction in London. Azerbaijany Ministry of culture claims that it has no idea that this work ever belonged to Azerbaijan.
01 December 2005 [15:18]
Aflatun Amashov, the chairman of the Media Press (MP), addressed Fikrat Mammadov, the Azerbaijani Justice Minister with a request to improve legislative base of the press.
01 December 2005 [14:55]
Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan decided to hold a forum dedicated to the International Human Rights Day on December 10.
01 December 2005 [14:18]
On November 30, representatives from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Methodist Committee on Relief (UNCOR) gathered at 6 p.m. at the refugee clinic supervised by UNHCR and UMCOR to mark a donation of medical items by SDC to the clinic.
30 November 2005 [04:28]
Rashad Gulamov, representative of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Baku reports that ticket problems of passengers flying from Nakhchivan to Baku and on vice versa have been settled.
30 November 2005 [04:02]
Five foreigners attempting to leave Azerbaijan for Turkey using falsified passports were detained today.
29 November 2005 [23:36]
December 1 is World Fight against AIDS Day. Galib Aliyev, director of Fight AIDS Center held a press conference on this occasion.
29 November 2005 [22:58]
On November, 28 Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall hosted opening ceremony of the Third International Bulbul Vocal Competition.
29 November 2005 [22:45]
Since the beginning of the year the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan prevented 38 attempts to smuggle narcotics through the state border finding about 13 kg of them.
29 November 2005 [22:27]
The Conference of the trade unions of SOCAR submitted proposals on solution of the strike situation in American McDermott Caspian Contractors.
29 November 2005 [12:41]
The Ministry of Education has begun implementation of the "Development program on rendering equipment to schools providing general education in Azerbaijan Republic" covering period of 2005-2009.
28 November 2005 [19:43]
"President of Azerbaijan will not be able to take part in the grand closing ceremony of the Year of Azerbaijan in Russia due to his intensive schedule," told Trend the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Russia Ramiz Rizayev.
28 November 2005 [19:31]
The Jewish Community of Azerbaijan along with the Azerbaijan Society of America presented a very special Jazz Music Festival honoring the memory of outstanding musician and composer Vagif Mustafa-Zadeh. The event, which took place at Baku Palace in Brooklyn,
NY on Sunday, November 27.
28 November 2005 [13:21]
On November 25 Azerbaijan’s State Philharmonic Hall hosted a concert of Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra after Uzeir Hajibeyov, conducted by People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Rauf Abdullayev.
28 November 2005 [13:07]
Within ten months of this year 683 of 2067 criminal facts were drug sales.
28 November 2005 [12:58]
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies established "Inam" [Trust] telephone line where any citizen may call and express his/her opinion or make a proposal concerning the communication services in Azerbaijan.
28 November 2005 [12:48]
Seven cars of humanitarian aid sent from Iran to our country have entered the territory of Azerbaijan yesterday.
28 November 2005 [12:06]
Deputy of Health Minister, Abbas Valibayov denies that the Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev implements cleansing policy in the Ministry.
26 November 2005 [19:34]
The working group formed at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population (MLSPP) to supervise implementation of the employment strategy is analyzing the existing economic situation and level of employment at present.
26 November 2005 [11:51]
Chief Lieutenant of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Ramil Safarov who killed Armenian officer Gurgen Merkaryan in Hungary repeated medical examination today.
25 November 2005 [19:06]
Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev today dismissed head physician of Republican Clinical Hospital Vagif Jafarov and head physician of City Clinical Hospital #1 Penah Aliyev.
25 November 2005 [18:53]
The IAEA coordinator on Azerbaijan Andrey Chubay will visit Baku on November 29.
25 November 2005 [11:02]
The president Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on additional measures in the field of improvement of the payment systems.
24 November 2005 [19:24]
Specially established commission carries out damage evaluation of the EP-300 factory [a part of the Azerkimya state concern]that was caught on fire on November 23.
24 November 2005 [19:08]
The Ministry of Health is planning to fire 200 of its staff from the Hygiene and Epidemiology Center of Baku city (HECBC) and Hygiene and Epidemiology Center of the Republic (HECR).
24 November 2005 [12:38]
The Press Council made a proposal to mark Novemebr 28 as the day of commemoration of the founder of the national press Hasan bey Zardabi.
24 November 2005 [10:41]
"A next pardon decree can be issued on December 31 – the Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis," said Azay Guliyev, the member of the pardon commission at the president.
23 November 2005 [21:13]
According to information received by Day.Az new counterfeit money has been circulating throughout Baku.
