News for 11 June 2010
Voice of Diaspora
11 June 2010 [11:07]
Silk Way Azerbaijan festival will be held in Houston next year, according to Irada Akhundva, president of the Houston-Baku Sister Cities Association.
World news
11 June 2010 [16:55]
Turkey's energy minister on Friday rejected claims that Turkey was moving away from the West and toward the Middle East, an assertion that resurfaced this week after the country voted against the U.N.'s latest round of sanctions against Iran.
11 June 2010 [16:43]
11 June 2010 [15:52]
Iran's Parliament Speaker says he finds it hard to believe that the UN Security Council has decided to adopt new sanctions on Tehran despite all its confidence-building efforts.
11 June 2010 [12:06]
11 June 2010 [09:58]
Turkey gets Arab nations’ full support on its stance against Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and blockade on the Palestinian territory at a forum in Istanbul.
Politics
11 June 2010 [18:15]
11 June 2010 [17:35]
Socio-political situation in Armenia is tense on the eve of a new phase of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, said Friday the Center for Political Innovation and Technologies head, political analyst Mubariz Ahmadoglu said.
11 June 2010 [17:20]
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11 June 2010 [17:06]
The Azerbaijani Military Prosecutor's Office' delegation led by Deputy Military Prosecutor Shafayat Imanov attended the international conference held in Kazan.
11 June 2010 [16:32]
11 June 2010 [16:17]
Interview with Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin in a run-up to the Day of Russia.
11 June 2010 [15:35]
11 June 2010 [14:30]
OSCE Baku Office head Ali Bilge Cankorel appreciated allocation of the places to conduct rallies before the parliamentary elections by Baku Executive Power.
11 June 2010 [14:17]
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has announced a number of French parliamentarians non-grata due to their visit to Azerbaijan's Armenia-occupied lands.
11 June 2010 [13:55]
11 June 2010 [13:25]
A meeting with George Friedman, CEO of STRATFOR, global intelligence company, was held in Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA).
11 June 2010 [13:16]
Day.Az interview with Deputy Chair of Security and Defense Committee of Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (Parliament) Aydin Mirzazade.
11 June 2010 [12:56]
Director of Center for Strategic Studies (CSR) under the Azerbaijani President Elkhan Nuriyev met with the OSCE Baku Office head Ali Bilge Cankorel, according to the Center.
11 June 2010 [12:48]
Azerbaijan's military doctrine aimed at restoration the country's territorial integrity, Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee member Zahid Oruj said.
11 June 2010 [11:43]
11 June 2010 [11:25]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today sent a letter of congratulation to Benigno Aquino III on his election as President of the Philippines.
11 June 2010 [10:56]
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11 June 2010 [09:41]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov received a copy of credentials from newly appointed Austrian ambassador Sylvia Meier-Kajbic on June 10.
11 June 2010 [09:32]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to Naoto Kan on his election as Prime Minister of Japan.
11 June 2010 [09:24]
On June 10, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met European Parliament's delegation led by vice-chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Fiorello Provera.
11 June 2010 [09:15]
Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking Countries (TurkPA) Ramil Hasanov has attended the 8th conference of South-East European countries in Antalya.
11 June 2010 [09:07]
The Center for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijan President hosted a roundtable meeting on the United States' foreign policy on June 10.
11 June 2010 [08:53]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met a delegation of the United Arab Emirates led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan on June 10.
Business
11 June 2010 [17:52]
On May 11, International Finance Corporation (IFC) presented manual on management of family firms, containing recommendations on how to improve their operations and ensure its duration in Azerbaijan.
11 June 2010 [12:14]
11 June 2010 [10:44]
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) has signed a loan agreement of $ 5million with Azerbaijan's Bank Respublika for on-lending to small business during its annual meeting in Ohrid, Macedonia.
11 June 2010 [10:07]
Society
11 June 2010 [18:45]
11 June 2010 [18:35]
11 June 2010 [18:07]
On Friday, Baku signed a protocol on exchange of students between the Azerbaijani Association of student and youth organizations and Student Council of Belarus.
11 June 2010 [17:27]
The subsistence minimum per person amounted to 122.01 manat in Azerbaijan in May, the NGO Economic Research Center reported.
11 June 2010 [16:09]
Azerbaijan's minister of education Misir Mardanov has met with Korean Ambassador Lee Jiha to discuss prospects for boosting the bilateral educational cooperation.
11 June 2010 [15:18]
Azerbaijani police has seized a large amount of fake 100-dollar-banknotes from circulation.
11 June 2010 [15:10]
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11 June 2010 [12:40]
A suitcase that contained a headless, armless and legless torso was found in the 10th microdistrict in Sumgayit, the city police department said.
11 June 2010 [12:31]
Deputy prosecutor of Azerbaijan's Goranboy region has been dismissed from the office, official website of the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
11 June 2010 [12:22]
The Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry's 'hot line' received 13 appeals on landslides in the first five months of 2010, Ministry Spokesman Irada Ibrahimova said.
11 June 2010 [11:55]
11 June 2010 [11:34]
An international seminar titled “Copyright and economic significance of creative industries” has opened in Azerbaijan`s capital.
11 June 2010 [11:15]
Deputy chair of Azerbaijan's State Social Protection Fund Zakir Babayev has attended an international conference on Social Security amid the Global Crisis in Astana.
11 June 2010 [10:35]
11 June 2010 [09:50]
A group known German journalists met with leaders of religious confessions in Azerbaijan, the press service of the Caucasus Muslims Department said.
11 June 2010 [09:00]
Sports
11 June 2010 [17:44]
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11 June 2010 [14:07]
The semifinals of the European Boxing Championship took place in Moscow today.
Arts & Entertainment
11 June 2010 [18:24]
Exhibitions
11 June 2010 [13:35]
