News for 03 October 2006
Politics
03 October 2006 [22:27]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met October 3 with the delegation of the European Union trio.
03 October 2006 [21:39]
The OSCE Minsk group has not finished its work, claim the Co-Chairs. Today they announced that the Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers will meet in Moscow on October 6.
03 October 2006 [20:30]
The South Korean Foreign Minister, Ban Ki-Moon, has won the support of all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in his campaign to become the next UN Secretary General.
03 October 2006 [20:05]
Introducing economic sanctions against Georgia will hardly affect Armenia, Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Vahan Hovhannisian has told reporters.
03 October 2006 [19:08]
On the eve of the 15th anniversary of independence of Azerbaijan, members of the Congress of the USA have congratulated the country and Azerbaijani people.
03 October 2006 [19:04]
On October 3, President Ilham Aliyev received at the Presidential Palace the delegation of the European Union trio.
03 October 2006 [19:01]
EU trio headed by Finland Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioyan met with Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
03 October 2006 [18:51]
A delegation led by Azerbaijani Emergencies Situations Minister Colonel-General Kamaladdin Heydarov paid a business visit to France at invitation of French Interior and Renovations Ministry.
03 October 2006 [18:49]
EU trio held press conference on the results of their visit to Azerbaijan.
03 October 2006 [16:16]
Azerbaijan's Defense Minister, General Colonel Safar Abiyev received U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza on Monday.
03 October 2006 [16:08]
Jordan and Azerbaijan have agreed on Tuesday to sign an agreement to enhance the health relations between the two countries.
03 October 2006 [15:59]
On Tuesday, October 3, President Ilham Aliyev starts an official visit to Latvia.
03 October 2006 [15:13]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation led by co-chair of United States–Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce (USACC) Mr. James A. Baker.
03 October 2006 [14:10]
"There is necessity to dialogue with Armenia," Turan Morali, Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan told journalists.
03 October 2006 [13:46]
Some secondary school directors in Terter placed a protest action for dismissing the region Executive Power head Vidadi Isayev.
03 October 2006 [13:02]
Georgia intends to protest to the international civil aviation body Russia's decision to suspend air traffic with the South Caucasus state following a diplomatic row last week, the Georgian civil aviation service said Tuesday.
03 October 2006 [12:57]
Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire 32 times in the third quarter of the year and totally 192 times during nine months of the year.
03 October 2006 [12:54]
Nasimi district court considered the public prosecutor's solicitation for prolonging of Azpetrol Group of Companies former president Rafig Aliyev's arrest for more six months presided by Judge Famil Nasibov. Rafig Guliyev, his lawyer said the court met the solicitation.
03 October 2006 [10:59]
Armenian President Robert Kocharian emphasized on Monday his country's bid to work hard towards rapprochement with the European Union.
03 October 2006 [09:43]
Some members of the Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) attempted to stage a protest action against the arrival of the co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group outside the Foreign Ministry.
Business
03 October 2006 [20:48]
The Dow Jones industrial average set an all-time high on Tuesday, pulling above the previous record set in 2000 as tumbling oil prices led investors to buy shares of consumer and industrial companies that benefit from lower crude prices.
03 October 2006 [19:56]
Azerbaijan's Minister of Transport Ziya Mammadov met October 3 with Turkish Minister of Communications and Transport Binali Yildirim.
03 October 2006 [19:26]
A business delegation from India is headed for Azerbaijan to explore investment opportunities and enhance bilateral trade between the two countries.
03 October 2006 [19:15]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8747 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on October 3.
03 October 2006 [18:43]
Azerbaijan had the highest year-on-year industrial growth among CIS countries - 40.5% - in January-August, the CIS Interstate Statistical Committee said.
03 October 2006 [16:17]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev confirmed the composition of the Azerbaijan-Italy intergovernmental commission for economic, technical and cultural cooperation.
03 October 2006 [15:01]
"Some foreign investors want to launder dirty money and make frauds in Azerbaijan," Cabinet officer for finance and credit affairs Ogtay Hagverdiyev told.
03 October 2006 [14:50]
The 12th International telecommunication and information technologies-2006 exhibition has been opened in the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
03 October 2006 [10:04]
The ad hoc commission on hand-over test of Barmek will submit the results to the Government, Deputy Economic Development Minister Mikayil Jabbarov said.
03 October 2006 [09:54]
Auction on placement of T-bills with the state registration number 10202913S was held at Baku Stock Exchange yesterday.
03 October 2006 [09:32]
SOCAR purchased 324mn cubic meters of natural gas from Russian Gasexport Company in September to supply for power stations.
03 October 2006 [09:21]
Korea Daewoo Telecom claims damages of $9.5mn to Azerbaijani Government, Communications and Information Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov said.
03 October 2006 [09:13]
The Central Market in Azerbaijani southern region of Lenkeran sells old and harmful products for health, Habil Sadigov, Lenkeran Hygienic and Epidemiology Center (HEC) director told.
Society
03 October 2006 [22:32]
Azerbaijani boxers are participating in the world students championship in the Kazakh capital Astana.
03 October 2006 [22:30]
Two Turkish hijackers seeking to communicate with Pope Benedict seized a Turkish airliner flying from Albania to Istanbul on Tuesday and diverted it to Italy before surrendering.
03 October 2006 [22:30]
A Japanese optometrist who has won the world's top award for assisting refugees has pledged to pour the prize money back into the work that led to the honour – working with the United Nations refugee agency to help displaced vision-impaired people in Azerbaijan and Armenia.
03 October 2006 [20:34]
The 32-year-old dairy truck driver who stormed a one-room school and killed five girls apparently chose the schoolhouse because it was an easy target rather than because he had a grudge against the Amish, police said.
03 October 2006 [19:31]
On Tuesday at about 11:30 a.m. for the first time in recent history Tupolev 134 belonging to AZAL landed in Yerevan's "Zvartnots" airport.
03 October 2006 [19:19]
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.
03 October 2006 [18:58]
Ukrainian Azerbaijani Congress chairman Ogtay Afandiyev has already resigned.
03 October 2006 [18:56]
Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria played to a draw on Monday after appeasing the scandal.
03 October 2006 [18:54]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on conferring honorary titles, medals and orders on several education employees for their contributions to development of education.
03 October 2006 [18:50]
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.
03 October 2006 [16:21]
In the countries making up the former Soviet Union the musical comedy Arshin Mal Alan (The Cloth Peddler) was a box-office hit, on a par perhaps only with the success of a handful of operettas from the countries of central Europe. Written in 1913 by leading Azeri composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov, up until today the work had never been performed on a western stage; its bold revival is surely the most commendable part of this Viennese production.
03 October 2006 [16:13]
A tragic accident in the apartment building under construction by 'Astoria' building company in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, killed one worker and seriously injured another.
03 October 2006 [15:38]
Independent Azerbaijan University (IAU) students met with Education Minister Misir Mardanov, Vugar Suleymanov, Students' Rights Defense Committee member told.
03 October 2006 [09:28]
Three experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) will visit Azerbaijan to support prevention of human-to-human transmission of bird flu and interhospital infections.
