News for 15 October 2006
Politics
15 October 2006 [23:08]
Georgian Parliament Speaker Nino Burdzhanadze urged Georgia's GUAM partners (Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) to give active support to Tbilisi in the confrontation with Moscow.
15 October 2006 [19:53]
The GUAM committee for political issues launched an initiative to this effect within the third meeting of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly, held in Chisinau, Moldova, on Sunday.
15 October 2006 [18:38]
A bronze monument erected in 2002 in the village of Chaville near Paris commemorating the "Armenian genocide" was stolen.
15 October 2006 [18:36]
French leader Jacques Chirac has told Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan he is sorry French lawmakers approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians were victims of "genocide" at the hands of Ottoman Turks.
15 October 2006 [18:24]
Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Abdul Fatah Salah met on Sudany Azeri Ambassador Elman Arasli in Amman.
15 October 2006 [15:07]
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test in a resolution that Pyongyang's envoy swiftly rejected as "gangster-like".
15 October 2006 [14:50]
Nizami Bahmanov, the chief of Azerbaijan Community of Nagorno Karabakh and head of Shusha Executive Power held a press conference.
15 October 2006 [14:43]
Russia as OSCE Minsk Group co-chair has pro Armenian position from the first day if its activity and showed its interest to place military units in Azerbaijan, Nizami Bahmanov, the chief of Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno Karabakh, head of Shusha Executive Power told at the press conference.
Business
15 October 2006 [20:01]
Dr. Tina Gelashvili, the head of the economics department at the University of Tbilisi's Akhaltsikhe campus, believes the railroad will create new opportunities for both Georgia and Turkey.
15 October 2006 [18:43]
Turkish consumers are launching a boycott of French goods following the French parliament's decision to pass the Armenian bill, which foresees punishment of those denying an "Armenian genocide." Some Turkish citizens are refusing to buy products upon learning they are French.
15 October 2006 [15:00]
Azercell Telecom joint company has signed a roaming agreement with Maldives' Wataniya Telecom mobile operator.
15 October 2006 [14:58]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8734 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on October 13.
15 October 2006 [14:39]
Azerbaijan Economical Development Ministry Tariff Council held press conference with participation of Economic development Minister Heydar Babayev and Deputy Transport Minister Musa Penahov concerning apply of new tariffs in buses.
15 October 2006 [14:38]
Financial income flood causes danger for Azerbaijan It means that two-digit inflation still remains in Azerbaijan, Ziyad Samadzadeh, the chief of Azerbaijan Parliament Economical Policy Commission told journalists.
Society
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).
