Society
08 October 2005 [13:52]
Azerbaijani businessmen Ramiz Asadov was murdered in Lyuberetsk district of Moscow.
08 October 2005 [12:39]
“The number of drug addicts is increasing in Azerbaijan” - National coordinator of the “Program on Controlling Narcotic Drugs in the South Caucasus (SCAD)” Mazahir Afandiyev told the journalists.
08 October 2005 [12:18]
Iranian citizens sentenced to imprisonment for committing crime in Azerbaijan will be returned to their country in these days.
08 October 2005 [12:09]
Jewelry is smuggled to Azerbaijan from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates mainly.
08 October 2005 [12:06]
The United States Embassy in Azerbaijan announced the 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholarship program.
08 October 2005 [12:00]
A conference on “Works implemented in the frame of the Southern Caucasus Anti-Drug Programme (SCAD) Programme and future perspectives” was held in the International Press Center yesterday.
05 October 2005 [08:13]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent on 3 October 2005 a message of congratulations to the country’s Jewish community members in regard to the New Year Holiday, Rosh-Ha-Shana.
29 September 2005 [09:55]
On the occasion of Day of German Unity German Embassy to Azerbaijan will give a party in Hyatt Hotel, Guba Ballroom on 3 October.
29 September 2005 [09:40]
The weather will be a little unstable in our republic in October; monthly average temperature will be close to climate norm.
29 September 2005 [09:14]
«During my meetings with our fellow countrymen in Georgia we witnessed again their problems, difficulties, known to us. I made sure again the problems raised in this respect are actual and they should be brought to the notice of the Azerbaijan’s public and there is the necessity to sound the alarm.
29 September 2005 [09:05]
49568 persons passed away in Azerbaijan last year.
29 September 2005 [08:59]
The 4th international sport games of women of Islamic countries started in the capital of Iran, Tehran.
29 September 2005 [08:24]
99% of population of Baku has been provided with identity cards. 90% of the population of other cities and regions of Azerbaijan have been issued identity cards.
23 September 2005 [10:20]
Thirteen-year old Azerbaijani student of “Kenigschtaun Taunus” gymnasium in Frankfurt of Germany Leyla Azizova won the scholarship of “Herti” Foundation which cares for the education of immigrant children at the Ministry of Education and Culture of Hessen Federal province. Azerbaijani Embassy to Germany spread the information.
23 September 2005 [10:17]
Yesterday the next meeting of National TV and Radio Council held today. (APA) In the meeting giving licenses to “Khayal” TV of Guba and “Gutb” TV of Khachmaz in accordance with the schedule presenting the documents was discussed. National TV and Radio Council gave warning to the heads of those TV channels.
23 September 2005 [10:10]
Azerbaijani citizens are invited to participate in the 2007 Diversity Visa Lottery registration announced by the U.S. Department of State from October 5 to December 4 2005, according to the U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesman.
23 September 2005 [09:49]
“Amendment # 2 to the Agreement Letter on the aid to the control on drugs and law-enforcement activity between the Government of the Azerbaijan republic and Government of the United States of America” intending allocation of the respective grant was signed on May 23, 2005.
23 September 2005 [09:41]
Sheikulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade responded to the questions of the journalists after the press conference dedicated to the results of the sitting of Supreme Religious Board of Caucasian Muslims in Baku yesterday.
23 September 2005 [09:24]
UNICEF will spend $10 million to Azerbaijan in next 5 years.
20 September 2005 [12:03]
On September 23 in “Hyatt Regency” hotel the inauguration ceremony of “Britain-Azerbaijan Graduates Net” will be held by the support of “British Council” organization of Great Britain, and embassy of this country to Baku and “bp” company of Great Britain.
20 September 2005 [11:40]
Modern Art exhibition is held in the exposition hall of the UNO section in Geneva on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of signing the UNO Regulation.
20 September 2005 [11:29]
The publishing house ”Lotos” refused to publish the newspaper “Chernovik” published in Mahachkala.
13 September 2005 [10:23]
Very serious investigational operations are carried out in connection with the murder of the editor-in-chief of the “Monitor” journal Elmar Huseynov.
13 September 2005 [10:19]
Actions will be held on September 14-15 on the occasion of 87th anniversary of the release of Baku from occupation.
