News for 13 January 2010
World news
13 January 2010 [20:35]
Iranian and Turkish delegations, at the end of the second meeting of border provinces here on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on developing and deepening border cooperation.
13 January 2010 [20:20]
Davutoglu met with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband as part of his working visit to London.
13 January 2010 [20:00]
Turkey and Kosovo signed on Wednesday a customs cooperation agreement in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
13 January 2010 [18:53]
The Iranian Foreign Ministry will present its nuclear program Web site today, Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchohr Muttaki was quoted by the ISNA news agency as saying.
13 January 2010 [18:50]
According to the press service of the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine, Kyiv Court obliged the Commission to consider the issue of registration of over 2000 Georgian monitors for presidential elections in Ukraine.
13 January 2010 [18:45]
Erdogan said that Turkish economy would recover quickly in 2010.
13 January 2010 [18:38]
13 January 2010 [18:27]
According to Levan Tarkhnishvili, the head of delegation of Georgian monitors, the decision of Ukrainian CEC not to register Georgian monitors for presidential elections is illegal.
13 January 2010 [18:23]
The Iranian parliament is discussing a draft bill to sever diplomatic ties with the UK.
13 January 2010 [18:12]
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources said that the statement by Ayalon was not satisfactory.
13 January 2010 [18:05]
The Turkish broadcaster, TRT, has reached a deal with the rock band maNga to join the Eurovision Song Contest this year.
13 January 2010 [17:53]
Richard L. Morningstar, Secretary of State’s Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy will take part in the International Energy Summit in Batumi.
13 January 2010 [17:45]
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that the recent events which took place following the June presidential elections would damage the country’s national interest and national security.
13 January 2010 [17:38]
13 January 2010 [17:32]
The WHO will provide Georgia with 400,000 swine flu vaccine doses to vaccinate high-risk groups.
13 January 2010 [17:15]
Alexander Rahr, a European expert in energy issues and CIS countries, says that Russia is hopeful Turkey will be the first pro-Western country to recognize Abkhazia.
13 January 2010 [17:08]
Interview with Iranian Narkangan Gas To Liquid International (NGTLIC) Executive Director and head of the International Institute for Caspian Studies Narsil Gorban.
13 January 2010 [16:55]
Netanyahu said Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon should have expressed his protest through more diplomatic means.
13 January 2010 [16:45]
US top envoy William Burns will arrive in Russia on Wednesday to discuss wide range of global issues including Iran nuclear program with Russian officials.
13 January 2010 [16:18]
Thirty Georgian nationals, who were arrested by Poland`s police for illegal migration, will be deported from the country later today.
13 January 2010 [16:13]
13 January 2010 [15:44]
Yulia Tymoshenko, the PM and presidential candidate of Ukraine, demanded to let all international monitors work at the elections of January 17th, including the 2000 delegation from Georgia.
13 January 2010 [15:25]
Armenian foreign trade turnover reduced 28.5 percent ($3 billion) in Jan-Nov. 2009 from the same period of 2009.
13 January 2010 [15:19]
The value of Iran's non-oil exports to Iraq in March-December 2009 has been increased 60 percent during the same period last year.
13 January 2010 [14:57]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, "We expect the Israeli Foreign Ministry to take the necessary steps now."
13 January 2010 [14:35]
13 January 2010 [14:28]
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili believes two new subjects should be introduced in schools - study of culture and military-patriotic training.
13 January 2010 [14:12]
The Iranian cabinet has condemned the assassination of a nuclear scientist in Tehran and declared that the Islamic Republic is determined to arrest the culprits behind the terrorist attack.
13 January 2010 [13:52]
13 January 2010 [13:34]
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will pay a one-day visit to Turkey on Sunday, Turkish and Israeli officials have said, a trip that could help mend frayed ties between the two regional powers.
13 January 2010 [13:26]
All kindergartens in Armenia will close till Feb. 1 because of absence of heating, Narine Hovhannisyan, Head of Comprehensive Education Department at Armenia’s Ministry of Education, said.
13 January 2010 [13:07]
An EU official says the bloc's door was open to Turkey despire some embers' opposition.
13 January 2010 [13:00]
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the second circuit of units of the country's first nuclear power plant has been successfully tested.
13 January 2010 [12:50]
Two deputies from the Democratic Left Party (DSP) resigned from their party on Tuesday.
13 January 2010 [12:44]
Amenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan paid a working visit to Moscow on Jan. 12.
13 January 2010 [12:31]
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will not trip to Georgia to attend the energy summit to be held in Georgia.
13 January 2010 [12:00]
The assassination of one of Iran's nuclear scientists is an indication of the country's advancement in different scientific fields, the head of a leading scientific establishment in the capital said Tuesday.
13 January 2010 [11:45]
13 January 2010 [11:34]
Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon issued a special statement of apology Tuesday night for his treatment of Turkish ambassador to Israel Ahmet Oguz Celikkol on Monday.
