News for 22 June 2010
World news
22 June 2010 [10:56]
If Georgia keeps its pace of development, it will reach the level of Dubai in five or seven years, President Saakashvili said in Batumi late on Monday evening.
Politics
22 June 2010 [18:07]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev congratulated his Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg on the country`s national holiday.
22 June 2010 [17:43]
The Armenian delegation is preparing a statement on the possible re-establishment of the PACE Committee on Nagorno-Karabakh, Mediamax agency reported.
22 June 2010 [17:16]
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan discussed the settlement of the Karabakh problem in Berlin today, according to ArmToday.
22 June 2010 [16:55]
22 June 2010 [16:36]
Pre-election assessment mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) studies the pre-election situation in Azerbaijan on the eve of parliamentary elections.
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22 June 2010 [15:28]
Interview with expert on security at Oslo-based International Peace Research Institute Pavel Bayev.
22 June 2010 [15:12]
22 June 2010 [15:03]
The opposition Musavat party and Union for Democracy will hold mass rallies next month. The decision was made at a meeting June 21, the party said.
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22 June 2010 [14:03]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received new UN resident-coordinator Fikret Akcura today.
22 June 2010 [13:24]
Armenians have turned the mosque in Azerbaijan’s Agdam town built by the architect Kerbalai Safi Khan Qarabaghi in 1868-1870 into a pigpen and cowshed, according to Kavkazcenter website.
22 June 2010 [12:45]
Interview with member of the Grand National Assembly (Parliament) of Turkey from the ruling Justice and Development Party Irfan Gunduz.
22 June 2010 [12:35]
22 June 2010 [12:07]
The declaration, entitled "Necessity of intensifying the activities of the subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh", prepared by a member of the Azerbaijani delegation Rafael Huseynov, was circulated at the PACE on the first day of organization's summer session.
22 June 2010 [10:24]
22 June 2010 [09:37]
Azerbaijan and European Commission have launched the first technical session in Brussels, Belgium as part of the EU`s Eastern Partnership Program.
22 June 2010 [09:30]
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group strongly condemned the use of force on Azerbaijani-Armenian troops contact line and "regret the senseless loss of life", according to the Co-Chairs' statement released on Monday.
22 June 2010 [09:16]
Azerbaijan's Justice Minister, Chairman of Judicial-Legal Council Fikrat Mammadov met the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku Ali Bilge Cankorel on June 21.
22 June 2010 [09:10]
The best way for solving the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is to implement PACE's 1416 resolution, PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu told journalists.
Business
22 June 2010 [18:15]
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is partnering with Azerbaijan Methanol Company to improve the company's governance practices, providing advice that will help establish good corporate governance in a key sector of Azerbaijan's economy, the petrochemical industry.
22 June 2010 [17:07]
SOCAR continues to expand its network of petrol stations under the brand of SOCAR in Georgia. Tbilisi hosted the opening ceremony of two new filling stations June 22.
22 June 2010 [16:20]
Azerbaijan State Standardization, Metrology and Patents Committee has adopted Euro-2 standards, the state committee said.
22 June 2010 [10:45]
An interview with President of the cable television KATV1 Samir Gurbanov.
22 June 2010 [10:15]
Issues related to Azerbaijani-Polish economic cooperation will be discussed in Baku.
22 June 2010 [10:07]
The Global Services center of the US Ge Oil&Gas Company opened in Baku on June 21st.
22 June 2010 [09:55]
22 June 2010 [09:45]
The 26th meeting of the General Assembly of the Association of the National Development Financing Institutions (ADFIMI) was held in Azerbaijani capital on Monday.
22 June 2010 [09:23]
As part of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Islamic Development Bank, a “Meeting to Develop the Road Map for Enhancing Intra-OIC Trade” was held on June 21.
Daily Laugh
22 June 2010 [11:33]
Society
22 June 2010 [17:55]
The Azerbaijani parliament's extraordinary meeting held June 22 adopted a law on amendments and changes to the country's law "On the rules of traffic."
22 June 2010 [17:35]
22 June 2010 [17:25]
The Azerbaijani parliament's extraordinary meeting held June 22 adopted a law on amendments and changes to the country's laws "On Advertising", "On Broadcasting" and "On medicines".
22 June 2010 [16:45]
Agriculture Minister of Azerbaijan Ismet Abasov met with visiting President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Kanayo F. Nwanze.
22 June 2010 [16:29]
The Governmental Commission holds a meeting in the natural disaster zone, emerged as a result of floods in the Kur River. The Commission is at the session in Azerbaijan's Sabirabad region.
22 June 2010 [16:12]
"Azerenerji" is working to determine the amount of damage caused by floods and mudflows that occurred in April-May, the company said.
22 June 2010 [15:57]
22 June 2010 [15:20]
As many as 88,815 pupils out of 92,002 (96/54%) have participated in finals this year.
22 June 2010 [14:53]
Employees of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC went to Georgia to participate in the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC spokesman Nadir Azmammadov said.
22 June 2010 [14:13]
The law on amendments to the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "Courts and Judges" and "Legal and judicial council" were made at an extraordinary meeting of the Azerbaijani parliament.
22 June 2010 [13:52]
22 June 2010 [13:15]
A conference on fight human trafficking took place in Azerbaijani city Ganja.
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Institute of Values has been founded to promote Western values in Georgia.
22 June 2010 [11:21]
Heavy rains in Ismayilli region disconnected three villages from the district center.
22 June 2010 [11:06]
22 June 2010 [10:35]
A seminar on “Utilization of Marginal Quality Water in Agriculture: Potential and Constraints was held in Baku as part of the 5th IDB Global Forum on Islamic Finance on June 21.
Sports
22 June 2010 [13:44]
22 June 2010 [13:33]
The Azerbaijani athletes have snatched eight medals in the European Team Championships Third League in Marsa, Malta.
Exhibitions
22 June 2010 [11:12]
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Youth and Sports built up its pavilion in the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, which will run until October 31, 2010.