23 November 2005 [12:37]
One more department has been abolished in the Ministry of Health.
23 November 2005 [12:27]
"Automatically controlling system will be established in Baku for eliminating the traffic jams. Vagif Asadov," informed APA news agency the chief of the department for the raising awareness of transport security and relations with public of Baku city Traffic Police Department.
23 November 2005 [12:14]
"Azergas" Closed Joint-Stock Company faces difficulties with collecting payments for provided gas to the population of Baku and in other districts of the country.
23 November 2005 [11:47]
Two experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the pharmacology program – Iuze Prokhorska and Mina Slutnikova will visit Azerbaijan on December 12.
22 November 2005 [20:44]
Today in the morning Barmek-Azerbaijan electricity Distribution LLC started promissed actions against subscribers who did not pay their debts to the company.
22 November 2005 [17:36]
Today workers of McDermott, RSN and Kentek companies gathered in front of the 8th workshop of the Deep Foundations Plant and began a strike demanding to raise their salary.
22 November 2005 [11:29]
Influential companies of the world submitted many proposals to the Ministry of Industry and Energy (MIE) to start using alternative energy sources, especially wind and solar energy in Azerbaijan.
22 November 2005 [11:24]
The International film festival "Listopad" (Fall of the Leaves) that opened in Minsk, Belarus has brought together cinematographers from Azerbaijan, Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Iran, Ukraine and other countries.
22 November 2005 [11:19]
Rehearsals of new ballet performance by the Minister of Culture Polad Bulbuloglu started in Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre.
21 November 2005 [13:21]
Center for Defense of Public Interests which was established by the financial support of American Lawyers Association received 290 appeals on corruption facts so far.
21 November 2005 [13:09]
Library of NATO will be established in Baku State University (BSU).
19 November 2005 [18:20]
German embassy to Baku informs that the "Berlin Voices" Jazz group is to visit Baku for the first time on a 3-days tour on November 20-22.
19 November 2005 [17:59]
Press service of the Defense Ministry told Trend that a monitoring has been held today at the front-line in the area of the Bash Gervend village of Agdam district.
19 November 2005 [13:37]
The cease-fire regime has been breached on a front-line on November 18, the press service of the Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry told Trend.
17 November 2005 [16:19]
Associates of the Nasimi region State Traffic Police detected 1660 submachine gun bullets of 7.62 caliber in the intersection of the Taghizade Street and Mirali Gashgay Street.
17 November 2005 [15:43]
3 Azerbaijani citizens were wounded in Khanigin city of Iraq.
17 November 2005 [14:48]
The investigation on the case of a group high ranking officials who are accused under articles 341.1(exceeding powers) , 311.3.2 (bribe-taking) , 178.3.2 (roguishness), 221.3 (hooliganism) and 313 (abusing official duties) , 32.5 , 311.3.2 (assisting in bribe-taking) and 178.3.2 (roguishness) of the Criminal Code was completed and the investigation materials were submitted to Court Martial on Grave Crimes of Azerbaijan Republic.
16 November 2005 [20:07]
Renovation works ordered by Ganja mayor office passed to the Heydar Aliyev square in the center of Ganja . According to APA news agency the Executive Power reconstructed a fountain complex on the left side of the square and now is busy with the right side complex.
16 November 2005 [19:59]
Bureau of Hydrology Forecast of National Hydrometeorology department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Recourses informs that the warm weather in Azerbaijan will continue for several days.
16 November 2005 [15:14]
Baku circular highway construction will be launched starting January of 2006.
16 November 2005 [14:51]
94 km long Ganja-Kazakh highway will be put into operation in the first half of the next year.
16 November 2005 [14:25]
Ministry of Transport informs that the repairment works at the highway from Bilasuvar to the border of Iran will be completed till the end of the year.
15 November 2005 [20:24]
Azerbaijan National Agency of Mine Action (ANAMA) will hold an opening ceremony of the "Saloghlu Project on clearing unexploded military supplies in Aghstafa" with participation of the special representative of the NATO Secretary General on Central Asia and Southern Caucasus Robert Simmons on November 18.
15 November 2005 [14:50]
800-900 citizens wishing to come to Baku from Nakhchivan can not find air tickets while 600-700 cannot leave Baku for Nakhchivan facing the same problem.
15 November 2005 [13:41]
"The Caspian Sea level will increase by 14-15 cm by the end of this year," said the Director of Marine Hydrometeorology Center of the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Amir Aliyev in his interview with APA news agency.
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