Politics

06 February 2009 [15:37]

Insignificant hopes of Armenian generals

This week the Collective Security Treaty Organization held its regular session in Moscow.
06 February 2009 [14:34]

British deputies to observe referendum in Azerbaijan

Members of the British parliament will observe the process of referendum in Azerbaijan, schedule for March 18, said deputy of the British parliament Lord Tomlinson, according to AzTV channel.
06 February 2009 [14:22]

Co-chairs of World Azerbaijanis Congress discuss Karabakh conflict with deputies of Australian parliament

Co-chairs of the World Azerbaijanis Congress Sabir Rustamkhanly, Firuddin Parvizniya and permanent representative of the World Azerbaijanis Congress Ajder Taghizade are visiting Australia, according to the press service for the Congress.
06 February 2009 [13:24]

CE Congress of local and regional powers urge to present proposals on amendments to Azerbaijani Constitution

The planned amendments to the Azerbaijani Constitution, in particular control over the activity of municipalities, voices concern due to their possible noncompliance with the European charter of local self-government, which involved Azerbaijan in 2002.
06 February 2009 [12:54]

Mehti Mehtiyev: "Azerbaijani army will have to sacrifice about 10,000 military men for the successful return of the occupied lands"

In the issue of settlement of the tasks set and provision of the territorial integrity of the state, Azerbaijan relies only on the armed forces of our country, said military expert Mehti Mehtiyev.
06 February 2009 [12:04]

Azerbaijani FM receives copies of credentials of ambassadors of Yemen, Nigeria, Benin, South African Republic, Vietnam, Zimbabwe and Sri-Lanka

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov received ambassadors of Yemen, Nigeria, Benin, South African Republic, Vietnam, Zimbabwe and Sri-Lanka in Azerbaijan, who handed copies of credentials to him, said the press service for the Foreign Ministry.
06 February 2009 [11:50]

Armenians violate ceasefire in two regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 5.
06 February 2009 [11:09]

Turkish Foreign Minister to visit Azerbaijan

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan will visit Azerbaijan on February 9.
05 February 2009 [17:55]

Appellate Court dismisses claim of Azadlyg newspaper correspondent Mirza Sakit about long-term release

The Baku Appellate Court considered the claim of Azadlyg newspaper correspondent Mirza Sakit, against the decision of the Narimanov district court.
05 February 2009 [17:46]

CEC refuses to register journalists’ Free Speech Initiative Group

CEC refused to register journalists’ Free Speech Initiative Group as Propagating Group in connection with referendum to be held on March 18, APA reports.
05 February 2009 [17:14]

Azerbaijani opposition appeals to Constitutional Court with request to annul referendum

The Movement "For Karabakh and Republic" held a session on Thursday, said chairman of the Umid party Igbal Aghazade, represented in the movement.
05 February 2009 [17:01]

Armenian communist party: "There is Narimanov statement of the 1920s in which is fixes that bodies of 26 commissars are buried"

The Communist Party of Armenia is solidar with the Communist and Socialist Parties of Azerbaijan in the issue of reburial of Shaomyan's residuals, said first secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Armenia Ruben Tovmasyan.
05 February 2009 [15:46]

Hafiz Hajiyev: "Opposition will not attain anything by organizing an agitation campaign against the referendum"

"Opposition's arguments against introduction of amendments to the Constitution are so weak and they are not supported by the population", said chairman of the Muasir Musavat party Hafiz Hajiyev.
05 February 2009 [14:40]

Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli speaks for reduction of prices on energy sources in Azerbaijan

"The Aydinlar party supports the initiative of a number of opposition parties about reduction in prices on energy sources and gas due to the influence of the world economic crisis on Azerbaijan", said party chairman Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli.
05 February 2009 [14:10]

Azerbaijani FM receives copies of credentials from new Angola ambassador

Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mamedyarov received copies of credentials from new Angola ambassador to Azerbaijan Samuel Titu Armando, according to the press service for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
05 February 2009 [13:29]

Russian ambassador to Armenia: "Statements of supply of the Russian military hardware of a total of $800,000,000 to Armenia are false"

"The statements about supply of the Russian military hardware of a total of $800,000,000 to Armenia are false", said ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Russia to Armenia Nikolai Pavlov.
05 February 2009 [13:00]

Russian ambassador to Armenia: "Russia will guarantee agreements to be reached on Karabakh"

"Russia will be a guarantor of agreements, reached around the process on the resolution of the Karabakh problem", said ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Russia to Armenia Nicolai Pavlov.
05 February 2009 [11:27]

Azerbaijani FM receives credentials of new Estonian ambassador

Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mamedyarov received copies of credentials from new Estonian ambassador to Azerbaijan Aivo Orava, said the press service for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
05 February 2009 [10:54]

Armenians violate ceasefire in three regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 4.
05 February 2009 [10:35]

