News for 08 November 2010

Voice of Diaspora

08 November 2010 [14:38]

Day of Azerbaijan announced in San Diego - PHOTOS

Azerbaijan's Consul General in Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov and Vice-Consul of the Consulate General Ramil Gurbanov visited the city of San Diego.

World news

08 November 2010 [11:55]

Turkey's headscarf problem solved, says the president

Turkey has reached an effective compromise on the headscarf in universities, according to President Abdullah Gül.

Weird / Interesting

Politics

08 November 2010 [18:15]

"Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan held in accordance with International and OSCE standards

A mission of the OSCE PA considers the voting in Azerbaijani parliamentary elections as positive.
08 November 2010 [17:07]

Director of Center for Strategic Studies under Azerbaijani president to attend international conference

The Jamestown Foundation and the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute will hold a conference on "United States-Azerbaijan Relations: The State of the 'Strategic Partnership'" in Washington on Nov. 9.
08 November 2010 [16:45]

Azerbaijani CEC declares election results invalid in three polling stations

The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) declared invalid the election results in three polling stations.
08 November 2010 [16:23]

One more Armenian captive confirmed to be in Azerbaijan

Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met with Armenian citizens detained in Azerbaijan, spokeswoman for ICRC Office in Baku Ilaha Huseynova said.
08 November 2010 [16:14]

"U.S. efforts to normalize Armenian-Turkish relations in isolation from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have not yielded positive results"

Heritage Foundation's leading expert on Eurasia Ariel Cohen said that Baku, Tbilisi and even Yerevan believe that the United States' political course in the South Caucasus is failing.
08 November 2010 [16:04]

President Ilham Aliyev opens Khojasan substation - PHOTOS

President Ilham Aliyev has today inaugurated a 110/35/10 kv Khojasan substation.
08 November 2010 [15:38]

President of Azerbaijan opens completed stretches of Baku-Russia border road - PHOTOS

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev today opened the completed stretches of the Baku-Russia border road after reconstruction.
08 November 2010 [15:07]

President Ilham Aliyev opens Baku beltway - PHOTOS

President Ilham Aliyev inaugurated a Baku ring road.
08 November 2010 [13:15]

Russian observer: Electoral institution in Azerbaijan works effectively

“The electoral institution in Azerbaijan works well and effectively enough”, Russian observer Stanislav Tkachenko said.
08 November 2010 [12:35]

TurkPA assesses Azerbaijani parliamentary elections as democratic

The Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries' observation mission assessed the Azerbaijani parliamentary elections as democratic.
08 November 2010 [12:20]

GUAM describes Azerbaijan's parliamentary vote as "free and fair"

The GUAM Observation Mission assessed the Azerbaijani parliamentary elections as free and fair.
08 November 2010 [12:13]

Azerbaijani ruling party confident about the outcome of the elections

The Azerbaijani ruling party is confident that it has won the parliamentary elections.
08 November 2010 [11:25]

Election process "very well organized"

Vasiliy Mordashov, head of the CIS election observation mission in constituencies No. 4-30 and 31-3 in Nakhchivan city, told AzerTAc's correspondent the election process had been very well organized.
08 November 2010 [11:07]

Ombudsman: No major violations during parliamentary vote in Azerbaijan

No serious violations were recorded during the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova told Trend.
08 November 2010 [10:30]

Azerbaijani shahid servicemen Mubariz Ibrahimov and Farid Ahmadov buried - PHOTOS

The funeral for Azerbaijani servicemen Mubariz Ibrahimov and Farid Ahmadov who were killed on the frontline was held Sunday at the Alley of Honors.

Business

Society

08 November 2010 [18:45]

Grandpa kills his own grandson in Baku

A fatal accident involving baby occurred in Nizami District of Baku last week.
08 November 2010 [18:37]

BMW-X5 collides with truck in Baku

08 November 2010 [17:15]

Temperatures to rise in Azerbaijan

08 November 2010 [13:25]

Baku hosts seminar on culture and architecture in modern Azerbaijan

A seminar on “Culture and architecture in modern Azerbaijan” organized by Youth Scientific Cultural Development Organization was held here Sunday.

Sports

08 November 2010 [16:55]

World Bodybuilding Championship wraps up in Baku - PHOTOS

World Bodybuilding Championship has wrapped up in Baku.
08 November 2010 [15:25]

Azerbaijani gymnast puts on strong performance in Italian championships

The Italian city of Arezzo hosted the second round of the country's club championships, the Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation said.

Arts & Entertainment

Exhibitions