Business
18 August 2006 [09:11]
State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) president Rovnag Abdullayev and the company future staff qualification commission members met with students who gained highest score (over 80 points) in examination and will be able to get master's degree abroad within Scholarship Program.
18 August 2006 [09:07]
Indian Trade Minister will visit Azerbaijan in September this year, Azerbaijani Ambassador to India Tamerlan Garayev informs.
17 August 2006 [21:42]
17 August 2006 [21:40]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8852 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on August 16.
17 August 2006 [21:34]
The Azerbaijan-Georgia business forum was held August 17 in Batumi with Prime Ministers Artur Rasizade of Azerbaijan and Zurab Nogaideli of Georgia in attendance.
17 August 2006 [21:09]
Azerbaijan is behind Armenia of the length of primary roads, Transport Ministry's Traffic Service Department chief Javid Gurbanov said at the media briefing.
17 August 2006 [14:35]
"Fire-engines as well as fire fighting appliances and special uniforms will be brought to Azerbaijan by mid September," deputy Emergencies Minister Faig Taghizadeh told journalists.
17 August 2006 [14:22]
The weighted average exchange prices made up 0.8848 AZN for 1 US dollar in the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange on August 15.
17 August 2006 [14:05]
As of July 1, the external debt of Azerbaijan constituted USD 1 806.3 mn and that is to say per capita foreign debt equaled $212.9. As of July, credit agreements of $3 534.1 mn have been concluded.
17 August 2006 [11:08]
It is reported that 11 million barrels of crude oil have been transported to the Haydar Aliyev Sea Terminal in the Ceyhan district of Adana via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Crude Oil Pipeline which supplies the Azeri oil to the world markets.
17 August 2006 [10:24]
On October 1-4, 2006, the United States-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce (USACC) will host a trade mission to the Republic of Azerbaijan for leading U.S. firms specializing in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).
17 August 2006 [10:17]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 45 633 various kinds of trade facilities and found serious irregularities in 12 548 of them.
17 August 2006 [09:57]
Salyan Oil, which is developing Kursengi-Garabaghli field, produced 22 998 000 cubic meters of gas during January-July.
17 August 2006 [09:28]
SOCAR has developed an action plan to study the ecological situation with the onshore oilfields, SOCAR vice-president Khoshbekht Yusifzade told journalists.
16 August 2006 [22:06]
Azerbaijani-German intergovernmental talks started in Bonn. Azerbaijan is represented at the negotiations by economic development minister Heydar Babayev.
16 August 2006 [16:04]
Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) will discontinue exporting oil through Baku-Novorossiysk oil pipeline from September this year, AIOC informs that the reason is that BTC has already come on line.
16 August 2006 [13:17]
Technical efficiency of delivery of Iranian oil through Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline may be considered in near future, Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan, Afshar Suleymani said.
16 August 2006 [09:04]
Austria and Azerbaijan are having negotiations to develop relations in tourism sector, Fuad Ismayilov, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Austria stated.
16 August 2006 [08:38]
Some changes were made to the schedule of issue of T-bills by Ministry of Finance of the Azerbaijan Republic in 2006.
16 August 2006 [08:29]
As of July 1, the aggregate assets of banks reached AZN 2 806.5mn which represents a 52% rise on the same month last year.
15 August 2006 [22:21]
Oil production will hit 50mn tonnes per day in 2008 in Azerbaijan. The production will be 30.5 mn tonnes this year and it will reach 47 mn tonnes next year, Natig Aliyev, Industry and Energy Minister, said.
15 August 2006 [22:02]
Gross Domestic Product constituted AZN 8 803.5mn during January-July and this figure represents a 35.1% increase on the same period last year.
15 August 2006 [21:15]
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific affairs Mehdi Safari conferred in Tbilisi on Tuesday with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli on issues of mutual interests.
15 August 2006 [20:39]
The Russian and Armenian presidents agreed that trade between the two countries is growing and expressed their hope for good prospects in bilateral relations.
15 August 2006 [14:42]
SOCAR is currently importing about 10.7 million cubic meters of gas per day average from Russian gas company Gazeksport.