13 September 2005 [10:15]
The sheikh of the whole Caucasus sheikh Haji Allahshukur Pashazade received the Vatican Cardinal Cresense Sepen being on a visit in Baku yesterday.
13 September 2005 [10:12]
The president Ilham Aliyev signed a decree yesterday on giving the presidential grant to students who scored highest results on specialty groups in entrance examinations in the 2005-2006 academic year and were admitted to higher schools.
13 September 2005 [09:57]
150 prisoners have been pardoned by the offer and effort of the Ombudsman’s Apparatus till now.
13 September 2005 [09:47]
Allahshukur Pashazade, the chairman of the Caucasus Clerical Board (CCB), invited the new head of the Catholic Church Benedictus XVI to visit Azerbaijan. Sheik-ul-Islam presented the invitation Kreschentsio Sepe, the Vatican Cardinal, who is currently on visit to Azerbaijan.
13 September 2005 [09:34]
The ULTRA Company creates wireless Internet zones in 18 state universities of our republic together with the INTEL Corporation (USA) for the purpose of providing all state universities with wireless Internet zones in the frame of the “Wireless Universities” Programme.
13 September 2005 [09:27]
The country chess championship among clubs in Merida, Spain is over.
13 September 2005 [09:17]
Assuming commitments or signing the agreement on issues related to ensuring the citizens rights for freedom of assemblies would be a direct disrespect of the existing legislation, the executive secretary of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (New Azerbaijan, NAP) Ali Ahmedov said in a statement on 12 September at the seminar, organized by the OSCE Baku office.
13 September 2005 [09:14]
The court process appointed to be held yesterday on the case of Tahir Asadullayev accused of giving false information about the citizen of Great Britain Alan French to law-enforcement organs did not take place.
13 September 2005 [08:51]
“The information spread in the press that former chairman of Head Office of Fighting Organized Criminality of Interior Ministry Zakir Nasirov was tortured is not true.
13 September 2005 [08:44]
Foundation-laying ceremony of Catholic Church “Madonna Dell’immcolata concezione” was held in Nobel Avenue yesterday.
09 September 2005 [10:35]
All refugee campuses in Azerbaijan will be abolished by 2007.
09 September 2005 [09:28]
The art exhibition of Azerbaijani artist Ashraf Heybatov will be opened in Mainz on 14 September at initiative of the Azerbaijani ‘Mainz’ Society functioning in the German Federative Republic, Bashar Komur, the chairman of the Society told the State Committee on Azerbaijanis Living Abroad.
09 September 2005 [09:13]
135 citizens of Azerbaijan appealed to the European Court on Human Rights to refuse the citizenship of the Azerbaijan Republic.
09 September 2005 [08:14]
?zerbaijan is among the countries with the average development according to the annual report of the UNO Development Program (UNDP) on human development.
08 September 2005 [11:34]
Photo exhibition “Poland 1980-2005” was opened in Baku Arts Center yesterday evening.
08 September 2005 [11:20]
The minister of education Misir Mardanov held a press-conference yesterday in connection with beginning of the new academic year.
08 September 2005 [11:02]
Schoolchildren of Khojali, Shusha and Khojavend collected donations for memorial complex to the victims of 11 September in front of Pentagon.
08 September 2005 [09:07]
124 samples consisting of virus pathogens of the plague, anthrax, cholera and other dangerous diseases were taken to the laboratory of the Pathology Institute of the USA Armed Forces.
07 September 2005 [10:29]
516 468 sq meters of territory was cleared from mines and unexploded military munitions (PHS) in August this year.22 demining dogs,138 sappers,15 PHS operators, 8 paramedics and about 100 assistants were involved in the mine action.
07 September 2005 [10:25]
43 persons drowned in the sea and 278 persons were rescued till now since the beach season started.
07 September 2005 [10:03]
Catholic Church will be established in Baku on 11 September.
07 September 2005 [09:28]
Producer of “Channel-1” television of Israel Eytan Oren started the shootings of film about Azerbaijan.
07 September 2005 [09:02]
During August the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan detained 35 persons, being searched.
06 September 2005 [09:49]
The EBORAJEDREZ with Teymur Rajabov and Shahriyar Mammadyarov will play in the semi-final of the Spanish team championship first in the history of club, grand master Rajabov told Trend.
06 September 2005 [09:07]
Zaur Aliyev, a member of Al-Qaeda terror organization, accused of perpetrating grave crimes, has appealed to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan. Aliyev was sentenced to 7.5-year imprisonment in February 2004 by the Court of Serious Crimes of Azerbaijan.
