News for 30 September 2006
Politics
30 September 2006 [16:32]
"As a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, France has been closely participating in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict for over ten years. I want to believe that it is high time to achieve peace accord," French President Jacques Chirac stated in Armenia.
30 September 2006 [15:54]
Law draft for Georgia's integration into the NATO is already brought to Senate of the USA.
30 September 2006 [15:51]
Russia says it has suspended plans for further withdrawal of its troops from Georgia amid worsening relations between the two neighbors.
30 September 2006 [15:31]
France's President Jacques Chirac visited monuments of the false "Armenian genocide victims" in Yerevan.
30 September 2006 [15:12]
Public debate on "Separatism and Caucasus without separatists" were held in the frames of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Human Rights Institute Baku club meeting.
30 September 2006 [15:03]
"Armenians' autonomy in Georgia is out of question. We perfectly realize their aim," Pata Davitaya, Georgian parliamentarian and UN International Academy of Information member told journalists.
30 September 2006 [15:00]
Armenian general should be called to account for having fought against Azerbaijan in Karabakh.
30 September 2006 [14:45]
Russia deploys military force to the border with Georgia, Vano Merabishvili, Georgian Interior Minister said.
30 September 2006 [14:39]
Today at 11 a.m. the Assembly of Musavat Party started its meeting.
30 September 2006 [14:16]
The Senate, with no debate Saturday, passed and sent to the president legislation that would impose mandatory sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Iran's weapons programs.
30 September 2006 [14:12]
According to an IRNA report, Kiev ruled out certain media reports that it wants to sell Kolchuga early warning radar systems to Iran.
30 September 2006 [14:07]
Turkey's top naval commander joined other military leaders in speaking out against growing Islamist threats within Turkey, warning Friday that the military would not allow any concessions over the principle of secularism.
30 September 2006 [14:04]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected a ceasefire call by Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, urging Kurdish separatists instead to abandon their fight against security forces.
30 September 2006 [13:58]
NATO, the United States, and the EU have all attempted to calm the escalating spy row between Russia and Georgia.
30 September 2006 [13:55]
Armenia on Friday expressed serious concern at the escalating crisis between neighboring Georgia and Russia and again denied any responsibility for Russian espionage alleged by Tbilisi.
30 September 2006 [13:52]
The head of Armenia's Jewish community, Rimma Varzhapetian, publicly criticized the country's minister of the environment for making an antisemitic comment.
30 September 2006 [13:50]
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in Armenia Friday on a three-day visit to this ex-Soviet Caucasus nation.
30 September 2006 [13:48]
The French National Assembly has decided to vote in the coming days on a highly contentious bill -- shelved last spring, leading to dismay and anger among the Armenian diaspora in France -- that penalizes any denial of an alleged Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.
30 September 2006 [13:31]
The member of the House of Lords in the British Parliament Baroness Vivien Sterr, Governor of Edinburgh Prison David Croft and Deputy Director of the John Smith Memorial Trust Joanna Lamb will be visiting Azerbaijan on October 2.
30 September 2006 [13:28]
On September 29, Chinese Embassy arranged a ceremony dedicated to the 57th anniversary of proclamation of the People's Republic of China.
30 September 2006 [13:17]
Spain's company engaged in woodwork in the Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani lands.
30 September 2006 [13:06]
Regular meeting of Central Election Commission chaired by Mazahir Panahov was held Sept. 29.
30 September 2006 [12:56]
Cuba and Azerbaijan signed two accords Friday to promote dialogue and bilateral cooperation at the same time promising to defend a peace, stability and equitable development agenda in international forums.
30 September 2006 [12:44]
Charles Both, a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer for Farhad and Rafiq Aliev, said the authorities have violated both Azerbaijani law and international human rights norms.
30 September 2006 [12:01]
Council of Europe will send an election observation mission leaded by Romanian Lyudmila Sfirloaga to observe local elections in Azerbaijan scheduled for 6 October.
