News for 20 October 2006
Politics
20 October 2006 [22:19]
Levon Ter-Petrosian, Armenia's former president, will return to active politics to participate in the presidential election of 2008, the leader of an opposition party strongly supporting him claimed on Friday.
20 October 2006 [22:11]
Rally was held in Nardaran, Baku, due to Jerusalem Day.
20 October 2006 [17:37]
Turkey defined the preliminary sanctions against for the adoption of law by France Parliament that makes it crime to deny false Armenian genocide.
20 October 2006 [17:35]
The second round of consultations between Russia and Azerbaijan Foreign Ministries’ Press and Information Departments began on Friday.
20 October 2006 [16:46]
On Friday Azeri and Armenian Defense Ministers Safar Abiyev and Serge Sargsyan met at the Azeri-Armenian border by suggestion of OSCE CiO's personal representative Andrzej Kasprzyk within the framework of measures for increasing mutual trust between the sides.
20 October 2006 [16:33]
Milli Majlis members Elman Mammadov and Zahid Oruj partook in the 64th NATO Parliamentary Assembly Rose-Roth Seminar, which commenced October 19 in Chisinau, Moldova.
20 October 2006 [16:02]
On October 20, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Italian delegation led by Famiano Crucianelli, the country's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-chair of the Consultative Forum on Economic Relations between Azerbaijan and Italy.
20 October 2006 [13:39]
Turkish soldiers and civilians on Friday arrived in Beirut to join the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, making Turkey the first Muslim country to contribute troops to the mission.
20 October 2006 [13:27]
"I disrespect my country and myself by keeping an order of enemy country," stated Kamran Inan, one of the professional politicians of Turkey and former state minister.
20 October 2006 [13:22]
Armenian Armed Forces began military trainings in occupied Aghdere region beginning from 09.00 today, the peasants of frontline villages of Terter told.
20 October 2006 [12:17]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message to South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, the next UN secretary-general, congratulating him on his election.
20 October 2006 [12:09]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met October 19 with visiting Health Minister of Mexico Julio Frenk.
20 October 2006 [09:51]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev approved the state program on improvement of activity of the country's national security agencies for the years of 2007-2011.
Business
20 October 2006 [16:40]
Implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki-Kars Railway Project will be completed by late 2008, transport minister Musa Panahov said.
20 October 2006 [16:31]
The National Bank announced an open competition for designing and building new administrative buildings.
20 October 2006 [16:23]
The meeting of the Milli Majlis standing commission on natural resources, energy and ecology issues held October 19 focused "Loan Agreement between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the OPEC Fund for International Development on Samur-Absheron Irrigation System Project."
20 October 2006 [15:01]
The decision to cut output 1.2m barrels a day (4%), slightly more than expected, was made at a late-night emergency meeting in Doha, the capital of the Persian Gulf state of Qatar.
20 October 2006 [11:04]
Russian energy monopoly Unified Energy System is ready to replace Barmek Company in Azerbaijan and to run electricity in Baku and Sumgait.
20 October 2006 [10:59]
The average salary was 138.5 AZN from January to September of 2006 in Azerbaijan.
20 October 2006 [10:56]
The first sitting of the economic intergovernmental commission of Azerbaijan and Italy will be held on October 20 in Baku.
20 October 2006 [09:49]
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, signed the law "On Ratification of the Agreement between Azerbaijan and the Republic of Kazakhstan on Co-operation and Creation of Conditions for the Oil Transportation from Kazakhstan through the Caspian Sea and the Territory of Azerbaijan to International Markets via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) System.
20 October 2006 [09:44]
Azerbaijan and Turkey are negotiating on energy transfer to Nakhchivan for 2007 Azerenergy OJSC President Etibar Pirverdiyev said.
20 October 2006 [09:32]
As of October 1, the assets of Respublika Joint-Stock Commercial Bank rose 55.3 percent during January-September to AZN 90 497.8mn.
20 October 2006 [09:22]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8721 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
20 October 2006 [09:10]
Gross domestic product – the output of goods and services produced by labor and property in Azerbaijan- grew by 34% year on year, in the first nine months of 2006, to AZN 12.7302bn, State Statistical Committee told.
20 October 2006 [09:05]
Auction on placement of short-term notes of National Bank with the state registration number 50100114S was held at Baku Stock Exchange on October 19. The volume of the issue is AZN 40m, face value per note AZN 200, turnover period 27 days.
20 October 2006 [09:03]
International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) will provide banking service in Georgia from January 1, 2007, Georgia's economic development minister Irakli Chogovadze told press.
20 October 2006 [09:01]
Glencore Energy UK Ltd. has won the tender announced by SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations Department.
20 October 2006 [08:55]
TRACECA members - Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey - supports Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway project but the European Union doesn't take this issue positive, Akif Mustafayev, TRASECA National Secretary for Azerbaijan, told.
20 October 2006 [08:51]
During the period of January-September the incomes of Azerbaijani population reached AZN 7.4bn at face value which represents a 21.2% or AZN 1.3 m on the same period last year.
20 October 2006 [08:43]
State Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Patents' ban on some wineries will be effective for long period, Agency Director Ramiz Hasanov stated.
Society
20 October 2006 [21:58]
The trial of Akif Muradverdiyev, Former chief of administrative department of President's Office began.
20 October 2006 [16:43]
"National Television and Radio Council chief Nushirevan Meherremli called Fued Jabbarov, ANS TV general director to his office and said that the Council will take more strict measures against the channel because of ANS Group of Companies president Mir Shahin's recent statement on TV," said Mais Mammadov, the advisor of ANS president.
20 October 2006 [16:36]
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.
20 October 2006 [16:06]
Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev met October 19 with one of the candidates for post of Director General of the World Health Organization, Mexico's Health Ministry Dr. Julio Frenk, Azerbaijani Health Ministry press service said.
20 October 2006 [11:56]
20 October 2006 [10:58]
President Ilham Aliyev signed decree on state program about Azerbaijani youths getting education abroad.
20 October 2006 [09:57]
Greece Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey next month will be a welcome opportunity to help improve relations between Christian churches, the head of the world's 200 million Orthodox Christian said Thursday.
20 October 2006 [09:51]
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) the opening ceremonies of community projects implemented by USAID Community Development Activity Program in the Jalilabad and Masalli districts October 20.
20 October 2006 [09:49]
The British Council will held trainings for journalists organized within the project called Raising the Role of the Media in Monitoring Government Programmes and funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Global Opportunities Fund.
20 October 2006 [09:38]
The chief of Marneuli Municipality Rafig Hajiyev, Water Supply department Chief Aftandil Gerekov and the engineer of Communal department Shahmirze Ahmadov were arrested.
20 October 2006 [09:30]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev issued decree on State Program concerning study abroad.
