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02 October 2009 [13:34]

Bread prices should be reduced in Azerbaijan: minister

Bread prices should be reduced in Azerbaijan, Agriculture Minister Ismat Abbasov said on Oct. 2.
02 October 2009 [11:57]

Any option of transporting gas from Caspian to Europe is important: PhD candidate at Bordo-based Institute of Political Studies

PhD candidate at Bordo-based Institute of Political Studies Samuel Lussac spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
02 October 2009 [11:38]

Azerbaijan, Iraq may be first countries to supply gas to Nabucco

European participants of the Nabucco gas pipeline project hope that Azerbaijan and Iraq will become the first supplier of gas to the pipeline at the end of 2014, Nabucco consortium Director General Reinhard Mitschek said in Vienna on Oct. 1.
02 October 2009 [10:17]

Azerbaijan to export 1.5mln cu.m of gas to Russia per day

From Jan. 1, 2010, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) will export 1.5 million cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas to Russia per day, said Nazim Samadzade, First Deputy Head of Azerigas Production Unity (PU) of SOCAR.
02 October 2009 [08:44]

First meeting of Azerbaijan-India intergovernmental commission to take place in Delhi by yearend

The first meeting of Azerbaijan-India intergovernmental commission will be held in Delhi by the yearend, Indian ambassador to Azerbaijan Debnat Show said at the news conference.
01 October 2009 [16:55]

India offers Azerbaijan to open direct flights

India has offered Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) to open direct flights between Azerbaijan and India, Indian ambassador to Azerbaijan Debnat Show said.
01 October 2009 [12:58]

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan to sign energy agreement: Kazakh energy minister

The protocol was approved at the sixth meeting of Azerbaijani-Kazakh inter-governmental commission on economic cooperation in Baku.
01 October 2009 [09:33]

Oil prices surge again

Crude prices jumped nearly 6 percent on Wednesday after government data showed an unexpected drop in gasoline inventories, Xinhua reported.
01 October 2009 [09:04]

SOCAR starts receiving large vessels at its own terminal on Black Sea

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has completed the dredging work on its own Black Sea terminal in Kulevi, which will allow receiving tankers with dead weight of 104,000 ton, a source at the port said.
01 October 2009 [08:56]

Baku Metro triples fares

Upon decision by Tariff (Price) Council of Azerbaijan, from Oct. 1 the tariffs on passenger service in the Baku Metro will be tripled, the Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan said on Sept. 30.
30 September 2009 [14:40]

Gap between rich, poor widens in U.S.

The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans as rippling job layoffs ravaged household budgets, AP reported.
30 September 2009 [10:45]

Azerbaijan, Georgia freeze integration of currency exchanges

The idea of establishing a regional financial center, which has been discussed since 2007 by Baku and Tbilisi Interbank Currency Exchange, has been frozen, manager of Baku Inter-Bank Currency Exchange Farhad Amirbayov said.
30 September 2009 [09:53]

Azerbaijan State Oil Company produces 5 billion cubic meters of gas in 2009

Azerbaijan State Oil Company (SOCAR) produced 5 billion cubic meters of gas in Jan.-Aug. 2009.
29 September 2009 [17:34]

Regarding energy, Azerbaijan is too important for Europe: expert of Carleton University

Azerbaijan in terms of energy is of great importance for Europe, believes Robert Cutler, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for the European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Carleton University of Canada.
29 September 2009 [16:35]

Azerbaijan, France to launch tourism cooperation

Azerbaijan and France will launch cooperation in the field of tourism, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfas Garayev said.
29 September 2009 [16:10]

Sixty hotels to be put into operation in Azerbaijan soon: tourism minister

A total of 20 hotels have been into operation in Azerbaijan since the beginning of the year, Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev said at a news conference.
29 September 2009 [14:14]

Azerbaijan’s tourism minister: number of tourists traveling to Azerbaijan will increase

The number of tourists travelling to Azerbaijan increased by 0.3 percent in Sept. compared to the same month of last year.
29 September 2009 [12:32]

Conference on stock exchange listing held in Baku

The Baku Stock Exchange and the International Finance Corporation have today held a conference entitled "Listing: an Alternative Way of Funding" on the introduction of the new listing rules on the BSE.
28 September 2009 [17:56]

