Politics
10 December 2005 [18:52]
President Ilham Aliyev signed order discharging Majid Karimov from the post of Minister for Industry and Energy and signed another giving the minister's chair to Natig Aliyev.
10 December 2005 [18:44]
The Central Election Commission is going to distribute mandates to newly elected parliamentarians at the next sitting of the Parliament.
10 December 2005 [11:32]
US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish announced on Friday about the commencement of three projects of the USAID in Azerbaijan.
10 December 2005 [11:24]
"The oppositional "Azadliq" bloc must decide whether to participate in the work of the Milli Majlis [Parliament] of the third convocation, but presence in the Parliament has own positive factors," stated Rino Harnish, the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
10 December 2005 [11:19]
On Friday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree dismissing Yagub Aliyev from the post of the head of the Garadagh district Executive Power.
10 December 2005 [11:07]
Central Election Headquarters of "Yeni Siyaset" bloc has stopped its activity.
10 December 2005 [10:27]
First deputy chairman of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan Sardar Jalaloglu stated that, the US did not assist to conduct democratic elections in Azerbaijan: "America stated before the elections that it will support democracy. The post-election processes proved that America told a lie. The US has never participated in the parliamentary elections close enough for the elections to be democratic".
09 December 2005 [18:46]
A parliamentary sitting, originally scheduled for Friday, has been adjourned, informed Parliament's press service, however, not pointing a reason for the delay.
09 December 2005 [18:32]
"2006 will be a window in the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and will provide unique opportunities for its settlement," said Reno Harnish, the US Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan at a meeting with students of the Khazar University on Friday.
09 December 2005 [18:19]
Baku Mayor Office responded positively to the appeal of "Azadliq" bloc and allowed to hold a rally, nevertheless changing its place, date and time. Opposition already decided to postpone the rally because it is not satisfied with the offer.
09 December 2005 [18:10]
UNESCO delegation is going to visit Azerbaijan on December 13-17 to discuss implementation of procedures mentioned in the Memorandum of Mutual Understanding signed between the Education Ministry of Azerbaijan and UNESCO.
09 December 2005 [17:14]
Public defender of Georgia Sozar Subari is paying visit to Azerbaijan.
09 December 2005 [10:14]
"Special group was formed in the Council Europe (CE) to investigate whether there is any confidential prisons of the US Central Intelligence Agency in the Council of Europe member countries and the group checks this information at present," said special representative of Council of Europe Secretary General to Azerbaijan Mats Lindberg.
08 December 2005 [19:27]
The Central Election Commission completed the preparation of mandates of newly elected parliamentarians.
08 December 2005 [19:11]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen will pay a visit to the region of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from 14 to 17 of December," Yuriy Merzlyakov, the Russian co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, told Trend exclusively.
08 December 2005 [19:01]
Ministry of Internal Affairs informs that due to numerous concerns of population police removed a great number of highly loud explosive toys from the market.
08 December 2005 [11:21]
"The Union of Pro-Azerbaijani Forces (UPAF) will discuss its further activities at a member meeting of the UPAF Council on December 14," said Rovshan Ahmadly, the deputy chairman of the Islamic Party, also co-constitutor of the UPAF.
08 December 2005 [11:14]
Ali Karimli, the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (reformist wing), also a co-constitutor of "Azadliq" [Freedom] election bloc, was called to the Baku city Prosecutor Office on Wednesday to testify on November 26 events.
08 December 2005 [11:09]
"The Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) will hinder the Minsk Group co-chairmen from the visits to Azerbaijan," Akif Nagi, the chairman of the organization, told Trend.
08 December 2005 [11:03]
"Nagif Hamza, the representative of the Movement for Azerbaijan in Turkey, is on a visit to France to organize a photo exhibition revealing Armenian brutality in Nagorno-Krabakh," Asli Khalilgizi, the coordinator of the Movement, told Trend.
08 December 2005 [10:49]
The first meeting of the working group will be held from 8 to 9 December in Baku within the project on establishment of the National Association of Local Authorities (NALA), the CE Baku Information Office told Trend.
08 December 2005 [10:44]
"The next meeting of the Azerbaijani-Georgian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation will be held in early 2006," Ramiz Hassanov, the Azerbaijani Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Georgia, told Trend.
08 December 2005 [10:23]
On Wednesday the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Reno Harnish, met with the opposition leaders at the headquarters of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). Attending the meeting were co-chairs of "Azadliq" elections bloc: Isa Gambar, Ali Karimli, Sardar Jalalogly, as well as the leader of the National Unity Movement, Lala Shovkat.
