News for 17 June 2010
Voice of Diaspora
17 June 2010 [17:20]
17 June 2010 [16:52]
The Azerbaijani Youth Organization of Russia, AYOR led by Leyla Aliyeva, held Blood Has No Nation charitable event.
17 June 2010 [14:21]
On June 24th, in California, in San Jose' Peace and Justice Center, Azerbaijani doctor Parvin Ahanchi will talk about violent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that took place from February 1988 to May 1994 in Daghliq Garabagh, Sovereign Azerbaijani territory.
17 June 2010 [13:07]
Azerbaijanis living in France will now get a chance to enjoy a new “Caucasus” Azeri restaurant recently opened in Paris at the 7th district, 79 Bosquet Avenue.
17 June 2010 [11:10]
A meeting was held with Sabina Huseinli, scriptwriters of “Hesitation” film in the Coordination Center of Azerbaijanis in Germany (CCAG) on June 15.
World news
17 June 2010 [11:45]
Turkish archaeologists and historians, engaged in excavations near Tepekoy village of Erzurum city, have found a mass grave, proving barbarism, brutality of the Armenians who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Turks at the beginning of the last century.
17 June 2010 [10:36]
Iran summons the British ambassador to Tehran over allegations of UK support for terrorists and various acts of violence in the country.
17 June 2010 [09:55]
Turkey expects Israel to fulfill four demands related to the attack by Israeli military on the international sea convoy "Freedom flotilla", Anadolu news agency reported, citing diplomatic sources.
Politics
17 June 2010 [17:47]
“Baku is capital not only of Azerbaijan, but also of the entire region”, Director General of Hurriyyet Daily News portal David Judson told journalists in Baku.
17 June 2010 [16:43]
A new UN convention protecting the rights of internally displaced people should be adopted, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister said.
17 June 2010 [16:22]
17 June 2010 [15:35]
MPs from the Canadian province of Ontario Monte Quinter and Reza Moridi are on a visit to Azerbaijan.
17 June 2010 [14:15]
17 June 2010 [13:50]
Trilateral meeting between Presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan reportedly, will be held in St. Petersburg today, APA reports citing www.vesti.ru.
17 June 2010 [13:35]
Day.Az interview with editor-in-chief of Saint-Petersburg-based “Konservator” newspaper Rustam Arifjanov.
17 June 2010 [12:55]
Members of the Azerbaijan-Kuwait friendship group on interparliamentary ties visited Kuwait on June 12-15.
17 June 2010 [12:45]
Prospects of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Austria will be discussed in Baku.
17 June 2010 [12:15]
17 June 2010 [11:19]
Consul General of Azerbaijan to Yekaterinburg Sultan Gasimov appeared on Natsionalnoye Izmereniye TV show of the Sverdlovsk Regional Television and gave an interview to Desyatiy TV channel to speak about progress achieved by Azerbaijan in recent years.
17 June 2010 [09:35]
Foreign minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov visited Islamabad on Tuesday, where he met with Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Senate chairman Farooq Hamid Naek.
17 June 2010 [09:25]
Azerbaijan's Minister of National Security, lieutenant-general Eldar Mahmudov met with NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons.
17 June 2010 [09:13]
Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Ramil Usubov met Wednesday NATO's delegation led by Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons.
17 June 2010 [09:05]
Azerbaijan's Deputy Prime Minister Elchin Afandiyev and the delegation including MPs and governors of some regions attended the opening of national leader Heydar Aliyev`s monument in the Jemikend village of Dagestan.
Business
17 June 2010 [18:05]
Baltika Company occupies 73% of the Azerbaijani beer market, which accounts for 98 percent of beer sales in the Azerbaijani shopping centers, Company President Anton Artemiev said at the news conference on the 20th anniversary of Baltika in St. Petersburg today.
17 June 2010 [17:04]
An interview with Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of Bank Melli Iran, Mahmoud Reza Khavari.
