News for 29 January 2010
World news
29 January 2010 [20:45]
29 January 2010 [20:38]
Georgian President Saakashvili offered the U.S. to use territory of Georgia for transportation of armaments and supplies to Afghanistan.
29 January 2010 [20:26]
Foreign exchange reserves of Turkish Central Bank decreased to 70.2 billion USD as of January 22, 2010, the bank said on Thursday.
29 January 2010 [20:07]
The U.S. hails Tbilisi's strategy in regard to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, endorsed by the Georgian government on Wednesday, the message of the U.S. embassy to Georgia says.
29 January 2010 [20:00]
Turkish exports fell 22.6 percent in 2009, Turkish statistics authority said on Friday.
29 January 2010 [19:43]
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Iranians in the Diaspora and Consulate Affairs, Hasan Gashgavi, will pay a visit to Azerbaijan, Abbas Iskenderi, spokesman to the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan, said.
29 January 2010 [19:36]
Today, the Armenian government announced that it will begin a program of securing affordable housing for young families.
29 January 2010 [19:17]
On Jan. 27-28, Georgia's Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze was on an official visit to London.
29 January 2010 [19:08]
The free land would be provided in the organized industry region of Lahore, a major commercial hub in Pakistan.
29 January 2010 [18:51]
The Head of Iran Presidential Office had expressed country’s willingness to expand ties with Belarus.
29 January 2010 [18:44]
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in London on the sidelines of the International Conference on Afghanistan.
29 January 2010 [18:24]
Moscow is going to sign an agreement about direct flights with the occupant regime of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia.
29 January 2010 [18:12]
Davutoglu met with Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas of Greece in London on Thursday.
29 January 2010 [17:52]
President Ahmadinejad stressed that on February 11, 2010 the nation would witness the funeral procession of capitalism adding that Iran not pursuing nuclear weapon.
29 January 2010 [17:43]
Upon an invitation by Yerevan city mayor Gagik Beglaryan, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov will pay a working visit to the Armenian capital today.
29 January 2010 [17:12]
The 8th session of coordinating council for Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project will be held at the hotel Radisson in Tbilisi on Jan. 29.
29 January 2010 [17:06]
Turkey’s ambassador to Rome is under investigation over claims of sexual harassment, the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review has learned from official sources.
29 January 2010 [16:58]
A decision by the Iranian government to place a temporary ban on the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca sets alarm bells ringing in Saudi Arabia with some officials in the Kingdom warning of "heavy losses."
29 January 2010 [16:44]
In order to resolve the issue of garbage removal in the republic, the Armenian government has decided to announce an international competition among private companies.
29 January 2010 [16:37]
The ninth round of the internationally mediated peace talks on Caucasus ended without results in Geneva on Jan. 28.
29 January 2010 [16:04]
The international community's sanctions against Iran demonstrate its effectiveness, said Michael Ratney, the spokesman for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. State Department.
29 January 2010 [15:53]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Kazakh counterpart Kanat Saudabayev met in London on Thursday.
29 January 2010 [15:47]
29 January 2010 [15:34]
Georgian Parliament Chairman Davit Bakradze will hold meetings in Luxemburg on Jan. 29.
29 January 2010 [14:57]
Pakistan and Iran have agreed to expedite the process of importing 1000 MW power by Pakistan from Iran on fast track basis for its early completion, officials said on Thursday.
29 January 2010 [14:43]
Top Israeli diplomat in Turkey said that relations between Turkey and Israel are based on solid basis and that he sees "better ties" in the future.
29 January 2010 [14:24]
29 January 2010 [14:13]
Moscow opens door to those opposition parties, who have been voyaging to the Russian capital during the past few months aiming at "restarting relations with Russia."
29 January 2010 [13:57]
29 January 2010 [13:45]
The US Senate has approved a bill that would allow President Barack Obama to impose new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear energy program.
29 January 2010 [13:33]
29 January 2010 [12:58]
29 January 2010 [12:43]
Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin arrived in Kampala, capital city of Uganda.
29 January 2010 [12:35]
China has called for efforts to solve Iran's nuclear issue through diplomacy, while the US campaigns to pressure other world powers into imposing a new round of sanctions against Iran.