06 September 2005 [08:09]
The USA State Secretary Condoleezza Rice expressed her deep satisfaction to President Ilham Aliyev for granting emergency aid to remove the results of the hurricane Katrina.
05 September 2005 [09:38]
The Azerbaijani government rendered a $500,000 extraordinary aid to the U.S. regions suffered from tornado.
05 September 2005 [09:12]
The chairman of the World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) Javad Derakhti came to an official visit to Baku yesterday.
03 September 2005 [11:36]
The Appeal Court today reviewed the complaint on the extradition of Turkish journalist Elif Pelit of Kurdish origin who is accused of passing the borderline of Azerbaijan illegally.
02 September 2005 [13:35]
“The investigation related to death of Department chief of Main Criminal Search Office of Ministry of Internal Affairs, police –Colonel Mazahir Aliyev is on, there is no need to create big sensation in relation with this event.”
25 August 2005 [09:43]
Beach season will be over on 31 August this year.
25 August 2005 [09:19]
The 15th traditional chess festival ended in the capital of the United Arabian Emirates, Abu-Dabi.
24 August 2005 [09:32]
The Patriarch of Moscow and whole Russia II Alexi will arrive in Baku on September 22.
24 August 2005 [09:14]
A grave crime was committed in Zagatala region on 21 August.
24 August 2005 [08:38]
The Ministry of Education (ME) of Azerbaijan is ready to consider the issue of releasing the internally displaced persons (IDPs), who entered the private institutions of higher education this year from payment in case of respective addresses.
24 August 2005 [08:31]
The issue concerning expanding the cooperation between Azerbaijan and UNESCO in educational sphere will be focused on especially in the frame of the visit of UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura to Baku.
24 August 2005 [08:25]
The birthday of Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II will be celebrated in Baku.
23 August 2005 [09:08]
Cannibal-maniac was arrested in Barda region of Azerbaijan last week.
23 August 2005 [09:05]
Teymur Rajabov, the Azerbaijani grand master, will train for a match “Duel of Champions” with Indian chess giant, Vishvanatan Anand, through a special program.
20 August 2005 [09:39]
The weather will be cool in Azerbaijan beginning from 20th of August.
20 August 2005 [09:36]
Some high schools increased the education fees on some specialties form this academic year.
19 August 2005 [08:16]
A joint Memorandum on understanding aimed at implementation of the UN Development Program for 2005-2009 between the government of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijan’s office of the United Nations Organization (UNO) was signed on 18 August 2005 between the Ministry of Economic Development and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
09 August 2005 [09:56]
Embassy of Japan in Azerbaijan opened Japanese language courses on 1 August.
09 August 2005 [09:40]
Modern modification of mine clearing machines such as 60-ton machine of night vision was delivered to Azerbaijan.
09 August 2005 [09:13]
The embassy of India in Baku will celebrate the 59th anniversary of Independence of India.
09 August 2005 [08:52]
A citizen of Azerbaijan being engaged in commerce in the Matveyevsk market of Moscow was attacked.
06 August 2005 [11:05]
The number of the foreign students at the Azerbaijani universities is expected to increase in a new academic year.
06 August 2005 [11:03]
On 12-14 September, 1st nations Cup will be held on “What? Where? When?” intellectual game in Baku.
06 August 2005 [09:17]
Structural changes must take place in the educational sphere of Azerbaijan. It is needed to re-establish the “party organizers” system, which will enable to reveal and suppress in due time the facts of corruption at schools and other educational institutions of the country.
06 August 2005 [09:06]
The 40th session of the UN Support Commission on illegal drug traffic in the Near and Middle East will be held in Baku from 12 to 16 September.
05 August 2005 [09:34]
The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish will swear in the third group of Peace Corps volunteers comprising 36 USA citizens on 5 August.
Slovak prime minister heads to Azerbaijan
President Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister Robert Fico make press statements [PHOTOS/VIDEO]
ADB to allocate record-breaking net income from ordinary capital resources
Kazakhstan launches committee dedicated to artificial intelligence advancements
Armenian lobby stages protest shows, tricking people into streets
Azerbaijani, Armenian FMs to meet in Almaty
Turkiye advocates for prioritizing development outcomes in ADB Agenda, states Osman Celik