News for 22 May 2010
Voice of Diaspora
22 May 2010 [14:36]
22 May 2010 [12:15]
An action under the name of “The Hour of the National Anthem of the Azerbaijan Republic” dedicated to the Day of Republic, will be carried out on May 22 in German capital.
22 May 2010 [09:53]
22 May 2010 [09:30]
According to the Azerbaijani-American Council (AAC), Azerbaijan Cultural Society of Northern California (ACSNC) is to host a conference with Fulbright scholar Dr. Parvin Ahanchi titled 'Baku as a Twentieth-Century Hub: Oil, Migration, Diversity and Ethnicity in the South Caucasus in the early 1900s'. The event is set to take place on June 4th.
World news
22 May 2010 [10:35]
22 May 2010 [09:44]
Turkish prime minister sent a letter to the U.S. president on Friday, briefing him on an agreement signed in Tehran, Iran on Monday regarding Iran's nuclear program.
Weird / Interesting
22 May 2010 [14:44]
A retired headteacher has set a new world record by keeping a ferret down his trousers for 5 hours and 30 minutes.
22 May 2010 [14:29]
Artificial life has been created in a laboratory for the first time by a maverick scientist.
22 May 2010 [14:05]
A new pollen-free lily could mean the end of frustrating stains from the flowers and help eliminate the misery of thousands of hay fever sufferers.
22 May 2010 [13:43]
The Crown Princess of Sweden has upset the country's church leaders by announcing she wants to be given away by her father when she marries next month, a practice which the Swedes consider sexist.
22 May 2010 [12:33]
A handful of pistachio nuts a day can help destroy bad cholesterol, ward off heart disease and prevent cancer, say scientists.
22 May 2010 [11:42]
A woman who was thought to be dead, after her family identified a body as hers, has been found alive and well in Croatia.
22 May 2010 [10:50]
The centuries-old position of ale taster has been reintroduced by a London market, which is describing the role as the "best job in the world".
Politics
22 May 2010 [13:20]
Official inauguration of the Austrian embassy in Azerbaijan will take place on June 23, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Austria to Azerbaijan Sieglinde Spanlang said.
22 May 2010 [13:06]
EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule considers it necessary to attract the international community to the reconstruction of conflict zones in the South Caucasus.
22 May 2010 [10:20]
22 May 2010 [10:05]
An international conference “Nagorno-Karabakh: realities, prospects” has kicked off in Baku bringing together Azerbaijani intellectuals and scientists and representatives from educational NGOs in Turkey, Romania, Kazakhstan and Georgia.
22 May 2010 [09:22]
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22 May 2010 [08:51]
Business
22 May 2010 [14:12]
A commodity turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia is expected to reach 3 billion dollars by the end of 2010, chief of the trade delegates of Russia to Azerbaijan Yury Shedrin said at the meeting of Azerbaijan-Russia Chamber of Commerce in Baku.
22 May 2010 [11:08]
Euro-zone countries will not allow the depreciation of euros in relevant to the dollar below the level at which the euro started - 1.19 dollar per one euros, said the Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Samir Sharifov.
22 May 2010 [09:00]
At the Black Sea terminal of SOCAR in Kulevi, Georgia, transportation of crude oil has started.
Photo Galleries
22 May 2010 [12:24]
22 May 2010 [10:57]
Society
22 May 2010 [13:35]
An international conference to mark the 135th anniversary of national press was organized by the Press Council and Azerbaijan Social Prosperity Party was held on Friday.
22 May 2010 [13:28]
The 61st sitting of the Committee of Plenipotentiary Representatives of ICSTI (International Center for Scientific and Technical Information) member states was held in Azerbaijan's capital on Friday.
22 May 2010 [13:12]
Latvian citizens illegally residing in Azerbaijan have been detained.
22 May 2010 [12:53]
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Huseyngulu Bagirov on May 21 inspected the water-cleaning equipment with a capacity of 60 tons per day, which was installed in Sabirabad district, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Irada Ibrahimova said.
22 May 2010 [12:40]
22 May 2010 [12:09]
22 May 2010 [11:50]
Women's visibility and participation in political life is instrumental to the fight against gender stereotypes in Azerbaijan, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, believes.
22 May 2010 [11:30]
22 May 2010 [11:24]
On May 21, the representative of the UN Secretary General on the human rights of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) Walter Kalin has made a trip to Azerbaijani regions where the refugees temporarily have been settled.
22 May 2010 [09:37]
22 May 2010 [09:14]
Sports
22 May 2010 [13:51]
22 May 2010 [11:17]
22 May 2010 [10:28]
22 May 2010 [10:13]
Tbilisi will host a junior mini football tournament for the Caucasian Cup.
Arts & Entertainment
22 May 2010 [14:21]
Azerbaijani sculptor Zakir Ahmadov was born in Baku in 1955.
22 May 2010 [12:47]
22 May 2010 [11:58]
"Istanbul Flight" film is now finished shooting, and is ready to be distributed.
22 May 2010 [11:36]
The film "Nicknamed Mikhailo" produced by "Salname" Film Studio will be demonstrated on June 2-3 in Slovenia.
22 May 2010 [10:43]
Yesterday was a busy day for Safura in Oslo. In the afternoon Azerbaijani participant to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was at reception with mayor in Oslo City Hall and later that evening she was invited to the Belarusian party!
