News for 24 June 2010
Voice of Diaspora
24 June 2010 [09:41]
A presentation of a program “Azerbaijan, a land of fire” was held June 23 as part of the international student week in Germany.
World news
24 June 2010 [16:45]
24 June 2010 [15:25]
Former Russian Energy Minister Yuri Shafranik says he is concerned about the threat of a major oil spill in the Caspian Sea, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Russian Service reported.
24 June 2010 [14:45]
From January 1, 2011 the Lithuanian diplomatic mission will serve as the NATO contact embassy in Georgia for two years. This decision was made by member-countries of the alliance.
24 June 2010 [10:22]
A multilingual newspaper in the eastern city of Van is preparing to add stories in Armenian to its Turkish, Kurdish, Persian and English-language content to mark the reinstating of religious services at a local Armenian church.
Politics
24 June 2010 [17:55]
24 June 2010 [17:30]
The State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Citizens appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the return of the body of Azerbaijani soldier-martyr.
24 June 2010 [17:17]
The forum of GUAM youth leaders will be held in Azerbaijan June 25, according to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
24 June 2010 [15:45]
Armenia continues to back a nonconstructive position on the question of reopening the Nagorno-Karabakh Subcommittee, head of the Azerbaijani Delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov said.
24 June 2010 [15:15]
24 June 2010 [14:38]
Monitoring on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops took place without incident.
24 June 2010 [13:54]
PACE held its next summer session on June 23.
24 June 2010 [13:45]
24 June 2010 [12:55]
24 June 2010 [12:45]
Baku will host an international forum on the topic "The interaction of cultures in terms of globalization" on the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation's Russia office on June 29-30.
24 June 2010 [12:35]
UNESCO's Goodwill Ambassadors' tasks will be considered today at a meeting in Paris, according to ITAR-TASS.
24 June 2010 [12:25]
Interview with senior research fellow at Madrid-based FRIDE (European Think Tank for Global Action) Jos Boonstra.
24 June 2010 [12:15]
24 June 2010 [12:06]
Member of the Azerbaijani parliament Ganira Pashayeva participated in the discussions on the report “Islam, Islamism and Islamophobia in Europe” prepared by Mogens Jensen (Denmark) on the third day of the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
24 June 2010 [11:45]
An official reception was given to participants of the 35th annual meeting of IDB Group Board of Governors on behalf of President Ilham Aliyev.
24 June 2010 [11:24]
24 June 2010 [11:15]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has been invited to an international conference in the Austrian city of Salzburg.
24 June 2010 [10:46]
Interview with Stephen F. Larrabee, expert on CIS countries, head of Distinguished Chair in European at "Rand Cooperation".
24 June 2010 [10:13]
24 June 2010 [10:05]
Austrian Embassy was opened in Baku on June 23.
24 June 2010 [09:53]
The participants of the 35th Annual Meeting of the IDB Board of Governors visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation on June 23.
24 June 2010 [09:33]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received IRI Minister of Economy and Finance Shamsaddin Husseini and his accompanying delegation on June 23.
24 June 2010 [09:17]
24 June 2010 [09:10]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development Kanayo Nwanze on June 23.
Business
24 June 2010 [17:45]
24 June 2010 [16:35]
The SOCAR leadership met with the delegation of Austria, led by Reinhold Mitterlehner, Minister for Economic Affairs and Labor of Austria.
24 June 2010 [15:35]
The Azerbaijani government and the Islamic Development Bank signed a loan agreement on allocation of 150 million euros to build the plant for waste processing in Baku.
24 June 2010 [14:30]
Azerbaijan has reduced cotton exports significantly, the Azerbaijan State Customs Committee said.
24 June 2010 [14:07]
Loan agreements worth $780.7 million were signed with 19 countries-members within the 35th annual meeting of the Governing Council of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in Azerbaijan.
24 June 2010 [11:56]
Austria hopes to sign contracts to purchase gas from the Caspian region, which will allow the EU to diversify sources of power supply. The issues on construction of new pipelines within the "Southern Corridor" are being actively considered for this purpose.
24 June 2010 [11:35]
An Azerbaijan company SINAM has won a tender in Kyrgyzstan.
24 June 2010 [10:55]
Azerbaijan is one of the most important countries to supply Nabucco pipeline with gas, said Managing Director of the Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH Reinhard Mitschek at a briefing on June 23.
Society
24 June 2010 [18:08]
There are 1.6 million women aged between 20 and 40 years in Azerbaijan. As may as 80,000 of them are single and 8,000 are divorced, the Azerbaijan State Statistics Committee said.
24 June 2010 [17:38]
24 June 2010 [17:08]
24 June 2010 [16:55]
Political scientists and energy experts have highlighted the role of Azerbaijan in Europe's energy security at an international conference organized in Ankara by the Turkish International Strategic Research Organization (USAK), Kondrad Adenauer Foundation and sponsored by BP.
24 June 2010 [16:19]
24 June 2010 [16:10]
An interview with chairman of the Civil Service Commission under the Azerbaijani President Bahram Khalilov.
24 June 2010 [15:07]
Alasgarovs family in Zabrat settlement in Baku outskirts have begun growing bananas on Absheron soil. Gulara Alasgarova says previous attempts to grow bananas in Azerbaijan have failed.
24 June 2010 [14:55]
A total of 55 tourist sites out of 452 are four are three or four-star facilities in Azerbaijan.
24 June 2010 [14:20]
The project developed by the order of the Executive Administration of Baku City is designed to create the new and modern centre of the capital city.
24 June 2010 [10:30]
The Azerbaijan government will continue measures to strengthen the material and technical base of press and improve living conditions of journalists, Ali Hasanov, Head of the Socio-Political Department of Presidential Administration stated.
24 June 2010 [09:25]
Sports
24 June 2010 [11:07]
24 June 2010 [10:38]
Arts & Entertainment
24 June 2010 [18:15]
A small electronic music festival “HARD & FAST OPEN AIR MUSIC FEST” will be organized in Baku in early July.
Exhibitions
24 June 2010 [16:27]
