Politics
15 September 2009 [12:44]
Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov met with visiting Georgian counterpart Grigol Vashadze on Sept. 14.
15 September 2009 [12:10]
A conference “Strategic Partnership between U.S. and Azerbaijan: Bilateral and Regional Criteria” will be held in Georgetown University in Washington on Sept. 18.
15 September 2009 [11:54]
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be resolved only with assistance of region's countries, Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Muhammadbaghir Bahrami told reporters.
15 September 2009 [10:21]
“The presence of huge gas reserves in Turkmenistan is an important factor, but this time it has no decisive role,” expert at Azerbaijani Lider-TV Tofiq Abbasov said commenting on latest statement by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov claiming that the country has enough stocks of gas for Nabucco.
15 September 2009 [10:09]
On 16 September the former US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will visit Azerbaijan.
15 September 2009 [09:58]
The President a.i. of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will submit a detailed report on the results of the visit to Azerbaijan on Sept. 21 at the next Bureau meeting of the Congress in Strasbourg, statement posted to the Council of Europe's official Web site says.
15 September 2009 [09:38]
15 September 2009 [08:21]
First Lady of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO goodwill ambassador, MP, Mehriban Aliyeva has been awarded the Grand Commander`s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic.
14 September 2009 [17:45]
Azerbaijan National Independence Party Political Council has met today, the party said in a statement.
14 September 2009 [17:24]
“I think the Aktau meeting of the Caspian littoral states was useful,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musabayov said commenting on results of the Aktau summit of the Caspian littoral states.
14 September 2009 [16:46]
Director of Russia-based Center for Post-Soviet Studies Aleksei Vlasov spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
14 September 2009 [16:27]
Turkish Opposition Leader Deniz Baykal demands to include Nagorno-Karabakh issue in the Ankara-Yerevan protocol signed between Turkey and Armenia in August, Turkish CNN TÜRK TV channel reported.
14 September 2009 [16:12]
14 September 2009 [15:56]
"I believe that acting head of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Ian Micallef left Azerbaijan very pleased."
14 September 2009 [14:58]
Two-volume book “Karabakh Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” published by Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) was accepted by the U.S. Congress library’s monograph department.
14 September 2009 [14:44]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated his Russian Counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on his birthday on Sept.14 over the telephone.
14 September 2009 [13:31]
Republican Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday he will ignore calls from Democrats demanding he apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" during the president's health care speech to Congress Wednesday, saying he already has said he is sorry, Washington Times reported.
14 September 2009 [13:17]
14 September 2009 [12:45]
14 September 2009 [10:53]
The president of the 62nd UN General Assembly believes raising the Nagorno-Karabakh issue on the level of the General Assembly signals strengthening of the international interest to the region.
14 September 2009 [10:34]
The parties included in the Union for Democracy fails to reach agreement to hold an opposition forum, said Ahmad Oruj, Chief of Azadlig party which is a part of the union.
14 September 2009 [10:15]
U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver a major speech on the current global financial crisis, the White House said in a statement on Monday.
14 September 2009 [09:51]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has elevated his deputy for legal and parliamentary affairs to the position of first vice president, Press TV reported.
14 September 2009 [08:56]
Ian Micallef, President ai of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, gave a press conference following his visit to Azerbaijan.
12 September 2009 [12:52]
Georgian delegation to PACE made a proposal to deprive Russia a right to vote at the forthcoming in late September at the autumn session, said the representative of the delegation of Georgia Giorgi Gabashvili.
12 September 2009 [12:35]
The Aktau meeting of the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan is of great importance in terms of future cooperation of the Caspian countries, members of the Azerbaijani Parliament say.
12 September 2009 [11:34]
Iran's Foreign Ministry has issued an official warning for being left out by the leaders of the other four Caspian Sea littoral states, Press TV reported.
12 September 2009 [10:41]
Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan met in Aktau, Kazakhstan on Sept. 11.
12 September 2009 [09:16]
President Barack Obama sought to rally Americans behind the war in Afghanistan on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States as polls show faltering public support for the conflict, Reuters reported.
12 September 2009 [08:56]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ended his visit to Kazakhstan.
12 September 2009 [08:48]
The United States has drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on all countries with atomic weapons to get rid of them, a text Washington hopes will be approved by a special council session presided over by U.S. President Barack Obama, Reuters reported.
12 September 2009 [08:29]
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Council of Europe highly appreciated the work carried out in Azerbaijan to improve municipalities.
11 September 2009 [17:33]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Kazakhstan on Friday, kicking off a tour of the energy-rich Caspian Sea region.
11 September 2009 [16:31]
The participation of the internally displaced persons (IDP) in the municipal elections is a problem, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov said.
11 September 2009 [16:14]
Azerbaijani political experts answered to question “what has changed in the world after the events of September 11, 2001?”
11 September 2009 [15:37]
Azerbaijani and Turkish Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Ahmet Davutoglu had a telephone conversation on Sept. 10, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said.
11 September 2009 [15:18]
Azerbaijan takes measures to ensure security on the eve of the municipal elections.
11 September 2009 [14:59]
Head of Azerbaijan-Estonia Culture Center Niyazi Hajiyev spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
11 September 2009 [14:26]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu proposes to hold discussions in Turkish Grand National Assembly (Parliament) on the protocol signed under Switzerland's mediation between Ankara and Yerevan, Anadolu news agency reported.
11 September 2009 [13:35]
Azerbaijani voters with lost identity cards will be able to participate in the municipal elections.
11 September 2009 [13:23]
If Azerbaijan submits the resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh for consideration of the UN General Assembly, GUAM member states will fully support it, Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM, Valeri Chechelashvili, said.
11 September 2009 [11:57]
Ten helicopters of Azerbaijan’s Air Forces made training flights along the contact line in direction of Fuzuli, Beylagan, Agjabedi, Aghdam, Tartar and Goranboy regions on Sept. 11.
11 September 2009 [11:28]
The new package of initiatives, officially submitted yesterday by Iran to '5+1'can not be a topic for consideration by serious politicians, said the President of the Middle East Institute Yevgeni Satanovsky.
11 September 2009 [11:16]
The delegation, headed by Azerbaijani Foreign Ministe Elmar Mammadyarov will represent Azerbaijan at the 64th United Nations General Assembly, the Ministry's Spokesman Elkhan Polukhov said.
11 September 2009 [10:58]
Vice-Speaker of Azerbaijan`s Parliament (Milli Majlis) Ziyafat Asgarov met State Secretary of Hungary`s Defense Ministry Agnes Vadai on Sept. 10.
11 September 2009 [10:39]
The Russian ruble must in the future become a global reserve currency, Interfax quoted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as saying.
11 September 2009 [10:27]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United Nations Security Council would not support oil sanctions targeting Iran, AFP reported.
11 September 2009 [09:53]
Changes in the U.S. personnel policy in the post-Soviet countries can testify to a shift in the strategy of the new American administration, General Director of the Information Analytical Center at Moscow State University Alexei Vlasov said.
11 September 2009 [09:42]
President Barack Obama accepted a South Carolina Republican's apology for shouting, "You lie!" during his speech to Congress, and House Democratic leaders showed no interest in sanctions against Rep. Joe Wilson, AP reported.
11 September 2009 [09:35]
The informal summit in Aktau, Kazakhstan, in which Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkmen and Kazakh presidents will participate, is important to intensify regional cooperation, Russian expert on the CIS countries and Central Asia Stanislav Pritchin said.
11 September 2009 [09:26]
On Sept. 10, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to improve logistics of educational and preschool institutions.
11 September 2009 [08:59]
Georgia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement to condemn a decision by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to recognize country's break-away South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions.
11 September 2009 [08:47]
Commenting on opening of Turkey-Armenia borders, the Azerbaijani Consul in the Turkish city of Kars Hasan Sultanoglu said Turkey will not take any step that will disappoint Azerbaijan, Cihan news agency reported.
11 September 2009 [08:21]
A meeting of Azerbaijani and Greek businessmen was held on Sept. 10 to discuss opportunities for expansion of relations to train staff for tourism and develop cooperation in education between Azerbaijan and Greece, the Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan said.
10 September 2009 [17:48]
Armenian expert and Chairman of the Caucasus Center of Peace Initiatives Georgi Vanyan spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
10 September 2009 [17:37]
Azerbaijan is devising a bill on municipalities' submitting reports to the Azerbaijani Parliament.
10 September 2009 [17:27]
The European Parliament has agreed to vote on Jose Manuel Barroso's bid for a second term as European Commission president on Sept. 16, AP reported.
10 September 2009 [16:56]
The State NGO Support Council under Azerbaijani President and the UN Development Program (UNDP) have signed a joint project.
10 September 2009 [16:24]
“I think that today Armenia once again was convinced that the Azerbaijani army is well-prepared,” Azerbaijani
parliament’s security and defense committee chair Aydin Mirzazade said commenting on media reports claiming that five Armenian soldiers have been killed at the Azerbaijan-Armenia contact line.
10 September 2009 [15:09]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced about recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia's independence by Venezuela at the talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Sept. 10.
10 September 2009 [14:52]
Former OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Matthew Bryza commented on Robert Bradtke’s appointment as U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minssk Group.
10 September 2009 [14:44]
The GUAM Organization (a regional organization established in Oct. 1997 by Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) has problems similar to that of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), said Alexey Vlasov, Director General of the Information and Analytical Center for Post-Soviet Studies at the Moscow State University.
10 September 2009 [13:55]
Jan Lucas van Hoorn will be the Netherlands' first ambassador to Azerbaijan.
10 September 2009 [13:49]
Grant activities by the Fund for State Support to Media Development can be considered successful, senior official of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration said.
10 September 2009 [13:26]
A Republican lawmaker shouted "You lie" at President Barack Obama as he addressed Congress on Wednesday. The congressman later apologized for his "lack of civility", NBC News reported.
10 September 2009 [13:12]
Turkmen President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov signed a decree on "Amnesty for Prisoners" in honor of one of the most respected and sacred nights of holy month of Ramadan to all Muslims - Kadir Gecesi (Night of Omnipotence).
10 September 2009 [12:47]
The OSCE Special Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti has summed up his visit to Azerbaijan which took place on Sept. 7-11.
10 September 2009 [12:35]
Iran's non-participation in the quadrilateral informal meeting of the Caspian littoral countries' presidents, which is scheduled for Sept.11, is a warning to Iran, said Hishmatullah Felahet Pishe, Member of the Iranian Parliamentary Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy, Mehr news agency reported.
10 September 2009 [12:28]
The OSCE Special Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti has appreciated establishment of the Fund for State Support to Media Development under Azerbaijani President, Chief of Presidential Administration Public and Political Department Ali Hasanov said.
10 September 2009 [12:18]
The municipal elections in Azerbaijan will be held in a competitive and stable atmosphere, said Ali Hasanov, the Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Public and Political Department.
10 September 2009 [11:23]
Moscow considers Iranian officials' statements on illegality to hold a separate meeting of the Presidents of four Caspian counties, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan as far-fetched ones.
10 September 2009 [11:07]
Armenian armed forces launched offensive toward Aghdam region of Azerbaijan at about 9.23 on Sept. 9.
10 September 2009 [09:37]
‘Turkey-Armenia normalization will give an incentive to resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic said.
10 September 2009 [09:22]
Amid international calls on Iran to engage the West over its nuclear program, the country presents the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany with its latest package of proposals to tackle global issues, Press T reported.
10 September 2009 [08:43]
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on Sept. 9 received Gianluidji Masha, Italian ambassador to Azerbaijan, on completion of his diplomatic mission.
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