Politics
08 September 2009 [10:47]
Monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near the Gapanli village of Azerbaijan's Terter region on Sept. 9.
08 September 2009 [10:37]
“Nomination of OSCE Minks Group co-chair is not decisive,” Azerbaijani political expert Vafa Guluzade said commenting on Robert Bradtdke’s appointment as U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.
08 September 2009 [10:11]
“For Turkey the main thing is interests of Azerbaijan, so we must be very careful in terms of rapprochement with Armenia,” publicist Yilmaz Oztuna said in Turkey’s state-owned ‘Turkiye’ newspaper.
08 September 2009 [09:53]
Israel approved on Monday the building of 455 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a move opposed by its U.S. ally and Palestinians but which could pave the way for a construction moratorium sought by Washington, Reuters reported.
08 September 2009 [09:17]
The Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan has issued a warning to Azerbaijan nationals with respect to the situation in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
08 September 2009 [08:36]
08 September 2009 [08:21]
Former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Robert Bradtke has been appointed as new American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group, a source in department for the Europe and Eurasia at U.S. Department of State said.
07 September 2009 [17:58]
The Poti court changed preventive punishment towards captain of Buket vessel, Azerbaijani citizen Ilgar Imanverdiyev.
07 September 2009 [17:52]
“I think there will be still more intrigues around Nabucco,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Agayev said while commenting on recent media report about Armenia’s possible joining of Nabucco gas pipeline project.
07 September 2009 [17:27]
Azerbaijan will never agree with Armenia’s involvement with the Nabucco gas pipeline project, Azerbaijani parliament’s standing economic policy committee chair Vahid Ahmadov said commenting on media reports about Armenia’s possible involvement with Nabucco.
07 September 2009 [17:18]
07 September 2009 [16:42]
Over the past 10 years, Azerbaijan has adopted 30 laws concerning municipalities.
07 September 2009 [16:33]
Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov will make a trip to the United States next week.
07 September 2009 [16:25]
The Central Election Commission has designed a timetable for the 2009 municipal elections, CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov said.
07 September 2009 [15:23]
The London Information Network on Conflicts and State-building (LINKS) Executive Director Dennis Sammut spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
07 September 2009 [15:01]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev intends to urge leaders of the Caspian littoral states to build relationships in the gas sector on the basis of an intergovernmental medium-term and long-term agreement.
07 September 2009 [14:44]
Turkey`s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu has paid an official visit to Georgia.
07 September 2009 [14:31]
OSCE's Baku Office will continue to voice its initiatives to improve Azerbaijan's electoral legislation.
07 September 2009 [14:18]
The Azerbaijani Constitutional court has received claims concerning the municipalities.
07 September 2009 [13:58]
Iran welcomes the call from the Secretary General of the League of Arab States Amr Moussa to establish dialogue between Tehran and the Arab countries, Iranian television IRINN reported Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying to media.
07 September 2009 [13:37]
In recent years Azerbaijan border guard has covered a long way of development and has acquired significant capacity to perform any task in the field of border security, Chief of Azerbaijani State Border Service, commander of Border Troops Lieutenant-General Elchin Guliyev said.
07 September 2009 [13:13]
In an interview with reporters Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu spoke about the unofficial meeting of the EU foreign ministers where he made two proposals.
07 September 2009 [12:47]
Head of the Heritage Foundation Moscow Office Yevgeny Volk spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
07 September 2009 [12:36]
The Azerbaijani Central Election Commission (CEC) is not satisfied with the percentage of women represented in election bodies.
07 September 2009 [12:22]
Representatives of the U.S. Department of State have arrived in Turkey to debate Armenia-Turkey relations and resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
07 September 2009 [12:04]
The study revealed that only 41 percent of municipality chiefs have higher education, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration senior official said.
07 September 2009 [11:49]
Azerbaijani parliament’s senior official Latif Huseynov visited Montenegro.
07 September 2009 [11:39]
Senior official of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration believes that problems related to residence registration of voters need to be addressed in Azerbaijan.
07 September 2009 [10:57]
OSCE Special Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti plans to discuss freedom of speech situation in Baku on Sept. 7 to 11, the OSCE Baku Office said.
07 September 2009 [10:44]
The US not only increased its arms sales by nearly 50 percent last year but its share of world weapons sales also rose to more than two-thirds despite the global economic downturn, a New York Times reported.
07 September 2009 [10:38]
The Ecuadorean government says President Rafael Correa's chief of security has died of swine flu, AP reported.
07 September 2009 [10:23]
Greek ambassador to Azerbaijan Ioannis Metaksas will pay an official visit to country’s Nakhchivan region on Sept. 8 to 9, Greek embassy in Azerbaijan said.
07 September 2009 [10:17]
Azerbaijan Unified Popular Front Party (AUPFP) must get actively involved with the coming municipal elections, AUPFP chairman Gudrat Hasanguliyev said at a party meeting.
07 September 2009 [09:56]
Deputy chairman of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) Fuad Mustafayev resigned from from his post and has refused party membership.
07 September 2009 [09:48]
Brazil has urged Western powers discussing Iran's nuclear case to re-enter talks with Tehran rather than toughening sanctions on the country, Press TV reported.
07 September 2009 [09:33]
“As soon as we launched talks with Armenia through the mediation of Switzerland, some people here began to worry again,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a ceremony in Istanbul municipality.
07 September 2009 [09:19]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat on Sunday to start his official visit to the Central Asian nation, Xinhua reported.
07 September 2009 [09:08]
Turkish MP Canan Aritman urged prime minister to keep promise given to Azerbaijan concerning not opening of borders with Armenia until Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is resolved.
