News for 15 January 2010
World news
15 January 2010 [19:08]
Turkey's finance minister said that he would not attend this year's Davos Economic Forum.
15 January 2010 [18:42]
The Turkish finance minister announced on Friday the year-end (2009) budget deficit as 34.8 billion USD.
15 January 2010 [18:37]
Development of capital market will enable Armenian companies to access other funding sources, according to Valeriu Razlog, Head of EBRD Yerevan office.
15 January 2010 [18:20]
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15 January 2010 [17:55]
In its Thursday session, Armenian Government approved the country’s industrial development concept.
15 January 2010 [17:39]
Erdogan will go on a tour of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on January 17 and 20, 2010.
15 January 2010 [17:32]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Iran's nuclear achievements will make the enemies surrender.
15 January 2010 [17:24]
Turkey is making preparations to celebrate 2012 as the "Year of Turkey in Italy."
15 January 2010 [17:14]
Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine, initiates the summoning of international tribunal over crimes of Communism.
15 January 2010 [16:55]
A spokesman with the U.S. State Department has said Washington attached importance to Turkey's role in issues related to Middle East.
15 January 2010 [16:44]
Chairman of the Red Crescent Society of Iran Masoud Khatami reported that the society will send its aids for victims of earthquakes in Haiti, the Iranian television channels official website reported.
15 January 2010 [16:33]
Turkish Board of Statistics said Friday unemployment rose by 1.8 percent over the same period in 2008.
15 January 2010 [16:15]
Iran police will observe text messages and emails that encourage protests and rioters, Tehran police chief said.
15 January 2010 [15:58]
Micheline Calmy-Rey, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, will pay a visit to Georgia on Jan. 15.
15 January 2010 [15:44]
Turkey forecasts 17.3 billion USD of public investments in 2010.
15 January 2010 [15:35]
Saudi Arabia has denied being involved in a military offensive against Houthi fighters in Northern Yemen after Iran's president slammed the country over the issue.
15 January 2010 [15:19]
Soldier from Abkhazia turned to the government of Georgia asking to grant him asylum.
15 January 2010 [14:53]
Huawei plans to inaugurate the research & development center on January 21 in Umraniye district in Istanbul.
15 January 2010 [14:36]
Participants of international conference in Batumi, devoted to development of Southern energy corridor, adopted a joint statement.
15 January 2010 [14:16]
15 January 2010 [13:52]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met Thursday in Zagreb with his counterparts from Croatia and from Bosnia and Herzegovina in an effort to overcome the latter’s political stalemate.
15 January 2010 [13:37]
Iran Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) announced that Iraq, China and UAE have been top three markets for Iranian products during the first 9 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (started March 20, 2009).
15 January 2010 [13:17]
15 January 2010 [12:56]
Turkey's Chief Negotiator for EU Talks Egemen Bagis and Energy Minister Taner Yildiz departed from Istanbul for Spain on Thursday.
15 January 2010 [12:44]
John McCain, ex-presidential candidate of the USA, who recently visited Georgia, admires both the country and its leader.
15 January 2010 [12:33]
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani says the dispute between Tehran and Baghdad over the Fakkeh oil well will soon be settled.
15 January 2010 [12:27]
Turkey will send mobile hospital and humanitarian aid to Haiti, the Prime Ministry said on Friday.
15 January 2010 [11:35]
15 January 2010 [11:15]
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the Islamic Republic and Libya have common views on regional issues.
15 January 2010 [11:08]
Unprecedented security measures are underway in Georgian schools due to deterioration of crime situation.
15 January 2010 [10:53]
An eight member delegation from the Chinese Beijing Police Department has arrived in western province of Izmir on Thursday.
15 January 2010 [10:37]
On Jan. 18, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a visit to Russia upon invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
15 January 2010 [10:25]
Iran's judiciary says it has forwarded the cases of sixteen individuals indicted in connection with the Ashura riot in Tehran to the Revolution Court.
15 January 2010 [10:18]
Energy conference in Batumi attended by senior officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus and the EU has ended.