Armenian Assembly of America: "Turkey should stop interfering in the Karabakh process and acknowledge the Armenian Genocide"

The Armenian Assembly of America hails the efforts for normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and the recent meeting between the Presidents of the two states, the Assembly’s Regional Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh told a news conference in Yerevan.
05 February 2009 [10:25]

Foreign Minister: "Armenia is beyond large scale regional projects due to occupation of a part of Azerbaijani lands"

Poland plays a special role in the EU initiative of Eastern partnership, proposed to Azerbaijan, said Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov at the meeting with deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Anzhey Kraemer.
05 February 2009 [09:55]

Armenian Assembly of America Regional Director: "The Turkish and Azeri lobbies in the U.S. are now trying not to fall behind the Armenian activists"

The Turkish and Azeri lobbies in the U.S. are now trying not to fall behind the Armenian activists, the Armenian Assembly of America Regional Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh said.
04 February 2009 [18:40]

Deputy Lala Abbasova: "As a protest against murder of Palestinian children, women, elderly people, I quited the parliamentary group of Azerbaijan-Israel friendship"

"Innocent children, women and elderly people die in the result of Israel's offensive in Palestine. As a protest, I appealed to the Milli Medjlis leadership about quitting the Azerbaijan-Israel group of friendship", said deputy Lala Abbasova.
04 February 2009 [17:11]

Document confirming that Stepan Shaumyan was not shot in Agjagum in 1918 found

The document confirming that head of Baku Commissars Stepan Shaumyan was a prisoner of war in March, 1919, it was stated at the Scientific Council of the History Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, APA reports.
04 February 2009 [17:08]

Special representative of OSCE PA on Nagorno Karabakh conflict to arrive in Azerbaijan

Special representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Georgia Goran Lennmarker will arrive in Azerbaijan on February 12, said chief of department of media and information of the OSCE Baku office Rashad Huseynov.
04 February 2009 [16:49]

Hikmet Hajizade: "Russia's policy in Georgia and Azerbaijan is aimed at support of separatism and weakining of independence of these countries"

Russia's policy in Georgia and Azerbaijan is aimed at support of separatism and weakining of independence of these countries, said famous political scientist Hikmet Hajizade.
04 February 2009 [15:28]

"President" of self-declared "NKR": "Nagorno Karabakh will never be a part of Azerbaijan"

"The position of the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" on the format of talks remained changeless: the resolution of the Karabakh conflict is impossible without participation of Nagorno Karabakh as an equal party", said "president" of separatist "NKR" Bako Saakyan.
04 February 2009 [15:10]

Armenian President accused of cowardice

Novruz Mamedov, chief of department of international ties of the presidential administration accused Armenian President of cowardice.
04 February 2009 [12:49]

Iranian TV channel continues smeary campaign against Azerbaijani deputy

Iranian Seher TV channel continues smeary campaign against deputy of Azerbaijani parliament, co-chair of the World Azerbaijanis Congress Sabir Rustamkhanly, said Samir Asadli, representative of the control-revision commission of the World Azerbaijanis Congress.
04 February 2009 [11:10]

Armenians violate ceasefire in three regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 3.
04 February 2009 [10:50]

Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova: "Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan hampers establishment of peace and stability in the South Caucasus"

Azerbaijani ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova took part in the events on "The process of stabilization in the South Caucasus" in Berlin (Germany), according to AzerTac.
04 February 2009 [10:21]

President of Azerbaijan to visit France

04 February 2009 [10:02]

NATO representative: "Azerbaijan has really established an army which is ready to conduct offensive"

After Day.Az has posted information about the visit of Azerbaijani deputies to the frontline regions, it has received a call from a senior official of NATO from Brussels, who said he always reads Russian language e- mass medias of the South Caucasus states.
04 February 2009 [10:00]

Extending a Hand to the Islamic World

By Anne E. Derse U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan
04 February 2009 [09:49]

President of Azerbaijan extends independence day greetings to his Sri Lankian counterpart

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today sent a letter of congratulation to President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa on the country`s national holiday, Independence Day.
03 February 2009 [17:44]

7 Azerbaijani students undergo trial in Iran

The Tebriz revolutionary court has passed a decision on the case of the activists of the movement for rights of South Azerbaijanis in Iran, reports the World Azerbaijanis Congress.
03 February 2009 [16:55]

A seminar on implications of the international recognition of Kosovo for the future of Nagoro Karabakh held in Michigan University

A seminar on implications of the international recognition of Kosovo for the future of Nagoro Karabakh was held in Michigan University.
03 February 2009 [16:15]

Police detains another participant of anti-Israeli protests in Nardaran

Resident of Nardaran village Hikmet Veliyev, active participant of the recent anti-Israeli action in this village, was detained late February 2.
03 February 2009 [15:05]

Union for Democracy to cooperate with opposition groups in period of agitation on referendum

