News for 19 June 2010

Voice of Diaspora

19 June 2010 [11:06]

Germany-Azerbaijan Forum holds its meeting

A meeting of the Germany-Azerbaijan forum was held at the Coordination Center of Azerbaijanis in Germany.

World news

Politics

19 June 2010 [13:31]

Polish ambassador visits Baku Slavic University

Outgoing Polish ambassador to Azerbaijan Krzysztof Krajewski was a guest of the “Ambassador Hour” club at the Baku Slavic University (BSU).
19 June 2010 [12:51]

Azerbaijani, U.S. military men to attend joint exercises

The U.S. militaries will participate in joint military exercise.
19 June 2010 [12:42]

Azerbaijani expert: Azerbaijan should not wait for Armenia to to voice its response to updated Madrid principles

“Armenia’s current stance is not surprising because the power in Armenia is held by those who acceded to it by speculating on a Karabakh theme,” Azerbaijani political expert, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Social-Democratic Party Araz Alizade said.
19 June 2010 [12:33]

Greek president to pay official visit to Azerbaijan

Greek President Karolos Papoulias will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan.
19 June 2010 [12:24]

Baku and Caspian littoral bishop to formally refute reports about his visit to Nagorno-Karabakh

Baku and Caspian littoral bishop Alexander is going to formally refute the information about his visit to Nagorno-Karabakh.
19 June 2010 [11:59]

Azerbaijan delegation attends UN General Assembly special session on fight against transnational organized crime

Azerbaijan delegation participated in a special session of the UN General Assembly dedicated to the fight against transnational organized crime, said in the press release of Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the UN.
19 June 2010 [11:41]

Azerbaijani defense ministry sues newspaper

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has filed a lawsuit against a newspaper.
19 June 2010 [11:35]

Azerbaijan Parliament adopts bill on additions and amendments to Electoral Code

The Parliament of Azerbaijan adopted a bill on making additions and amendments to the Electoral Code at its extraordinary meeting on June 18.
19 June 2010 [09:45]

Azerbaijani top diplomat meets speaker of Saudi Arabia's Consultative Assembly

Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met Friday speaker of Saudi Arabia's Consultative Assembly, Shura Council, Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al-Sheikh.
19 June 2010 [09:16]

Azerbaijani justice minister met French ambassador

Justice Minister of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Judicial-Legal Council Fikrat Mammadov met French ambassador Gabriel Keller on Friday.
19 June 2010 [09:10]

French senator: Armenia-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh is the territory of Azerbaijan

“The Armenia-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region is the territory of Azerbaijan”, French senator Nathalie Goulet said in her remarks at the French Senate.

Business

19 June 2010 [12:09]

"No great need to introduce Islamic banking in banking sector in Azerbaijan"

There is no great need to introduce Islamic banking in the banking sector in Azerbaijan, the chairman of the State Securities Committee of Azerbaijan Rufat Aslanli said.
19 June 2010 [10:15]

Italian businessmen visit Azerbaijan

A group of Italian businessmen led by Azerbaijan's honorary consul to Genoa Ms. Margarita Kosta visited Baku on June 17-18.
19 June 2010 [09:23]

World Bank and IMF confirm Azerbaijan escapes impact of global crisis

Johns Hopkins University's Central-Asia and Caucasus Institute hosted a conference “Impact of the global financial crisis on the Central Asian and Caucasus countries.”

Society

19 June 2010 [13:40]

Number of cars in Azerbaijan increased

The number of cars has increased by 1.6 times in Azerbaijan over the past five years.
19 June 2010 [13:13]

World Refugee Day marked in Baku

Azerbaijan's capital hosted Monday an event to mark the World Refugee Day.
19 June 2010 [12:15]

"Knowledge of not all graduates of Azerbaijani universities meets modern requirements"

A meeting on the new mechanism of financing higher education institutions was conducted with the participation of Chairman of the Education Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Ramiz Mehdiyev.
19 June 2010 [10:57]

Azerbaijan, Morocco sign memo of cooperation on family, women and children affairs

The Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs and Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity of Morocco have signed a memorandum of cooperation.
19 June 2010 [10:32]

Azerbaijani writer wins Leonardo da Vinci medal

Solmaz Amanova, Azerbaijani children's book writer, full member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, has been awarded a Leonardo da Vinci Medal for her book “Cloistral drugstore” at the International Congress Euromedica – Hanover 2010.

Sports

19 June 2010 [11:20]

Azerbaijani judoists to join European Cup in Slovenia

The Azerbaijan judo team will be competing in the European Judo Cup, which is to kick off in Celje, Slovenia on Saturday.

Arts & Entertainment

19 June 2010 [09:30]

Notre Dame de Paris musical staged in Baku

A premiere of Notre Dame de Paris musical based upon the novel by the French novelist Victor Hugo was held at Heydar Aliyev Palace on Friday.