Politics
09 October 2009 [09:26]
The Council of Foreign Ministers of CIS at its meeting in Chisinau approved a decision on measures to strengthen border security under the concept of coordinated border policy of CIS member states dated Aug. 26, 2005.
09 October 2009 [09:13]
Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia met in the Moldavian capital on Oct. 8.
09 October 2009 [08:37]
09 October 2009 [08:21]
On October 6 the Embassy of Azerbaijan to Italy organized a presentation devoted to the Azerbaijan’s economy.
08 October 2009 [17:52]
Russia and the United States may carry out a joint analysis into missile challenges making use of radar stations in Gabala and Armavir, Russian Foreign Ministry senior official Andrey Nesterenko said.
08 October 2009 [17:11]
08 October 2009 [16:57]
The next Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit will take place in Moscow in December 2010, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Oct. 8.
08 October 2009 [16:12]
Jason Katz, principal of the U.S.-based Tool Shed Group, a consultancy that advises foreign governments, corporations and executives, spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
08 October 2009 [15:42]
“Statements by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan causes surprise and incomprehension,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said commenting a statement Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan made a the 35th UNESCO general conference.
08 October 2009 [14:57]
“Turkey recognized Armenia’s independence before the collapse of the USSR."
08 October 2009 [14:43]
08 October 2009 [14:32]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said at a news conference in Ankara that they expect much from the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents' Chisinau meeting, CNN Turk reported.
08 October 2009 [10:44]
Azerbaijan has given a start to municipal elections scheduled for Dec. 23.
08 October 2009 [10:33]
Opposition parties in Armenia have hinted at the possibility of proposing amendments to the text of the protocols, which can lead to postponement of signing the protocols, European Expert on Caucasus Licinia Simao believes.
08 October 2009 [10:22]
The editor-in-chief of opposition newspaper in Azerbaijan says next crisis has arisen within the opposition.
08 October 2009 [10:08]
Armenian A1+ television channel has an advertisement of Türk Hava Yolları (Turkish Airlines), large Turkish airway company, posted on its Web site.
08 October 2009 [09:47]
“Armenia's military budget could never be compared with ours, especially in recent years, when Azerbaijan’s economy began to develop at a greater pace,” Member of the Security and Defense Committee of Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (parliament) Zahid Oruj said commenting on media reports claiming Armenia will reduce its military budget by 30 percent.
08 October 2009 [09:24]
At a news conference in Netherlands on Oct. 7, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey will not be involved in any project that would harm rights of Azerbaijan, Anadolu Agency reported.
08 October 2009 [09:17]
The GUAM Working Group on combating terrorism has coordinated proposals to implement a new project of the GUAM-U.S. Framework Program "Combating terrorism: regional cooperation and security" for 2009-2010, the GUAM Secretariat said.
08 October 2009 [09:06]
“Election commissions are not formed based on authorities or opposition."
08 October 2009 [08:58]
08 October 2009 [08:43]
The Embassy of Germany in Azerbaijan has organized today an official reception to mark the Day of German Unity.
08 October 2009 [08:36]
08 October 2009 [08:21]
Azerbaijani minister of foreign affairs Elmar Mammadyarov met with the newly appointed Italian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mario Baldi to accept a copy of his credentials on Oct. 8.
07 October 2009 [17:53]
The world Armenian lobby hampers normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations with all its might, the director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Svante Cornell, said.
07 October 2009 [17:41]
07 October 2009 [17:30]
"I think that the note which the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry handed to the Iranian ambassador fully reflects Azerbaijan’s position and the country had to express its dissatisfaction in this regard,” Co-Chair of the World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) and member of Milli Majlis (parliament) Sabir Rustamkhanli said commenting on media reports that the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry handed a note to the Iranian ambassador.
07 October 2009 [17:19]
Hajj pilgrimage for Azerbaijani people will be implemented via the Caucasian Muslims Office, deputy chairman of the office Haji Sabir Hasanli said.
07 October 2009 [17:07]
Webcams will be used in the municipal elections in Azerbaijan, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov said.
07 October 2009 [16:49]
Director of Kiev-based Civil Society Studies Center Vitali Kulik spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
07 October 2009 [15:50]
07 October 2009 [15:45]
07 October 2009 [15:32]
Turkey may refuse EU membership in future, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at a news conference held during his visit to France, the Turkish IHLAS news agency reported.
07 October 2009 [15:27]
The municipal election campaign has been officially launched in Azerbaijan.
07 October 2009 [15:15]
07 October 2009 [14:55]
Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic commented on reports about a ban on Azerbaijani flag during the Turkey-Armenia football match to take place in Bursa, Turkey on Oct. 14.
07 October 2009 [14:34]
People from Azerbaijan mainly emigrate to Europe which accounts for 74.3 percent of migrants, UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Bruno Pouezat said commenting on a a report on human development of UN Development Programme.
07 October 2009 [14:28]
Officers of Azerbaijan’s Consulate General in Los Angeles made a presentation of Azerbaijan in Orange County, California.
07 October 2009 [14:19]
Azerbaijani parliamentarians led by Deputy Chairperson of Milli Majlis Bahar Muradova will attend the OSCE PA fall meeting, which is to take place in Athens, from 9 to 12 October.
07 October 2009 [13:52]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will hold trilateral meeting with Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents during a visit to Moldova, Spokesperson for the Russian president Natalya Timakova told media.
