News for 21 January 2010
World news
21 January 2010 [21:11]
Sahin said Turkey and India could participate in joint energy projects.
21 January 2010 [20:37]
The 28th Fajr International Theater Festival will kick off in Tehran tomorrow, hosting renowned stage directors from around the globe.
21 January 2010 [19:53]
Turkish military accepted the existence of a plan, but denied it was a coup plot that included arrests of dozens of Journalists whose names emerged.
21 January 2010 [19:36]
Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi-Qomi has stressed that Tehran will not accept any "change or modification" to the 1975 Algiers Accord.
21 January 2010 [19:00]
2010 would be the year of recovery for tourism sector, chairman of a leading tourism confederation said on Thursday.
21 January 2010 [18:57]
Within 90 days Tehran expects to finalize a long-term deal with Baku to import gas, the head of National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) says.
21 January 2010 [18:46]
On Jan. 19-21, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri paid a visit to Arab Republic of Egypt.
21 January 2010 [18:42]
International Human Rights Watch organization issued an annual world report on human rights in 90 countries.
21 January 2010 [18:33]
Iran said Thursday it would take part in a conference on Afghanistan in London providing its viewpoints are fully taken into consideration.
21 January 2010 [18:28]
Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will arrive in Turkey on Friday, a formal statement said Thursday.
21 January 2010 [18:17]
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday the cornerstone of the democracy in Iran is Velayat-e-Faqih, the rule of the most senior religious authority in Shia Islam.
21 January 2010 [18:11]
21 January 2010 [18:00]
Azerbaijani Minister of Education Misir Mardanov met with his Turkish counterpart Mrs. Nimet Chubukchu.
21 January 2010 [17:52]
Armenia’s foreign debt will reach 36 per cent of GDP in 2009 compared to 13.2 per cent in 2008.
21 January 2010 [17:35]
Iran aims to export fuel reserves to its neighbors, riding on the success of the 400,000 tons of diesel sent to Iraq in the past nine months, officials said.
21 January 2010 [17:23]
Alfredo Sanchez Monteseirin, Mayor of Sevilla, the capital city of Andalucia conferred "Nodo entre Culturas" award to Turkish PM Erdogan for his "important role" in activating Alliance of Civilizations project.
21 January 2010 [17:16]
Another lethal case has been reported from Kutaisi, Georgia.
21 January 2010 [16:43]
Armenia will donate $100,000 for Haiti earthquake relief, Armenian Prime Minister said.
21 January 2010 [16:25]
The Islamic Republic of Iran's non-oil exports to neighboring countries increased 27 percent in the first 9 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (started Mach 20, 2009), a Trade Promotion Organization said.
21 January 2010 [16:13]
The Constitutional Court's decision has hurt the process, Mercan said.
21 January 2010 [16:07]
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed Georgia’s decision to reintroduce public broadcaster’s funding system linked to the country’s GDP.
21 January 2010 [15:45]
Turkey stated that it would "not allow" import of any genetically modified organisms which were not appropriate to EU standards.
21 January 2010 [15:31]
Russian trade representative in Armenia Alexander Zaytsev presented 2009 bilateral economic relations’ outcomes and prospects for 2010 on Jan. 21.
21 January 2010 [15:22]
Director of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi says the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be operational within the next few months.
21 January 2010 [14:53]
Georgia's Vice speaker Rusudan Kervalishvili introduced new chairperson and members of CEC on behalf of parliament on Jan. 20.
21 January 2010 [14:38]
21 January 2010 [14:15]
The UN atomic watchdog says that a UN-brokered deal for nuclear swap between Iran and the West is "still on the table."
21 January 2010 [14:06]
In 2009, Armenia's budget deficit comprised 7.4 percent of GDP, 2009 report by the Armenian Ministry of Finance said.
21 January 2010 [13:33]
Turkish state-run TRT is the fourth biggest partner of the Euronews under an agreement signed in 2008.
21 January 2010 [13:28]
21 January 2010 [13:05]
Iran has entered into talks with Iraq for supplying its neighbor with natural gas, a senior Iranian gas official says.
21 January 2010 [12:44]
In its 2009 report the Armenian Ministry of Economy indicated programs providing for tendencies to economic growth.
21 January 2010 [12:06]
Pro-opposition Alliance for Georgia demands to bring to responsibility Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili and chairman of parliamentary Committee for Defense and SecurityGivi Targamadze.
21 January 2010 [11:56]
Kazakhstan expressed its wish to carry out joint maneuvers with Turkey.
21 January 2010 [11:49]
Pakistani Federal Minister for Petroleum Naveed Qamar has declared that Iran and Pakistan have finalized an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline.
