News for 25 May 2010
Voice of Diaspora
25 May 2010 [16:03]
The Embassy of Azerbaijan to Russia hosted the presentation of Ulyanovsk region.
25 May 2010 [12:58]
World news
25 May 2010 [16:39]
The death toll in a tourist bus crash in the southwestern Turkish region of Antalya on Tuesday has risen to 17, the chief inspector of Russian traffic police said, RIA Novosti reported.
Analytics
25 May 2010 [14:52]
Weird / Interesting
25 May 2010 [18:48]
25 May 2010 [18:33]
A fisherman in China was surprised after catching this striking creature, which looks like a cross between a turtle and a dinosaur.
25 May 2010 [17:46]
The house made famous in the 1979 film The Amityville Horror is up for sale in New York – ghosts not included.
25 May 2010 [17:07]
A cleaning man was sucked into a sausage seasoning machine in Danvers, Massachusetts, after it activated as he worked on it, it has emerged.
25 May 2010 [15:52]
Rescue crews were using fire hoses to douse an angry swarm of bees after a fatal crash that involved a trailer carrying about 17 million of the insects.
25 May 2010 [13:06]
A "woodpecker clock" invented by a 22-year-old student has replaced the annoying clangs and buzzes of traditional alarms with a gentle tapping wake-up.
25 May 2010 [10:50]
Three people have been found clinging to an ice chest three days after their boat capsized off the US coast.
25 May 2010 [09:54]
A British lawnmower rider raced into the record books for the second time in two days by cutting through the world land speed record again.
Politics
25 May 2010 [18:55]
U.S. Secretary of State’s Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard L. Morningstar will visit Azerbaijan next week.
25 May 2010 [18:40]
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25 May 2010 [18:12]
The water consumption in Kura river reached 2,500 cubic meters per second, exceeding its maximum level by 1,000 cubic meters per second in recent days, Speaker Oqtay Asadov said.
25 May 2010 [17:54]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko plans to soon pay an official visit to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Belarus Ali Nagiyev was quoted as saying by BELTA.
25 May 2010 [17:33]
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25 May 2010 [16:52]
25 May 2010 [15:40]
Azerbaijan's capital has hosted an international conference marking the 90th anniversary of the Grand National Assembly Turkey, GNAT.
25 May 2010 [15:32]
Armenian separatists will continue to to hold illegal "elections" in the occupied Azerbaijani territories unless the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is solved, Ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary Ali Ahmadov said.
25 May 2010 [15:12]
25 May 2010 [14:58]
Azerbaijan's Supreme Court Chairman Ramiz Rzayev met Philippe Boillat, Director General of the Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe.
25 May 2010 [14:21]
25 May 2010 [14:13]
25 May 2010 [13:55]
Day.Az interview with Azerbaijani political analyst Mubariz Ahmadoglu.
25 May 2010 [13:15]
25 May 2010 [12:53]
25 May 2010 [12:29]
Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament, the Milli Majlis, Ogtay Asadov has met with participants of the “TGNA-90 years, parliamentary diplomacy - TurkPA” conference.
25 May 2010 [12:16]
25 May 2010 [12:02]
European Union intends this year to enhance cooperation with Azerbaijan within the bounds of the "Eastern Partnership", Stefan Fule, European Union Enlargement Commissioner, told journalists on Monday in Sopot.
25 May 2010 [11:31]
25 May 2010 [11:26]
First vise-speaker of Azerbaijan`s Parliament Ziyafet Asgarov has met with a delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe led by chief of the Assembly's Committee for Gender Equality Jose Mendes Bota.
25 May 2010 [11:20]
Cory Welt is associate director of the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs’ Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies.
25 May 2010 [11:13]
25 May 2010 [10:59]
25 May 2010 [10:55]
The United Nations has sent a letter on May 23 to its Baku office regarding the "parliamentary elections" in Azerbaijan's occupied territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the UN office in Azerbaijan said.
25 May 2010 [10:44]
25 May 2010 [10:38]
President of the Russian Federation's Republic of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov visited Azerbaijan on May 24.