17 June 2010 [15:45]
17 June 2010 [11:35]
The BAKI-PRAQA brewery of the Czech company DESTILA Brno was officially opened in the Novkhani village of Baku June 16, the Czech Embassy in Azerbaijan reported.
17 June 2010 [10:56]
OPEC increased its Azerbaijani oil production forecasts in 2010 by 60,000 bpd to 1.08 million bpd. The figure is 10,000 bpd more than the figure forecast by OPEC last month.
17 June 2010 [10:45]
Director of SOCAR Vienna Office Gulmirza Javadov met with Managing director of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH Reinhard Mitschek.
Society
17 June 2010 [17:55]
The Azerbaijani Embassy in Kyrgyzstan will send fourth Azerbaijani student, who is in the Osh city, back home.
17 June 2010 [17:40]
17 June 2010 [17:32]
A delegation led by Gianfranco Ravasi, an Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, who currently serves in the Roman Curia as President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, has visited Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The guests were briefed on the Foundation`s goals and activity.
17 June 2010 [17:13]
17 June 2010 [16:36]
"Temiz Sheher" JSC and Hyatt Hotels Baku are taking the lead in several recycling projects, due to the “Year of Ecology” in Azerbaijan. In today’s world, with decreasing natural resources and an increase in pollution – it’s our social responsibility to commit to recycling of waste and reduction of energy usage.
17 June 2010 [16:14]
17 June 2010 [16:06]
Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Minister Kamaleddin Heydarov received NATO Special Representative for South Caucasus Robert Simmons, the ministry reported.
17 June 2010 [15:53]
17 June 2010 [15:25]
17 June 2010 [15:06]
Armenians cause serious damage to the environment in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Minister of Environment and Natural Resources said.
17 June 2010 [14:55]
No viral diseases have been revealed in a disaster-hit central (Aran) zone in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev said.
17 June 2010 [14:45]
As many as 216,000 out of 400,000 internally displaced persons have settled in Baku, Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov told media.
17 June 2010 [14:33]
17 June 2010 [13:58]
Azerbaijan Students Union keeps on implementing experience exchange program it started after it was admitted to IAESTE, largest student exchange program around the world, the Union said in a statement.
17 June 2010 [13:25]
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Health will continue works on the suspension of activity of pharmacies in case of non-compliance with standards, the Azerbaijani Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev said today.
17 June 2010 [13:16]
According to Azerbaijani Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev, obligatory certification of medical staff will be introduced in the nearest future in Azerbaijan.
17 June 2010 [12:35]
Azerbaijani specialists has prepared a remote-control device which render harmless mines and hand bombs.
17 June 2010 [12:27]
A new canal, which meets modern requirements will be built in the Araz River basin, Garib Mammadov, chairman of the State Land and Cartography Committee said in an interview to the official website of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP).
17 June 2010 [12:08]
17 June 2010 [11:55]
Azerbaijani students studying in the Free University of Berlin, one of the leading research universities in Germany held an event dealing with Azerbaijan at the university`s international club.
17 June 2010 [10:25]
On June 16, Azerbaijan`s Prime Minister Artur Rasizade met He Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party`s Central Committee, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
17 June 2010 [10:15]
Visiting pro-rector of the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction Arif Sharifov and Vice-Rector of the Vienna University of Technology Hans Keiser signed an agreement on cooperation between the two universities.
17 June 2010 [10:07]
Chairwoman of Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs Hijran Huseynova is currently visiting Morocco.
17 June 2010 [09:46]
Sports
17 June 2010 [16:30]
Azerbaijani grandmaster Teymur Rajabov is attending Kings Tournament in Bazna, Romania.
17 June 2010 [15:15]
Arts & Entertainment
17 June 2010 [17:26]
17 June 2010 [14:09]
17 June 2010 [11:27]
Two-day solo exhibition of main artist of Baku, a member of the Union of Artists and Architects of Azerbaijan Javanshir Aliyev has opened in Ganja.
Exhibitions
17 June 2010 [13:42]
For the first time an exhibition on construction and heavy equipment, which will last till June 20 with the organization the Turkish company "Meridian fuarchilig" has opened in Baku.
