News for 06 January 2011

World news

06 January 2011 [15:15]

Iran says American woman detained on spy charges

Iranian authorities have detained a 55-year-old American woman on spying charges, a state-owned newspaper reported Thursday.

Politics

06 January 2011 [13:35]

Polish Foreign Ministry calls on country's citizens not to visit Nagorno-Karabakh without Azerbaijan's consent

The Polish Foreign Ministry urges its citizens not to pay visits to Nagorno Karabakh without consent of the Azerbaijani authorities.
06 January 2011 [10:34]

EU relations with Azerbaijan to strengthen during Hungary's Presidency

Hungary followed on from Spain and Belgium to become head of the Council of the European Union on 1 January 2011.
06 January 2011 [10:23]

Azerbaijani President offers Easter congratulations to Orthodox Christian community

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev congratulated the country's Orthodox Christian community on Easter on January 5.

Business

06 January 2011 [18:55]

Central Bank of Azerbaijan refuses bicurrency basket in exchange rate policy

Central Bank of Azerbaijan has looked through the different versions of targeting of manat's exchange rate.

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Society

06 January 2011 [14:46]

Raids to prevent pedestrian rundown accidents starts in Baku

From today, Baku City Chief Traffic Police Department has started raids in order to prevent pedestrian rundown accidents.
06 January 2011 [14:38]

Total length of Azerbaijani railways reaches almost 3,000 km

The total length of railways in Azerbaijan is 2,929.4 km, 2,099.7 of which are operational, JSC Azerbaijan Railways website reported.
06 January 2011 [12:10]

50% of Azerbaijan's population use global net

Number of internet users in Azerbaijan makes up 50 percent of the population, approximately.
06 January 2011 [11:25]

Husband kills wife in Ganja city

Sports

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