Politics
27 October 2009 [12:52]
The European Union intends to further deepen the partnership with three South Caucasus countries, the communique released after the meeting between the EU Troika and Azerbaijan, Armenian and Georgian foreign ministers in Luxembourg said.
27 October 2009 [12:16]
Day.Az interview with member of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (Parliament) and co-chair of the parliamentary faction of the Nationalist Movement Party (NMP) Ogtay Vural.
27 October 2009 [11:33]
27 October 2009 [11:17]
The Azerbaijani Government actively promotes religious tolerance, International Religious Freedom Report issued by the U.S. Department of State annually said.
27 October 2009 [10:58]
27 October 2009 [10:44]
27 October 2009 [10:38]
27 October 2009 [10:27]
27 October 2009 [10:13]
"No obstacle can pose problems between the two countries."
27 October 2009 [09:54]
As many as 1,5147 nominees have been confirmed for 1,536 municipalities in Azerbaijan thus far.
27 October 2009 [09:36]
26 October 2009 [18:09]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Turkmen people on national holiday – Independence Day.
26 October 2009 [17:53]
“The end of occupation of Azerbaijani lands will create positive basis for ratification of Turkish-Armenian protocols at the Turkish parliament”, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in his interview with Al Jazeera.
26 October 2009 [16:49]
“Currently, our party is nominating candidates and collecting signatures,” Azerbaijan Liberal Democratic Party Chief Fuad Aliyev said commenting on his party’s preparation for the coming municipal elections.
26 October 2009 [16:16]
The number of the Azerbaijani servicemen serving in International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan will be increased, sources in the government told said.
26 October 2009 [15:41]
The delegation led by Murat Mercan, Chairman of Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Commission, will arrive in Azerbaijan tomorrow, spokesman for Azerbaijani parliament Akif Nasirov said.
26 October 2009 [14:38]
26 October 2009 [14:20]
26 October 2009 [14:02]
The flags removed from the monument to the Turkish military men in Baku will be re-installed in the same location, Azerbaijani Consul General in Instanbul Sayyad Aran said at a news conference in Izmir.
26 October 2009 [13:39]
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opposes holding direct negotiations with the United States, Reuters reported quoting a senior lawmaker as saying to a newspaper.
26 October 2009 [13:17]
26 October 2009 [12:48]
26 October 2009 [12:32]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a phone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki on Sunday and expressed grief over the deaths of up to 140 people in Sunday's double bombing in Baghdad, diplomats said, Turkish Weekly reported.
26 October 2009 [12:15]
"The list of candidates for municipal elections was defined at the meeting of political council of our party,” Chairman of the opposition Azerbaijan Democratic Reforms Party (ADRP) and member of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) Asim Mollazade said.
26 October 2009 [11:59]
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26 October 2009 [10:46]
PM Erdogan said Turkey does not plan to send more troops to Afghanistan, Worldbulletin reported.
26 October 2009 [10:38]
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said that he will meet in Baku with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.
26 October 2009 [10:24]
Azerbaijani ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the OSCE Fuad Ismayilov met with U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke who was on a visit to Vienna to participate in informal discussions on "Mediation of the OSCE."
26 October 2009 [10:17]
Turkey's Ambassador in Washington D.C. Nabi Sensoy on Sunday described a resolution introduced to the U.S. Senate regarding 1915 incidents as "unfortunate".
26 October 2009 [09:53]
The Azerbaijani embassy to Georgia will make presentation of its book "The aggression of Armenia against the Azerbaijani Republic and its legal consequences" in English and Russian at the Hotel Marriott Courtyard on Oct. 26, 2009, press release of the embassy said.
26 October 2009 [09:21]
24 October 2009 [10:05]
24 October 2009 [09:23]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on Friday received credentials of the newly appointed extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Italy to Azerbaijan Mario Giorgio Stefano Baldi.
24 October 2009 [09:08]
Today the chief aim of Caspian littoral states is to combine efforts to ensure security in the region amid the world globalization, said Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov.
24 October 2009 [08:46]
The status of the Caspian Sea will be discussed on November 5-6 in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat, said Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov.
24 October 2009 [08:32]
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met Friday with Moldova`s State Minister Victor Bodiu, press service of the Ministry said.
24 October 2009 [08:21]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev accepted credentials from newly appointed ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Jan Lucas Inayat van Hoorn on Oct. 23.
