News for 25 February 2010
World news
25 February 2010 [20:11]
25 February 2010 [19:52]
Armenia's parliament on Thursday adopted legal amendments described as an "exit strategy" for withdrawing from a landmark deal to establish ties with Turkey after decades of hostility.
25 February 2010 [19:44]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that all countries in the region call for genuine peace and are determined to attain it.
25 February 2010 [19:30]
Turkish State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan said on Thursday that economic relations between Turkey and France did not reflect the actual potential.
25 February 2010 [19:23]
The Iranian military has introduced a new squadron of domestically-manufactured Saeqeh fighter-bombers to the country's Air Force to strengthen its deterrence power.
25 February 2010 [19:16]
Georgia has become an associated member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (body of international standards in electrotechnical sphere).
25 February 2010 [18:59]
The subsidiary company of the Turkish Airlines (THY) will start flying between Turkish and Syrian capital cities.
25 February 2010 [18:50]
Tehran and Damascus signed the agreement to abolish the visa regime between the countries.
25 February 2010 [18:25]
Turkey said were concerned about labelling certain Islamic historical artifacts as "Israeli cultural heritage" including those in the West Bank.
25 February 2010 [18:15]
Ex-Navy and Air Force chiefs Özden Örnek and İbrahim Fırtına, and the general staff’s former number two, Ergin Saygun, were brought to an Istanbul court Thursday by anti-terror police.
25 February 2010 [18:12]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that transparency can resolve the Iranian nuclear standoff with the West.
25 February 2010 [18:06]
French oil company Total is getting prepared to make a 100 million USD investment in Turkey.
25 February 2010 [17:43]
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will arrive in Armenia in early March within the framework of his regional visit, diplomatic sources said.
25 February 2010 [17:18]
The working group on economic issues, established in the framework of Georgia-USA Charter, will hold another sitting today.
25 February 2010 [17:11]
The OSCE Minsk Group (MG) is not interested in resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Bagir Behrami told journalists at today's news conference.
25 February 2010 [17:05]
A Turkish petty officer was charged with insulting the prime minister Thursday after he confessed to using a call and sign that referred to the leader as "vulgar".
25 February 2010 [16:55]
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has announced the Islamic Republic will study a Japanese offer to enrich uranium for Tehran.
25 February 2010 [16:34]
The alert on a bomb planted in the Armenian State Revenue Committee premises was a false alarm.
25 February 2010 [16:21]
25 February 2010 [16:05]
Iran's ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog has described the latest IAEA report on Tehran's nuclear work as "unbalanced."
25 February 2010 [15:44]
The number of foreigners visiting Turkey was up 7.7 percent in January 2010 over January 2009, the ministry said on Thursday.
25 February 2010 [15:31]
Rumors claiming that Armenia's ex-President Robert Kocharyan will be appointed to the post of prime minister are untrue, Kocharyan’s Spokesperson Victor Soghomonyan said.
25 February 2010 [15:23]
U.S. State Secretary Hilary Clinton has said in her speech at the Foreign Relations' Committee of the Senate, that the U.S. government would increase assistance to Georgia.
25 February 2010 [15:12]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Damascus to discuss with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad the threat that Israel poses to the Middle East and beyond.
25 February 2010 [14:45]
Turkey’s newly-appointed ambassador to the United States submitted his credentials to the U.S. president on Wednesday.
25 February 2010 [14:36]
Russia's eminent human rights defenders Valreria Novodvorskaya and Konstantin Borovoy visited Tbilisi today.
25 February 2010 [14:27]
25 February 2010 [14:11]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has made comments that hint at further delays in the delivery of the S-300 missile defense system to Iran.
25 February 2010 [13:58]
Syrian Premier Muhammad Naji al-Utri invited Turkish companies to Syria.
25 February 2010 [13:42]
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will pay a working visit to Slovenia on Feb. 25-26.
25 February 2010 [13:34]
Head of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam says by next year all Iranian airports will be equipped with body scanners.
25 February 2010 [13:26]
The Armenian Government is developing a package of measures to relieve the consequences of the expected rise in gas prices, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stated on Feb. 24.
25 February 2010 [13:20]
Turkey's new ambassador to Ukraine met with Crimean officials and discussed bilateral relations and a mutual free zone in any future.
25 February 2010 [13:05]
The Turkish-Azerbaijani Friendship and Cooperation Fund chairman Ihsan Dogramaci has died at age of 95 years, CNN Turk reported.
25 February 2010 [12:47]
Turkey's president and PM will hold a meeting with the country's top military commander, a government source said.
25 February 2010 [12:36]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad censure what he describes as self-proclaimed anti-terror fighters for their double standards in countering terrorists.