08 December 2005 [10:07]
"I called on the authorities and the opposition to sit at the table of negations over 20 times. The sides will be able to continue serious dialogue with or without my participation, but there should be political will, as well as determination for issues to be discussed during the dialogue," said Mauricio Pavesi, the head of the OSCE Baku Office.
07 December 2005 [17:55]
"It is unpleasant to accuse America of applying double standards in attitude to democracy," told journalists the US extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish.
07 December 2005 [17:41]
The meeting of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) national coordinators is planned in late December.
07 December 2005 [17:34]
"The state of status-quo in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict zone will lead to tension," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyraov, stated while addressing to the 13th meeting of the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers in Ljubljana.
07 December 2005 [17:30]
"There is no detailed information about the location of the wounded Azerbaijanis in Iraq," said Arshad Omar Ismayil, the Iraqi Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
07 December 2005 [16:38]
"Elections" Information center of the CEC informs that the Constitutional Court confirming the results of the elections has made some changes in the results proclaimed by the Central Election Commission.
07 December 2005 [16:32]
Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) spread a statement condemning the results of the meeting of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs with Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
07 December 2005 [16:21]
Constitutional Court did not satisfy complaint of the deputy chief of Musavat Party Arif Hajili concerning restoration of parliamentary elections result held in Zagatala Election Constituency #110 on November 6.
07 December 2005 [11:25]
Turan Morali, ambassador of Turkey to Azerbaijan announced that Education Minister of Turkey Huseyn Chelik will visit Baku this month.
07 December 2005 [11:14]
Whole Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (WPFPA) made decision on participating in re-elections to be held in the election constituencies where results were annulled.
07 December 2005 [11:10]
Baku Mayor Office has not yet responded to the appeal of "Azadliq" bloc to allow a rally on December 10.
07 December 2005 [10:52]
“The status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be defined on legal, peaceful and democratic principles and should not be based on ethnic cleaning" - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in his speech at the summit of OSCE Foreign Ministers Council in Ljubljana.
07 December 2005 [10:38]
Azerbaijan will take part in several events held in the framework of NATO program "Partnership for Peace".
07 December 2005 [10:35]
Head of the Committee against Tortures Elchin Behbudov held a monitoring on living condition of prisoners in Gobustan prison.
07 December 2005 [10:26]
"The humanist step taken in regard to the ex-president of National Academy of Science Eldar Salayev will not applied to the other detainees," said to the journalists Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov.
07 December 2005 [10:18]
"President of "Azerkimya" State Company Fikrat Sadigov has never been arrested, simply a decision was passed on canceling his deputy immunity," stated Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov.
06 December 2005 [19:17]
The Baku-Tbilisi-Akhalkalaki railway road project will be constructed despite the obstacle put by Armenia, Turan Moraly, the Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan, told Trend.
06 December 2005 [19:13]
"Turkey hopes for break in the regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 2006," Nabi Shensoy, the Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister, said to a meeting of the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers in Ljubljana, Trend reports referring to Mediamax.
06 December 2005 [18:35]
"The Nagorno-Karabakh status can be resolved only within the framework of the legal, peaceable and democratic process, which cannot be based on ethnic cleansing," Elmar Mammadyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, said in his address to a meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers in Ljubljana.
06 December 2005 [18:27]
Results of the Parliamentary elections will be published in "Khabarlar" publication of the Central Election Commission (CEC) within 6 months.
06 December 2005 [18:22]
The statement on regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is expected to be adopted in Ljubljana on Monday, Trend reports referring to ANS TV.
06 December 2005 [18:19]
The meeting of working groups of Azerbaijani and Russian state commissions on delimitation held in Baku today.
06 December 2005 [18:02]
President Ilham Aliyev leaves for Saudi Arabia today.
06 December 2005 [11:21]
Defense Minister Safar Abiyev today received deputy assistant of the US Defense Minister Jim McDougal.
06 December 2005 [11:13]
"There is no specific decision whether parliamentarians from "Azadliq" bloc will attend or not the parliament," said Panah Huseyn - head of Central Election Headquarters of "Azadliq" bloc.
06 December 2005 [10:21]
Former Finance Minister Fikret Yusifov who is detained in the jail ward of the Ministry of National Security has sent an inquiry to Moscow where he had surgery two decades ago.
06 December 2005 [10:17]
Yesterday OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen-Steven Man (USA), Bernar Fasie (France) and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) met with Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers - Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan one by one in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
05 December 2005 [20:49]
"Progress for peace had also been made in 2005 in the framework of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Trend reports quoting Dmitrij Rupel, the OSCE chairman in-office, the Slovenian Foreign Minister, stating it in Vienna on Monday.