Azerbaijan to attend telecommunications congress for Russian and CIS

Capacity Russia 2009 annual telecommunications congress will be held in Moscow for Russian and the CIS countries on October 5-6 of current year.
26 September 2009 [12:27]

Azerbaijani Central Bank completes first phase of risk management improvement project

The Azerbaijani Central Bank (CB) has completed the first phase of the project on improvement of risk management, Director of the CE department on supervision over the activities of credit organizations Rashad Orujov said.
25 September 2009 [17:50]

Nabucco to ensure European energy security: The Telegraph

After years of dithering, and despite Moscow's threats, agreement has been finalised for a project to bring non-Russian gas to Europe, The UK-based The Telegraph newspaper reports.
25 September 2009 [17:26]

Georgia-Azerbaijan trade turnover hits $365 million

Trade turnover between Georgia and Azerbaijan totaled $365 million in January-August 2009, which makes up 65 percent of last year’s indicator.
25 September 2009 [16:41]

Azerbaijan may build new oil pipeline

Under the agreement on establishment of Caspian Oil Transportation System (COTS), Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are discussing new opportunities to export the Kazakh oil through the country, Presidentof the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev said in Astana.
25 September 2009 [14:16]

G20 will be top world economic forum

World leaders announced on Friday that the Group of 20 developed and developing nations would become the top economic forum, spreading influence to emerging powers such as China and India, AFP reported.
25 September 2009 [12:54]

Former German chancellor: Nabucco pipeline will be promising if it is filled with Iranian gas

The Nabucco pipeline project will be promising if it pumps Iranian natural gas, former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told a Eurasian energy forum underway in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana.
25 September 2009 [12:17]

Transit countries should not re-export gas: SOCAR president

An agreement should be reached among producers, transit countries and consumers of natural gas that the transit countries cannot re-export the received gas, President of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev said at a news conference during the sixth Eurasian Energy Forum.
25 September 2009 [11:32]

Founding meeting of Azerbaijan-UK Business Council held in London

Azerbaijan has created favorable conditions for foreign investors' activities and has great business opportunities, the British Co-Chair of the Azerbaijan-UK Business Council Lord Howell said at the meeting of the council in London.
25 September 2009 [10:17]

Former head of Armenian Central Bank: Armenia breaks records for rate of economic downturn

“Armenia breaks records for the rate of the economic downturn compared to the other CIS member states,” Former Director of the Armenian Central Bank Bagrat Asatryan told reporters.
25 September 2009 [08:56]

Azerbaijan is leading economic center in region: minister

The Azerbaijani-Czech business forum in Baku was attended by about 40 Czech entrepreneurs from the spheres of transport, industry, construction and financial sectors and tourism, and about 100 Azerbaijani businessmen.
24 September 2009 [16:52]

Turkmenistan’s initiative to diverse pipeline system is important: Former U.S Secretary of State

Speaking about Turkmenistan's active position on reliable and stable energy transit, Former U.S Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, stressed the importance of initiatives to diversity the Turkmen export pipeline system.
24 September 2009 [12:08]

World Bank to review project portfolio on Azerbaijan

The World Bank (WB) mission jointly with the Azerbaijani government will review the project portfolio in the country on Sept. 27 to Oct. 3, WB Baku office said.
24 September 2009 [10:17]

The most sold car brand in Azerbaijan disclosed

Public association Property Market Participants has released results of the August monitoring into the state of the secondary car market of Azerbaijan’s capital.
23 September 2009 [13:16]

Asian Development Bank issues $600 million in loan to Azerbaijan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend up to $600 million in loans to Azerbaijan for water and sanitation improvements in towns that have suffered from decades of neglect and underinvestment in infrastructure.
23 September 2009 [11:45]

Alternative energy sources should be developed in remote regions of Azerbaijan: minister

Alternative energy sources should be developed in remote regions of Azerbaijan, Industry and Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev said.
23 September 2009 [11:33]

Construction of Trans-Caspian gas pipeline delayed

Feasibility study of the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline will be submitted by Kazakhstan not earlier than the first quarter of next year, KazMunaiGaz national company COE Daniyar Berlibayev said.
23 September 2009 [10:18]