23 October 2009 [17:18]
23 October 2009 [17:09]
There are no avoided topics in Belarus-Azerbaijan relations, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with Yagub Eyubov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, on Oct. 23.
23 October 2009 [16:37]
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23 October 2009 [16:12]
The next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian parliamentarians may take place in Baku, or Yerevan, Azerbaijani MP Sabir Hajiyev, who attended the meeting with Armenian parliamentarians in Moscow, said.
23 October 2009 [15:52]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador Mohammed Al-Arab, on Oct.23, the ministry said.
23 October 2009 [15:35]
“I do not want to believe in cooling of relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey,” Doctor of Laws, Azerbaijani political expert Rustam Mammadov said commenting on the situation after the signing of Turkey-Armenia protocols in Zurich on Oct. 10.
23 October 2009 [14:48]
Labour laws in Armenia, from an implementation angle, today work on a principle of exploiting labor, Armenia’s Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan said.
23 October 2009 [14:20]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Tina Kaidanow on Oct. 23.
23 October 2009 [14:02]
The influential Swedish newspaper 'Metro' refuses to publish any article which may have a reference to the so-called "Armenian genocide", Ara Papyan, historian, diplomat and currently the head of the Modus Vivendi center said.
23 October 2009 [13:39]
At the moment our party completes preparations for participation in municipal elections, Azerbaijan’s opposition Great Establishment Party Leader Fazil Mustafa said.
23 October 2009 [13:21]
The next sitting of Azerbaijani parliament will be held on Oct. 27, the parliament said.
23 October 2009 [13:13]
The issue of illegal armament of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed today during the debate at the 17th meeting of the Committee of UN General Assembly on peace, security and disarmament.
23 October 2009 [12:57]
Azerbaijani People's Socialist Party has sent a letter to secretary general of Turkish Republican People's Party Deniz Baykal.
23 October 2009 [12:43]
"Congress should pay more attention to the negotiations in the Caucasus, than problem of the Armenian claims on the "genocide of 1915"," Co-Chair of the Turkey Caucus in the US Congress Robert Wexler said.
23 October 2009 [12:26]
Representatives of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) have left for Ukraine.
23 October 2009 [12:14]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece Spyridon Kouvelis on Oct. 23, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
23 October 2009 [11:53]
Mexico is interested in cooperation with Azerbaijan in the energy sector, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon said at the meeting with the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov.
23 October 2009 [11:47]
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Tina S. Kaidanow discussed the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict with representatives of the Azerbaijani civil society in Baku on Oct.23.
23 October 2009 [11:34]
Turkey's goal is to reach peace in Nagorno-Karabakh problem as soon as possible, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations Ertugrul Apakan said.
23 October 2009 [10:51]
"The issue of participation of the Azerbaijan Liberal Part (ALP) in municipal elections is being discussed,” ALP Acting Chairman Avaz Temirkhan said.
23 October 2009 [10:32]
Day.Az interview with expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations Alexander Rahr.
23 October 2009 [10:09]
The process of nominating candidates for municipal elections continues in Azerbaijan.
23 October 2009 [09:44]
23 October 2009 [09:26]
Prior to the municipal elections in Azerbaijan, free airtime and print space will be allocated in the media for the election campaign.
23 October 2009 [09:18]
Restoration of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey can not lead to Armenia's unconstructive position in the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh, International Crisis Group's European Program Director Sabine Freizer said.
23 October 2009 [09:07]
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Tina Kaidanow arrived in Azerbaijan on Oct. 22.
23 October 2009 [08:58]
23 October 2009 [08:35]
The question of removing Turkish flag from the Martyr's Lane in Baku was discussed at a meeting between Foreign Ministers Ahmet Davutoglu of Turkey and Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan on Oct. 22 in Baku.
23 October 2009 [08:21]
OSCE Permanent Council discussed the South Caucasian conflicts in Vienna, OSCE web site reported.
22 October 2009 [17:57]
22 October 2009 [17:51]
22 October 2009 [17:44]
22 October 2009 [17:35]
Co-chairman of Azerbaijani-Turkish working group on inter-parliamentary relations believes that the protocols signed between Ankara and Yerevan will not be ratified by the Turkish Grand National Assembly (Parliament).
22 October 2009 [17:29]
“I think we will be difficult for us to overcome the crisis,” Azerbaijan Democratic Party Chairman Sardar Jalaloglu said commenting on recent differences inside the Movement for Karabakh and Republic.
22 October 2009 [17:18]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari.