Politics
28 September 2009 [13:56]
The Azerbaijani parliamentary committee will discuss amendments and additions to the Electoral Code which was proposed by the union of several Azerbaijani opposition parties.
28 September 2009 [13:45]
More than 20 new border outposts and commandant's offices will be built along state borders of Azerbaijan this year, Chief of the State Border Office Lieutenant-General Elchin Guliyev said.
28 September 2009 [13:38]
Executive Director at American Jewish Committee (AJC) David Harris spoke to Day.Az in an exclusive interview.
28 September 2009 [13:07]
The importance of multilateral cooperation of Azerbaijan, Israel and Turkey as an important strategic alliance will be discussed in New-York.
28 September 2009 [12:43]
“Azerbaijan now has every reason to become a non-permanent member of UN Security Council,”Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said commenting on media reports that Azerbaijan intends to put forwards candidacy for non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council in 2012-2013.
28 September 2009 [12:24]
Armenian Foreign Ministry neither confirms, nor refutes information spread by Turkish mass media about possibility of Armenia-Turkey Protocols’ signing on Oct. 10, 2009.
28 September 2009 [12:14]
“The main thing for Azerbaijan in this regard is to persuade Armenia in a non-violent manner to liberate occupied Azerbaijani lands,” Azerbaijani member of parliament Asim Mollazade said commenting on a statement by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who said Turkey and Armenia will sign a deal to establish diplomatic relations on Oct. 10.
28 September 2009 [11:56]
A member of the Azerbaijani Parliament will raise issue of signing a "road map" with Turkey.
28 September 2009 [11:44]
Member of Bundestag and member of the Germany-Azerbaijan parliamentary group Edward Linter spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
28 September 2009 [11:33]
Speakers of Turkic-speaking States Parliamentary Assembly have today visited Heydar Aliyev’s grave in the Alley of Honors and Martyrs’ Alley.
28 September 2009 [11:29]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Trend News in an exclusive interview.
28 September 2009 [11:16]
A senior official from the southern Russian republic of Dagestan was murdered in Moscow on Sunday, a police source said.
28 September 2009 [10:54]
The Kazakh parliamentary delegation headed by Ural Mukhamedjanov is attending the first plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of Turkic-speaking states held in Baku.
28 September 2009 [10:38]
Azerbaijani, Turkish and Georgian servicemen launched computer-based staff exercises Eternity-2009 at the Turkish Ground Troops Training Center in Ankara today, Turkish Ground Troops General Staff said.
28 September 2009 [10:17]
The United States Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Glyn Davies spoke with Trend News Persian Desk in an exclusive interview.
28 September 2009 [09:21]
Azerbaijan backs efforts to establish an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said during a speech at the meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference in New York, the Foreign Ministry said.
28 September 2009 [09:11]
Borders will not be reopened until Armenia withdraws from the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mehmet Ali Sahin said at the meeting at the Azerbaijani Parliament.
28 September 2009 [09:05]
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group called on both conflicting sides to be constructive in their public statements at this important moment in the negotiating process, the press release on the OSCE Web site said.
28 September 2009 [08:58]
In the process of normalizing relations with Armenia Turkey can not ignore the interests of Azerbaijan, said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a news conference in New York following his visit to the United States.
28 September 2009 [08:47]
Turkish Foreign Ministry has responded to a note of protest by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry against illegal visit of two journalists of the Turkish NTV television channel to Nagorno-Karabakh.
28 September 2009 [08:32]
The Turkish premier says Turkey and Armenia will sign a deal to establish diplomatic ties on Oct. 10, AP reported.
26 September 2009 [12:54]
The first vice speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament urges Turkish journalists to respect Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
26 September 2009 [12:37]
The U.S. administration believes status-quo unacceptable in the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
26 September 2009 [11:59]
26 September 2009 [11:29]
The victims of 20th January tragedy played a great role in recognition of Azerbaijan as an independent state, Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin told reporters in Baku on Sept. 26 after visiting the Martyrs Lane.
26 September 2009 [11:13]
Muammar Gaddafi's personal translator broke down towards the end of the Libyan leader's meandering 94-minute UN speech and had to be rescued by a UN Arabic speaker, Times Online reported.
26 September 2009 [10:55]
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan held a meeting in New York with Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France and Robert Bradtke of the United States, as well as with Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
26 September 2009 [10:25]
26 September 2009 [10:11]
There is no politically quick solutions in Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh, Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said in New York who on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly met with Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkmenistan Elmar Mammadyarov, Grigol Vashadze and Rashid Maradov.
26 September 2009 [09:41]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he will call off his decision to deploy missiles in the enclave of Kaliningrad, his response to the United States scrapping missile shield plans in Europe, Reuters reported.
26 September 2009 [09:24]
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged European nations in a new audio tape aired on Friday to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, Reuters reported.
26 September 2009 [09:18]
U.S. President Barack Obama said at a bilateral meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he was aware of "critical importance" of resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Anadolu news agency reported.
26 September 2009 [08:57]
The Azerbaijani people should be confident that Turkey will not take any steps harming Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mehmet Ali Sahin told reporters in Baku.
26 September 2009 [08:42]
A meeting of the Caspian littoral states' border service chiefs will be held in Baku by late 2009, Head of the State Border Service Lieutenant-General Elchin Guliyev told reporters.
26 September 2009 [08:39]
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict stands out as a major threat to international and regional peace and security, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said speaking on Friday at the UN General Assembly.
26 September 2009 [08:35]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev inaugurated a new building for the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan (Parliament) on Sept. 25.
26 September 2009 [08:30]
Exercises held on the Caspian Sea testify to high skills, military and psychological readiness of Azerbaijan State Border Service (SBS), said presidential adviser on military affairs Vahid Aliyev.