07 October 2009 [13:46]
The Senator from Arizona, Jon Kyl, considers Obama's decision to scrap plans for a long-range missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic to be undercutting of "natural allies" in Poland and the Czech Republic in exchange for improved relations with Russia.
07 October 2009 [13:38]
The Azerbaijani Television and Radio Council will solve problems related to country's television indicated by the Presidential Administration senior official Ramiz Mehdiyev in his article posted to the state media recently.
07 October 2009 [13:25]
Armenian propaganda has made another mistake.
07 October 2009 [13:11]
Pan-Armenian tour of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was failure.
07 October 2009 [11:57]
To prevent spread of terrorism in the Nagorno-Karabakh, there is a need for international assistance, Mathieu Deflem, a famous American anti-terrorism analyst, said.
07 October 2009 [11:49]
As part of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's visit to Iran's Mazandaran province the Iranian Armed Forces held military exercises on the Caspian Sea with the participation of students of the Imam Khomeini Military Lyceum in the Noshehr city on Oct. 7, ILNA reported.
07 October 2009 [11:09]
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic on his country`s Independence Day.
07 October 2009 [10:54]
"Washington hopes for tangible results at the upcoming meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to be held in Chisinau on October 8," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Phillip Gordon said.
07 October 2009 [10:48]
Azerbaijani ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov has met with the Speaker of the House of Deputies of the Congress of Mexico Francisco Javier Ramirez.
07 October 2009 [10:35]
07 October 2009 [10:20]
On Oct.8-10, Ashgabat will host the International Exhibition "Turkmen Fish Industry - 2009" and the international scientific conference "Protection and rational use of water bio-resources of the Caspian Sea."
07 October 2009 [10:07]
Azerbaijan’s opposition Great Establishment opposition party plans to hold its next all-party meeting soon, the party chief and member of Milli Majlis (parliament) Fazil Mustafa said.
07 October 2009 [09:56]
Presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan will not take part at the meeting of the heads of the CIS member states to take place In Chisinau on Oct. 9, Moldovian Foreign Ministry official Alexei Krakan said.
07 October 2009 [09:44]
US President Barack Obama promised lawmakers Tuesday to move with a sense of urgency on deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, but warned his new war strategy would not please everyone, France24 reported.
07 October 2009 [09:13]
07 October 2009 [08:47]
Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister, Colonel-General Safar Abiyev received American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke on Oct. 6, the defense ministry said.
07 October 2009 [08:31]
06 October 2009 [17:34]
Kazakhstan conducted large-scale exercise on the Caspian Sea near Aktau port.
06 October 2009 [16:58]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received chairwoman of Slovak Constitutional Court Ivetta Macejkova on Oct. 6.
06 October 2009 [16:44]
A possible union of the NATO and the CSTO should not deprive others of the right to join, which is one of the points of agreement on the union of the organizations, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former Assistant to U.S President Jimmy Carter said.
06 October 2009 [16:36]
Azerbaijan Minister of Defense Industry Yaver Jamalov has met Pakistan`s Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Tariq Majid.
06 October 2009 [16:21]
Great Establishment party does not intend to enter into any bloc or alliance on the eve of municipal elections, chief of the pro-opposition Great Establishment Party and member of Milli Majlis (parliament) Fazil Mustafa said.
06 October 2009 [16:06]
Azerbaijan is preparing for the upcoming for the next round of the meeting between Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan to take place in Chisinau on Oct. 8, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told reporters.
06 October 2009 [15:22]
“It seems that Azerbaijan expects results from the presidents’ upcoming meeting in a constructive manner,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said commenting on media reports that the next meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan will take place in Chisinau.
06 October 2009 [14:31]
The senior official of the Azerbaijani Central Elections Commission (CEC) will attend an international meeting in Poland.
06 October 2009 [14:18]
Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
06 October 2009 [13:58]
Tajiktelecom has corrected the error related to Azerbaijan's territorial integrity on its Web site after interference of the Azerbaijani embassy to Tajikistan.
06 October 2009 [12:50]
The talks between Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh must be held at a neutral territory, representative of Azerbaijani intellectuals and Rector of Azerbaijan's Academy of Music Farhad Badalbeyli said.
06 October 2009 [12:29]
Azerbaijan is ready to compromise in resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict only within its principle position, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told reporters on Oct. 6.
06 October 2009 [12:14]
Defense Secretary Robert Gates blamed the Taliban's revival on a past failure to deploy enough troops to Afghanistan and said U.S. forces would not withdraw whatever the result of President Barack Obama's strategy review, Reuters reported.
06 October 2009 [11:48]
The head of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh discussed with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs the issue of refugees' return to the occupied territories.
06 October 2009 [11:22]
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs have not offered the sides any papers to sign in Chisinau.
06 October 2009 [10:54]
The next meeting between Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijani and President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia will take place in Chisinau on Oct. 8, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Yuriy Merzlyakov told reporters in Baku on Oct. 6.
06 October 2009 [10:47]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke of the U.S., Bernard Fassier of France and Yuriy Merzlyakov of Russia who are on a visit to Baku met with Chairman of Public Union of Nagorno Karabakh Azerbaijani Community Bayram Safarov.
06 October 2009 [10:35]
Azerbaijan’s opposition parties are at their last gasp, Chief of the Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan and political expert Araz Alizade said commenting on the upcoming participation of Azerbaijani opposition parties in municipal elections to be held in Dec. this year.
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