30 September 2006 [11:55]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on dismissal of head of executive power of Masalli region Ogtay Aliyev.
30 September 2006 [10:27]
"The damage to the real estate in the Azerbaijani territories occupied by the Armenian Armed Forces costs USD80-100bn with consideration of the present inflation," State Real Estate Registration Service (SRERS) chairman Arif Garashov said.
30 September 2006 [10:18]
"The exclusion of Turkish candidates from the list for their rejecting false "Armenian genocide" in the Netherlands have nothing to do with democracy even with humanness," Turkish parliamentarian from ANAP party, member of foreign relations commission Zubeyir Amber told.
Business
30 September 2006 [16:39]
Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim will leave for the Azeri capital of Baku on Sunday to participate in the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) meeting.
30 September 2006 [14:18]
Japan's government will refrain from extending loans or guaranteeing debts for development of Iran's giant Azadegan oil field by Japan's biggest oil developer if the United Nations Security Council imposes economic sanctions on Tehran.
30 September 2006 [14:05]
The Pentagon said on Friday Turkey may buy $2.9 billion worth of F-16 airplanes, while South Korea may purchase $1.5 billion in Patriot missile system equipment.
30 September 2006 [13:40]
Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov has approved the decision of the tender commission of the State Committee for Fisheries and the conclusion of the expert commission on announcing the Turkish "AVKA Yapi Sanayi we Dis Tijaret Limited Sirketi" a winner of the international tender.
30 September 2006 [12:49]
The Azerbaijan-Lithuania business forum is to be held October 5 in Riga.
30 September 2006 [12:46]
The recent problem between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and AFFA has been solved.
30 September 2006 [12:38]
Azercell telecom will start a new campaign - BonusPay.
30 September 2006 [11:57]
Azerbaijan's Tariff Council considered intraurban and suburban as well as Baku-Sumgayit passenger transportation tariffs.
30 September 2006 [10:31]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8750 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
30 September 2006 [10:23]
Latvian-Azerbaijani business-forum will be held in Latvia on October 5.
30 September 2006 [09:36]
16 drowned ships were lifted from Baku Bay in the past two years, Letife Huseynova, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Monitoring Office chairwoman told.
Society
30 September 2006 [17:37]
State Students Admission commission and Court Council of Law will hold 4-hour test examinations without break for judge nominees on September 30, 2006.
30 September 2006 [15:43]
Virtual book exhibition on theme "The Past, Present and Future of Azerbaijan oil" was opened on September 29 in the Central Scientific library of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS).
30 September 2006 [15:42]
Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) administered by the American Councils for Collaboration in Education and Language Study (ACCELS) and the Bureau of the Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State launched competition for high school students of Mingachevir city of Azerbaijan.
30 September 2006 [14:54]
"The Prosecutor's Office has not received any appeal from an American lawyer for Farhad Aliyev. I heard about this on Friday," Azerbaijani Prosecutor-General Zakir Garalov told journalists.
30 September 2006 [14:50]
"National Security Ministry is investigating Haji Mammadov's testimonies on the murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov.
30 September 2006 [13:22]
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.
30 September 2006 [13:08]
Next session of European Council High Education Committee was held in Strasburg.
30 September 2006 [13:00]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev conferred high ranks to a group of employees of the Prosecutor General Office of Azerbaijan.
30 September 2006 [12:37]
Azerbaijan-Japan Friendship Society's Caucasus-Caspian salon will conduct a seminar in Osaka, Japan on Saturday.
30 September 2006 [11:53]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued an executive order on awarding Prosecutor's Office officers.
30 September 2006 [10:05]
UNESCO will organize an International Carpet Symposium devoted to Azerbaijani carpet specialist Letif Kerimov's 100th jubilee in France, Enver Garayev.
30 September 2006 [09:22]
Status of 70 Karabakh War veterans was abolished in Ali Bayramli, Henife Ismayilova.