LUKOIL announces date for oil production on Caspian Sea

LUKOIL oil company plans to extract first Russian oil from the Russian shelf of the Caspian Sea in March 2010, company’s President Vagit Alekberov said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
21 September 2009 [11:48]

SECO to approve technical assistance to reforms on Azerbaijani financial infrastructures

The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) launched the process of approval of the project of reforms on the Azerbaijani financial infrastructure, head of the SECO National Program in Azerbaijan Naila Safarova said.
21 September 2009 [10:45]

Over 4mn tons of cargo transited via Azerbaijan in Jan.-Aug

According to the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan, in January to August, cargo transportation by vehicles made up 27.49 million tons of cargo or 62.91 percent less than the same period of 2008.
19 September 2009 [11:07]

Azerbaijan improves ranking in Index of IT competitiveness

In 2009, Azerbaijan ranked 61st in the "Index of IT competitiveness", with 21.3 points out of a possible 100, according to the international survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit analytical agency, supported by the Association of BSA Software Producers, www . infocity.az reported.
19 September 2009 [10:36]

Construction of Trans-Caspian gas pipeline requires consent of all Caspian littoral countries: StatoilHydro

The construction of the Trans-Caspian pipeline designed to export gas from Central Asia to the European markets via the South Caucasus will require consent of all the Caspian countries, Europe's major gas supplier, Norway's StatoilHydro, said.
18 September 2009 [17:38]

Ashgabat to host int'l conference on protection of Caspian Sea bioresources

Ashgabat will host an international conference on "Protection and sustainable use of bioresources of the Caspian Sea" on Oct. 8-10.
18 September 2009 [13:38]

'Verslo zinios' newspaper: Lithuanian companies have a great interest in Azerbaijan

“Despite difference in mentalities, high taxes and the risk of delivery through the two predictable neighbors, Lithuanian companies have a great interest in Azerbaijan because of a high purchasing power,” ‘Lithuanian Courier’ quoted Lithuania-based ‘Verslo zinios’ as reporting.
18 September 2009 [12:51]

Armenia not states a reason for not attending BSEC conference in Baku

Armenia has refused to participate in the conference of the heads of the emergency situations agencies of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Baku.
17 September 2009 [15:50]

Iran want to increase gas operations with Azerbaijan: NIGC top manager

Trend News Persian desk's interview with the Director of Dispatch Center of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hassan Muntazar Turbat, who attended international conference Infrastructure World Caspian-2009 in Baku.
17 September 2009 [13:29]

BSEC member states working groups on emergency situations hold joint meeting in Baku

Working groups on emergency situations of the Organization of the Black Sea Cooperation (BSEC) are holding joint meeting in Baku.
17 September 2009 [13:12]

Azerbaijani gold put on sale on European stock exchanges

Azerbaijan International Mining Company (AMIC) puts on sale gold produced from Azerbaijan’s Gadabay deposit on European stock exchanges, engineer at Gadabay gold processing plant Suleyman Karimov said.
17 September 2009 [10:41]

Azerbaijan to buy 1,000 more Korean buses

The Korean Daewoo and the Azerbaijani City Bus companies inked a contract to deliver 1,000 buses on Sept. 16, the Azerbaijani Transport Ministry reported.
17 September 2009 [09:18]

Azerbaijani delegation receives delegation led by UK state minister

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev today has received British delegation led by Lord Hunt, Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
17 September 2009 [08:48]

United Kingdom ready to support development of Southern Gas Corridor: energy minister

The United Kingdom is ready to support development of the Southern Gas Corridor, UK Energy Minister Lord Hunt said to a news conference in Baku on Sept.16.
17 September 2009 [08:34]

SOCAR president meets with UK energy minister

SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev received UK energy minister Lord Hunt in Baku on Sept. 17.
16 September 2009 [15:09]

IMF head comments on world economic recession

Asian countries are ahead in the global economic recovery but the rebound is still very weak, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was quoted as saying in an interview published on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
16 September 2009 [12:44]

Nabucco can well do without Iranian gas: expert

"Nabucco gas pipeline project can well do without Iranian gas."
16 September 2009 [12:18]

