Politics
01 October 2009 [11:16]
Parliamentary hearings on Armenia-Turkey Protocols started in Yerevan today.
01 October 2009 [11:09]
Azerbaijani delegation fully supports my nomination for PACE President, said Turkish parliamentarian Mevlut Cavusoglu, nominee for president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
01 October 2009 [10:44]
Normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia will make Turkey a responsible regional player for European Union that will help it strengthen ties with Europe, and possibly help in the process of joining the Union, Deputy Director of Centre for European Reform (CER) in London Katinka Barysch said.
01 October 2009 [10:25]
01 October 2009 [10:17]
Prospects of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Slovenia will be discussed at the highest level in Baku in November.
01 October 2009 [10:07]
Turkey will not take steps that could hurt Azerbaijan, Head of the Turkish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)Movlud Chavushoglu said in an exclusive interview with Trend News commenting on issue of ratification of the "Protocol on Establishing Diplomatic Relations" and "Protocol for Development of Bilateral Relations" by the Turkish and Armenian parliaments.
01 October 2009 [09:52]
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki made a rare visit to Washington to inspect Iran's unofficial diplomatic office but there were no plans for him to meet U.S. officials, the State Department said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
01 October 2009 [09:24]
"Opposition's calls of boycott at every elections and raising the question of changes to the Electoral Code have become unsuccessful tendency."
01 October 2009 [09:12]
EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby hopes that by the end of the year certain results will be achieved in the process of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
01 October 2009 [08:47]
Azerbaijan is ready to respect the rights of ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh on the basis of international law.
01 October 2009 [08:21]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey was refreshing and changing its relations with the world, adding that Turkey would continue talks with Armenia to settle problems.
30 September 2009 [17:47]
On Sept. 30, the Azerbaijani parliament ratified the paper on completion of the delimitation of borders with Russia.
30 September 2009 [17:34]
“Today reporter of Turkey’s NTV TV channel in Azerbaijan Ramin Abdullayev was invited to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry and was notified that accreditation of the NTV TV channel journalists to Azerbaijan has been canceled,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
30 September 2009 [17:27]
Armenian president’s decision to visit Armenian communities was a little bit belated,” Editor-in-Chief of “Ararat” Lebanese-Armenian newspaper and member of Social-democratic Hnchakyan party Aharon Shkhrtmyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
30 September 2009 [17:16]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel with confident victory of her party in Germany's parliamentary elections.
30 September 2009 [16:59]
“We are all pleased with Chief Delegate of Turkey to PACE Movlut Chavushoglu’s nomination for PACE Presidency on behalf of the European Democrat Group”, Member of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Ganira Pashayeva said.
30 September 2009 [16:44]
The Azerbaijani government believes Turkey should not sign any agreement with Armenia unless the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is resolved.
30 September 2009 [16:33]
The Ankara -Yerevan protocol will be signed before Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's visit to Turkey, Turkish CNN Turk TV channel reported quoting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as saying at a news conference.
30 September 2009 [16:18]
Vice President of Russia-based Center for Political Technologies Sergey Mikheyev spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
30 September 2009 [15:52]
A meeting of European Democrat Group (EDG) has today been held within the framework of the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
30 September 2009 [15:47]
Well-known journalist, editor and owner of the Lithuanian internet portal www.slaptai.lt Gintaras Visotskas spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
30 September 2009 [15:34]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received European Union`s Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
30 September 2009 [15:29]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu is looking forward to the next meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to be held in Chisinau.
30 September 2009 [14:53]
Azerbaijani parliament begun its fall session today.
30 September 2009 [13:31]
The current processes in the region have created a brilliant opportunity for resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, one of the most influential U.S lawmakers, Republican Senator Richard Lugar, said.
30 September 2009 [13:14]
Azerbaijani member of parliament proposed to sign 'road map' with Turkey on Sept. 30.
30 September 2009 [12:53]
The United States is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month, the top American commander there says, AP reported.
30 September 2009 [12:24]
Embassy of China to Azerbaijan gave an official reception on the 60th anniversary of the National Day of the People`s Republic of China.
30 September 2009 [11:49]
Member of the parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and member of the Monitoring Committee and Political Affairs Committee of PACE Mike Hancock spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
30 September 2009 [10:29]
30 September 2009 [09:48]
"As an ethnic Turk, I am very glad about process of establishment of good-neighborly relations between Armenia and Turkey," Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said at a briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York.
30 September 2009 [09:37]
“The European Union supports the idea of opening the Turkey-Armenia borders and normalization of relations between the two countries”, EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby, who arrived in Azerbaijan for one-day visit, told reporters.
30 September 2009 [09:22]
President of Slovakia`s Constitutional Court Ivetta Macejkova will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on Oct. 5-8.
30 September 2009 [08:54]
The first plenary meeting of Turkic-speaking countries Parliamentary Assembly (TurkPA) took place started in Baku on Sept. 29.
30 September 2009 [08:43]
Personal Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk has promised to organize a meeting between the officials of Azerbaijani and Armenian border regions, News Armenia reported.
30 September 2009 [08:36]
The most important issue in EU relations with South Caucasus countries is to discuss to adopt a mandate on agreements on association with each of the countries in the region, said EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
30 September 2009 [08:21]
“We hope that new Secretary General of the Council of Europe will always be attentive to Azerbaijan’s fair voice”, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov said commenting on the election of Norwegian parliamentarian Tjornborn Jagland to the post of Council of Europe Secretary General.
29 September 2009 [17:46]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has ended an official visit to Romania on Sept. 29, AzerTaj state news agency reported.
29 September 2009 [17:21]
Norwegian Social Democrat Thorbjørn Jagland was elected the 13th Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Sept. 29.
29 September 2009 [17:15]
Member of the Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE Rafael Huseynov is likely to complete work on the report under the Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Regional Affairs.
29 September 2009 [17:02]
The Argentinean diplomat accused of smuggling of antiquities has been arrested in Iran, the Iranian Fars news agency reported.
29 September 2009 [16:22]
Council of Europe must use its leverage of pressure against Armenia, member of the Azerbaijani delegation to Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Ganira Pashayeva said in a response to the Chairman of CE Committee of Ministers and Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Zbogar at the plenary meeting of the organization on Sept. 29.
29 September 2009 [15:45]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will visit Yerevan on Oct.1, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk said at Tavush district of Armenia, Novosti-Armenia reported.
29 September 2009 [15:31]
The Council of Europe has double standards, Member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Gultakin Hajibayli said in her address to the address to the chairman of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, Slovenian foreign minister Samuel Zbogar.
29 September 2009 [15:17]
Updated version of the Madrid principles on the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is ready and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will submit it to the sides during the next visit to the region.
29 September 2009 [14:57]
Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan was presented as “Mountains of Karabakh” in the Armenian stand at the International Tourism Exhibition in Paris, said Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfas Garayev at a press conference.
29 September 2009 [14:32]
Director General of Russia-based Efficient Policy Fund Kiryll Tanayev spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
29 September 2009 [13:54]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will discuss renewed Madrid principles on settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict during their visit to Baku, said Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Elkhan Polukhov.
29 September 2009 [13:47]
Monitoring was held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces on Sept. 29 under a mandate by the special envoy of the OSCE chairman.
29 September 2009 [13:28]
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) holds election of the Council of Europe Secretary General on Tuesday.
29 September 2009 [12:23]
Iran could be an accepted partner in international politics if there might be a common way to tackle current and urgent issues - the nuclear issue is just one of it, says Konstantin Kosten, the European Research Fellow on Iran.
29 September 2009 [11:58]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov spoke with Trend News in an exclusive interview.
29 September 2009 [11:27]
Armenian Ex-Education Minister and Associate to Armenian Ex-President Levon ter-Petrosyan Ashot Bleyan spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
29 September 2009 [11:14]
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has pleaded guilty to authorizing wiretaps and bribes to journalists, politicians and businessmen, AP reported.
29 September 2009 [10:56]
Five Azerbaijan-Romania agreements were signed during Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's visit to Romania on Sept. 28.
29 September 2009 [10:30]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is on an official visit to Romania.
29 September 2009 [10:13]
29 September 2009 [09:45]
European Expert on Caucasus, Licinia Simao, believes the possibility of both Parliaments ratifying the protocols is a big question.
29 September 2009 [09:31]
29 September 2009 [08:49]
Without the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there will be no progress in the Turkish-Armenian relations, said the director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University said.
29 September 2009 [08:36]
The Turkish parliament will not approve the Ankara-Yerevan protocol, Turkish MP said.
29 September 2009 [08:21]
"Interparliamentary relations between Azerbaijan and Poland are very positive."
28 September 2009 [17:27]
Perhaps, the Armenia-Turkey protocols will be ratified, but they are unlikely to have specific content, because the talks aim not so much at normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, but rather normalization of Turkish-Western relations, Azar Mursaliyev, Political Scientist and Chief Editor of the Russian Kommersant newspaper said.
28 September 2009 [17:14]
Chief of the Azerbaijani parliament staff does not exclude discussions over the bill on the status of ex-president during the autumn session.
28 September 2009 [16:52]
The Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries (TurkPA) will play an important role in shaping, strengthening and developing the unity of all the Turkic states, as well as in solving common problems, said the speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament.
28 September 2009 [16:36]
Azerbaijan’s Liberal Democratic Party has held its next meeting.
28 September 2009 [16:18]
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Lluís Maria de Puig offered to send a proposal on depriving Russian delegation of the voting right to the Monitoring Committee and Control Committee, APA's reporter in Europe reported.
28 September 2009 [15:53]
Azerbaijan will open embassies in five more countries.
28 September 2009 [15:41]
U.S. can do much, including to accelerate work of OSCE Minsk Group,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Agayev said commenting on a statement by Turkish Prime Ministers Recep Tayyip Erdogan who said U.S. President Barack Obama had promised to accelerate work of the OSCE Minsk Group.
28 September 2009 [15:22]
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) began its autumn session on Monday.
28 September 2009 [15:06]
Myths and legends from Russia's ‘Vzqlyad’('Look') newspaper.
28 September 2009 [14:48]
Monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near the Mazam village of Azerbaijan's Gazakh region on Sept. 29.
28 September 2009 [14:35]
The parliament will not be allowed to ratify final version of the Turkey-Armenia protocol which will be signed between Ankara and Yerevan on Oct.10-11, Turkish MP from the Republican People's Party (CHP)Canan Aritman said.
28 September 2009 [14:23]
Reports on a second nuclear plant complicates President Obama's task, says Mark Katz, the American Expert on Iran.
28 September 2009 [14:16]
Azerbaijani members of parliament predicted ratification of an agreement on establishment of the diplomatic relations with Armenia at the Turkish parliament in a different way.
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