News for 26 August 2010
Voice of Diaspora
26 August 2010 [10:55]
26 August 2010 [10:35]
As part of the 2nd International Ramadan Festival a night devoted to Azerbaijan will be held in Ankara.
World news
26 August 2010 [14:50]
Iran has put forward a proposal to Russia to establish a joint nuclear consortium to supply fuel for the Bushehr plant and plants to come on stream in the future.
26 August 2010 [14:23]
26 August 2010 [11:25]
The US Congress, even if the majority of its members are on vocation, has been getting lots of calls from US Armenians.
Weird / Interesting
26 August 2010 [17:10]
One of the world's smallest frogs has been found in the jungle of Borneo.
26 August 2010 [11:35]
Scientists said Tuesday they have identified a sun-like star with as many as seven different planets – including one that might be the smallest ever found outside the solar system.
Politics
26 August 2010 [17:24]
26 August 2010 [16:53]
Deputy Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament believes that Turkey will not create conditions for opening the border with Armenia.
26 August 2010 [16:11]
26 August 2010 [15:55]
Interview with editor-in-chief of the St. Petersburg-based "Konservator" magazine Rustam Arifjanov.
26 August 2010 [15:45]
26 August 2010 [15:35]
The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) has clarified its attitude towards extension of free airtime for candidates.
26 August 2010 [14:35]
26 August 2010 [13:20]
26 August 2010 [13:07]
26 August 2010 [12:16]
The Congress of Azerbaijanis in Georgia (CAG) has held a meeting with a group of teachers and parents from a school in Ahlimahmudlu village of Marneuli region, mainly populated by Azerbaijanis.
26 August 2010 [12:07]
26 August 2010 [11:15]
Interview with Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Kuwait Tural Rzayev.
26 August 2010 [10:45]
26 August 2010 [09:55]
Japanese ambassador to Azerbaijan Masamitsu Oki visited the country's Tovuz region on Aug. 25.
26 August 2010 [09:45]
26 August 2010 [09:35]
Chairman of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic's Supreme Assembly Vasif Talibov met Brazil ambassador to Azerbaijan Paulo Antonio Pereira Pinto on Aug. 25.
26 August 2010 [09:11]
Interior Minister of Azerbaijan Ramil Usubov met Iraq's new ambassador Heydar Shiya Gubeysi al-Barrak on Aug. 25.
26 August 2010 [09:00]
Business
26 August 2010 [15:22]
26 August 2010 [15:10]
Gas deliveries from Azerbaijan and Russia to Turkey are carried out in a normal mode, the Turkish state pipeline company Botas said today.
Society
26 August 2010 [17:45]
Azerbaijan develops a package of proposals to boost financial status of media, Azerbaijani Press Council Chairman Aflatun Amashov said at the council's board meeting.
26 August 2010 [16:35]
The Azerbaijani Press Council's board meeting has included four more newspapers into the 'black list', the council reported.
26 August 2010 [16:25]
26 August 2010 [13:45]
26 August 2010 [13:33]
26 August 2010 [12:45]
Temperature will rise in Azerbaijan this weekend, Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry National Hydrometeorological Department official Umayra Tagiyeva said.
26 August 2010 [12:35]
According to a competent research, Azerbaijan occupies the fourth place in the world for risk of contracting computer viruses.
26 August 2010 [12:25]
Azerbaijan registers 170-180 crimes related to murder and attempted murder on average per year, First Deputy Attorney General Rustam Usubov said today.
26 August 2010 [11:08]
Azerbaijani language courses are to open in Washington DC this autumn.
26 August 2010 [10:07]
Azerbaijan's Education Minister Misir Mardanov met chairman of Germany-Azerbaijan Forum Otto Hauser and member of Bundestag Thomas Bareib on Aug. 25.
Sports
26 August 2010 [17:35]
Young Azerbaijani athletes grabbed 5 gold and 3 silver medals at Singapore Youth Olympic Games.
26 August 2010 [13:55]
26 August 2010 [10:25]
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) highly values Azerbaijan's efforts towards the development of soccer in the country.
26 August 2010 [10:16]
Azerbaijan's national beach soccer team will face Turkey in a first game of the European League's division B on Friday.
Arts & Entertainment
26 August 2010 [21:05]
26 August 2010 [14:10]
The Azerbaijan State Children Philharmonic Society celebrates 20th anniversary next year.
26 August 2010 [11:45]
Azeri workers of culture participated in the music festival "Avaza" in Turkmenistan initiated by President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov.
26 August 2010 [09:24]
The Azerbaijan State Theater of Young Spectators will open a new season by Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".