13 January 2010 [11:13]
An EU official says the bloc's door was open to Turkey despite some embers' opposition.
13 January 2010 [10:58]
Armenian Ambassador to Egypt Armen Melkonyan met Egyptian People's Assembly speaker Fathi Surur on Jan. 12.
13 January 2010 [10:49]
Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia, introduced 3 Central Electoral Commission head candidates.
13 January 2010 [10:41]
A terrorist group, whose radio station broadcasts from the United States, took responsibility Tuesday for the fatal attack on an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran.
13 January 2010 [10:28]
The Turkish prime minister said on Tuesday that Israel would face a reciprocal stance from Turkey if it continued to assume any hostile act against Turkey.
13 January 2010 [10:16]
13 January 2010 [10:07]
"Yesterday's decision by the Ukrainian CEC rejecting all our lists, cause, frankly speaking, astonishment," says Grigol Katamadze, ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine.
13 January 2010 [10:00]
Iran's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it has found traces of US and Israel's involvement in the assassination of an Iranian nuclear physics scientist.
13 January 2010 [09:54]
Turkey strongly condemned on Tuesday Israeli Foreign Ministry's statements.
13 January 2010 [09:35]
Turkey conveyed its protest note to Israeli ambassador regarding Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon's attitude.
Analytics
13 January 2010 [15:00]
Armenian opposition figures, human right activists and other more or less independent analysts and experts will remember Sunday for a long time.
Politics
13 January 2010 [18:33]
13 January 2010 [18:00]
Day.Az interview with head of Heritage Foundation’s Russia office Yevgeni Volkov.
13 January 2010 [17:20]
The profound historic and material mistrust between Armenia and Azerbaijan is the single most decisive factor in the stalled process, expert at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute John Sitilides said.
13 January 2010 [16:07]
Azerbaijani MPs Ganira Pashayeva and Sabir Hajiyev will observe the Ukrainian presidential election due in Sunday.
13 January 2010 [15:55]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijani political expert Ilgar Mammadov.
13 January 2010 [14:00]
Political Officer of the U.S. embassy Joahna Gannson and first secretary of the Norwegian embassy Lars Hansen left for Nakhchivan, the U.S. and Norwegian embassies said.
13 January 2010 [12:27]
Day.Az interview with Leonid Fridman, doctor of economic sciences, head of the socio-economic department at the Moscow State University Institute of Asia and Africa, head of the Laboratory for Complex Studies of Central Asia and Caucasus.
13 January 2010 [12:05]
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry confirmed that an Armenian family crossed the border.
13 January 2010 [11:00]
13 January 2010 [09:42]
Business
13 January 2010 [18:41]
13 January 2010 [18:17]
13 January 2010 [17:57]
Last year the Ministry of Taxes kept on taking measures to ensure efficient control over activity of taxpayers.
13 January 2010 [15:33]
SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) and National Iranian Gas Export Company have signed a short-term contract for Azerbaijani gas supplies to Iran.
13 January 2010 [11:06]
Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), hosted a delegation led to Baku by Reza Kasaeizadeh, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Export Company on Jan. 2.
Society
13 January 2010 [18:56]
Azerbaijan's Justice Minister Fikrat Mammadov received the delegation led by director of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation Matthias Weckerling on Jan. 13, the ministry said.
13 January 2010 [17:00]
13 January 2010 [10:33]
Azerbaijan will launch vaccination against the A/H1N1 pandemic influenza virus on Jan.13, the Health Ministry reported.
13 January 2010 [09:21]
Azerbaijan`s embassy in Jakarta organized an event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 20 January tragedy.
Sports
13 January 2010 [14:46]
13 January 2010 [13:15]
13 January 2010 [11:57]
Azerbaijan's chess team have secured a 3-1 win over Greece in the 8th round of the world championship in Bursa, Turkey.
Arts & Entertainment
13 January 2010 [20:45]
Demi Moore reportedly has an obsession with toy monkeys.
13 January 2010 [20:30]
Alec Baldwin has laughed off suggestions that he is a sex symbol.
13 January 2010 [20:12]
Sylvester Stallone has sought to prove that he fractured his neck while filming The Expendables by posting an X-ray image of his injury complete with metal plate and screws.
13 January 2010 [16:00]
Channing Tatum has apparently been rushed to hospital after a scalding accident on the set of his latest movie.
13 January 2010 [15:08]
Sam Worthington has admitted that he is short-sighted and struggles to see on a daily basis.
13 January 2010 [14:05]
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly shunning this year's Golden Globes ceremony because Pitt did not receive a single nomination.
13 January 2010 [13:43]
Jay-Z and Beyoncé have been named Hollywood's top-earning couple by Forbes magazine.
13 January 2010 [12:57]
13 January 2010 [12:14]
Helen Mirren has dismissed rumours that she is preparing to publish a sex book.
13 January 2010 [11:23]
13 January 2010 [10:22]
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