News for 01 October 2006
Politics
01 October 2006 [15:17]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo congratulating him and the people of his country on the occasion of the Independence Day.
01 October 2006 [14:35]
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said on Sunday he was in close contact with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to try to decrease tensions over the case of four Russian military officers detained in Georgia for alleged spying.
01 October 2006 [13:42]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message to President of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao to congratulate him and the people of his country on the occasion of the National Day.
01 October 2006 [12:27]
President George W. Bush signed legislation that would impose mandatory sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Iran's weapons programs.
01 October 2006 [12:06]
Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, sent a message to the ailing Fidel Castro wishing for his steady recovery and calling for stronger ties between the two countries.
Business
01 October 2006 [15:13]
Under the terms of ?7,28 mln loan agreement signed between the International Bank of Azerbaijan /IBA/ and Netherlands's Robobank, Shaki Agro Industry Ltd has started building a milk processing factory in Orta Zerzid village of Shaki region.
01 October 2006 [15:09]
Georgian Energy Minister Nika Gilauri said on September 30 that in 'case of necessity' Georgia will import electricity from Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran during winter.
01 October 2006 [15:06]
'Caspian Moods' exhibition was held September 30 at the Kapellhaus Germany-Azerbaijan Cultural Center.
01 October 2006 [15:02]
The United States has always tried, for strategic reasons, to build gas pipelines, excluding Russia's participation, in order to prevent Europe from depending on Russian gas, which currently covers one third of its total needs of gas.
01 October 2006 [12:19]
Iran will support any OPEC move to bring crude oil prices back to acceptable levels following a recent slide, Iran's OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili said on Sunday.
01 October 2006 [12:14]
Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Fattah said Iran would finalize a contract with Armenia to construct a dam in Araz by the end of the current Iranian year, falling on March 20, 2007.
01 October 2006 [12:10]
"The three countries, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, are firm on carrying out this project with their own financial resources; they have enough funds to finance the railway's construction in one way or another," says a Turkish diplomat.
Society
01 October 2006 [23:46]
Azerbaijan coach Shahin Diniyev has called up three Brazilian-born players for this month's Euro 2008 Group A qualifiers away to Portugal and Belgium.
01 October 2006 [15:21]
The 4th congress of CIS oncologists and radiologists wrapped up October 1 in Baku.
01 October 2006 [15:05]
New laboratories and departments have been created in the Physics Institute of the National Academy of Sciences.
01 October 2006 [14:59]
Azerbaijani Diaspora organizations of Europe are going to sign the agreement on cooperation, Azerbaijani House of Belgium announced.