07 September 2009 [08:31]
Azerbaijan's Ambassador in Ankara Zakir Hashimov said Saturday the foreign ministries of Turkey and Azerbaijan discussed Turkish-Armenian relations over phone and reached a common understanding, Anadolu Agency reported.
05 September 2009 [12:17]
A militant killed in Ingushetia in a special operation Friday was a bandit warlord and was involved in an attempt to kill the Russian North Caucasus republic's president, security agencies said.
05 September 2009 [11:34]
The ruling New Azerbaijan Party says fraternal Turkey should not take steps against Azerbaijan's interests.
05 September 2009 [11:15]
The ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) is devising the concept concerning the municipal elections.
05 September 2009 [10:53]
Agenda of Baku visit by President a.i. of CE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Ian Micallef has been made public.
05 September 2009 [08:57]
Kanat Saudabayev appointed Kazakh foreign minister upon the Kazakh President's decree on Sept. 4.
05 September 2009 [08:43]
Report by the Azerbaijani MPs was approved by the Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
05 September 2009 [08:32]
04 September 2009 [17:34]
Nobert Yevdayev, editor-in-chief of New York-based Russian language newspaper “Noviy Rubezh” (‘New Frontier’) and chairman Azerbaijani Friendly Association AZEM spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
04 September 2009 [15:26]
American mobile operator MetroPCS cooperates with Karabakh Telecom and offers roaming services in Armenia-occupied lands of Azerbaijan.
04 September 2009 [15:13]
No one has appealed so far to the special commission set up under the Defense Ministry to get war victim status, spokesman for Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Eldar Sabirglu said at a news conference.
04 September 2009 [14:24]
“Azerbaijani army is the strongest in the Caucasus for all parameters,” Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Spokesperson Colonel General Eldar Sabiroglu said at a news conference.
04 September 2009 [14:11]
Armenia-Turkey border opening contributes to the maintenance of peace, meanwhile weakens Georgia’s position in the region, Georgian expert on Caucasian issues Mamuka Areshidze said.
04 September 2009 [13:34]
“Friendly relations between Uzbek and Azerbaijani peoples have their roots back to centuries,” Uzbek ambassador to Azerbaijan Ismatulla Irgashev said.
04 September 2009 [12:46]
Beijing favors implementation of the four UN Security Council resolutions which urge unconditional withdrawal of Armenian troops from the Azerbaijani lands, Chinese ambassador to Azerbaijan Jan Yannyan said.
04 September 2009 [12:17]
“Uzbekistan has always favored and will further favor peaceful and political solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict based on Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and complying with UN Security Council resolutions and OSCE decisions,” Uzbek ambassador to Azerbaijan Ismatulla Irgashev said.
04 September 2009 [11:57]
Leader of Turkish Democratic Party and former speaker of the parliament Husamettin Cindoruk criticized the government for its agreement with Armenia, Haberturk reported.
04 September 2009 [11:38]
On Sept. 3, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a trip to country's Hajigabul region.
04 September 2009 [10:39]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev inaugurated several new facilities in country’s Hajigabul region on Sept. 3.
04 September 2009 [10:23]
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has announced an independence referendum bill as the centrepiece of the SNP's plans for the coming year, BBC reported.
04 September 2009 [10:06]
North Korea said Friday it entered a final phase of uranium enrichment and is also building more nuclear weapons with spent fuel rods, South Korean newswire Yonhap reported, citing Pyongyang state media, AFP reported.
04 September 2009 [09:52]
Kharabakh conflict settlement has always been and will always remain a priority task on Armenia’s foreign policy agenda, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan said.
04 September 2009 [09:32]
“Replacing of the Russian and U.S. co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group are being discussed at talks”, chief of the International Relations Department of Azerbaijan's Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov said.
04 September 2009 [09:19]
Civil Protection General Secretary of Greek Interior Ministry Margaritis Mouzas will pay a visit to Azerbaijan.
04 September 2009 [08:48]
Leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli has issued statement on the protocols agreed between the Turkish and Armenian governments.
04 September 2009 [08:21]
On Sept. 3, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow made a telephone call to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev.
03 September 2009 [17:19]
“There is a proposal to establish additional subcommittees under the EU cooperation committee and one of them will deal with visa and readmission issues," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmoud Mammadquliyev said.
03 September 2009 [16:46]
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is not negotiating with Azerbaijan about country’s admission to the organization, CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha said.
03 September 2009 [16:26]
The governing New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) says establishing Turkey-Armenian relations is unacceptable until the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is resolved.
03 September 2009 [15:31]
Director of Eurasian Strategy Project and Georgetown University professor Cory Welt spoke in an interview with Day.Az.
03 September 2009 [15:17]
Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic commented on the discussions over the protocols on normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations.
03 September 2009 [14:58]
“Alican checkpoint on Turkey-Armenia border may be reopened only after Armenians free occupied Azerbaijani lands,” head of Igdir Trade Exchange Ismayil Aras said.
03 September 2009 [14:42]
“Armenian diplomats’ plans to gather in Azerbaijan’s occupied lands are not a constructive approach and represents a negative point in negotiations,” Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said commenting on reports claiming that Armenian diplomats will gather in Azerbaijan’s occupied lands.
03 September 2009 [13:17]
A female candidate has been approved for the new Cabinet of Ministers for the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
03 September 2009 [13:06]
Armenia’s mobile operator K-Telecom (VivaCell-MTS brand) owed by MTS group of companies offers roaming services in Nagorno-Karabakh.
03 September 2009 [12:23]
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev’s official visit to Azerbaijan will be rescheduled, Kazakhstan’s embassy in Azerbaijan said.
03 September 2009 [12:06]
Policies aimed at opening the borders with Armenia harm Azerbaijan, former head of Igdir municipality, chairman of Yerevan Turks Solidarity Circle Nurettin Aras said.
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