News for 27 May 2010
Voice of Diaspora
27 May 2010 [16:54]
Azerbaijani embassy in London organized a reception at the Royal Garden Hotel in London to mark the Republic Day on May 26, the embassy said in a press release.
27 May 2010 [15:07]
Union of Azerbaijani Youth of Georgia held an event devoted to the Independence Day of Georgia and Azerbaijan.
27 May 2010 [14:01]
27 May 2010 [12:18]
Riga has hosted a conference on the role of diaspora in Azerbaijanis` integration into the Latvian society.
27 May 2010 [11:40]
World news
27 May 2010 [18:12]
27 May 2010 [15:29]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday talked up budding ties between Brazil — notably their diplomatic cooperation over Iran's nuclear program — as he made an unprecedented visit to the South American nation.
27 May 2010 [13:13]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brazil on Wednesday on a formal visit, the first leg of his formal tour of Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
27 May 2010 [12:59]
Turkey's Erciyes University will launch Armenian and Hebrew language departments, a university executive said on Wednesday.
Analytics
27 May 2010 [11:25]
Weird / Interesting
27 May 2010 [19:06]
Beta-blockers, the blood pressure drugs, can protect patients with lung disease, according to a new study.
27 May 2010 [18:31]
A 15-month-old boy has survived being hit by a train after his pram rolled off the platform at a Melbourne railway station.
27 May 2010 [17:55]
27 May 2010 [17:12]
An army of frogs forced the closure of a key northern highway in Greece for two hours.
27 May 2010 [16:13]
It has fins that look like hands, a pair of 'feet', and an expression that looks like it's just been told some very bad news - could the mysterious fish challenge the Blobfish for the title of ugliest fish ever?
27 May 2010 [15:50]
A British scientist has become the first human to be infected with a computer virus.
27 May 2010 [14:07]
Ardi Rizal is aged just two - but the toddler has already developed a 40-cigarettes-a-day smoking habit after his father let him smoke when he was just 18 months.
27 May 2010 [13:39]
Environmental campaigners are fighting to ban the release of synthetic life forms into the wild.
27 May 2010 [12:06]
A doctor who has delivered 18,000 babies over a career spanning more than 60 years is still practising at 100 years old.
27 May 2010 [09:37]
Allergy sufferers are less likely to contract cancer because adverse reactions stimulate the immune system, according to two studies.
Politics
27 May 2010 [19:22]
The association of Azerbaijani cultural centers in Tashkent has held a celebrative event marking May 28th – the Republic Day.
27 May 2010 [19:13]
27 May 2010 [18:05]
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27 May 2010 [17:35]
Georgia's Foreign Ministry has issued a statement on the “parliamentary elections” held by the separatist regime in Azerbaijan`s Armenia-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region.
27 May 2010 [16:40]
27 May 2010 [14:40]
Day.Az interview with Head of the Black Sea-Caspian Center at the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies Eduard Popov.
27 May 2010 [14:32]
Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Azerbaijan's Defence Minister, Colonel General Safar Abiyev today at a meeting in Moscow discussed the state and prospects of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation, RIA Novosti reported.
27 May 2010 [14:27]
Day.Az interview with Head of Conflict Science Department of the Azerbaijan-based Institute of Peace and Democracy Arif Yunus.
27 May 2010 [14:20]
Azerbaijani soldier has died under unclear circumstances.
27 May 2010 [13:45]
Azerbaijan's Consulate General in Tabriz has organized an official reception to mark 28 May – Day of Republic.
27 May 2010 [13:31]
Azerbaijan's embassy in Romania has arranged an official reception to celebrate 28 May – Day of Republic.
27 May 2010 [13:18]
27 May 2010 [13:05]
27 May 2010 [12:39]
The representative of UN Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kalin, has completed its mission in Azerbaijan, UN official website reported.
27 May 2010 [12:33]
27 May 2010 [12:25]
Matthew Bryza's nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan was sent to the Senate for confirmation on Wednesday, says a statement placed on official website of the White House.
27 May 2010 [11:19]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today visited a monument to the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on Istiglaliyyat Street.
27 May 2010 [10:34]
The Belarusian embassy to Azerbaijan will move to a new building, said ambassador Nikolay Pastkevich.