25 February 2010 [12:06]
25 February 2010 [11:58]
A senior Russian diplomat says his country will not support what he called crippling sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
25 February 2010 [11:15]
25 February 2010 [11:07]
Armenia’s first President, leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan held a meeting on Feb. 24 with the Ambassador of the EU member-states to Armenia.
25 February 2010 [10:51]
Volodymyr Litvin, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada [Ukrainian Parliament], is sure that relations of Ukraine with Georgia and other countries will develop further.
25 February 2010 [10:45]
25 February 2010 [10:33]
UN Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expects the UN Security Council to impose new sanctions against Iran in the “next 30 to 60 days.”
25 February 2010 [10:12]
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25 February 2010 [09:53]
25 February 2010 [09:45]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad heading a delegation departed for Damascus, Syria, on Thursday morning.
Analytics
25 February 2010 [15:07]
Weird / Interesting
25 February 2010 [18:43]
A woman in America has admitted selling two children in her care in exchange for $175 and a pet cockatoo.
25 February 2010 [16:13]
25 February 2010 [15:00]
A US man is attempting to get into the Guinness Book of World Records with a giant ice igloo.
25 February 2010 [14:06]
He's a five-year-old boy with a six-pack that would be the envy of a twenty-something body builder.
Politics
25 February 2010 [20:03]
An event devoted to Khojaly massacre of February 26, 1992 will be held in the "Caucasian house" tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. on the initiative of the Congress of Georgia's Azerbaijanis.
25 February 2010 [19:38]
25 February 2010 [18:18]
Azerbaijan`s Embassies and Diaspora Organizations in foreign countries organized a series of events to mark the 18th anniversary of the Khojaly Genocide.
25 February 2010 [17:27]
25 February 2010 [16:44]
25 February 2010 [15:56]
Day.Az interview with head of the Turkish delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Parliament) from the ruling Justice and Development Party Alaattin Buyukkaya.
25 February 2010 [14:21]
25 February 2010 [13:12]
25 February 2010 [12:53]
Day.Az interview with Tofiq Abbasov, a political expert with the Azerbaijan-based Lider TV.
25 February 2010 [12:22]
The Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group will be replaced this summer, a senior diplomatic source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
25 February 2010 [11:23]
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington conducted a conference devoted to interests of the USA in the South Caucasus region.
25 February 2010 [10:24]
25 February 2010 [09:34]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby on Feb. 24.
25 February 2010 [09:21]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to Emir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the country`s public holiday-National day.
Business
25 February 2010 [19:07]
25 February 2010 [15:37]
By the end of March SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) will start to sell oil products in gas stations with SOCAR brand in Ukraine, SOCAR President said Rovnag Abdullayev said.
25 February 2010 [12:31]
25 February 2010 [11:00]
Daily Laugh
25 February 2010 [17:35]
25 February 2010 [10:42]
Society
25 February 2010 [22:30]
The Netherlands Committee of Justice for Khojaly will hold events to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy as part of the international media campaign Justice for Khojaly, the State Committee for Work with the Diaspora told Trend News.
25 February 2010 [22:13]
On the eve of 18th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide, Head Baku Youth and Sports Department and the Azerbaijan Youth Fund held an essay contest on "The tragedy in Khojaly - bloody memory". The contest was organized among the pupils of secondary schools in Baku.
25 February 2010 [22:00]
On Feb. 25, Azerbaijan signed the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, the permanent mission of Azerbaijan to the CoE told Trend News.
25 February 2010 [21:45]
25 February 2010 [20:17]
The Azerbaijani government has identified instances of direct appeal of the foreigners and stateless persons to obtain visas from the Foreign Ministry.
25 February 2010 [14:52]
Landslide occurred in five villages of Azerbaijan's Agsu region inflicting damage to 77 houses.
25 February 2010 [11:35]
Human rights commissioner of Azerbaijan Elmira Suleymanova has met today head of the European Union delegation Roland Kobia.
Sports
25 February 2010 [13:51]
Azerbaijani skier Gaia Bassani Antivari started her struggle in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada on Feb. 24.
Arts & Entertainment
25 February 2010 [18:34]
The singer told Sky News' Eamonn Holmes she wanted to concentrate on fashion instead - and has started a project with designer Wayne Hemingway.
25 February 2010 [17:55]
Angelina Jolie's father has described their recent reconciliation as "wonderful".
25 February 2010 [16:27]
David Beckham has told friends that he wants to buy George Clooney's Italian villa, according to reports.
25 February 2010 [15:17]
25 February 2010 [14:16]
Johnny Depp has revealed that he does "nothing" all day expect gardening and tending to vegetables.
25 February 2010 [13:00]
25 February 2010 [11:44]
25 February 2010 [10:19]
Elizabeth Hurley left nothing to the imagination at the Love Ball charity fund-raiser as she exposed her breasts by wearing a see through dress.
Exhibitions
25 February 2010 [12:14]