The initiative group of the Union "For democracy" intends to cooperate with other oppositional groups in the agitation period, said chairman of the Classical Front Party of Azerbaijan Mirmahmud Miralioghlu.
03 February 2009 [14:21]

Former adviser of Vladimir Putin: "Javakheti and Marneuli are offered to Armenia and Azerbaijan respectively while dividing Georgia"

"Russian powers have committed a planned and well prepared aggression against Georgia", said former adviser of President Putin on economic issues Andrei Illarionov.
03 February 2009 [12:23]

Polish deputy foreign minister on a visit to Azerbaijan

Polish deputy foreign minister Andrzej Kremer arrived in Baku on Tuesday for a working visit.
03 February 2009 [11:27]

Mirmahmud Miralioghlu: "No ties between Turkey and Armenia are possible unless the Karabakh problem is resolved"

"Turkey borders on Armenia, therefore, unless there is this border, it connects the countries", said chairman of the Classical Front Party of Azerbaijan Mirmahmud Miralioghlu.
03 February 2009 [10:59]

Armenians violate ceasefire in four regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 1.
02 February 2009 [18:20]

President of Azerbaijan offers condolences to Russian counterpart

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolence to Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on a human loss after a fire engulfed a nursing home in the Komi Republic, according to AzerTac.
02 February 2009 [17:57]

Samed Seidov: "If the Council of Europe continues double standards against Azerbaijan, the position of our country to this organization will change"

The Council of Europe applies double standards towards Azerbaijan and if such policy continues Azerbaijan might review position on this organization, said head of the Azerbaijani delegation in PACE Samed Seidov at today's session of Milli Medjlis.
02 February 2009 [17:08]

Fazil Gazanfaroghlu: "The parliament should conduct close discussions on the influence of world crisis on Azerbaijan"

Milli Medjlis must hold private discussions regarding influence of the world financial crisis on Azerbaijan and the leaders of the due structures must report to the parliamentarians, said deputy Fazil Gazanfaroghlu at a session of Milli Medjlis today.
02 February 2009 [16:52]

President of Azerbaijan: "Referendum is a democratic procedure reflecting people's will"

Referendum is a democratic procedure reflecting people's will.
02 February 2009 [14:14]

Serzh Sargsyan: "Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and Diaspora cannot strengthen separately"

Sargsyan addressed to participants in the charitable fundraising evening party in Dubai (UAE) held on the initiative of Hay Dat organization of ARF Dashnaktsutyun party.
02 February 2009 [13:30]

Hurriyet daily: "The new US administration became the most pro-Armenian administration in the U.S. history"

Samantha Power, a Harvard professor will direct multilateral affairs for the National Security Council.
02 February 2009 [12:53]

Azerbaijani parliament to send group of deputies to Russian State Duma due to supplies of Russian military hardware to Armenia

Several deputies have appealed to the Milli Medjlis with a request to discuss information about the free supply of Russian military hardware of a total of $800,000,000 to Armenia, said speaker Oqtay Asadov at the first plenary session of the parliament.
02 February 2009 [12:26]

Estonian ambassador: "We view Azerbaijan as one of the most important alternative energy sources suppliers"

Estonia views Azerbaijan as one of the most important alternative supplier of energy sources, said Mart Volmer, director general of the third political department of the Estonian Foreign Ministry, ambassador of this country to Azerbaijan.
02 February 2009 [11:55]

Azerbaijani general accuses Armenia of hiring servicemen

Armenia hires servicemen for the occupied Azerbaijani lands and the contact line with the Azerbaijani army, said commander of the second major unit of the army, major-general Mahmud Khamzayev.
02 February 2009 [11:30]

Terror attacks are among effective mechanisms, applied by Russia and its "allies"

Nabucco is a project, uniting interests of a number of European states and being an alternative to the Russian monopoly on gas supplies, said Alexander Rusetski, head of the South Caucasus Regional Security Institute.
02 February 2009 [11:03]

Hasan Kerimov: "Appeal to international organizations has been sent due to detention of two activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan"

The two month arrest has been applied for two detained activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, who collected signatures, in Sabirabad region, said deputy chairman of the party Hasan Kerimov.
02 February 2009 [10:56]

Javier Solana: "There is no military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. After the Georgia crisis, this should be clear to all..."

Day.Az interview with EU senior representative on issues of general external policy and security policy Javier Solana.
02 February 2009 [10:52]

Armenians violate ceasefire in three regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 1.
02 February 2009 [10:15]

Edward Nalbandyan's unlucky day

As is known the summit of the global economic forum is being held in Swiss Davos these days.
31 January 2009 [14:04]

Paata Davitaya: "Russia attempts to put pressure on Azerbaijan"

"Free supply of Russian military hardware to Armenia is certainly the violation of the agreement on quotes on arming the South Caucasus countries, said vice speaker of the Russian parliament Paata Davitaya.