15 August 2006 [14:36]
Azerbaijan's Finance Minister Samir Sharifov and German Ambassador to Baku Per Christopher Stanchina signed August 14 an agreement on financial cooperation in creating the Samur-Yalama national park in Azerbaijan.
15 August 2006 [13:35]
International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) has signed a loan agreement amounting to 7.28mn EUR with Rabobank of Netherlands.
15 August 2006 [09:06]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8858 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange yesterday.
15 August 2006 [09:03]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department continued examination of cash payment and submittal of receipts to clients on August 12 in Sumgait and Apsheron district.
15 August 2006 [09:00]
Auction on placement of T-bills of Finance Ministry will be held at Baku Stock Exchange August 15.
15 August 2006 [08:52]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 40 865 various kinds of trade facilities and found serious irregularities in 11 524 of them.
15 August 2006 [08:35]
VAT registration has to date been annulled in 4343 enterprises in Azerbaijan since early year.
14 August 2006 [19:32]
Azerbaijani Caspian Sea Shipping Company negotiates with Russian Federal Agency for River and Sea Transport on permanent transit through Russian inland waters, ACSSC chairman Aydin Bashirov told journalists.
14 August 2006 [14:53]
The Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline is facing the threat of corrosion, which could bring about an ecological catastrophe in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, the Platform international ecological organisation has announced.
14 August 2006 [13:44]
Azerbaijan's State Property Committee has announced an investment contest for the equity of the Moscow Hotel.
14 August 2006 [11:59]
Russia's UTair Aviation wiil launch its first flights to Azerbaijan.
14 August 2006 [00:54]
Georgia-Azerbaijan business forum will be held in the framework of the Georgia-Azerbaijan intergovernmental economic commission's meeting in Batumi on August 17.
14 August 2006 [00:52]
According to BP Azerbaijan, the Istiglal semi-submersible drilling rig is now spudding another appraisal well at the Shahdeniz gas field.
14 August 2006 [00:50]
According to press service of BP Azerbaijan, the company plans to deliver a total amount of 2.1 billion cubic meters of gas produced from the Central Azeri and West Azeri platforms to Azerbaijan until the end of this year.
13 August 2006 [14:48]
The land given to Azerbaijani businessman Gunduz Miiraliyev, Severodvinsk Mayor Alexander Belyayev's son-in-law caused a scandal.
13 August 2006 [02:33]
Baba Rzayev has been appointed chief of "Bakuelectricshebeke" JSC and Fakhri Mammadov chief of "Sumgayitelectricshebeke" JSC, Azerbaijani Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev told on Saturday.
13 August 2006 [02:27]
According to initial calculations, more than $15 million is to be invested for building electricity system of the capital Baku, Azerbaijani Economic Development Minister told journalists on Saturday.
12 August 2006 [15:04]
Azerbaijan-Georgia Intergovernmental Commission will meet in Batumi, Georgia on 16-17 August this year.
12 August 2006 [10:19]
The incomes of the State Social protection Fund equaled AZN 322.07mln during January-July and this figure represents an AZN 44.13mln or 15.9% on the same period of last year. This shows that the income forecast was implemented by 100.9%.
12 August 2006 [10:02]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8861 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange.
12 August 2006 [09:58]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 37 045 various kinds of trade facilities and found serious irregularities in 10 700 of them.
12 August 2006 [09:27]
AZN 2 739 000 and US$59 000 have been allocated to the Assistance Fund for Azerbaijani Armed Forces by 7 August, Defense Ministry press secretary, Colonel Ramiz Malikov told.
12 August 2006 [09:03]
4 mln tonnes of Azerbaijan oil will be exported through Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline this year.
12 August 2006 [08:56]
Salyan Oil, which is developing Kursengi-Garabaghli field, produced 20 246 000 cubic meters of gas during January-June.
12 August 2006 [08:47]
Karasu Operating Company, which is developing onshore Mishovdagh and Kalamaddin oilfields, produced 2 195 cubic meters of gas during January-June.
