News for 25 October 2006
Politics
25 October 2006 [22:51]
Another group of Georgians, deported from the Russian Federation, has arrived in Georgia via the Georgian-Azerbaijan border checkpoint in Tsiteli Khidi.
25 October 2006 [22:47]
Minister of Education Misir Mardanov met with US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse, the Ministry said.
25 October 2006 [22:45]
Hijran Huseynova, Chairwoman of the State Committee for Family, Woman and Child Problems met with Belarus Ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolay Pastkevich, the State Committee said.
25 October 2006 [20:36]
An amount of money equivalent to $500 million will be spent on reinforcing the Russian border between the Caspian and the Black Seas to improve security in the Caucasus, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
25 October 2006 [20:23]
Member of Azerbaijan Parliament Imamverdi Ismayilov has left for Lisbon to partake at 14th session of the European conference of ministers on regional planning (SEMAT), 25 October.
25 October 2006 [20:21]
Ambassador of Poland to Azerbaijan Kshishtof Kreavski and his wife Aldona Kraevskaya will be visiting the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on 26-28 October, the embassy of Poland in Baku said.
25 October 2006 [20:08]
The 978th meeting of the representatives of ministers was held in the CE Ministers committee.
25 October 2006 [20:03]
Azerbaijani Diaspora organizations in Turkey made statement against France.
25 October 2006 [19:58]
Central Election Commission (CEC) ratifies final protocol on October 6 local elections.
25 October 2006 [19:48]
Oleg Bilorus, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly vise-president and Ukraine representative to the organization visits Azerbaijan.
25 October 2006 [19:43]
Mahmudali Chohraganli, the leader of South Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement (SANAM) who resigned on October 17 because of health problems took back his resignation.
25 October 2006 [19:39]
OSCE PA autumn session will be held in Malta on November 17-19.
25 October 2006 [16:01]
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group will visit the Karabakh conflict region after the meeting with Armenian and Azeri FMs scheduled November 14 in Brussels.
25 October 2006 [15:56]
"Ambassador of France to Armenia Henri Cuny's remarks on the issue of Turkish borders are not wise," Dr. Sedat Lachiner, Director of Ankara-based International Strategic Research Organization, stated.
25 October 2006 [15:50]
One more Azerbaijani wanted for 1994 coup d'etat was arrested in Russia.
25 October 2006 [15:10]
Communique was adopted on the results of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers’ meeting held with the participation of Minsk Group co-chairs and OSCE Secretary General's Personal Representative Andrey Kasprzyk in the France Foreign Ministry.
25 October 2006 [14:21]
A military delegation of Azerbaijan arrives in Kyiv to share experience in training personnel.
25 October 2006 [11:38]
There is a terrorist group in Dagestan's territories bordering with Azerbaijan.
25 October 2006 [11:37]
Armenian Armed Forces' units in occupied Bash Gervend village and Kokeltme Birliyi territory of Aghdam region fired on opposite positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
25 October 2006 [00:12]
Iran is keen to restart talks with six major powers on the disputed Iranian nuclear program and was willing to discuss all issues, Tehran's envoy to Russia said Tuesday, according to news reports.
25 October 2006 [00:10]
Iran is unlikely to be able to develop a nuclear bomb before 2015, the chief of Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency said on Tuesday.
25 October 2006 [00:06]
The Party of European Socialists (PES) group co-chairman, Finnish Parliament Speaker Paavo Lipponen and an accompanying delegation met Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc in the Turkish parliament on Tuesday.
Business
25 October 2006 [22:49]
About 10 Azerbaijani companies attend the International Food Industry Exhibition "SIAL-2006" in Paris, from 22 to 26 October.
25 October 2006 [20:20]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8722 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on October 25.
25 October 2006 [20:19]
25 October 2006 [20:11]
Construction of Kars-Akhalkalak-Tbilisi-Baku railway line is aimed at restrictive policy and is economically inefficient.
25 October 2006 [19:33]
The annual crediting rate of Azerbaijan Mortgage Fund can be reduced to 3-4% from 6%, AMF executive director Faig Mammadov said.
25 October 2006 [15:52]
SOCAR-owned oil mining territories should be cleared from illegal constructions, SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev said.
25 October 2006 [13:47]
Oil price fall in the world market is not risky for Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's industry and energy minister Natig Aliyev told reporters.
25 October 2006 [12:54]
Georgia plans to be maximally ready for winter. Georgia can import electrical energy from 5 neighboring countries-Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia, Iran and Turkey, Georgian fuel and energy minister Nika Gilauri told at briefing yesterday.
25 October 2006 [11:35]
The incomes and expenditures of the State Budget of Azerbaijan equaled AZN 2 427.8m and AZN 2 155.3m respectively. The budget surplus stood at AZN 272.5m (2.6% of the GDP) during the period of January-August.
Society
25 October 2006 [20:29]
Seminar for the Supreme Court judges with the support of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) was held in 'Crescent Beach' hotel, on October 24. The event brought together judges for civil cases and economic lawsuits in the Supreme Court.
25 October 2006 [20:25]
Azerbaijani gymnasts won bronze medals in the final round of the Grand Prix tournament in the German capital, Berlin, press service of Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation said.
25 October 2006 [19:51]
State Veterinary Service (SVS) at Agriculture Ministry (AM), SVS at Nakhchivan AM, the Regional Veterinary services and the representatives of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry held monitoring on the bank of the Araz for investigating the information about mass death of birds spread by mass media on October 19-25.
25 October 2006 [19:31]
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.
25 October 2006 [14:59]
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.
25 October 2006 [13:09]
25 October 2006 [11:41]
The modern state of Azerbaijan is just 15 years old, but the country, a part of the former Soviet Union, has maintained its distinctive traditions. Azerbaijani Americans are working to keep alive their culture and help others understand the nation's problems and potential.
25 October 2006 [10:08]
Few adults in Turkey express positive feelings on two European nations, according to a poll by A&G published in Milliyet. Only 2.8 per cent of respondents trust France, and 3.2 per cent feel the same way about Britain.