05 December 2005 [20:45]
"We will be able to witness a big progress in the regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the nearest future," Benita Ferero-Valdner, EU Commissar on Foreign Relations and European Policy on Neighborhood, said to a meeting of OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
05 December 2005 [20:04]
Vidadi Mahmoudlu-secretary of the CEC from opposition side and a member of the CEC Arzukhan Alizade held a press conference Saturday where they responded accusations made by some opposition members.
05 December 2005 [18:43]
Secretary of the CEC told APA news agency that the stipulate term of re-elections in 10 constituences is solely right of the President of Azerbaijan and therefore, it is not known exactly when the re-elections will be held.
05 December 2005 [18:23]
New staff of Central Election Commission might be formed by the end of December, said Natig Mammadov, the CEC secretary.
05 December 2005 [11:19]
The leaders of "Azadliq" bloc stated that the mandate of Azerbaijani delegation will not be confirmed at the winter session of the PACE due to falsifications of the parliamentary elections.
03 December 2005 [19:23]
United States are condemning the use of force against peaceful protestors in Azerbaijan but at the same time is pleased by the attempts of President Ilham Aliyev and his government to address shortcomings in recent parliamentary elections, reads a statement by the US Department of State.
03 December 2005 [19:14]
A meeting of the first guidance project group on establishment of the National Association of local authorities will be held in Baku on December 8, the PACE Secretariat in Strasbourg told Trend.
03 December 2005 [19:09]
The PACE Committee on Refugees will consider reports on the state of refugees in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in Paris on December 9, the CE Secretariat in Strasbourg told Trend.
03 December 2005 [18:54]
The Azerbaijani side again raised the question on speeding complete abolishment of the Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act [prohibiting US financial assistance to Azerbaijan] at the meeting of the US-Azerbaijani Working group on Economic Cooperation held in Washington.
03 December 2005 [18:22]
Opposition may punish its renegate members of the Central Election Commission who signed final protocol on the election results.
03 December 2005 [18:14]
The minister of foreign affairs Elmar Mammadyarov participated in the Forum of the "Democratic choice union" held in Kiev yesterday.
03 December 2005 [11:23]
Yesterday the chairman of the Central Election Commission Mazahir Panahov met with PACE co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan Andreas Gross and Andres Herkel, head of CE observation mission Leo Plavoet.
03 December 2005 [10:52]
"Azadliq" bloc spread a statement on the decision of the Constitutional Court concerning confirmation of Parliamentary election results.
03 December 2005 [10:36]
Members of the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan left for Astana today to observe the Presidential elections in Kazakhstan scheduled for December 4.
03 December 2005 [10:30]
"The Azerbaijani authorities consider normally this position of the US embassy and expressed their satisfaction on such a constructive position concerning the parliamentary elections held in Azerbaijan," said the director of the socio-political department of the President’s Apparatus Ali Hasanov commenting on the statement of the US embassy on the decision of the Constitutional Court.
03 December 2005 [10:19]
President dismissed head of Executive Power of Saatli district.
02 December 2005 [19:43]
Ex-speaker Murtuz Aleskerov who presided at the fist sitting of the newly elected Parliament nominated Ogtay Asadov to the position of the speaker.
02 December 2005 [19:33]
The Information Office of the Council of Europe (CE) hosted a meeting of the co-chairs of "Azadliq" bloc and CE officials on Friday.
02 December 2005 [19:23]
"There is no conditions for an orange revolution in Azerbaijan. I stated it even before the elections and the November 6 poll anew confirmed the loyalty of the Azerbaijani people to the policy of the ruling party," said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in his address to newly elected deputies of the Parliament.
02 December 2005 [19:17]
"Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can and ought to be resolved on the base of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan," said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in his address to the first sitting of the new Parliament.
02 December 2005 [19:07]
Reporters Without Borders condemned the violence used by police against at least 12 journalists working for various mass media while dispersal of the opposition demonstration on November 26 in Baku.
02 December 2005 [18:54]
The United States Embassy welcomes the decision of the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan to annul the results in additional constituencies that have been affected by electoral fraud during the November 6 Parliamentary elections, the US embassy announced on Friday.
02 December 2005 [18:29]
The leader of the National Unity Movement, Lala Shovkat, who was elected to the new Parliament decided to refuse from her mandate.
02 December 2005 [12:46]
The first sitting of the newly elected Milli Majlis [parliament] started on Friday noon under the chairmanship of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
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