News for 11 October 2006
Politics
11 October 2006 [22:58]
Agriculture Minister Ismet Abbasov met October 11 with US ambassador to Azerbaijan Mrs. Anne Derse to discuss the US-Azerbaijan relationship.
11 October 2006 [22:57]
11 October 2006 [22:42]
Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian called for the deepening of defense and security ties between Armenia and Britain during talks with a visiting senior British official on Wednesday.
11 October 2006 [21:26]
Romania President Traian Basescu pays two-day visit to Azerbaijan today. He met with his Azerbaijani counterpart one-on-one.
11 October 2006 [21:03]
France extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Bernard Amaudric du Chaffaut said that Jacques Chirac did not make terms of Turkey's recognition of Armenian genocide for its EU membership in his visit to Yerevan.
11 October 2006 [20:13]
France extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Azerbaijan Bernard Amaudric du Chaffaut held a press conference on discussion of false Armenian genocide in France parliament.
11 October 2006 [19:46]
"No Azerbaijani school in Georgia was closed," Namig Afandiyev, Azerbaijan extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Georgia said.
11 October 2006 [16:33]
On October 11, President of Romania Traian Basescu arrived in Azerbaijan for an official visit.
11 October 2006 [16:31]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan sent a message of congratulations to the Prime Minister of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on the country's National Day.
11 October 2006 [15:57]
Jordan's Prime Minister and Defense Minister Marouf Al Bakhit received on Wednesday Col. Gen. Najmaddin Sadihov, the First Deputy of the Azerbaijani Defense Minister and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
11 October 2006 [15:50]
"Turkey will react adequately if France Parliament adopts draft bill on false Armenian genocide," Turan Morali, Turkey ambassador to Azerbaijan told journalists.
11 October 2006 [13:43]
Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov met with members of the United Kingdom parliamentary delegation to the Interparliamentary Union.
11 October 2006 [13:20]
Belarussian Minister of Sports and Tourism Alexander Grigorov will visit Azerbaijan October 11-13.
11 October 2006 [13:18]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Pakistan's newly appointed Ambassador to the country Javed Qureshi, press service of the Ministry said.
11 October 2006 [13:13]
Ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev is going to have re-medical examination in the isolated ward of the Ministry of National Security.
11 October 2006 [13:11]
President Ilham Aliyev has decreed to approve the new composition of Azerbaijan's governmental commission for cooperation with the city of Moscow.
11 October 2006 [13:09]
Russian Interior Ministry begins negotiations with Moldova.
11 October 2006 [10:11]
"I call on Azerbaijani Parliament to make discussions on the Algeria genocide by France," Turkey PM from Afyon Mahmud Kochali said.
11 October 2006 [09:57]
11 October 2006 [09:03]
Karabakh Liberty Organisation (KLO) made statement condemning the next discussions on false Armenian genocide in France. French pro-Armenian position is clearly expressed in the statement.
Business
11 October 2006 [22:53]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0,8734 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on October 11.
11 October 2006 [22:50]
Eurasia Energy Limited ("Eurasia") announces that it has completed all field work necessary to conclude the development plan for Eurasia's 600 square kilometer offshore oil and gas block (the "Block") in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
11 October 2006 [22:47]
About 100 companies from 20 countries including Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Turkey, Germany, France, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Poland, Finland and South Korea have participated in the exhibition to showcase their machinery and construction materials in the field of building construction.
11 October 2006 [22:46]
Hydrocarbons produced in the Caspian Sea could be shipped to European markets through Romania, the country's president Traian Basescu said Wednesday during a two-day visit to oil-rich Azerbaijan.
11 October 2006 [15:47]
12th Azerbaijan International Construction Exhibition (BakuBuild 2006) and 4th International Furniture and Woodworking, Interiors and Design Exhibition (BakuMebel 2006) and 1st Real Estate Exhibition started on Wednesday.
11 October 2006 [15:41]
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) kept in force the ban on fishing and export of black caviar and Caspian sturgeon from Azerbaijan in the meeting of the standing secretariat.
11 October 2006 [14:46]
"16-storeyed buildings were built in Baku on the basis of permits for 12-storeyed ones. These facts are under investigation," chairman of State Agency for Construction Safety Jabrail Khanlarov said.
11 October 2006 [13:22]
The Azerbaijan-Ukraine business forum will be held during the Ukrainian businessmen's visit to Azerbaijan in December.
11 October 2006 [13:06]
Anglo Asian Mining PLC (AIM: AAZ), the gold and copper development company with projects in Azerbaijan, today issues the following operational update:
11 October 2006 [10:16]
A trial on the lawsuit the ANS Group of Company's ANS Commerce brought against Taxes Ministry took place on Tuesday.
11 October 2006 [10:14]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 120 684 various kinds of trade facilities and found serious irregularities in 28 195 of them.
11 October 2006 [10:07]
Det.Al Limited Co. will construct a new aluminium plant in Ganja. The annual production capacity of the high-tech plant will be 100 000 tonnes.
11 October 2006 [10:04]
UniBank CB has increased the rate of interest carried by the USD 'Accumulation' deposits to 12%+1%, while the 'Accumulation' deposits made in AZN shall carry the unchanged rate of interest of 10.6%+1%.
11 October 2006 [10:03]
Lenkeran Electricity Supply Department collected AZN 117000 from the customers in September. This indicator was AZN 105000 in August.
11 October 2006 [10:00]
Fuel consumption for electricity generation was 371.51 gram/kilowatt/h against 375.33 in the thermal power plants in Azerbaijan during September.
11 October 2006 [09:56]
Official currency reserve of the National Bank of Azerbaijan reached $1,5 bn.
11 October 2006 [09:54]
A press conference on the summary of September was held in Standard Bank CJSB.
11 October 2006 [09:27]
High oil prices have direct influence on the rise of the revenues of the State Oil Fund.
11 October 2006 [09:23]
Caspian Integration Business Club members met with Shahmar Movsumov, the Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ).
11 October 2006 [09:19]
Bank of Baku has today started campaign which gives special bonuses to the customers.
11 October 2006 [09:16]
Annual meeting of the Black Sea International Ship-owners Association (BINSA) was held in Baku.
11 October 2006 [09:11]
The State Committee for Securities registered the issue prospectus of ordinary book-entry bonds of Azerigazbank OJSC.
11 October 2006 [08:53]
The price of eggs is expected to fall as from the second half of October, National Poultry Society chief Aydin Valiyev told.
Society
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.