29 January 2010 [12:27]
At the 10th round of Geneva Talks on security in Caucasus, Georgia presented South Ossetia no data on missing Ossetians.
29 January 2010 [11:50]
29 January 2010 [11:44]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met Thursday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of a London conference on Afghanistan.
29 January 2010 [11:38]
Russia's state-run arms exporter said on Thursday that "nothing" would stop the country from selling military equipment to Iran.
29 January 2010 [11:07]
29 January 2010 [11:00]
Turkish Football Federation adjoined a letter of guarantee, signed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
29 January 2010 [10:56]
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's adviser at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.
29 January 2010 [10:49]
29 January 2010 [10:05]
29 January 2010 [09:50]
While there was no change in the position of the parties, the meeting was beneficial, sources said.
29 January 2010 [09:45]
With the new MoU, the number of existing transportation points with Bulgaria has risen to four from two.
Weird / Interesting
29 January 2010 [18:05]
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a giant flying condom!
29 January 2010 [16:53]
An artist's rendering shows two Sinosauropteryx, sporting their orange and white striped tails.
29 January 2010 [15:08]
29 January 2010 [11:55]
Politics
29 January 2010 [20:57]
29 January 2010 [20:15]
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will hold its 18th Plenary Session in Strasbourg (France) from 17 to 19 March 2010.
29 January 2010 [19:54]
Foreign ministers of the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development will come together in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev next month.
29 January 2010 [15:22]
US Congressman Dean Heller sent a letter to the American-Azerbaijanis - US Azerbaijani Network (USAN) on the subject of the USAN Black January campaign.
29 January 2010 [15:17]
Day.Az interview with Sergey Markedonov, deputy head of International Relations Department of the Russia-based Institute of Political and Military Analysis.
29 January 2010 [14:07]
Newly elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Mevlut Cavusoglu met Azerbaijan`s delegation to the organization on Jan. 28.
29 January 2010 [13:13]
29 January 2010 [12:16]
Day.Az interview with renowned Azerbaijani political expert Zardusht Alizade.
29 January 2010 [12:00]
29 January 2010 [11:15]
29 January 2010 [10:38]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met Swiss counterpart Doris Leuthard in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 28.
29 January 2010 [10:30]
29 January 2010 [09:57]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev met his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 28.
29 January 2010 [09:38]
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey will convene a first congress of parliamentarians speaking Turkish language from across the world.
29 January 2010 [09:21]
Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev met King Abdullah II of Jordanin Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 28.
29 January 2010 [08:30]
Business
29 January 2010 [13:05]
Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan (MDA) held its next board meeting on overall works done in 2009 on Jan. 28, MDA’s press office said.
29 January 2010 [10:42]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev attended the World Economic Forum`s session entitled "Global Energy Outlook" on Jan. 28.
Photo Galleries
29 January 2010 [21:30]
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Society
29 January 2010 [19:21]
29 January 2010 [17:36]
Chairman of the Council of State Support to NGOs under the President of Azerbaijan (CSSN) Azay Guliyev gave a press-conference on results of the structure’s activity in 2009.
29 January 2010 [17:00]
29 January 2010 [16:28]
29 January 2010 [12:04]
Elshan Eyvazov, security guard of the building, where assassinated Air Force and Air Defense Commander Lieutenant-General Rail Rzayev lived, went on trial on Jan. 28.
Sports
29 January 2010 [18:37]
German female football player, world and European champion Renate Lingor will pay a visit to Azerbaijan next Monday.
29 January 2010 [18:00]
29 January 2010 [16:31]
Azerbaijan's futsal players have lost hopes of making it to their first ever European final after losing to Portugal on a penalty shoot-out in Debrecen, Hungary.
Arts & Entertainment
29 January 2010 [19:00]
Eric Cantona has made his theatre debut in a production directed by his wife.
29 January 2010 [17:24]
The family of Susan Boyle say they fear for her safety after a break-in at her home.
29 January 2010 [16:13]
29 January 2010 [14:17]
29 January 2010 [13:26]
Rihanna claims she hasn't been asked to perform at this weekend's Grammy Awards - because her bust-up with ex Chris Brown last year "messed up" the ceremony.
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