15 January 2010 [09:45]
Turkish economy minister says he will not participate in this year's Davos Economic Forum.
15 January 2010 [08:55]
Turkish dignitaries expressed their sorrow and condolences to their Haitian counterparts after the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12.
15 January 2010 [08:37]
Georgia for the first time intends to officially announce new routes of transportation of Caspian gas to Europe, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri told reporters in Batumi on Jan. 14.
Analytics
15 January 2010 [15:07]
What is happening in the minds and the hearts of Armenian officials is known only to God.
15 January 2010 [12:13]
Politics
15 January 2010 [19:22]
15 January 2010 [19:00]
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Azerbaijan Jon Ramberg and U.S. Charge d’ Affaires to Azerbaijan Donald Lu were invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Jan. 15.
15 January 2010 [18:51]
15 January 2010 [18:12]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received today U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar on Jan. 15.
15 January 2010 [18:00]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Special Envoy of the U.S. Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar on Jan. 15.
15 January 2010 [17:02]
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15 January 2010 [14:24]
“Reaction of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to the Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu’s statement is surprising”, said Azerbaijani embassy in Russia in its statement.
15 January 2010 [14:05]
The US based newspaper The Huffington Post published an article of Jason Katz, the principal of the Tool Shed Group, entitled “A Game Played Smarter”.
15 January 2010 [13:28]
Director of the German Foundation for International Legal Co-operation Matthias Weckerling has said his country attaches special importance to legal and judicial collaboration with Azerbaijan.
15 January 2010 [12:06]
Azerbaijan Central Election Commission (CEC) has approved the model of certificate on election of municipality member.
15 January 2010 [11:48]
European TV giant Euronews has removed the scandalous video report on Nagorno-Karabakh from its Web site following strong protests from Azerbaijan.
15 January 2010 [11:22]
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15 January 2010 [08:30]
Business
15 January 2010 [14:45]
Azerbaijan could be a stable and dependable source of gas for Europe if price and transit issues can be solved with Turkey, Julia Nanay, senior director at the Global PFC Energy (Petroleum Finance Company) said.
15 January 2010 [10:46]
Society
15 January 2010 [18:55]
An Indian center will be opened in Azerbaijan University of Languages (AUL).
15 January 2010 [18:47]
15 January 2010 [18:31]
Bureau of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities holds a hearing in Lugano, Switzerland on the report of the monitoring mission, which observed the municipal elections in Azerbaijan.
15 January 2010 [18:28]
The Court of Grave Crimes finalized a hearing on the case of Nazim Guliyev, founder and editor-in-chief of the Ideal newspaper.
15 January 2010 [17:19]
A soldier of Azerbaijani Army was killed after Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire in direction of Tartar region on Jan. 14.
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15 January 2010 [10:00]
Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev visited the Baku bay to see ongoing construction of a dry-cargo port station on Jan. 14.
15 January 2010 [09:53]
Azerbaijani National Television and Radio Council chief says it would be inappropriate to remove Euronews from cable TV.
15 January 2010 [09:34]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev inspected reconstruction work at the Yacht club in the National Park on Jan. 14.
Sports
15 January 2010 [17:46]
Azerbaijan's national Greco-Roman wrestling team can take part in the World Cup to be held in Yerevan in mid-February.
15 January 2010 [09:21]
Azerbaijani young Greco-Roman wrestlers have brought home a clutch of 9 medals, including 5 golds from an international tournament in memory of Kazbek Nintsiev in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Arts & Entertainment
15 January 2010 [16:06]
Jennifer Love Hewitt has revealed that she got her genitals pierced after a break-up.
15 January 2010 [15:30]
15 January 2010 [15:13]
Jessica Alba has revealed that she loves her post-pregnancy stretch marks and cellulite.
15 January 2010 [11:54]
At just 23 years old, The Hills star Heidi Montag decided to go under the knife for a second time and have a staggering 10 plastic-surgery procedures in one day.
15 January 2010 [08:45]
We've got Tonight? Not after Jan. 22. Conan O'Brien's last night as host of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien will likely be next Friday, a source close to O'Brien tells PEOPLE.