25 September 2009 [17:38]
Azerbaijan's Military Doctrine will be developed by early 2010, President's Adviser on Military Affairs Vahid Aliyev said.
25 September 2009 [17:14]
During its centuries-old history, the Armenian nation had several republics and then lost them, said Armenian parliament's Heritage Party parliamentary faction member Zaruhi Postanjian on the “Parliamentary Week” television program broadcast on Public TV.
25 September 2009 [16:56]
A new co-rapporteur of the PACE Monitoring Committee on Azerbaijan to replace Yevgenia Zhivkova will be appointed on Oct. 1, PACE spokesperson Angus McDonald said.
25 September 2009 [16:24]
The Azerbaijani parliament has launched a Department for European Integration.
25 September 2009 [16:09]
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has presented a note to the Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan.
25 September 2009 [15:55]
The Ecological Care Public Association and scientists of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) call on Armenia to stop the ecological terrorism in the occupied territories of the country.
25 September 2009 [15:29]
Lithuania supports territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and favors solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under this principle, Vice Speaker of the Lithuanian Seym Ceslovas Stankevicius told reporters in Baku.
25 September 2009 [15:08]
Chairman of the PACE Sub-Committee on External Relations and member of the Polish Seim (parliament) Tadeusz Iwiński spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
25 September 2009 [14:47]
A twinning project “Support to Milli Mejlis” was held on Friday in Milli Mejlis (Azerbaijani Parliament).
25 September 2009 [14:35]
Senior research fellow at the European Policy Center and an expert on Southern Caucasus Amanda Akcakoca spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
25 September 2009 [14:23]
There is no need to amend the Election Code of Azerbaijan, ruling New Azerbaijan Party senior official Siyavush Novruzov said.
25 September 2009 [13:52]
“The embassy of Czech Republic in Azerbaijan will begin functioning in November, but solemn opening ceremony of the embassy is scheduled for next spring,” ambassador of Czech Republic to Azerbaijan Radek Matula told reporters.
25 September 2009 [13:29]
10th meeting of the Azerbaijan-EU Cooperation Committee is underway in Baku.
25 September 2009 [13:11]
Officials have told The Associated Press that Iran has revealed the existence of a second uranium enrichment plant.
25 September 2009 [12:48]
Azerbaijan's cooperation with Islamic umma [community] is one of priorities of the country's foreign policy, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov stated in a meeting with the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Foreign Ministry said.
25 September 2009 [12:11]
On September 24, Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal met with the EU ambassadors accredited in Ankara, CNN Turk reported.
25 September 2009 [11:57]
It is high time to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh and all other conflicts in the Caucasus taking into account territorial integrity of countries in the region, CNN Turk reported Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying at the UN Security Council.
25 September 2009 [11:44]
Ruling parties of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) and Nur Otan, will sign an agreement on cooperation.
25 September 2009 [11:18]
25 September 2009 [10:27]
Azerbaijan plays an important role in European energy security, Switzerland's Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said in a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in New York.
25 September 2009 [09:54]
“Statements of threat to Azerbaijan by Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan point to concerns of Armenia,” Azerbaijani Member of Parliament Zahid Oruj said commenting on the statement by Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan claiming that "the Armenian army is able to put an end to war dreams of Azerbaijan".
25 September 2009 [09:23]
On Sept. 24, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers made public the second report on the situation of minority languages in Armenia, the CoE Web site said.
25 September 2009 [08:49]
Chief of Azerbaijan's opposition party does not exclude that the disagreement between the two parties - the founders of the movement in which they are united , can further deepen the crisis within the opposition.
25 September 2009 [08:43]
The U.N. Security Council, at a summit chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama, unanimously approved a resolution on Sept. 24 that envisaged a world without nuclear weapons, Reuters reported.
25 September 2009 [08:38]
Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Mehmet Ali Sahin will start an official visit to Azerbaijan`s capital on Sept. 25.
25 September 2009 [08:21]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received a Czech delegation headed by President of the Senate Premysl Sobotka on Sept. 24.
24 September 2009 [17:59]
24 September 2009 [17:53]
Lithuania is ready for a new phase of cooperation with Azerbaijan in the parliamentary sphere.
24 September 2009 [17:11]
The first sitting of Azerbaijani parliament’s fall session will be held on Sept. 30, the parliament said.
24 September 2009 [16:39]
BBC News Web site contains a error related to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
24 September 2009 [16:19]
There are more than 30 matters on the agenda of the first meeting of the Azerbaijani parliament's autumn session.
24 September 2009 [16:06]
Russian political expert and head of the Political Forecast Service at the Center for Post Soviet Studies Alexander Karavayev spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
24 September 2009 [15:17]
Senior official of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Human Rights Institute Araz Qurbanov spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
24 September 2009 [14:54]
Chechen president Ramzan Kadirov has sent a strongly-worded message to Azerbaijan.
24 September 2009 [13:52]
A bill on the Azerbaijani peacekeepers was included in the agenda of the autumn session of Azerbaijani parliament.
24 September 2009 [12:42]
“Territorial integrity and sovereignty are very important for every state. This problem should be solved in line with international law,” president of the Czech Senate Přemysl Sobotka told reporters in Baku.
24 September 2009 [11:53]
The embassy of Czech Republic will be opened in Azerbaijan in late November, chairman of the Czech Senate Prshemisl Sobodka told reporters n Baku.
24 September 2009 [11:18]
The protocol, signed on Aug. 31 between Turkey and Armenia under Switzerland's mediation, will be discussed at the Turkish Parliament on Oct. 10-11, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his speech at the UN General Assembly.
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