Rise in cash income of Azerbaijani population

Nominal cash incomes of Azerbaijan population totaled 14 billion manat in Jan.-Aug. 2009, a rise of 12.6 percent from the same period of 2008, the State Statistics Committee said.
16 September 2009 [08:43]

'Contract of the Century' exhibition organized in Baku

Baku hosted an exhibition on the 15th anniversary of the "Contract of the Century" on Sept. 15.
15 September 2009 [17:27]

SOCAR president receives BP Azerbaijan ex-president

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has today hosted a meeting with the delegation headed by Bill Schrader, the former president of BP-Azerbaijan.
15 September 2009 [16:27]

Thailand takes interest in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas sector

Thailand takes interest in development of promising hydrocarbon resources in Azerbaijan, said Vagif Aliyev, SOCAR official for international investments.
15 September 2009 [13:42]

Azerbaijan may export gas to China

Azerbaijan may in the short term join a Kazakh project which envisages gas exports to China, President of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev said.
15 September 2009 [13:17]

Iran to buy 5 billion cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas per year

Iran reached an agreement with Azerbaijan to buy 5 billion cubic meters of gas per year, Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Muhammadbaghir Bahrami said at a new conference.
15 September 2009 [12:29]

Investments in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas fields hit $37 billion

Investments in Azerbaijan’s economy earmarked as part of the contracts on development of oil and gas fields have hit $37 billion, Azerbaijan State Oil Company (SOCAR) President Rovnag Abdullayev said at a conference ‘Gas Infrastructure World Caspian 2009.'
15 September 2009 [12:16]

Nabucco gas pipeline is impossible without Iran: Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan

Iran says Nabucco gas pipeline project will fail without country's participation.
15 September 2009 [11:49]

Caspian region to supply 5-percent gas demand of Europe: EU commissioner for energy

"Caspian region will supply 5-percent gas demand of Europe."
15 September 2009 [11:33]

Azerbaijan's gas output is estimated to top 35-40 billion cubic meters: SOCAR president

Azerbaijan's gas output is projected to reach 35-40 billion cubic meters in 2020 compared to 27 billion cubic meters this year, said Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR).
15 September 2009 [10:53]

Conference on Caspian region gas infrastructure starts in Baku

Baku hosts the Gas Infrastructure World Caspian-2009 international conference on Sept. 15-16.
14 September 2009 [15:23]

Cost of most expensive hundred part of land in Baku made public

Participants of Estate Market public union has released results of the monitoring into situation in the land market of Azerbaijani capital conducted in Aug. 2009.
14 September 2009 [12:58]

Azerbaijan to import 40,000 heads of pedigree cattle: minister

In 2009-2015, Azerbaijan will allocate 80 million manat to buy 40,000 heads of pedigree cattle, Agriculture Minister Ismat Abbasov said.
14 September 2009 [11:15]

State Secretary of Romanian Ministry of Economy: Azerbaijan has expressed its intention to participate in Nabucco project

"We think that the role of Kazakhstan in the Nabucco project is very important."
14 September 2009 [09:25]

Turkmenistan has enough gas to supply Nabucco: president

Turkmenistan's president insisted Saturday that his Central Asian nation has enough natural gas reserves to supply a planned pipeline that could reduce Western reliance on Russian energy exports, AP reported.
14 September 2009 [09:16]

SOCAR launches overhauled gas pipe in Georgia

Azerbaijan State Oil Company (SOCAR), which possesses 23 gas distribution companies in Georgia through its subsidiary SOCAR Georgia Gas, has launched a gas pipeline in Dmanisi, Georgia after major overhaul.
14 September 2009 [08:48]

Global economic crisis to continue: IMF chief

The global economic crisis will continue and countries must do more to adopt financial market regulations, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a German magazine on Saturday, Reuters reported.
12 September 2009 [11:01]

Minsk Oblast ups meat, dairy exports to Azerbaijan nine fold

In Jan.-Jul. 2009, Minks Oblast of Belarus increased meat and dairy exports to Azerbaijan ninefold, Belta reported.
12 September 2009 [10:28]

Azerbaijan, Russia coordinate GSM-frequencies

Azerbaijan and Russia have coordinated the GSM-frequencies in border areas, said Gulam Abdullayev, Chief Adviser of the Telecommunication Department at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.