27 May 2010 [10:27]
Chief of Turkish Gendarmerie Command, Colonel-General Mustafa Biyik is in Azerbaijan.
27 May 2010 [10:20]
27 May 2010 [10:13]
Now it is difficult to sat when the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will end, but the final step will see Azerbaijani flag fly over Khankandi again, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov briefed the media on May 26.
27 May 2010 [10:06]
Member of Azerbaijan's Parliament Rafael Huseynov will leave Thursday for Paris to attend committee meetings of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE).
27 May 2010 [09:54]
Azerbaijan's parliamentary delegation led by vice speaker Ziyafat Asgarov will be attending NATO PA's spring session to take place on May 27-June 2 in Riga.
27 May 2010 [09:45]
A first meeting of an Azerbaijan-Lithuania Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Vilnius on May 27.
27 May 2010 [09:30]
The embassy of Georgia in Baku has organized an official reception to mark the country's Independence Day.
27 May 2010 [09:23]
Japanese ambassador to Azerbaijan Masamitsu Oki has visited Ganja, the country's second largest city.
27 May 2010 [09:15]
A conference on the role of Baltic states in Azerbaijan's European integration will be held in Tallinn, Estonia.
27 May 2010 [09:07]
Business
27 May 2010 [18:38]
27 May 2010 [15:36]
Photo Galleries
27 May 2010 [18:45]
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27 May 2010 [13:25]
Society
27 May 2010 [23:15]
Today Azerbaijan marks the Day of the Republic.
27 May 2010 [18:54]
27 May 2010 [17:28]
Economic development minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev and China's vice commerce minister Fu Ziying have signed today a $2.9 million grant agreement.
27 May 2010 [17:20]
The Islamic University of Azerbaijan has announced a competition for admission for the first time, chairman of the Azerbaijan State Students Admission Commission Maleyka Abbaszade said.
27 May 2010 [17:05]
27 May 2010 [16:46]
The Azerbaijani Communications and IT Ministry signed a contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation in connection with the production of the national telecommunications satellite Azerspace today.
27 May 2010 [16:31]
Azerbaijani citizens are supposed to be injured in an explosion n Aquarium Café in Stavropol, Russia, Health Minister of Stavropol Oblast Victor Mojarov said at a press conference.
27 May 2010 [16:22]
27 May 2010 [15:21]
27 May 2010 [14:55]
Christophe Bouvier, the Director of UN Environment Program (UNEP) Regional Office for Europe, will visit Baku to attend the World Environment Day events organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, the ministry’s source said.
27 May 2010 [14:47]
An international scientific conference themed "Topical problems of global research" was held at M. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
27 May 2010 [12:52]
27 May 2010 [12:44]
On May 26, BP Azerbaijan presented special scholarships to a group of students of the first and second year of the State Oil Academy of Azerbaijan.
27 May 2010 [11:55]
Chief doctor at the Azerbaijan Central Clinical Hospital Kamran Musayev has been elected a full member of the US Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and awarded with diploma.
27 May 2010 [11:48]
27 May 2010 [11:11]
Students and teaching staff of the US University of Maryland have visited today the Environmental Department of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR).
27 May 2010 [10:53]
27 May 2010 [10:45]
On May 29th at 13:00 (local time), a picket will be held on one of the central streets of Baku.
27 May 2010 [10:40]
Azerbaijan's delegation led by President of the National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers') Organizations Mammad Musayev has visited Istanbul, Turkey.
Sports
27 May 2010 [17:49]
27 May 2010 [16:06]
27 May 2010 [11:32]
27 May 2010 [11:04]
Arts & Entertainment
27 May 2010 [18:25]
27 May 2010 [15:58]
After second semi-final dress rehearsal two competitors have met at Radisson Plaza’s lobby.
27 May 2010 [15:43]
27 May 2010 [14:13]
Exhibitions
27 May 2010 [13:52]
27 May 2010 [12:11]
The Belarusian State Telegraph Agency, BelTA, Belarus embassy in Baku and Azerbaijan-Belarus Friendship and Cooperation Society have today opened “Belarus today” photo exhibition in the Azeri capital.