11 August 2006 [22:12]
The coveted Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan is enjoying increased oil revenues on the back of rising prices and larger production, along with some of the political advantages that come with it.
11 August 2006 [14:34]
The consortium of German 'Fichtner' and Japanese 'Tepsco' have been selected as a technical adviser to the project of reconstruction of the Azerbaijan thermo-power station in Mingachevir, press-service of the Joint Stock Company Azerenergy said.
11 August 2006 [14:17]
Khachmaz faced bread shortage for few hours on August 9. There was a pause in bakeries because of natural gas supply cut off.
11 August 2006 [14:13]
Azerbaijan's National TV and Radio Council (NTRC) appealed to the local Economic Court #1 by the claim to ban B&B cable television broadcasting in Baku.
11 August 2006 [10:00]
SOCAR paid AZN 413 576 000 to the State Budget during January-July. This figure is 2.5 times rise on the same period last year.
11 August 2006 [09:50]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8865 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange today.
11 August 2006 [09:42]
State Customs Committee head Aydin Aliyev today received new German Ambassador Per Christopher Stanchina.
11 August 2006 [09:30]
After the insurance law is adopted, the Finance Ministry of Azerbaijan will determine the three-year limit of the authorized capital of insurance companies operating in Azerbaijan, Finance Minister Samir Sharifov told journalists.
11 August 2006 [08:44]
Azerbaijan and Georgia are expected to reach an agreement on repayment of $16mn-state debts of Georgia to Azerbaijan.
11 August 2006 [08:30]
SOCAR intends to increase oil exportation through Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline.
11 August 2006 [08:25]
National Bank of Azerbaijan (NBA) has analyzed the reports on the authorized capital of submitted by banks and discussed the results with banks, NBA chief director Rufat Aslanli told journalists.
10 August 2006 [22:31]
Azerbaijani Government is studying the reality on harmonization of minimum salary with the subsistence level, Finance Minister Samir Sharifov told journalists.
10 August 2006 [21:31]
Azercell telecom Joint venture invested $90.41mln in Azerbaijan during January-July of 2006 and has totally invested $495.109mln during 9.5 years, Azercell director general Halim Ateshi stated.
10 August 2006 [13:20]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced that Azerbaijan's currency reserves total USD 3 billion, a leap of USD 700 million from the beginning of 2006.
10 August 2006 [11:21]
Azerbaijan's foreign trade increased by 47.9 percent to $5bn in H1 2006, compared to the same period of 2005. Exports grew by 2.2 times to $2.9bn, while imports gained 0.9 percent rising to $2.1bn, Azerbaijan's State Statistics Committee said.
10 August 2006 [09:34]
The weighted average exchange price made up 0.8867 AZN/USD at trading sessions held at the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange yesterday.
10 August 2006 [09:29]
Taxes Ministry Operational Control Department have to date examined 32 260 various kinds of facilities and found serious irregularities in 9 725 of them.
10 August 2006 [09:20]
Automobile parts will be brought to Ganja Automobile Plant (GAP) from ChangAn Auto on August 20 to assemble cars in Azerbaijan.
10 August 2006 [09:04]
Azerbaijani secondary schools need 5562 teachers in different subjects.
10 August 2006 [08:23]
The winners of Moscow Competition I on the best building and designing company will be awarded.
10 August 2006 [08:12]
SOCAR Oil Production Unit gave a deliberation on the results of the first part of 2006.
09 August 2006 [18:25]
Iran and Azerbaijan have reached agreement on constructing two water power plants on the border river, Araks.
09 August 2006 [16:34]
Azerpocht (AzerPost) State Company of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan, AZAL and Spanish 'Amadeus' signed agreement on preparation of the employees engaged in booking, the Ministry said.
09 August 2006 [14:55]
UNICEF jointly with the Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan held on August 8 a meeting to discuss ways of elimination of the problems occurred in production and sale of white salt in Azerbaijan.
09 August 2006 [14:08]
"The task force set up by the Economic Development Ministry has already completed examination in Barmek. But we are unaware of the results," Barmek President Huseyn Arabul told.
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