25 May 2010 [10:25]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received President of the Russian Federation's Republic of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov on May 24.
25 May 2010 [10:16]
25 May 2010 [10:03]
Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has extended his traditional Republic Day greetings to Azerbaijan.
25 May 2010 [09:41]
25 May 2010 [09:30]
“Azerbaijan and Egypt have strong ties and nothing can impede them,” Egypt`s foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has said at a joint press conference with his Azeri counterpart.
25 May 2010 [09:07]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received an Egyptian delegation led by foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on May 24.
25 May 2010 [09:00]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory message to King Abdullah II of Jordan as his country celebrates its Independence Day.
25 May 2010 [08:55]
If Armenia accepts updated Madrid principles, it will open large opportunities for new stages, said Azerbaijani foreign minister.
Business
25 May 2010 [16:33]
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25 May 2010 [15:46]
Frankfurt hosted a conference "Azerbaijan - the country of investment" under the global business week May 17- 21 in, the Azerbaijani Economic Development Ministry reported.
25 May 2010 [11:43]
Photo Galleries
25 May 2010 [18:20]
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Society
25 May 2010 [17:58]
25 May 2010 [17:40]
25 May 2010 [17:10]
25 May 2010 [16:59]
The draft law on "Combating domestic violence and protecting of victims of domestic violence" is discussed in the first reading in the Azerbaijani Parliament.
25 May 2010 [16:19]
Why invisible? Because sometimes that’s exactly what we see in them – nothing.
25 May 2010 [16:11]
The water level decreased in the rivers in the Azerbaijani territory May 24, the Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry reported.
25 May 2010 [15:26]
25 May 2010 [15:20]
25 May 2010 [14:44]
Young Azeri violinist Elvin Ganiyev has performed in Moscow at International Festival Moscow Welcomes Friends, organized by the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation.
25 May 2010 [14:37]
25 May 2010 [14:30]
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Health and the Georgian National Center for Public Health and Disease Control carried out joint measures to prevent malaria in the Azerbaijani village of Kesalo in Marneuli region (Eastern Georgia, Kvemo Kartli).
25 May 2010 [13:38]
25 May 2010 [12:40]
The second national forum of culturologists will be held June 3 at Baku Museum Center.
25 May 2010 [12:33]
The 87th session of International Maritime Organization's Maritime Safety Committee was held on May 12-21 in London.
25 May 2010 [12:22]
Condition of Azerbaijani, who injured as a result of traffic accident in Turkey May 24 is stabile, Azerbaijan's ambassador to Ankara Zakir Hashimov said.
25 May 2010 [12:10]
25 May 2010 [10:32]
Members of Azerbaijan's Parliament Rabiyyat Aslanova and Ali Huseynov have met chairman of the PACE Committee for Gender Equality Jose Mendes Bota.
25 May 2010 [09:48]
25 May 2010 [09:34]
Sports
25 May 2010 [17:25]
Famous Azerbaijani kickboxer Eduard Mammadov won the world championship in the Hungarian town of Szeged.
25 May 2010 [15:04]
Azerbaijan have announced five weight categories its young wrestlers will compete in at this year`s Olympic Games in Singapore.
25 May 2010 [14:05]
25 May 2010 [13:30]
25 May 2010 [12:46]
Azerbaijan's national table tennis team are competing in the 50th World Championship in Moscow, which brings together 800 players from 116 countries.
25 May 2010 [11:53]
25 May 2010 [11:49]
25 May 2010 [10:10]
Azerbaijan have brought home a clutch of ten medals, half of them gold, from the 16th International Kickboxing Cup in Szeged, Hungary, which brought together fighters from 24 countries.
Arts & Entertainment
25 May 2010 [09:15]
Yesterday, after busy rehearsals day Azerbaijani star visited joint party of Ukraine and Germany.
Exhibitions
25 May 2010 [16:45]
Baku Museum Center’s Exhibition Gallery will host “BELARUS TODAY” exhibition from May 26 to June 2.
25 May 2010 [13:45]
