News for 18 June 2010
Voice of Diaspora
18 June 2010 [10:15]
Azerbaijan's embassy accredited both to the United kingdom and Iceland organized a Day of Azerbaijani Culture in Reykjavik on June 16, according to the Embassy of Azerbaijan in London.
World news
18 June 2010 [17:55]
18 June 2010 [17:10]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu received "the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service" by Woodrow International Center at a ceremony at Four Seasons Hotel in Istanbul on Thursday.
18 June 2010 [11:07]
Nobody and nothing can spoil the historical relations between the U.S. and Turkey, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic said.
Analytics
18 June 2010 [09:35]
Weird / Interesting
18 June 2010 [13:45]
Politics
18 June 2010 [18:35]
Azerbaijan`s Parliament vice-speaker Ziyafat Asgarov has met participants of the 7th Baku International conference of ombudspersons themed “Human rights and environment: legal and ethical aspects of climate change”.
18 June 2010 [18:20]
18 June 2010 [18:06]
Amendments to the Azerbaijani 2010 state budget envisage allocating an additional 300 million manat to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, MP Aydin Mirzazade told journalists. The funds will be used to purchase new weapons.
18 June 2010 [17:45]
18 June 2010 [17:25]
Azerbaijan`s prime minister Artur Rasizade has met Speaker of Saudi Arabia`s Consultative Assembly, Shura Council, Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al-Sheikh.
18 June 2010 [17:18]
Azerbaijani ambassador to India Tamerlan Garayev was rewarded with “Green diplomatist award”, the embassy said.
18 June 2010 [16:57]
The European Union in cooperation with Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a seminar on Mobility issues in Baku on June 17-18., the European Delegation to Azerbaijan said in a statement.
18 June 2010 [16:45]
18 June 2010 [16:08]
The Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Azerbaijan (SAM) has today hosted a roundtable on the theme “the role of media in Turkey-Azerbaijan relations”.
18 June 2010 [15:35]
Day.Az interview with professor at Political Science Department , St. Petersburg State University, Russian political expert Sergey Lantsov.
18 June 2010 [15:07]
Official talks between the EU and Azerbaijan will be held in mid-July in Baku, Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev told journalists today.
18 June 2010 [14:33]
18 June 2010 [13:55]
18 June 2010 [13:20]
18 June 2010 [12:34]
Interview with Russian professor, Chairman of the Center for Mediterranean-Black Sea Problems at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Europe, political analyst Alla Yazikova.
18 June 2010 [11:44]
“I am disappointed that the OSCE efforts on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict” Joao Soares, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly stated during his US visit on June 17.
18 June 2010 [11:26]
“The world community must take into consideration the influence and significance of Azerbaijan in the region,” said David Judson, editor-in-chief of Turkish Hurriyyet Daily News.
18 June 2010 [10:34]
18 June 2010 [10:07]
18 June 2010 [09:55]
Speaker of Saudi Arabia's Consultative Assembly, Shura Council, Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al-Sheikh has visited Azerbaijan`s parliament where he met Speaker Ogtay Asadov.
18 June 2010 [09:45]
Azerbaijan`s prime minister Artur Rasizade has met President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi.
18 June 2010 [09:15]
Turkish ambassador has praised official Baku's stance on a recent tension in relations between Turkey and Israel.
18 June 2010 [09:07]
Greece supports Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity and is interested in boosting all-round cooperation, chairwoman of Greek-Azerbaijani interparliamentary friendship group Antonia Antoniu told Azeri journalists in Athens.
18 June 2010 [09:00]
Business
18 June 2010 [17:35]
The Nabucco project and particularly, Azerbaijan plays a key role in Austria's endeavour to diversify its gas sources and delivery routes, Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said in an interview with Trend in the run up to his Baku visit scheduled for June 22-24.
18 June 2010 [16:35]
The Belarusian side expresses its interest in participation in the project of establishing a transnational information superhighway "East-West", the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan said.
18 June 2010 [15:45]
18 June 2010 [14:45]
18 June 2010 [14:10]
Azerbaijan proposes member-countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to hold a separate meeting of a working group on services, proposals, the negotiation group head, Azerbaijani deputy foreign minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev said.
18 June 2010 [13:33]
18 June 2010 [13:11]
As many as 40, 205 people have been registered as unemployed in Azerbaijan as of June 1, 2010, Azerbaijan State Statistics Committee said.
18 June 2010 [12:45]
Secretary General of the National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers`) Organizations of Azerbaijan (ASK) Mammadali Afandiyev met visiting Turkish businessmen.
18 June 2010 [12:12]
Society
18 June 2010 [18:28]
World Bank representative Lire Ersado delivered a presentation “Access to and Quality of Education in Azerbaijan” at the Education Ministry.
18 June 2010 [18:12]
18 June 2010 [16:25]
Azerbaijan will attend the conference of representatives of the EU member-sates' and countries outside the Union.
18 June 2010 [15:55]
Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Work with Religious Associations Hidayat Orujov has met President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi.
18 June 2010 [15:15]
Azerbaijan has granted asylum to 2,600 refugees who came from third countries, Head of State Committee on Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Ali Hasanov said.
18 June 2010 [14:56]
Amount of the damage caused by natural disaster to IDPs living in the disaster zone has been estimated, Azerbaijani Vice-Premier and Chairman of State Committee on Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov told the media today.
18 June 2010 [13:40]
18 June 2010 [13:27]
18 June 2010 [13:06]
Winners of the Young Informatics Competition will be awarded in Sumgait city of Azerbaijan, the city's Mayor's Office said.
18 June 2010 [12:55]
The Azerbaijani government deplores the plight of refugees in Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijani Vice-Premier and Chairman of State Committee on Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov said.
18 June 2010 [11:56]
A delegation of Saudi Arabia`s Consultative Assembly, Shura Council, has today visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
18 June 2010 [11:35]
18 June 2010 [10:55]
The U.S. Department of State positively assessed the fight against trafficking in persons in Azerbaijan. "In 2009, the Government of Azerbaijan allocated $625,000 to victims of trafficking," the official site of the U.S. Department of State said in the trafficking in persons report.
18 June 2010 [10:45]
Experts of the Assistance for Development of Modern Ophthalmology Union of Azerbaijan have attended the World Ophthalmology Congress in Berlin, Germany.
Sports
18 June 2010 [16:18]
Azerbaijan national women's football team will play Belgium and Sweden in world cup qualifiers.
18 June 2010 [15:24]
18 June 2010 [14:19]
Three Azerbaijani canoeists will compete in the 2nd round of the world cup in Munich, Germany.
18 June 2010 [12:06]
18 June 2010 [10:24]
Azerbaijan`s national beach soccer team will compete in the world championship qualifying round starting in Bibbiena, Italy next month.
Arts & Entertainment
18 June 2010 [12:22]
Exhibitions
18 June 2010 [09:25]
The Turkish Construction and Equipment Exhibition has opened in Azerbaijan's capital.