21 January 2010 [11:07]
On Jan. 15, Armenian Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan signed a decree approving Armenian delegation members to PACE.
21 January 2010 [10:55]
Delegation of Egyptian businessmen intends to visit Georgia in March to get acquainted with the country's business potential and investment climate.
21 January 2010 [10:42]
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says adopting regional approaches can ensure sustainable security and stability in the Caucasus region.
21 January 2010 [10:38]
A Turkish aid organisation will be looking after 700 orphans in destroyed Haiti by a strong earthquake.
21 January 2010 [10:22]
21 January 2010 [09:54]
Tbilisi apologized to Tehran for extraditing Iranian citizen to the U.S, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said.
21 January 2010 [09:45]
Turkey's health minister said Wednesday government had no plans to soften country's smoking ban.
21 January 2010 [09:36]
The Iranian military has announced plans to dispatch a fifth fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Analytics
21 January 2010 [12:26]
Politics
21 January 2010 [18:04]
Day.Az interview with Armenian political expert, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan.
21 January 2010 [17:41]
21 January 2010 [17:09]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul will pay official visit to Azerbaijan, Turkish officials said.
21 January 2010 [16:58]
Day.Az interview with the American-Azerbaijani Council Chairman, US Azeris Network Co-Director Jeyhun Mollazade.
21 January 2010 [14:26]
Day.Az interview with member of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (parliament), Deputy Chairman of ruling Justice and Development Party’s parliamentary faction Mustafa Elitash.
21 January 2010 [14:21]
21 January 2010 [12:53]
Day.Az interview with co-chair of Russia's "Just Cause" party Leonid Gozman.
21 January 2010 [11:40]
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21 January 2010 [11:24]
Azerbaijani ambassador to Canada Farid Shafiyev met leaders of Jewish community B`nai B`rith in Toronto.
21 January 2010 [11:04]
21 January 2010 [11:00]
Presentation of the Ago group's report to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on the visit to Azerbaijan and the region has been postponed till Feb. 3.
21 January 2010 [09:21]
The 20 January bloody events have been the focus of the leading media in the United States twenty years ago.
Business
21 January 2010 [20:45]
In 2009, 65 legal entities and individuals received quotas for yield of 2,670 tons of fish in Azerbaijan.
21 January 2010 [19:14]
21 January 2010 [18:21]
Azerbaijan’s Participants of Property Market Public Union has released outcomes of the Dec. 2009 monitoring into the first housing market in Baku.
21 January 2010 [15:57]
Georgian group of independent experts predicts that natural gas price will go down in the country.
Photo Galleries
21 January 2010 [12:00]
21 January 2010 [10:19]
We offer readers to admire beautiful views of the winter season in Azerbaijan's Gabala region.
Society
21 January 2010 [20:10]
The Russian delegation that will attend the 1stAzerbaijan-Russia Forum on Humanitarian Cooperation on January 22-23 will arrive in Baku on Jan. 21.
21 January 2010 [19:08]
As many as 930 people were killed in road accidents in Azerbaijan last year, Traffic Police Office of the Interior Ministry said.
21 January 2010 [18:37]
Euronews journalist Laura Davidescu, who is visiting Azerbaijan, visited Terter and Aghdam regions of Azerbaijan on Jan. 21.
21 January 2010 [16:36]
On Jan. 25, "Regional Response 2010" preliminary planning conference starts its work, the Azerbaijan Ministry of Defence said.
21 January 2010 [15:12]
A plane en route from Lahore (Pakistan) to Manchester made an emergency landing Wednesday in Baku after an underage passenger felt sick, officials said.
21 January 2010 [15:07]
A group of Turkish journalists led by Mehmat Ali Dim, Chairman of the Alanya Press Society, is going to visit Azerbaijan on January 30.
21 January 2010 [13:54]
President Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva attended a ceremony to officially open the Republican Clinic Urological Hospital after its overhaul on Jan. 21.
21 January 2010 [13:13]
The delegation led by National Education Minister of Turkey Nimet Cubukcu is visiting Azerbaijan.
21 January 2010 [12:13]
For the first time a native Azerbaijani in US will be participating at American song competition.
21 January 2010 [10:15]
The embassy of Azerbaijan in China has organized an event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 20 January tragedy.
21 January 2010 [10:04]
21 January 2010 [10:00]
A photo exhibition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the 20 January tragedy opened Tuesday at the Time gallery here.
Sports
21 January 2010 [19:44]
The international 25th ballroom dances tournament “Vitebsk snowflake 2010” will take place on January 23-24 in Vitebsk, Russia.
Arts & Entertainment
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21 January 2010 [17:48]
David Hasselhoff has announced that he is to star in a new family-themed reality series.
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